A CITIZENS STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH TO WE THE PEOPLE AND GOVERNMENT

 A CITIZENS STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH TO WE THE PEOPLE AND GOVERNMENT 

In my thinking of the state of the union I looked at the issues we as a people are facing in the near future and long term even that of our children and those future generations to come.

I post many controversial posts and issues for one reason and one reason only to make people THINK and respond good or bad in their response it is fare better than silence and looking the other way as a people

let us just for a moment set aside our veterans who no matter what war they participated in many have lost their way the only thing we should see in this is they need our we the peoples help war-glorifying, PTSD-ignoring and victim-blaming or -ignoring is unexceptionable in my eyes

Now let us see our debt of the government placed on we the people with out we the people's consent or vote illegal immigration We are a country of immigrants – we all came here legally or illegally for different reasons,IF NOT OURSELVES SOME ONE IN OUR HERITAGE DID. to escape political and religious oppression, unfair taxation, to find wealth and prosperity, for personal safety, to buy land, to farm, to find a wife, a husband, to educate oneself, to escape tyranny, to escape the law, to escape hanging. Whatever the reason was, freedom and economic opportunity became the principal common denominators.

And by this it leads me back to we the peoples debt. tell me how do we pay for entitlements for the weak and poor if we have no Jobs to pay taxes that in fact help these people???????

Our military is the best in the world, I do not think we need the largest as technology has made a means to and end in that asset of our nation, have no illusions we our living in a form of Gorge Orwell's 1984.

FOREIGN POLICY IS BY THE RIGHTS OF WE THE PEOPLE, OR IS IT????

If you will not stand up for  rights or the rights of our children and future generations to come ? how can I have faith in you to stand up for My rights or any one else for that matter??? Hence there is the separation between the citizens and the soldier.

We the people Understand that our constitution has all but been silenced by the governments will over the people,
and that The future no longer belongs to the citizens of the United States or the peoples of the world.

That future has been stolen; the purpose and value of human labor and ingenuity has been debased again and again, as technology becomes our workers, servants, authorities and indeed, our watchers.

Where things go from here are hard to define, but are less and less rooted in the traditions of individual liberty and self-sufficiency that has defined the American character and its unique pursuit of freedom.

Of course, all of this is blatantly unconstitutional, not that anyone in power in the 21st Century cares.

Members of law enforcement have literally been indoctrinated to think that the Constitution is a piece of history that doesn't much apply. I know, because I've been told directly from friends and family members who have worked in law enforcement.

Such tactics clearly infringe upon, or severely limit the protection in the Bill of Rights and the rights of all Americans under the intended system of limited government, separation of powers and due process under the rule of law.

And of the Constitution and Bill of Rights?

These protections have all but been destroyed, eroded, diluted and swept away. And it's not just the 4th Amendment.

The 1st Amendment, which reads:

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.

tHIS has been violated in numerous and often subtle ways through systematic cases of monitoring and surveillance of protestors. Their speech has been chilled by the acts of occupying police forces and terms branding them as potential criminal terrorists. Free speech zones and over zealous codes have limited the places and nature of assembly.

The press, in particular, has been restricted in the age of "big data" and mass surveillance. Investigative journalists and whistleblowers have been prosecuted, persecuted, slandered, jailed, tortured, spied upon and, in some cases, suffered untimely deaths. Examples of this include Bradley Manning, Jeremy Hammond, Barrett Brown, Andrew Breitbart, Michael Hastings, Glenn Greenwald and far too many others.

The 2nd Amendment, which reads:

A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.

has been violated in numerous ways. Highly manipulated, high profile cases have led to unreasonable infringements upon the right to own firearms. Laws for background checks and other regulations have increased, while databases not only check applicants for criminal records, but store owner identification information. Increasingly, data surrounding gun owners and gun rights advocates is being assembled into a de facto gun registry, match against such databases as mental health screening, medical history and police intelligence threat assessments. Efforts to disarm and bar gun possession on the basis of new and expanding criteria is underway.

The 3rd Amendment, which reads:

No soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.

is less evident than many violated rights, but effectively nullified by a permanent standing Armed Forces and a growing police state compromised of various local, state and federal units armed with the weapons of war and willing to control populations with force.

Further, the invasion of our lives through data surveillance on numerous digital devices has in some ways effectively brought quartered troops and unannounced spies into every home, room and even individual body.

The 4th Amendment, which reads:

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

is the most widely recognized for its complex array of violations. TSA inspections at airports broke down Americans to accept prison conditions, where all persons and possessions are searched, and items seized without warrant or probably cause.

The unauthorized collection of mass communications data by the NSA is an astounding and ongoing violation of all these principles as well. Moreover, through Sting Ray and other programs, the FBI and local police are engaged in these data sweeps as well.

No American alive today is even remotely secure in their persons, houses, papers or effects. Period. Even members of Congress were illegitimately spied upon.

The 5th Amendment, which reads:

No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual service in time of war or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.

describes just some of the massive violations underway to deny due process of law in the proceedings of the surveillance state. Through ongoing mass surveillance and accessing profiles and threat assessments of individuals, the data surrounding one's life makes it difficult if not impossible to witness against himself. Use of civil asset forfeiture by police and federal authorities, emboldened by extrajudicial data collection and digital investigations, amounts to a shameful breach of the 5th Amendment that has provided millions upon millions of dollars in illegitimate assets to the state coffers.

The 6th Amendment, which reads:

In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the assistance of counsel for his defense.

has been degraded through the procedures of deals cut between prosecutors, the insanely high conviction rates in court and through other color of law actions to shortcut due process and intimidate suspects into submitting to imprisonment, fines and fees without a true day in court or burden of proof against him.

Red light cameras, often combined with shortened traffic signal times, have become a particularly odorous example, with photographic evidence replacing the presence of a sworn officer, and a streamlined, corporatized revenue collection process set up to replace due process of law or accountable standards of public safety.

The 7th Amendment, which reads:

In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise reexamined in any court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.

has also been violated in many cases, and further attests the tipping of the scales of justice towards revenue collection-oriented prosecution, where guilty pleas are often induced or incentivized, while trials and due process have been discouraged. The automation and speed of data and digital platforms of justice have exacerbated these tendencies.

The 8th Amendment, which reads:

Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.

is a bit of a joke when one considers that the United States of America has become the global sponsor of torture as a means of getting confession, a nation that fails to indict or hold accountable officers of the law who unjustly kill its citizens or use excessive force, and who have sworn officers that frequently eat out the substance of its people through fines and fees for every petty offense, and a labyrinth of costly legal ramifications for every more serious offense.

The 9th and 10th Amendments, often analyzed as a pair reminding The People of the restraints intended on the federal government, and of the abundant rights the people, read:

The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.

and

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.

These too have been violated. Federal agencies under the executive branch have drastically overstepped the bounds of the Constitution, and have used federal grant making power - derived from the burdensome taxation of The People - to control the several states and the many counties, cities and towns. In turn, unconstitutional and odorous policies of all kinds are imposed, altering the intentions and due diligence of many areas, including law enforcement, local government, education, travel (driving, etc.), commerce and more.

Meanwhile, the rights of The People have been trampled upon by all levels of government, with contempt and mockery when these rights are expressed and defended. Libelous and slanderous tones are used by agencies at the federal, state and local levels to disenfranchise and DE-legitimize true citizen activism. Compliance alone - compliance with each and every petty law and regulation - is truly tolerated. Predatory financial institutions have exploited these people in their affairs and attempt to survive and thrive, while government agencies have protected and enabled their actions, to the detriment of the rights and liberties of The People.

The world, boldly altered from its state of affairs by the American Revolution and Declaration of Independence against the long train of abuses by the British empire, has been turned flatly on its end.

None of these most enshrined rights have been sufficiently respected, and for some time now.

Unfortunately, the path we are following does not lead to freedom, liberty or individual self-worth.

It is a collective future. A fascist future. A corporatist future. A Sci-Tech dictatorship. A transcendent vision of perfectionism.

In fact, call it whatever you want.

WE THE PEOPLE MUST NOT be deceived into believing any of it is ultimately in your interest.