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>>> > SPOTLIGHT EMAIL NEWSLETTER #25
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Tax Facts Are on Non-Filers' Side
>>> >
>>> > Government collectors opted to avoid experts who claim the income tax
>is
>>> > unconstitutional.
>>> >
>>> > EXCLUSIVE TO THE SPOTLIGHT
>>> >
>>> > BY JAMES P. TUCKER JR.
>>> >
>>> > Tax protesters came to Washington looking for a fight.  They claimed
>the
>>> > income tax is unconstitutional and they gave government officials the
>>> > opportunity to prove them wrong-on national television.
>>> >
>>> > Treasury Department officials refused to accept the challenge and
>stayed
>>> > clear of the symposium at the National Press Club in Washington on
July
>>> 1-2.
>>> > Participants in the symposium, sponsored by the We the People
>Foundation
>>> for
>>> > Constitutional Education, based in Albany, N.Y.,* also called on
>>patriots
>>> to
>>> > resist tax tyranny.
>>> >
>>> > Bill Benson spent a year traveling to. all of the 48 continental
states
>>> and
>>> > collected 17,000 certified documents to prove his claim that the
income
>>> tax
>>> > amendment was never ratified.
>>> >
>>> > "'I have not filed an income tax return since 1981," Benson said.  "If
>I
>>> > file, I become an accessory after the fact" to the illegal collection
>of
>>> > taxes from American citizens.
>>> >
>>> > Staring into the C-SPAN camera, which was covering the event live,
>>Benson
>>> > added: "I would welcome an indictment."
>>> >
>>> > A criminal indictment, he explained, would force the government to
>>> confront
>>> > the issue of the 16th Amendment never having been ratified.
>>> > Why has Benson never been indicted, when he has so boldly and publicly
>>> > challenged the government for 18 years?
>>> >
>>> > When, over the years, this issue has been raised in federal courts,
>>judges
>>> > would term this a "political issue" to be dealt with by Congress, said
>>> > Lowell Becraft, general counsel for the Wallace Institute.  When
>>Congress
>>> > was approached, it would insist it is a matter for the courts to
>decide.
>>> >
>>> > Thus, if the Internal Revenue Service dared to indict Benson, courts
>>would
>>> > have to confront the issue and quit playing semantic volleyball.  This
>>> could
>>> > destroy the income tax and force 110,000 IRS bureaucrats to seek
>gainful
>>> > employment.
>>> > Benson and Becraft provided evidence that the 16th Amendment was never
>>> > ratified and is not legally a part of the Constitution.
>>> >
>>> > For example, the Feb. 8, 1910, Senate Journal for Kentucky showed
>>> > ratification was rejected on a vote of 22-9.  But the House supported
>>the
>>> > amendment and the federal government wrongfully counted-Kentucky as
>>having
>>> > "ratified."
>>> > Also 33 states' "ratifications" were invalid because they made changes
>m
>>> the
>>> > amendment.
>>> >
>>> > Courts and constitutional scholars are in universal agreement that
>>states
>>> > can ratify or reject-but not change-a pending constitutional
amendment.
>>> > Otherwise, there would be many variations of the same amendment.
>>> >
>>> > According to Becraft, the 16th Amendment required 36 state
>ratifications
>>> to
>>> > become part of the Constitution, and 38 states allegedly ratified.
>>> Dropping
>>> > Kentucky, where the state Senate rejected ratification, the number is
>>cut
>>> to 37.
>>> > In Oklahoma, he said, one house of the legislature voted for
>>ratification.
>>> > The other changed the wording, requiring that taxes be subject to
>>> > apportionment among the states-as was originally provided in the
>>> > Constitution, which prohibited a direct federal tax on citizens.
>>> >
>>> > This cut the number of legitimate ratifications to 36.  Then
>>California's
>>> > legislature modified the language, leaving the 16th Amendment one
short
>>of
>>> > the three-quarters necessary for ratification.
>>> >
>>> > Thirty other states also made changes to the constitutional amendment.
>>> > The fact that Americans are becoming educated on the issue and
>preparing
>>> to
>>> > fight was dramatically demonstrated by Joe Banister; a former criminal
>>> > investigator for the IRS.
>>> >
>>> > In December 1996, Banister said, he was listening to a radio talk show
>>in
>>> > his government-owned car.  He heard patriots, including Devvy Kidd,
who
>>> ran
>>> > for Congress twice, discuss the fact that the income tax is
>>> > unconstitutional.  He bought the books recommended on the talk show
for
>>> the
>>> > purpose of disproving them.
>>> >
>>> > After reading the books and talking to some of the authors, Banister
>>> became
>>> > a convert.  He gave a detailed report on his findings to his boss at
>the
>>> > IRS, requesting that it be sent to the top and challenging the
>>government
>>> to
>>> > show him that he was wrong.
>>> >
>>> > He received no response and resigned last February to join anti-tax
>>> forces.
>>> > The government has a hard time responding to this issue.  Months ago,
>>> > organizers of the symposium sent their mountain of evidence to
>>government
>>> > leaders, explaining their agenda and inviting federal bureaucrats to
>>> attend
>>> > and respond.
>>> >  A follow-up letter was sent.  No one came to respond.
>>> >
>>> > The meeting was addressed by Rep. Jim Traficant (D-Ohio), who had
>>> introduced
>>> > legislation to eliminate the federal income tax last April 15.
>>> > *We The People Foundation can be reached at 2458 Ridge Road,
>Queensbury,
>>> NY
>>> > 12804.  Or call Bob Shultz at (518) 656-3578.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Reform Party Heads in New Direction
>>> >
>>> > Rebellion inside the Reform Party opens new vistas on political
>horizon.
>>> >
>>> > EXCLUSIVE TO THE SPOTLIGHT
>>> >
>>> > By William Francis
>>> >
>>> > The election of Florida businessman Jack Gargan as chairman of the
>>Reform
>>> > Party of America may chart a new direction for the "third" party
>founded
>>> in
>>> > 1992.
>>> > Texas billionaire Ross Perot, who was the party's presidential
>candidate
>>> in
>>> > both 1992 and 1996, started the party.
>>> >
>>> > Gargan-endorsed by Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura, the Reform Party's
>>> > highest-ranking elected official in the nation-defeated Patricia
>>Benjamin,
>>> > who was Perot's choice for the chairmanship.
>>> >
>>> > Gargan's victory is being perceived as a defeat for Perot, inasmuch as
>>> > Gargan (and Ventura) have suggested that the party has been too much
>>under
>>> > Perot's thumb and that there should be a "new face" as the party's
>>> candidate
>>> > in 2000.
>>> > The new Reform Party chairman is a familiar face to SPOTLIGHT readers.
>>> > Gargan has been known nationally as an outspoken critic of the
infamous
>>> > congressional pay hike and has been featured as a guest on The
>>SPOTLIGHT's
>>> > call-in talk forum, Radio Free America (RFA).
>>> >
>>> > Russ Verney, the Perot ally who has been the party's hands-on
executive
>>> > director (and who has also been a guest on RFA) denies that Gargan's
>>> > election is a defeat for Perot. Verney says that the party belongs
>>neither
>>> > to Perot nor to Ventura but belongs to the delegates and the party's
>>> > grass-roots members.
>>> >
>>> > Ventura says he has no interest in the party's presidential nomination
>>in
>>> > 2000 and for his own part Perot has not formally announced any
>>intentions
>>> of
>>> > seeking his party's nod.
>>> >
>>> > In the meantime, Ventura is urging former Connecticut Gov. Lowell
>>Weicker
>>> to
>>> > seek the party's nomination. Weicker also served in the U.S. Senate as
>a
>>> > Republican.
>>> >
>>> > OPENING FOR BUCHANAN?
>>> >
>>> > Many backers of populist media personality Pat Buchanan are urging
>their
>>> > candidate to abandon his bid for the GOP nomination and make a bid for
>>the
>>> > Reform Party's nod.
>>> >
>>> > As far as Buchanan is concerned, Ventura has suggested that the Reform
>>> Party
>>> > is not the place for a Buchanan candidacy. Ventura has said that
>>> Buchanan's
>>> > focus on what Ventura called "social issues" does not fit with the
>>Reform
>>> > Party agenda.
>>> >
>>> > In contrast to Ventura, Buchanan is pro-life and has been a vocal
>critic
>>> of
>>> > the gay rights agenda and has been an outspoken opponent of
affirmative
>>> > action and racial quotas in hiring and education. In addition,
Buchanan
>>> has
>>> > also taken strong stands in favor of restricting immigration.
>>> >
>>> > Thus far, however, Buchanan seems committed to a continuing campaign
>for
>>> the
>>> > GOP nomination, despite a flurry of rumors that Buchanan was
>considering
>>> > abandoning the Republican Party because he perceived that "the fix was
>>in"
>>> > for Texas Gov. George W. Bush, who is clearly the solid favorite of
the
>>> > Republican Party kingmakers.
>>> >
>>> > In 1992 and 1996 Buchanan was the favorite of SPOTLIGHT readers and
>>> Liberty
>>> > Lobby Board of Policy members for the GOP presidential nomination.
>>> > However, in 1992 after Buchanan's campaign folded, they overwhelmingly
>>> > endorsed Reform Party candidate Ross Perot over Republican George Bush
>>and
>>> > Democrat Bill Clinton.
>>> >
>>> > In 1996, after Buchanan withdrew from the GOP campaign and refused to
>>run
>>> as
>>> > a third party candidate, and as grass-roots populist support for Perot
>>> began
>>> > to falter, SPOTLIGHT readers overwhelmingly endorsed U.S. Taxpayer
>Party
>>> > candidate Howard Phillips.
>>> >
>>> > NEW DIRECTION
>>> >
>>> > What all of this together means for the future course of the Reform
>>Party
>>> > under the Ventura-Gargan team remains to be seen.
>>> >
>>> > In the past, when Reform Party executive director Russ Verney appeared
>>on
>>> > RFA, many callers took Verney to task for not committing the party to
a
>>> firm
>>> > stand on the issue of the constitutionality of the
privately-controlled
>>> > Federal Reserve money monopoly and questioned the party's commitment
to
>>> > continuing foreign aid programs, among other issues.
>>> >
>>> > Now, however, many populists see the Reform Party as being open to new
>>> ideas
>>> > and are hopeful of being able to work with the new leadership.
>>> > The one possible negative drawback in the ascendancy of the Ventura
>>forces
>>> > comes with the promotion, by Ventura, of Weicker as a candidate for
the
>>> > party's nomination in 2000.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > All Quiet On the Southwestern Front?
>>> >
>>> > As a NAFTA-like White House initiative absorbs the border along the
>>United
>>> > States and Mexico, communities in three states are being denied their
>>> right
>>> > to manage their own resources by the federal government.
>>> >
>>> > EXCLUSIVE TO THE SPOTLIGHT
>>> >
>>> > By Christopher J. Petherick
>>> >
>>> > White House initiatives, in the form of Executive Orders (EO) may be
>>> quietly
>>> > stripping communities along the U.S.-Mexican border or their right to
>>> > self-governance by putting them into an international zone as elected
>>> > officials stand by unaware.
>>> >
>>> > Few elected officials contacted by The SPOTLIGHT seem to be aware of
>the
>>> > federal government's program or intentions.
>>> >
>>> > Calls placed to the offices of Arizona Gov. Jane Dee Hull (R), New
>>Mexico
>>> > Gov. Gary E. Johnson (R), Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and Rep. Brian
>>> > Bilbray (R-Calif.) provided little information.
>>> >
>>> > Most of the spokespeople The SPOTLIGHT spoke with said they knew
>nothing
>>> of
>>> > the program and had to refer to other staffers. No calls were returned
>>by
>>> > the time the paper went to press.
>>> >
>>> > Even fewer federal officials could, or would, explain the program.
>After
>>> > extensive research, however, The SPOTLIGHT was able to piece this much
>>> together.
>>> > The program began with a meeting in the early 1980s between U.S. and
>>> Mexican
>>> > officials to formulate a plan to clean up nuclear waste along the
>>border.
>>> As
>>> > a result of this, the United States and Mexico agreed to begin to
>>> cooperate
>>> > in the decision-making process regarding solutions to environmental
>>> problems
>>> > in the region.
>>> >
>>> > This "cooperative," called the Agreement on the Cooperation for the
>>> > Protection and Improvement in the Border Area or La Paz-literally
>>meaning
>>> > "The Peace" in Spanish-was signed by President Ronald Reagan in 1983.
>>> >
>>> > Later, a more formal agreement was reached, creating a 62.5-mile strip
>>on
>>> > either side of the U.S.-Mexican border that established an "open zone"
>>for
>>> > focusing on environmental problems known as Border Region XXI, the
>>> > "Southwest Border," or the Southwest Border Region.
>>> >
>>> > Border Region XXI went into effect, January 1, 1997. That area more
>than
>>> > doubled to 150 miles when EO 13122 went into effect earlier this year.
>>> (See
>>> > The SPOTLIGHT July 26.)
>>> >
>>> > As a part of this agreement, federal agencies agreed to work in
>>> conjunction
>>> > with Mexican authorities expanding their focus to address a wide range
>>of
>>> > environmental and natural resource issues.
>>> > The Environmental Agency (EPA) took the lead in the Border XXI
program.
>>> >
>>> > CITIZEN'S VIEW
>>> >
>>> > But critics see the program as yet another attempt to incrementally
>>> > condition Americans into believing that anytime the federal government
>>> > dabbles in the affairs of state and local governments, they are not
>>> > violating the principles of the U.S Constitution.
>>> >
>>> > Van Velsor, a former law enforcement official and a columnist for The
>>> Desert
>>> > Journal, has written extensively on this issue.
>>> >
>>> > "Nothing in the Constitution says the federal government can do what
>>> they've
>>> > done," Velsor said. "The federal government has no business going into
>a
>>> > state and taking land. They can't even buy it, except for a military
>>base.
>>> > "We talked to people in the Las Cruces [N.M.] in the original 62-mile
>>> > radius, they didn't even know about the program," he added.
>>> >
>>> > But researchers and astute local newsmen living in these areas say the
>>> > controversy goes significantly deeper; that these directives affect
the
>>> > resources, decision-making and economic well-being of U.S. citizens
>>living
>>> > in these regions.
>>> >
>>> > Luther Broaddus III, a rancher in Canton County, N.M., and a local
>>newsman
>>> > explained how the management of resources in his local community was
>>> > completely undermined by the federal government.
>>> >
>>> > "They're downplaying it," Broaddus said. "[La Paz] started out as a 30
>>> page
>>> > document, and evolved into a 3.2 lb. document that involves every
facet
>>of
>>> > our lives."
>>> >
>>> > Broaddus served on a local committee that wrote the Comprehensive Land
>>> Plan
>>> > in 1995.
>>> >
>>> > "Our plan said the government had to follow their rules to the
letter,"
>>> > Broaddus said. "It effectively shut them down."
>>> >
>>> > But according to Broaddus, with the federal government's program of
>>Border
>>> > XXI and EO 13122, the federal agencies ignored their own agreement and
>>> > forced land owners to comply with federal guidelines anyway.
>>> > The federal government undermined a legal plan initiated by the
>>community,
>>> > costing area residents $36,000, to block federal management dictating
>>> their
>>> > land resources.
>>> >
>>> > For the community, either landowners cooperated with all the federal
>>> > environmental guidelines or the whole community loses its federal
>>funding.
>>> > Specifically for many ranchers, who have to lease federal land in the
>>> > region, if they did not participate in the federal environmental
>>programs,
>>> > they could not operate on government land.
>>> >
>>> > "When you hold your hand out to the federal government, and you hear
>the
>>> > clinking," Broaddus remarked. "It's not shekels you hear, it's
shackles
>>> > going onto your wrists."
>>> >
>>> > THE OFFICIAL STORY
>>> >
>>> > According to the EPA, U.S. federal agencies began to work with
specific
>>> > Mexican governmental agencies including the environmental office known
>>as
>>> > SEMARNAP, the National Ecology Institute, and the Water Commission.
>>> >
>>> > Other agencies were soon involved, including the U.S. Department of
>>Health
>>> > and Human Services and Mexico's Secretariat of Health, which jointly
>>> > addressed environmental health issues.
>>> >
>>> > The EPA saw this as a natural evolution for the region, because of the
>>> > proximity of U.S. towns to neighboring "sister cities" across the
>border
>>> in
>>> > Mexico.
>>> >
>>> > "The two countries are right next to each other," said Darren
>>> Swatz-Larson,
>>> > the director of the El Paso Border Liaison Office. "Even if there
>wasn't
>>> > NAFTA, the two countries should talk to each other on how to clean up
>>> their
>>> > environments. It's that close connection that brought together Border
>>> XXI."
>>> >
>>> > Swartz-Larson says the federal government and Mexico have been working
>>> > jointly under the new program to develop local projects. Successes
>>> included
>>> > building a sewage treatment plant where there had never been one and
>>> > reductions in air pollution.
>>> >
>>> > As a part of this agreement, the Border Environment Cooperation
Project
>>> and
>>> > the North American Development Bank were created to fund the
>development
>>> > projects from U.S. taxpayer dollars, Mexican tax dollars and
>>international
>>> > financial institutions like the World Bank.
>>> >
>>> > To some officials in the Clinton administration, concerns about the
>>> program
>>> > are nothing but paranoia.
>>> >
>>> > "There's a lot of myths about this," said Pam Teel, the former EPA
>point
>>> of
>>> > contact for the program. "There's no substance to this belief about a
>>> 'world
>>> > order.' "
>>> >
>>> > According to Teel, the EPA's role in the program was mainly to study
>the
>>> > area and propose environmental planning, not to take power away from
>any
>>> of
>>> > the communities.
>>> >
>>> > The media has reported on the controversy surrounding international
>>trade
>>> > agreements such as NAFTA, the Caribbean Basin Initiative and Fast
>Track,
>>> and
>>> > on problems stemming from these initiatives such as the resultant
>>> increases
>>> > in drug trafficking and illegal immigration.
>>> >
>>> > But the press has virtually ignored this cooperative pact whereupon
the
>>> > White House completely bypassed Congress to force a symbiotic
>>relationship
>>> > between Mexico and southwestern United States.
>>> >
>>> > Critics see this as nothing more than a "federal government solution
>>> looking
>>> > for a problem." To them, the plan to clean up the area expanded into a
>>> > scheme for the White House to surreptitiously develop its globalist
>>> economic
>>> > and political agenda, in spite of local communities and state
>>governments.
>>> >
>>> > The SPOTLIGHT on July 26, 1999, reported on Executive Order 13122, the
>>> > Interagency Task Force on the Economic Development of the Southwest
>>> Border,
>>> > signed May 25, 1999, which made the region larger, spanning 150 miles
>>> across
>>> > on the U.S. side.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > New, Subtle Effort to Impose UN Taxes
>>> >
>>> > The United Nations is attempting to impose a direct tax on "world
>>> citizens"
>>> > again.
>>> >
>>> > EXCLUSIVE TO THE SPOTLIGHT
>>> >
>>> > By James P. Tucker Jr.
>>> >
>>> > The 1999 Human Development Report by the United Nations Development
>>> Program,
>>> > proposes a tax on e-mail to buy computers for poor countries.
>>> > Earlier efforts by the UN to impose direct taxes included a levy on
oil
>>> that
>>> > would be paid by anyone driving a car and on international travel and
>>> > monetary transactions failed.
>>> >
>>> > "That's why the latest attempt is being kept low-key, in hopes that it
>>can
>>> > become a fact of life before people realize it," a State Department
>>> official
>>> > said. "Bilderberg believes it is essential for the UN to be able to
tax
>>> > people directly, as well as having its army and global court to
>function
>>> as
>>> > a world government."
>>> >
>>> > The UN report said the new tax will help poor countries enter the
>>> electronic
>>> > community instead of being excluded from Internet commerce.
>>> > "The typical Internet user worldwide is male, under 35 years old, and
>>has
>>> a
>>> > university education and high income, urban-based and
>English-speaking,"
>>> the
>>> > report said. "The literally well-connected have an overpowering
>>advantage
>>> > over the unconnected poor, whose voices and concerns are being left
out
>>of
>>> > the global conversation."
>>> >
>>> > The UN complained that the United States has more computers than the
>>rest
>>> of
>>> > the world combined. On the other hand, southern Asia, has 23 percent
of
>>> the
>>> > world's population, has less than 1 percent of the Internet users.
>>> > The UN proposes to tax this "discriminatory" market and transfer the
>>> > revenues to poor countries.
>>> >
>>> > "Market forces alone will not rectify the imbalance," the UN said.
>>> > "Governance of the Internet should be widened to bring in the needs
and
>>> > concerns of developing countries. To ensure that the global
>>communications
>>> > revolution is truly global, funding is required."
>>> >
>>> > The report proposes a "bit tax" of one cent on every 100 e-mails at
>>least
>>> 10
>>> > kilobytes in size-basically, a lengthy text or any e-mail with an
>>> attachment.
>>> > The UN agency estimated that this tax would have raised $70 billion if
>>it
>>> > has been in effect in 1996. With the revenue base of Internet users
>>> expected
>>> > to leap from 140 million in 1998 to 700 million in 2001, potential
>>> revenues
>>> > from the cyber tax are staggering.
>>> >
>>> > "The psychology is to begin with a tax of only pennies without
>Americans
>>> or
>>> > people from other countries realizing they are paying directly to the
>>UN,"
>>> > the official said. "Then the tax rate will climb and be used by the
>UN's
>>> > general fund. More taxes will be introduced.
>>> >
>>> > "This is part of a Bilderberg pattern to build a world government with
>>the
>>> > courts and military power to impose it's will," he said. Yugoslav
>>> President
>>> > Slobodan Milosevic "still has it right," the official said, pointing
to
>>a
>>> > recent speech to the people of India.
>>> >
>>> > "Mankind is in great danger," because of an effort to "create a world
>>from
>>> > one center," Milosevic said, according to the Tanjug state news agency
>>> July 21.
>>> > "Certain nations and most of the people do not accept such a future
for
>>> > mankind and realizes it threatens not only a free way of life but all
>>life
>>> > on the planet," Milosevic said.
>>> >
>>> > Even while the bombs were raining on Belgrade in early June, Milosevic
>>> told
>>> > the world that the invasion of his sovereign country was manipulated
by
>>> > Bilderberg to advance its cause of world government (SPOTLIGHT, June
>21,
>>> 1999).
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Annan Demands Global Constabularies
>>> > Since soldiers can't police, the world government wants its own police
>>> force
>>> > to keep the peace.
>>> >
>>> > EXCLUSIVE TO THE SPOTLIGHT
>>> >
>>> > By Martin Mann
>>> >
>>> > After years of scheming, policy intrigues and one-world propaganda,
the
>>UN
>>> > has been finally authorized a global gendarmerie known as United
>Nations
>>> > International Police (UNIP).
>>> >
>>> > >From Nigeria to Nepal, recruiting offices are being opened to enlist
>>> 3,000
>>> > "experienced police officers" into an armed cadre sworn to enforce
laws
>>> and
>>> > regulations issued, not by a sovereign nation, but by an international
>>> > bureaucracy.
>>> >
>>> > The first 3,000 global guardians of order will also be tasked with
>>forming
>>> > and training additional UNIP units "whenever circumstances tell us
that
>>we
>>> > need more manpower," says Sven Frederiksen, a veteran Danish detective
>>> > superintendent who has been named as the first commandant of the UN
>>police
>>> > force.
>>> >
>>> > The SPOTLIGHT  has repeatedly warned of an international police force.
>>> (See
>>> > The SPOTLIGHT April 15, 1996, and others.)
>>> >
>>> > For the moment, "circumstances" are telling the power-hungry global
>>> > administrators that they need to organize an additional regional
police
>>> > force in Kosovo, where NATO troops have "wretchedly failed" to
maintain
>>> law
>>> > and order, as UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan put it.
>>> >
>>> > It was the recent discovery of the bodies of 14 Serb farmers found
>slain
>>> > near the village or Gracko that gave Annan his long-awaited
opportunity
>>to
>>> > add an armed law-enforcement auxiliary to his international
>bureaucracy.
>>> > At a special July 25 session of the UN Security Council, international
>>> > commanders in Kosovo admitted that the NATO peacekeepers are simply
not
>>up
>>> > to die task of policing their territory.
>>> >
>>> > "The military are not equipped for police work," said Bernard
Kouchner,
>>> the
>>> > UN commissioner for Kosovo. "That takes trained policemen. We will
>>> organize
>>> > such a force for Kosovo, but it will take several months before it
>>becomes
>>> > operational."
>>> >
>>> > The breakdown of law and order in Kosovo demonstrated that the UN
>needed
>>> > permanent police powers of its own, Annan argued. "We need
>authorization
>>> to
>>> > organize an enforcement division of trained and well-armed officers
>>ready
>>> > for instant action in any emergency," he asserted.
>>> >
>>> > As the debate ground into late afternoon on July 25, the UN Security
>>> Council
>>> > granted Annan the enforcement authority he requested in a historic
>>"flash"
>>> vote.
>>> > "Now is the time when Americans must wake up and act to preserve their
>>> > heritage of independence, national sovereignty and constitutional
>>> > governance," said Warren Hough, a veteran journalist who has covered
>the
>>> UN
>>> > for almost 20 years.
>>> >
>>> > If this relentless expansion of one-world creeds, "supranational" law
>>> > enforcement, runaway free trade, globalist economic institutions,
>>offshore
>>> > banking, and cosmopolitan bureaucracy meets no resistance, "our
>identity
>>> as
>>> > American citizens will be lost. We will become mere subjects ruled by
>>> > international elites, meat for the rootless mongrel stew of global
>>> masses,"
>>> > he warned.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>>
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