Beyond the Matrix

Limits of Power

The pen is mightier than the sword, or so they say. I am pressed to prove it all over again. It is true only to those that can wield it, which implies a duty of trust, responsibility in honesty; to be worthy. Mine is a little dull from hacking at weeds and sticks and the surrounding smoke and clutter before I can get to the central issues. But a writer keeps a fine edge honed, or even the mightiest stroke of the pen cannot avenge the truth. So the preparation—learning the method of care and keeping a sharp edge is half the battle. Other­wise, I'm swinging a club, and it lands with a dull thunk.

The most seemingly impossible battle--like the mythical five-headed dragon--is the fight against fantasy. It is almost impossible to see, or to find its roots and origins or its home. Some people lacking in the fundamental knowledge and principles of existence report to have actually seen the dragon, which is then passed on by word of mouth and the media, and eventually becomes part of our belief system. With my mighty sword, I can lop off one head of the dragon, but there are still four heads breathing fire, while a new head crops up in the place of the old one. There are no issues that stand alone--everything is interrelated.

Beliefs are things you hold to be true and accurate. You treat them as fact: you no longer test them, let alone challenge them, because you believe you have found the truth, end of story. It seems to be a human trait that the less we know about a subject, like dragons, for example, the more we cling to our beliefs. But if you could be persuaded that there are propaganda artists creating history in real time through the news media (spreading stories of dragons for their own ulterior motives of fear and encouraging ignorance), what would you believe then?

As humans we are fallible and easily duped. We lack certain crucial information and must unlearn the old way of living, learning, and believing everything we hear. If all you can do is what you know how to do, shouldn't you be equipped with truth and reliable knowledge? Do you accept your input just anywhere? From the news media? Who are your teachers? Role models like Elvis Presley or O.J. Simpson?

We do not have any ability without knowing something, and life is about ability. Existing is not life. Living in fear is not life. We can succeed only in those areas that we take the time to acquire knowledge and learn the truth of the matter. Superior knowledge leads to superior ability and a superior life. In all other areas, you are negligent of your duty to yourself and others. Without knowledge you cannot succeed and you probably fear what you don't know, that is, if you are human. The dragon can then exist--he can grope you, steal from you, and even destroy you. Here is derived a favorite complaint of organized religion and government: no amount of faith can save you. Without deed, without action, without learning, we are at the mercy of others around us. Without truth, there is nothing but fantasy and the dragon.

"There is no greatness where simplicity, goodness and truth are absent." -- Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace.

Where can we be confident to obtain the truth? To begin with, there are ageless, time-tested principles, rules and laws; among these are derived the wisdom of the ages. God's Laws are the rules of life. Whether you recognize Buddha, Mohammed, or God the Creator, or whether you read the Tao, the Upanishads, or the Holy Bible, these time-honored and time-tested rules and laws cannot be ignored. You can ignore the law of gravity, and wonder why you fell down, or you can learn.

If you ignore these laws, then you don't understand the rules; you are in conflict with the natural order of His creation and you will be penalized. That is why it is so easy to escape fully into the seemingly separate world of religion--at least most of the laws and rules are covered. But what about the rules of dragons and men? We must at some point venture out into commerce. Can your preacher help you there? Without knowledge we are nothing but an empty vessel to be used by others.

Many people have a belief in God, and many have a similar belief in government.

As soon as one is committed to a belief, they are establishing faith, and one feels disloyal in questioning its basis. At this point of accepting an entire belief system, one cannot understand why everyone doesn't believe similarly and have similar faith in their system.

On the other hand, to those in pursuit of truth in facts, and proofs of goodness, the believer seems childish and less than serious. He knows there is no substitute for knowledge, and a less than moral man will take advantage of the other time-honored rule of humanity. It cannot be ignored--men will take advantage of others. Our lawyers and politicians are a good case in point--99% of them give the rest a bad name.

The differences in attitude of these two types of people--the truth seekers and the believers--are so fundamentally different, that we may never prove anything to the other, especially about religion where there aren't enough facts or where facts have been hidden or corrupted. But about government, the proof is recorded for all time, and facts are abundant, so that both types of people should have no doubt if they would care to apply themselves to their duty to acquire knowledge in truth rather than rely on belief and opinion. It will demand of us a little effort to know whether there is anything to our sneaking suspicions and fears of a runaway government presiding over the greatest nation of all time. Only massive evidence will evoke that effort.

I'm here to tell you that the federal government is the dragon; almost entirely fantasy. They have no business or authority in our State--they do not exist. You show me something they do that you think is legitimate, and I'll show you where they are breaking the law--not opinion--facts that you can confirm.

You think they have a right to be in 100 different countries and to tell these governments how to run their nation? Wrong. You think the Fed has the right or authority to invade our States and police our people? Wrong. You think our government can declare Prohibition against liquor, drugs, or any other commodity? Wrong. It's a bluff; a fantasy. We've listened to their propaganda for so long, we simply "believe" it to be true.

Need proof? On most things the federal government does, you only need to look to one small, single document--the U.S. Constitution. Unless you have knowledge of what this document contains, you should have no opinions or beliefs about our system or government; you have no knowledge of fact. Your opinions are formed from baseless gossip.

Did you know that two-thirds of our Constitution comes directly from Deuteronomy of our Holy Bible? Sixty percent. Our Constitution is based mostly on God's Law. It is the Supreme law of the land. No one, not even Congress or the President, can simply make a decree of law or make a single move or cause of action without authority from this document. Otherwise, it would be treason. We might as well still be under the rule of Britain and the land of kings and dragons. Only there, can a single man direct a nation.

According to our Constitution, we cannot invade another country without a declaration of war by Congress, and Congress has not done so since WW II. We were the terrorists in Vietnam, Korea, and yes, even Iraq. How about the Iran Contra affair or the debacle in Columbia, Panama, Grenada, and countless others? They were all invasions under acts of treason and invasion by acts of war--our war. If nobody is paying attention to the Constitution, you have to wonder whom is running our nation.

By our Constitution, the Fed has no authority inside the borders of the U.S. Their only jurisdiction is a ten-mile square area known as the District of Columbia. Their only policing authority in the U.S. is inside Washington, D.C., not within our States. They are to protect the outer borders of our nation, not the inner borders of our States. Invasion of our States is an act of treason and war.

The "War on Drugs" gave them the excuse they needed, or rather the opinions and beliefs, for their invasion into our lives; simply excuses in fantasy. Can you think of a better cause for prying into our every endeavor and controlling our every move? How about terrorism? Ecology? Economy? Environment control by the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency). Today the DEA, ATF, FBI and a host of new federal laws are all illegitimate, or our Constitution has been thrown out the window.

The runaway of government control began about thirty years ago when the drug revolution threatened to explode into a real revolution.

"Look, we understood we couldn't make it illegal to be young or poor or black in the U.S., but we could criminalize their common pleasure. We understood that drugs were not the health problem we were making them out to be, but it was such a perfect issue for the Nixon White House that we couldn't resist it."   -- Jon Ehrlichman

Fine, if you have a problem with marijuana and want to make it illegal, then you must amend the Constitution. There can be no decree. They showed us exactly how it must be done in 1913 when they began the Prohibition era against alcohol. That is the only way you can prohibit any commodity. Neither Congress nor the President can simply pass a law making a plant illegal on a whim, or else the Constitution has been thrown out the window. Apparently the Nixon administration and/or Congress did just that--they went around the Constitution and made their own decree. Any agency or person that enforces an unconstitutional law commits treason--the entire federal system has become a sham of dragons that spreads fear and terrorism so that they can pass new laws and become the only solution.

Let's go back another few years to the beginning of the drug revolution rather than the middle.

"The high office of President has been used to foment a plot to destroy the American's freedom, and before I leave office I must inform the citizen of his plight."        -- John F. Kennedy at Columbia University, 10 days before his assassination.

 Again, who is it that really runs this country and foments these plots against us? It isn't Congress, nor is it the President alone. They appear to be puppets. The point is in the knowledge that We the People were intended to run this country, but we have neglected our duty and responsibility. You cannot possibly be a Patriot if you do not know the Constitution intimately. You cannot possibly have any rights if you do not know what they are. You cannot possibly protect our Constitution, freedom and liberty if you don't know what the problems are. The question of who runs our country becomes a moot point for the uninvolved, but is worthy of notice, because God's Laws are no longer governing our nation.

Let's return to a smaller, more specific issue that affects half of the U.S. population directly and the other half indirectly: drugs. All of Europe has long ago decriminalized most drugs, except for a single holdout--Great Britain. They have not legalized drugs, but merely decriminalized them, cutting way back on long prison sentences for nonviolent crimes, and in many cases only a monetary fine.

 Finally, on March 2, 2002, Scotland's Drug Minister officially declared that the 30-year war on drugs was o^ver. Dr. Richard Simpson, Deputy Justice Minister of Scotland says, "We can't pretend that we're going to stop the availability of drugs or people using drugs, and the concept of 'Just say no' has therefore been abandoned for good." Dr. Simpson also attacked the jailing of addicts, "Drug addicts going into prison and coming back out again is a waste of public money. It neither addresses their offending behavior nor does it cut crime. It's purposeless. We have our priorities wrong." Further, he declared, "Last year there were 1,500 deaths [in Scotland] due to alcohol and 292 from drugs. From a criminal point of view, young men drinking and becoming aggressive is a significant problem, and cannabis [marijuana] is not associated with aggression."

 In that same year, on Super Bowl Sunday, 2002, the American nation was introduced to the White House policy of do-drugs-and-you're-a-terrorist public programming announcement. TV ads are telling teenagers that marijuana and cocaine and LSD will equally fry their brain like a cracked egg in a frying pan. Even young teenagers can see through this obvious lie of fantasy and fire-breathing dragons.

 U.S. Intelligence officials say Al Qaeda has raised money through means as varied as credit card fraud, arms trafficking, diamond smuggling, and the sale of honey. But President Bush didn't say, "If you quit using honey, you join the fight against terror in America." Terrorists may not, in fact, support their activities with prohibited drugs to any significant degree, e.g. Afghan opium is not a teenage drug of choice, but terrorists certainly use Toyotas and smuggle diamonds.

 With so many mixed signals, what was the purpose of these lies and propaganda? If you don't use drugs and know little about them, I'll bet you believed the message. They accomplished several of their ulterior motives and goals at once--continued fear of the unknown and terrorism, public support against both drugs and terrorism, to pass the Patriot Act and other laws to seize more control, support for the President and his War on Drugs, and to keep you from looking at the real issues in government and at home.

The fine speeches and noble sentiments of various bureaucrats projected repeatedly across your glittering screen are not giving us the facts. To admit the possibility of a brighter future with increasingly imposing laws, threats, confiscation of property, invasions and long prison terms is an insult to any idea of freedom.

 The aim of the War on Drugs--stopping the availability of drugs--never existed. It could never be done because it is impossible, absurd, and impracticable. So what was the purpose? An excuse for the Federal Government to spread fear and offer themselves as the only solution. An excuse for invasion. An excuse to seize money, property, power, and control of every facet of our lives and the entire world. You can only go by what they do, not what they say.

 You've even heard talk of a One World Order. Whether you believe in these things doesn't matter to them. What matters is that they believe. The last vestige keeping them at bay is public ownership of guns, but more and more of us are disallowed from owning guns every day as felons. If they can make us all felons, then it is done. About gun rights, the Constitution says, "shall not be infringed," without restrictions. Lawfully, to prohibit any citizen from owning a gun, the Constitution must be amended. But federal government doesn't seem to care about our rights or the Supreme Law of the land, and commits treason with impunity. Do you care that our Constitution is being violated every day by the federal government?

 Freedom is not some ideal to be obtained, but rights firmly established long ago by God and protected by our Constitution. We have a right to liberty derived from our maker. No man can lawfully take that away. We have a right and even a duty to revolt against such a man. But without our Constitution, we have nothing more than an opinion.

 Without knowledge we can have no force and effect. We must force the federal government to adhere to the laws that We the People put into effect to limit government's power.

It depends on you.

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