Welcome to the fifth installment of the Frog Farm! Due to the lack of activity here (as well as my lack of receiving any new mailings via snailmail), I've decided to dig out excerpts from a few older pieces I have lying around. As always, feedback is welcomed. This issue contains the following pieces: 1) Rescinding and Rejecting Social Security w/Marion and Roger Elvick 2) Information on George Gordon's School of Common Law 3) An Example of a Constructive Notice 4) Sample Response to Administrative Summons 5) Another "Fireside Chat" with yr obd't svt the moderator ** [This piece is part 1 of 4; I'll be posting the rest of the segments in order in issues to come. The 'Roger' who comments extensively in parantheses is most likely Roger Elvick, who co-founded Barrister's Inne School of Common Law with George Gordon in Boise, Idaho in the early 1980's, and went on to found the Nitty Gritty Law School. Roger is currently undergoing 'diesel therapy'; i.e., being shuttled around from prison to prison. From what I have been able to gather, the gist of it is as follows: Roger and George found Barrister's Inne. This teaches how to deny improper jurisdiction of others over yourself -- the idea is to deny all jurisdictions other than the common law. This includes equity, admiralty, maritime, etc. For example, commercial paper (i.e., anything but lawful money, that is, gold and silver of fixed weights and purities) falls under equity; common law deals with substance. Roger goes on to found Nitty Gritty. Here, he explored the concept of entering into equity, WHILE STILL RETAINING RIGHTS AT LAW. Using UCC 1-207 is an example of this. This is where my information gets hazy. But if I have the pieces together right, the reason Roger is a POW is that he discovered how to play by their rules too well. How to use the same rules that the banks, other financial institutions and large companies use in a futile effort to create something out of nothing -- how to do the same thing that the unlawful Federal Reserve does every single day and has since 1913. The power to issue credit. Who wouldn't be scared out of their wits at the idea of somebody being able to write their own ticket, 100% legally? (Remember the distinction between "legal" and "lawful"?) The folks who follow the common law just want to be left alone, more often than not. But this fellow was butting heads with the big boys, on their own turf -- the world of imaginary wealth -- and a turf they viewed as their own to such an extent that they would steamroll over any outside who dared to profane it. Or maybe I'm just letting my imagination run away with me. As always, Share and Enjoy...] (I tried contacting the person who wrote this but was told that that was a wrong phone number and that there was no one with that name listed.. I will say that the first name is Marion. Roger) (Since I am not in a position to get out and fight in the courts myself, I try to make this information available to as many people as possible and as cheaply as possible. I have never yet had any one complain,at least to me, that they have not got their money's worth of material when they wrote to me. What I do wish is that they would write back and tell me how they used the material and how successful they were.) Affidavit of Status The presumption that everyone is subject to law merchant, or mercantile equity or commercial equity, and are operating in limited liability for debt is not true. (Comment,Roger. I would say that this is partially true and partially not true. If you have entered into any contract where all the details of the contract have not been fully given, then you of course are not bound by the terms of the contract. Neither can your public servants in state government or Congress vote you into a contract. I would say that you are operating in limited liability, but, a note is payment if both parties agree that it is payment. It is legal to tender the note but it does not have to be accepted. The "paying" of debts with notes is a privilege granted to you by the federal government, a privilege that can be revoked at any time. 4 Nev. Rep. Linn v Minor. But we weren't told this were we? How can our public servants grant us privileges when it was the people who granted them the privilege of representing us. The power of representation is not a right, it is a privilege granted to them by the people who voted for them. This, the U.S.A., being a Republic, if you didn't vote for them then they don't represent you. The best definition I have ever seen in regards to a Republican form of government is that it is that form of government in which the laws we accept are self imposed)) It is my opinion that if a law is not voted on by the people then the law is only declatory and not mandatory. Our representatives cannot, under the freedom to contract, vote us into a contract without telling us and without our approval ) How does this affect the status of a citizen, the free natural man, in court? Due to the economic situation, it is assumed that all persons operate on credit and that the common law is nowhere applicable. All are assumed to be "merchants in equity", and thereby governed by the "general commercial law." (Comment,Roger. The law does not operate on assumptions) These natural persons are by all intents and purposes merchants and traders at law on a cash basis. (Comment,Roger. He who deals in negotiable instruments is a merchant at law----but are Fed. notes negotiable----not according to state law.---The Uniform Commercial Code--and federal courts are bound to use state law when not contradictory to the U.S.Constitution. Also, in order for the notes to be currency they must be "current", that is "redeemable". This is a good place to start with an Information in the Nature of a Quo Warranto because the feds have "abandoned" the contract,i.e. 12 USC 411- Notes to be redeemable) These natural persons are by all intents and purposes merchants and traders at law on a cash basis, without recourse to such standard lawful money, and enjoys no privilege of limited liability for the payment of debts. (Comment,Roger.In the book, The Federal Reserve Bank:Its Purposes and Functions, 1939 ed. the only thing listed as "cash" is coin. Also, all the coin used today is against the law as it is against the law to charge over 50% seigniorage and the feds admit that the coins are only "tokens"---this being the definition of a common law cheat or cheating at the common law, such as using false weights and measures or "devices" to deceive) We deny all jurisdiction of mercantile equity brought on by HJR 192 of June 5, 1933, expressly law merchant, Roman Civil Law, and admiralty law, and demand all of our rights at the Common law. (1) We do not have a bank account. ((Comment,Roger. Years ago, people used to deposit their gold and silver coin in the banks. When they wanted some back it was legal for the bank to "tender" fed. notes. When you deposited your "silver" in the bank a debt was created. The bank owed you.The bank "tendered" you fed notes and you accepted, thus the banks liability to give silver was "discharged". However, if one discovered later that the notes were no good, the note being a "chose in action" or, "something to be sued upon", the person receiving the note from the bank had an action against the bank for the sum of money deposited., or for the amount of the note. As long as I have my bank account then I have a pending action against the bank, so I am not sure if I want to give up any bank accounts--and besides---the disclosures were not fully given. Consumer Credit Code.)) 2. We do not have any credit cards. (Comment,Roger. Why not? When the bank "extends credit" they call the Credit Bureau to see how your credit is so it is your credit that is being used and not the banks. But the banks claim to extend credit which is false advertising and which is in violation of the Fair Trade Laws because you don't have equal opportunities and your state legislators have given special privileges to their creatures, privileges that even the state does not have and that is a no/no.When you get your credit card and use it to the limit and find that you can't "perform" on the contract and the bank sues, you submit a bill of particulars to find out just what it was that the bank gave you because you have the right to give back to the bank the same thing as you received and if they cannot identify the thing that you received then you cannot give it back, Now can you????) 3. We are not on the dole system. 4. We are not franchised or privileged by government. (Comment.Roger. In the book on the Constitution that is used by your Congressmen,it says in regard to section two of the 14th Amendment, that "because of governments coercive power to 'enfranchise' persons, this section of the Constitution is nothing more than a historical curiosity." Voting is a franchise and if you vote you are exercising your "voting franchise". The 14th Amendment extended the "voting franchise" to "subjects" of the United States. Before the 14th Amendment only free, white men could vote and you had to have a good paying job or own property. It was assumed that only those who paid the costs of running the government would be the ones who voted for their representatives. After the passage of the 14th Amendment anyone could vote and they immediately voted away the property of the property owners and you had no recourse at law.Everyone was lowered down to the same class as "slaves." Everything was turned around bassackwards. Voting was a "right" possessed by those who paid the salaries of their representatives. The 14th Amendment changed it into a "franchise" So never never claim anything under the 14th Amendment, that is if you are a free person .If you do then you are exercising a franchise. You must distinguish yourself as a free person from one who is a "subject". Hitler is often quoted by well intended people as saying that "it will never do to have 'subjects' carry arms." What he was referring to is those not of German blood. Germans were citizens, Foreigners were "subjects".) 5. We are not engaged in interstate commerce. (Comment,Roger. You are if you make long distance phone calls, send telegrams out of state, etc.,) Therefore we are not subject to government regulation or the government courts of equity. (Comment.Roger. Equity means nothing more than fair dealings which the patriots don't get very much of) We as free and natural persons are entitled to use the basic principles of the United States Constitution, that the people as one created for them- selves as Americans, a general law and a supreme law,binding upon every government official in the Untied States, both state and federal. It is the birthright of every natural person who is a sovereign of these United States, never to be abrogated, repudiated, diminished, or "suspended by the government offices it created, or by any other office created, or by any other office created under "commercial law." (Comment,Roger. Your "birthright"was "diminished"by the 14th Amendment when the voting "franchise" was extended to "subjects". Why do you think that just as soon as someone enters this country, they are signed up to vote? We have a democracy don't we? At least that is what we are told. In a democracy the majority rules. If the majority are "subjects", and if the newspapers and your public servants can convince enough people that the United States is a democracy, then what chance does the "freeperson" have?) Law of the Land. The general misconception is that any statute passed by legislators bearing the appearance of law constitutes the law of the land. The U.S. Constitution is the supreme law of the land, and any statute, to be valid must be in agreement. It is impossible for both the Constitution and a law violating it to be valid. One must prevail. This is succinctly stated as follows: "The general rule is that an unconstitutional statute, though having the form and name of law, is in reality no law, but is wholly void, and ineffective for any purpose: since unconstitutionality dates from the time of its enactment, and not merely from the date of the decision so branding it. An unconstitutional law, in legal contemplation, is as inoperative as if it had never been passed. Such a statute leaves the question that it purports to settle just as it would be had the statute not been enacted. Since an unconstitutional law is void, the general principles follow that it imposes no duties, confers no rights, creates no office, bestows no power or authority on anyone, affords no protection, and justifies no acts performed under it.. A void act cannot be legally consistent with a valid one. An unconstitutional law cannot operate to supersede any existing valid law. Indeed,insofar as a statute runs counter to the fundamental law of the land it is superseded thereby. No one is bound to obey an unconstitutional law and no courts are bound to enforce it."16 Am.Jur.2nd, p. 177 Department of Health and Human Services. Social Security Administration etc. Attention of person in management position of this agency and/or other government agency,etc.,. The purpose of this letter is to inform you of my status and demand that you, your agency or any other government agency, no longer have any control over my property withheld from my wages in the form of social security deductions converting it to the use of another. (Comment Roger. This is what the 14th Amendment did. It gave non property owners the "privilege" of voting away your property I receive disability compensation from the V.A. I should not be allowed to vote because I will vote for the Congressman who promises to increase my disability compensation.(I don't vote) if this is to be a free Nation then it is the people who "pay" my compensation who should decide how much I get. But the way things are today...) This letter will inform you of the basis of my demand as a free and natural sovereign. I am sending a copy of one of the documents which was included in the package by certified mail, return receipt requested. I suggest you give this your undivided attention. (Comment,Roger. Anyone doing this should send a notice of disclaimer to all government agencies disclaiming any and all pretended services they allege to provide you through buying and selling of "your" share of government bonds or indebtedness and you had better notify all voters that they do not have your permission and consent to use your property as collateral for "their" bond issues. If they use your property as collateral for bond issues then your property is vested with a public interest, this is why the officials in Providence R.I. can tell a certain man I know of to paint the eves of his house or they will put him in jail. His property is vested with a public interest, he must keep it in repair so that the debt will be secured. What would secure all this debt if everyone would tear down their houses and live in tents? The bankers might go crazy.) In the History of the United States of America, there is probably no more dramatic demonstration of deliberately designed misinformation then the literature put out by the Social Security Administration. One need go no further than three (3) decisions handed down by the U.S.Supreme court, two in 1937 and one in 1960, to realize what blatant deception the current Social Security literature contains. These three cases are: Stewart Machine Co v Davis 301 US 548 (1937), Helvering v Davis, 301 US 619 (1937) and Fleming v Nestor, 363 US 603 (1960) These cases enunciate the position of the Supreme court on the Social Security Act and the actual legal position of those who expect to receive benefits from it. Highlights of these cases are as follows: 1. "The proceeds of both (the employer and the employee) taxes are to be paid into the treasury like other internal revenue generally and are not earmarked in any way." 301 US619,supra. 2.The court points out that payroll deductions of American workers are not payments on premiums for insurance of any kind, but are simply income taxes: "..Eligibility for benefits...(does) not in any true sense depend on contributions through the payment of taxes. 363 US 603,supra. 3. Furthermore, payments made by employers for each of their employees are not matching to be credited to the account of the employee, but constitute an excise tax on the employer's right (Roger privilege) to do business. Consequently, his so called "contributions" go directly into the general fund of the treasury and "are not earmarked in any way." 301 US 619 supra. 4. People participating in Social Security payroll deductions do not acquire any property rights or contractual rights through their payments, as they would if they were paying on an insurance policy or contributing to an annuity plan. Simply put, there are no guarantees! The Congress does have power to deny benefits to citizens even though they have paid social security taxes. Also, the amount of benefits are at the option of Congress. Fleming v Nestor supra. 5. Benefits granted under social security are therefore not considered earned by the worker, but simply constitute a gratuity or gesture of charity. As the court stated: "Congress included in the original act, and has since retained, a claim expressly reserving to it the right to alter,amend, or repeal any provision of the act." Fleming v Nestor supra. (Comment.Roger.Same with Federal Reserve Act) In effect, Social Security benefits are like pensions to be given or withheld at the discretion of congress. 6. Payroll deductions which a worker pays (a special kind of "income tax") do nothing more than qualify him for consideration as a recipient of a charitable gift. His payments do not guarantee him anything. They do not guarantee the amount to be received, nor the duration of the gift. The Congress can alter or abolish the entire process at any time. Justice Hugo L. Black dissenting in the Nestor case, stated that the whole S.S.thesis, as expounded by the majority of the court, is that the government is giving the participating citizen "something for nothing and Congress can stop doing so when it pleases". He further stated: "I cannot believe that any private insurance in America would be permitted to repudiate its matured contracts with its policy holders who have regularly paid all the premiums in reliance upon the good faith of the company."Fleming v Nestor,supra,Black dissenting. It was only a short time after the Supreme court had revealed that social S. funds are; "paid into the treasure like other internal revenue generally, and are not earmarked in any way." that the S.S.A. went right ahead publishing literature proclaiming that payroll deductions "are strictly accounted for and kept separate from the general funds of the U.S.Treasury." Quoted by Warren Shore, Social Security: The Fraud in Your Future, The MacMillan Co. New York, 1975, p.23. Literature from the S.S.A. also continued to talk about its "insurance" plan, and the "contributions" which are "pooled" in a "trust fund". All of this was deliberately misleading in view of the Supreme court decisions cited above. Had a private insurance company so grossly misrepresented its position in this manner, its officers probably would have been sent to jail. Ever since 1935 the S.S.A. has laid such great emphasis on its "trust fund" that the average citizen believes his benefits are paid out of this fund. The Administration knows this is not true since benefits are paid out of the general treasury fund, it therefore refers to its so called trust fund as a "reserve of assets" to back up the S.S. program. What this "reserve fund" amounts to is simply an accumulation of U.S. bonds which wouldn't pay the liabilities of the system even if they were to be cashed in tomorrow. Furthermore, a government bond is nothing more than a claim against the American people for taxes not yet collected. This is also true of the interest which must be paid on the bond. Neither the bond, nor the interest to be paid on it constitutes an "asset" in any real sense of the term. For a government agency to accumulate a quantity of the government owned bonds, and call these a "reserve asset" is like a man writing himself a bundle of I.O.U.'s and listing these as assets on his financial statement to the bank. People tend to think of a "trust fund" as more or less liquid funds with an available cash flow if needed. The S.S.A. has no such funds. A majority of the people know this and are commencing to complain. (Comment.Roger. What is this writer complaining about. don't the federal government have equal powers as banks? Banks list notes as assets and they list demand deposits as both an asset and a liability. Wish I had it so good. What one can't do with a good bookkeeping system.Mortgages are assets even tho they are paid off with notes. How can a note be an asset if they are a liability? Well they are obligations of the United States and liabilities of the Federal reserve bank. They are a first and paramount lien on the assets of the Federal reserve bank whose assets are notes and bonds. The only real way one could rob a bank is if you took their furniture.) Unfortunately for some, and tragically for others, the words of Warren Shore describe the real situation: "obviously, there is no pool,just as there are no trust funds. Both words remain in the S.S. lexicon not because they are true, but because they help foster the public notion that S.S. is like insurance with its premium pools and trust funds regulated to support the promise made." ibid.p 22. Because all funds collected in the name of S.S. are never earmarked for any special use, they are intermingled and spent each year like any other funds. This means that billions of dollars collected by the S.S. A. in the early days of the program were used during 1935 through 1945 to help finance the military requirements of national defense incidental to W.W.II. (Comment.Roger. The nation was not in peril) Since the war, funds collected in the name of S.S. have continued to be spent on all the miscellaneous appropriations of the government including foreign aid, salaries for nearly three million federal employees, and various regulatory agencies of government. ((Comment Roger. Now do you see why fed. notes were made a legal tender for all debts? You paid your money in and a debt was created. They owed you. Now it is legal for "them" to "tender" fed. notes in "payment". When S.S. was first enacted, we were dealing in real money,why can't we get back the real money. Why, because fed notes are "legal tender", of course.) In recent years there has been considerable talk about the S.S. System becoming "insolvent" and getting close to "bankruptcy". The government itself is largely to blame for this misconception because it has used this line to justify the gigantic leap in S.S. taxes. They said these increases were absolutely necessary to keep the system "sound". At the same time, the S.S.A. has been promising tremendous increases in "benefits" if the people would tolerate this new wave of increased taxes. In reality, what Congress really accomplished was to create more resources for the general fund of the Treasury for political giveaway programs. The scare tactic of a "bankrupt" S.S. system has been used to minimize resistance to the new tax gouging in the name of S.S. The main thing to keep in mind is that S.S. cannot go bankrupt in the ordinary sense of the term because it is able to depend upon the government power to raise revenue by compulsory means through taxes rather than a trust fund such as insurance companies are required to have. As long as the people will allow Congress to "tax and tax, spend and spend, elect and elect, the people are too damn dumb to understand" (according to Harry Hopkins, Assistant to Rooseveldt.) S.S. will continue to be a runaway spending program. The S.S. Board of Trustees emphasized the power to tax as a secret weapon in a 1972 report to Congress by stating: "because compulsory social insurance is assured of continuing income...it does not have to build up the kind of reserves that are necessary at all times in an institution that cannot count on current income to meet current obligations." [to be continued] ** [Disclaimer: I am not associated in any way with George Gordon or his school. I apologize if anyone is offended at the "advertisish" tone; it was taken verbatim from one of George's pamphlet mailings, and shows his flair for the dramatic turn of phrase. But it certainly is true that more than ten years after he started this, he's still on the outside, and Roger is on the inside. A sobering thought - but you must, of course, draw your own conclusions.] GEORGE GORDON'S SCHOOL OF COMMON LAW George Gordon is a teacher of courtroom strategy and procedure, a businessman who taught himself to fight back in court when Big Brother put him out of business nine years ago. To that end, he founded Barrister's Inne School of Common Law in Boise, Idaho. As a result, the city of Boise (among other things) rarely stops a car without a license plate. Since he left Boise in 1984, he has started a new school in Isabella, Missouri, introduced personal tutoring classes, produced over 320 hours of videotaped lessons, traveled over 150,000 miles, and lectured in all 50 states. He is currently testing many issues in court, publishing a newsletter, and has a nationwide Barter Exchange and a working farm to show "How To Make $100,000 Annually on 25 Acres Or Less". He has done all this, owing no income tax or state license taxes, without a driver's license, car registration or insurance, without credit, loans, debt, business permits or licenses, with no Social Security number or taxes, without a marriage license or birth certificate, owing no military obligation, without U.S. citizenship, without state citizenship or residency, and the list could go on. George can tell you from personal experience that when you practice Exodus 23:32 in place of having a driver's license, Leviticus 19:35 in place of having a bank account, or take your children out of the public schools and teach them at home, you will meet with extreme opposition from the government and its agents. So far, his program is working, and he is winning. The Basic Courtroom Strategy and Procedure is 100 hours of video that gives the average man on the street the knowledge that is necessary to defend his rights, both in and out of court. We personally train the teachers of this course here on the farm, spending four intensive weeks teaching them how to teach their own classes. The classes are also open to individuals wanting to learn how to defend themselves and/or those who don't have a school available locally. George also teaches small, semi-private tutoring classes on Taxes, Private Business and Exchanges, Title 42 Civil Rights Violations, the above mentioned class on farming, a class for "licensed professionals" who no longer wish to be licensed, and many others. We here at the School observe the 759 Biblical Common Laws as our way of life. We do not advocate nor teach anarchy, civil disobedience or racism. Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread are celebrated here every spring, and every fall we observe the Feast of Tabernacles. During both Feasts, there are week-long classes for our friends here on the farm. For further information, call Jackie at (417) 273-4967 or 273-4772, every day except Sabbaths from sundown to sundown. THE BASIC COURTROOM STRATEGY AND PROCEDURE OUTLINE Are YOU a practicing Communist? The Ten Planks of the Communist Manifesto are in full force and effect in America today. Law - where does it come from? You must be able to distinguish between the Civil Law and the Common Law. Today, nearly everyone is under Civil. Admiralty - Where does it come from? What is it? How does it work? Are YOU a slave? There are twenty-three (23) different statuses of people in the U.S. Learn how to recognize your present status, and change it to the one you want, correctly. Subjects of the State? Corporations are Persons, People are Persons. Persons are Juristic, Corporate Juristic Persons are Subjects of the State. Money! Everyone wants it, yet few know what it is, and fewer still know how to get it and KEEP it. Learn the History of paper "money", and how everyone who uses it LOSES. Usury, Interest and the Law. Mortgages, interest and foreclosure go hand in hand. Do simple arithmetic and compute your profit - or LOSS. Groupies - What About Belonging? Almost everyone "belongs" to something, whether it's the PTA, the Republican Party or a church. Yet few know the legal ramifications of belonging to an organization. George Orwell's 1984. We are in the age of Big Brother, and now is the time to learn immunity. The Law Enforcement Growth Industry. It's a big business in America, supporting itself by arrests, incarcerations and slave labor in prisons. Police Powers. What are the police, where do they get their powers, and do they violate your rights (if you have any)? Adhesion Contracts. They've been around for along time. Now you can learn what they really are, and how to rescind them. Checks. Almost everyone uses them, but how many know what they really are? Social Security. Learn about the legal contract that creates the Guardian/Ward relationship between you and the government, robbing you of your rights. Income Tax. The Courts say it's Constitutional, the Bible says it isn't - the Civil Law says it is, the Common Law says it isn't - who is right? Learn the forty-one (41) key words you need to know and understand to comprehend. What is Insurance? Learn how Insurance is Interstate Commerce, and its negative effects on those who join. Hospital Story. How to negotiate an Adhesion Contract with a hospital. Marriage. Almost everyone is married to more than one person - there's you, your spouse, and the government. Learn how to divorce the State AND keep the kids! Divorce - Is It Adultery? Learn the differences between Civil and Common Law divorces, and how to protect yourself. Religion and Schools. How to teach your children at home and stay out of jail by using the 1st Amendment. Christians - Why I Am Not One. The word "Christian" appears three (3) times in the Bible. Christ's followers didn't call themselves Christians, but their enemies did. Oaths. Almost everyone takes one, but noone seems to ask WHY? Asseverations vs. Affidavits. Learn what they are, their differences, their applications, and how to write them. Legal Quotes. Learn some of the best quotes in legal history, and how to use them in your papers. Research. Learn how and why Computer research really helps. Plus a description of how one system in particular, Westlaw, works. Declaration of Intent and Purpose - Why Do You Need One? The Hows and Whys of rescinding our contracts with government, and how to make a Public Declaration of your Intents and Purposes to be used in court. Gideon's Story. How to compel God to specific performance on His contract with you, just like Gideon, the first "tax protestor". The Ultimate Law. While there are 759 statutes in the Biblical Common Law, most of us don't even know all Ten Commandments! The Jubilee Year, Land Sabbath and Inheritance. The three (3) statutes regarding land ownership. Code Pleading. Learn how to read the statutes - what they don't say is sometimes more important! Land Taxes. Find out who really owns your land. Wisdom. How to develop reason, logic and common sense, and apply it in court. Fraud - an Affirmative Defense. Learn the two (2) types of fraud, Positive and Constructive, and what to do about them. Banks Lending Credit - Is It Legal? Banks have a license to lend credit under the Federal Reserve Act. Learn the truth behind the facade. Eighteen (18) Ways to Stop a Foreclosure. Learn how NOT to be one of the 268,000 who are being foreclosed on this year. Verehoff Complaint. An example of the Money issue successfully used in an offensive case. RICO. What is it, and what does it do? Judgment Proofing. Most people DO NOT HAVE ANY PRIVATE PROPERTY in America today! Exchanges - Barter vs. Business. Property has never been assessed or taxed in this country; Income has. Learn the differences between taxable and non-taxable activities. Small Private Business. Now that you've dropped out of the System, how do you make a living? Learn how to market the fruits of your labor. Driving vs. Traveling. Learn why you want to Travel, not Drive. Abscamming Goverment Agents. Learn why it is NOT a crime to set up a test to see if a government agent will break the law. The Scene of the Crime. Learn the three (3) important rules every Pro Se litigant must observe: Don't say anything, keep quiet, and SHUT UP!!! Includes hands-on, how-to Arrest and Booking procedure. Defense. How to organize and execute proper defense and recognize every single Appealable Issue that the trial court MUST rule on. Evidence. Learn what it is, how to certify it as part of the court record, and how to present it in the courtroom setting. Proving Federal Crimes. What every Federal prosecutor knows, what he does and why he does it. The Exclusionary Rule. If it's excluded, you don't have to defend against it! Search and Seizure. Learn what can and can't be searched and seized, with info on Warrants, the Plain View rule, and other items. The Jailhouse Scene. Learn step-by-step what to do when you are being booked, fingerprinted, etc. Also, the low-down on administrative demands. Arraignment, Bailsetting and Hearing. What to tell the judge at your pretrial hearing. Why Bail is BAD, and what arraignments, docket sheets, etc., really are. Civil Rights Suits. Government officials may not care about your rights, but the insurance company's claims adjustor sure does! Learn how to use Title 42 actions to REALLY get their attention. Motions. What they are, and when to use them. Writing Process. Everything in your case will be done in writing, so it's important that you be able to write well. The Ashwander Rules. Learn the seven (7) rules that you must follow to qualify your case for Appellate review. Organizing Your Case. Learn the logical order of doing things such as the Brief, Filing and Presentation. Service of Process. Learn about equitable protection and due process. Civil Procedure. To formulate a winning strategy in court, knowing and applying these rules is a must. How To Ask Questions. Learning to ask the right questions, so they won't be objected to and thrown out, is crucial to a win! Examining Witnesses. How to effectively examine and cross-examine your own witnesses and the oppositions'. Fourteen (14) Indicia of a Jury Trial. What they are, and how to play the game out to its conclusion. Also, learn if you really want or need a Jury trial. Learn how to select a Jury to give you that vital edge, and what is involved in Jury Instructions, a necessary part of any trial. Appeals. How to qualify your case for Appellate review, and formulate a winning strategy once you have qualified. How To Claim Public Lands. Learn the ins and outs of claiming some of the 648,000 acres of public land in the lower 48 states. Motion Hearings. A practice session on presenting an Oral Argument. Trial Procedure. A complete mock trial, from beginning to end, including Prosecution, Witnesses, and Sentencing! COSTS The above Basic Course lasts four weeks. Each week costs one (1) ounce of Gold, with Gold at 500 Federal Reserve Notes per ounce, or 500 FRN's. We don't sell fish - we teach men how to fish! If the cost seems steep to you, sit down and add up how much it could save you in the long run... TUTORING CLASSES The very successful tutoring program initiated in 1985 is designed to address specific problems, as opposed to the Basic Course which teaches a generalized strategy. Whether you face unlawfully imposed taxes, divorce, loss of children, a desire to change your lifestyle or pursue a chosen profession, or defend yourself from abuse at the hands of government agents, we have a class for you. Because George could never give anyone's problem full attention if he taught large groups, we've limited the number of students in each weekly session to nine (9). To assure yourself a class space, you must pre-register with a 20% minimum deposit. The cost of each class per tutoring space is 2 ounces of Gold at 500 FRN's per ounce, or the equivalent in other substance (Silver, Barter, etc.), or 1,000 FRN's. If you pay in advance in Gold, Silver or FRN's, we offer a 10% discount from quoted figures. Wives can attend classes wth husbands for half the quoted figures. Please read the Barter List, as we do much pre-arranged trading to enable more people to learn. However, if we lined up all the horses, chainsaws, mowers, etc., that have been promised in trade and never delivered, we would have quite a parade! To help you avoid paying the five times penalty for theft, we can deliver only after YOU do. Each class consists of George's tutoring and the Supreme Court decisions, recissions and paperwork pertinent to that class. All classes start at 9am Monday and continue until 5pm Friday. - Tax Classes Almost 350 people have taken one of these. The reason for their popularity? They work! Of those who have attended, only nine (9) have been incarcerated, and they didn't follow the strategy - they went out and hired lawyers to help them lose. This averages out to a 2% failure rate for George's students, as opposed to the 2% WIN RATE in tax cases with LAWYERS! Since we're all unique and have unique situations, each and every plan has to be formulated specially for each individual. Thus, these classes have very few participants, so we can cover all details in advance. Over 80% of these students win out of court, which is a stress-reducing victory in itself. If you plan ahead and get every possible problem covered beforehand, there is no reason for court, jail or loss of all your property. Also in this class: How to work for a corporation without being required to have a Social Security Number. This is the narrow entry provided by the Feds to being an individual, yet maintaining your present lifestyle. Two of George's students have successfully tested the issue of religious objection before the IRS, the Social Security Administration, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and a labor union. The first day is devoted entirely to Status. Only you can decide what status you wish to have, after careful examination of the State's encroachment into our lives, their control of all facets of our lives, and the ramifications of same. We would like to help you - help us by calling BEFORE an indictment! - $100,000 on 25 Acres How to make $100,000 anually on as little as four (4) acres, even in an economically depressed area. Sound too good to be true? This class will show you how to acquire the necessary land and equipment; how to finance it without interest, credit checks or down payments; how to select the proper location, and teach you the Biblical Common Laws pertaining to land acquisition and usage, so you can avoid the failures of today's "agribusinessmen". There are 3,000 farmers successfully using portions of this program today. George has taken the best of a program designed by a Professor Emeritus at Tuskegee University, and combined it with his own experience in "unconventional farming", the land laws he teaches, and practical marketing. You'll learn how to locate and keep customers and how to develop an organic market and grow the crops necessary to make your $100,000/year within five (5) years of the day you start. You'll learn about square foot gardening, raised beds, organic plant protection, cost projection analysis, and how to raise capital. The marketing aspects can be carried over into any other business you may have. For you men who complain about the non-support and non-participation of your wives, this is one class they can easily understand! Why not send your wife to class, and let her learn how to earn? Everyone is entitled to be wealthy. And a wealthy individual is one who has the ability to do exactly as they wish. Is there anyone out there who doesn't want to be satisfied with their life? All who attend this class may work with us on the farm for hands-on experience. Remember, people always have to eat, and with the average American eating over 143 pounds of just the eleven major fresh vegetables per year, this is the time to cash in! - Private Business and Exchange Trading is an old industry that has acquired a modern flair. This class teaches the economics of bartering, how it's an inflation fighter, taxes and barter, how to put together a trade, and how to trade with ANYONE. During the last Depression, there was a 25% unemployment rate, a shortage of Federal Reserve Notes to conduct business, and people were "reduced" to barter. What isn't said is that there was 75% employment, we don't need FRN's to transact, and barter has been around long before the Federal Reserve was even thought of. If we are to maintain our standard of living during the next great Depression, we must know how to obtain the necessities of life outside of employment and the Federal Reserve System, and learn to use barter to our advantage instead of being forced into it. If you earn $20,000 a year and are laid off (or experience a 25% decline in "income"), your standard of living declines 25%. But if you learn to trade $5,000 a year, and make three trades for a pickup, furniture, and appliances... if you lose 25% of your "income", your standard of living does NOT suffer! It all sounds simple, but everywhere we look we see a woeful lack of understanding in barter. We have been using the Fed all our lives. Sears, Penny's and Standard Oil we understand, but Gold, Silver, honey, wheat, corn and oil are over our heads? Before you are forced to trade under adverse conditions, you should learn how to do it right! This class focuses on trade techniques with merchants, contractors, retailers and others. It includes public vs. private business, income taxes, licensing, and the Common Law as it relates to private business. George will show you how to establish a private business and have NO income, NO license, and NO tax liability! This class is especially important for those who have rescinded their Social Security Numbers. Remember, you can barter the tuition! - Civil Rights (Title 42) In the past three years, we have had these classes full of individuals who have succeded, and will succeed, in obtaining redress for injustices suffered at the hands of police, attorneys, judges, municipalities, etc. George himself won a Title 42 suit in Idaho, settling out of court with the defendants in Gold, and a number of other suits filed by George are currently in litigation. But perhaps the most important thing to come out of these classes is the ever increasing number of students who are filing and WINNING suits against persons who have violated their civil rights. Title 42 of the United States Code, sec. 1983, is that section of Federal law which deals specifically with civil rights violations and their rectification. It is the ONLY way for anyone who is not a Citizen of the United States to gain redress of greivance in cases of civil rights violations. George will teach you what it covers, its applications, whether or not you have a legitimate greivance, how much to ask for, when to settle out of court, AND how to set up civil rights violations. There are five (5) rules that MUST be adhered to, or the Court will dismiss your case in a heartbeat. While the most common use of Title 42 Sec 1983 is to extract direct monetary compensation for violated rights, a number of these suits filed against a defendant or group of defendants cause another, indirect effect, but one which is just as deadly to the opposition: Their insurance companies inform them that they are no longer covered, or that if they continue, they will either lose their coverage or have their rates go through the roof! Learn how to find the secondary insurance companies that cities and counties keep hidden and tap the unlimited financial resources of municipalities which previously had the limits of their primary insurance carriers imposed upon you. Protect your Rights against Wrongdoing. - Professionals This class was formerly called the Doctor's Class, but now called the Professional's Class, because it's for all professionals - architects, plumbers, chiropractors, contractors, dentists, etc. Learn the basic procedures for disenfranchisement, or starting or continuing a generally licensed business without a license. Learn how the State gained control over you via licensing, how to abrogate that control and how to avoid undue harrassment simultaneously! - Survival This new class covers sixty-four (64) life-threatening problems that will be facing us in the years to come. Among the subjects covered are: Family Bible records, birth certificates, marriage licenses, divorce contracts, midwifery, home homeopathic care, home chiropractic care, poisonous bites, herbs and remedies, how to plan and grow a basic herb garden, how to grow your own first aid kit, home schooling, inoculations, synthetic vs. natural fabrics, grain storage, amino acid protein balance, and longevity of stored goods. Learn how to build your own lifeboat, and face the future with confidence. ** [This is a Constructive Notice. You've read about 'em, now take a look at one. As an exercise, see if you can identify all the elements of a proper and lawful notice. The Court caption and heading at the top have been left off, for space considerations. Needless to say, any paper filed with the court has to conform to the local rules for filings, and that may change from court to court. Before doing anything like this, you should read all applicable rules and laws.] To: Officer RE: Ticket #____________ CONSTRUCTIVE NOTICE AND DEMAND NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, accused ___ ___, takes the following exceptions to your _____ __, 199__ issuance of a NOTICE OF PARKING VIOLATION # __ ______. The California Vehicle Code #22502 is cited as a Code of Regulation for curb parking. C.V.C. 17459, UNDER DIVISION 9, ARTICLE 4. SERVICE OF PROCESS STATES: "The acceptance by a resident of this state of a certificate of ownership or a certificate of registration of any motor vehicle or any renewal thereof, issued under the provisions of this code, shall constitute the consent of the person that the service of summons may be made upon him within or without this state, in any action brought in the courts of this state upon a cause of action arising in this state out of the ownership or operation of the vehicle." A parking violation ticket to appear or deposit bail is a summons in civil procedure. The code in section 17459 states that a certificate of registration constitutes the consent by the person of service of summons to a CAUSE OF ACTION. The Notice of Parking Violation #________ does not state a "CAUSE OF ACTION", as the Code of Civil Procedure defines "action", and what constitutes an action, and the Civil Code defines the condition of an action. An ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WILL BE FILED IN THE SUPERIOR COURT, along with a subpoena for your presence. Your failure to appear will constitute a contempt of Court (see Code of Civil Procedure). Failure to bring the injured body forward for examination will constitute grounds for contempt charges against YOU! If the Notice of Parking Violation #_____________ is on an account number, then bring forth an accounting for examination, as it is a civil matter. As an agent for the D.M.V. you have made a conclusion of law to which I have taken exception. Said notice is an attempt to extort funds from me by inverting the burden of proof without evidence that a crime has been committed in violation of Rules 2, 3, 4, and 7 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Since you are an executive officer, you have broken the law by impersonating a judicial officer by levying a bail against me. Title 18 United States Code, Section 241, provides that..."any person who goes on the highway in disguise to prevent or hinder the free exercise and enjoyment of any right so secured by law...shall be fined not more than $10,000.00 or imprisoned not more than ten years or both. The reference to the disguise in the foregoing section is in reference to someone impersonating an officer of the law. You are impersonating an officer of the law by declaring that to be law which IS NOT law because you are an executive officer performing a judicial function, and further, you have no victim or injured party to sign a complaint. Further, Title 18, United States Code, Section 242, provides for one or more persons who, under color of law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or custom, willfully subjects any inhabitant of any state, territory, or district to the deprivation of rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the Constitution, or laws of the United States...shall be fined not more than $1,000.00 or imprisoned not more than one year or both. Title 18, United States Code, Section 242, with its color of law provision, gives a cause of action to apply Title 18, United States Code, Section 241, because Section 241 needs two persons in disguise and Section 242 provides the second person under color of law as the "QUASI SUMMONS" mentioned herein implies that a judge in the Municipal Court is acting in concert to commit an overt act of fraud and extortion for conversion. Demand is now upon you to dismiss this action within ten (10) days from receipt of this Notice and Demand. Unless, by appropriate return response to this Notice, the existence of some other factual basis to further compel an appearance in this matter is shown. No other will be deemed necessary by the undersigned accused. This Notice will serve as a basis for an action at law to commence in the United States Court by diversity pursuant to Rule 7 (a) and (c), and Rule 81 (c) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure by the jurisdiction provided in Title 42, United States Code, Sections 1983 and 1985; Title 28, United States Code, Sections 1331 and 1343 and others with Title 18, United States Code Sections 241, 242, 872, 1621, 1622, and 1623 providing for the administration of the penalties upon failure to comply with the terms now on demand by this Notice. I suggest that you give me written notice, at the address listed below, of such dismissal as demanded herein within ten (10) days to avoid any unnecessary complications which may arise in court from further action on this matter from damages stated herein and other such violations and damages that apply, or will apply as future results will occur and be applied. SEND YOUR RESPONSE TO: [address] Dated: ______________________ [Here's another.] CONSTRUCTIVE NOTICE TAKE NOTICE! THIS CONSTRUCTIVE NOTICE is being given you as the only legal warning you will receive. You would not be receiving it had you not failed to satisfactorily identify yourself in response to my timely and valid request pursuant to the UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION, the CONSTITUTION OF CALIFORNIA and various State and Federal Statutes, including the Federal Privacy Act of 1974, and Title 42, section 1983, and others, and relevant U.S. Supreme Court Decisions, including Miranda v. Arizona, binding on you if you are indeed, as you claim to be, a public servant under oath to support the same and acting under color of law while violating my rights, which I claim and demand at all times, never waiving any right for any cause or reason at any time. These rights include the right to travel. Therefore: YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT - ANYTHING YOU SAY CAN AND WILL BE USED AGAINST YOU IN A COURT OF LAW - YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO COUNSEL OF YOUR CHOICE. It is within your discretion to release me without further proceeding. To fail to do so will irreparably harm me and will result in your prosecution. I hereby deny your jurisdiction over my person and property, and demand that you prove such jurisdiction within your own agency, before your superiors at a docketed administrative hearing on the record, and that I be provided with an opportunity to appeal any administrative determinations made in any ex parte hearings of which I have not received timely and proper legal notice. I demand that you exhaust all of your administrative remedies before seeking relief in an appeal to the Courts. You are hereby put on Notice that Title 18, United States Code, section 241 provides that any person who goes on the highway in disguise to prevent or hinder the free exercise and enjoyment of any right so secured by law (such as the rights to life, liberty, and property) shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than ten years or both. Penalties exist under California law as well. The reference to the disguise is in reference to someone impersonating an officer of the law. You are impersonating an officer of the law by declaring that to be law which is not law and you have no victim or injured party to sign a complaint. Also, if you were not in disguise, you would not have refused to give the information that I requested in order to be sure that you were not an imposter with an evil intent or motive. Highwaymen have used disguises of various sorts, including pretending to be government agents, in the past, and will undoubtedly do so in the future, in order to get their victims to drop their guard. Be assured, my guard will not be dropped but upon your production of facts supporting your claims, the knowledge of which is my right which I demand. Until such due process is rendered me, you are abridging my right to travel, an inseparable part of my right to liberty. If you are indeed who you are claiming to be, by your own claim, a member of the EXECUTIVE BRANCH of government, you have no business in issuing any "summons" or judicially commanding either my person, my possessions, or my freedom to do anything beyond your limited executive powers. You may be under the mistaken impression that you are protected by your qualified immunity. You are not. Pursuant to Davis v. Scherer, 82 L.Ed.2d 139, 104 S.Ct.547 (1984); Harlow v. Fitzgerald, 457 U.S. 800,818 (1982); and the Ninth Circuit's interpretation of Harlow in Copeoman v. Reed, 754 F.2nd 1512,1514 (1985) this NOTICE serves to "clearly establish" my rights (including my rights to travel and to due process) which you are bound to under ))40300-40604 of the Vehicle Code to be brought, without delay before the court. The above cited cases stand for the position that a State official's violation of state regulation, after an individual "clearly establishes" his rights at the time of the alleged violation, that official loses his qualified immunity from suit under 42 USCS )1983. A plaintiff who seeks damages for violation of constitutional or statutory rights may overcome the defendant official's qualified immunity only by showing that those rights were clearly established at the time of the conduct at issue. Davis v. Scherer, 82 L.Ed.2d 139,151. Though the State of California may have a STATUTE purportedly giving judicial powers to the executive branch of government, it could not have been Lawfully granted, and it, (if there is one), MUST BE NULL AND VOID! This is not just a naked assertion as I rely upon the following reasons: Firstly, the Supreme Law of the Land in the Third Article of the United States Constitution states that, "The judicial powers shall be vested in the courts"! It makes no provision otherwise as it did not say that, "the judicial powers are vested with the courts and CERTAIN OF THE EXECUTIVE BRANCHES." This Belligerant Claimant in Person DEMANDS ALL HIS RIGHTS. This includes the Constitutional Right to a "Separation of Powers": "The United States shall guarantee to every State of the Union, a republican form of government..." Article IV, Section IV, United States Constitution And; "The powers of state government are legislative, executive, and judicial. Persons charged with the exercise of one power may not exercise either of the others except as permitted in this Constitution." Article III, Section 3, Constitution of the State of California Clearly, the executive branch DOES NOT have any of the judicial powers to issue summons. An "executive summons" conforms to the WRITS OF ASSISTANCE which so incensed our forefathers as to require them to willingly lay down their lives in a war against King George III, so as to divest themselves of such tyrannical bonds. Any intention or attempt to TRANSFER POWER from one branch of government to another is a flagrant violation of the Law. "Any fundamental or basic power necessary to government cannot be delegated." Wilson v. Philadelphia School District, 113 ALR 1401 No powers are more fundamental or basic to our American system of government than the legislative, executive, and judicial, because in every body politic these three branches, however divided, are the very roots of any form of government. As you have just been informed, these fundamental powers cannot Lawfully be transferred one to another. As was observed above, although California MIGHT have a statute purporting to give the executive branch certain judicial powers, it came without the proper authority to do so, and however well it has been established by precedents otherwise, we must note that: "If the legislature clearly misinterprets a Constitutional provision, the frequent repetition of the wrong will not create a right." Amos v. Mosley, 77 SO 619. Also see Kingsley v. Metril, 99 NW 1044 Any statute or branch of government co-mingling the basic powers of one exercising some of the power of the other, must be seen as a clear misinterpretation of the Supreme Law of the Land, because: "Where the meaning of the Constitution is clear and unambiguous, there can be no resort to construction to attribute to the founders a purpose or intent NOT MANIFEST IN ITS LETTER." Norris v. Baltimore 192 A 531 And; "No legislative act contrary to the Constitution can be valid. To deny this would be to affirm that the deputy is greater than his principal; that the servant is above the master; that the representatives of the people are superior to the people; that men, acting by virtue of powers may do not only what their powers do not authorize, but what they forbid. It is not to be supposed that the Constitution could intend to enable the representatives of the people to substitute their will to that of their constituents. A Constitution is, in fact, and must be regarded by judges as fundamental law. If there should happen to be an irreconcilable variance between the two, the Constitution is to be preferred to the statute." A.Hamilton, Federalist Papers #78 See also Warning v. The Mayor of Savannah, 60 Georgia, P.93; First Trust Co. v. Smith, 277 SW 762, Marbury v. Madison, 2 L Ed 60; and Am.Juris. 2d Constitutional Law, section 177-178 [What you've read so far is the parts that deal with the Executive Branch and the Separation of Powers. Other sections deal with the Appearance Before a Magistrate. The Notice ends with:] THEREFORE, TAKE NOTICE that I claim all of my rights at all times never waiving any of my legal or Constitutional rights at any time. I object to being detained, questioned, or searched. I object to my person, my automobile, or my real or personal property being searched. I demand counsel of my own choice before answering any questions or making any other statement. I demand that you give probable cause for this arrest, and produce a 4th Amendment warrant. I deny any and all jurisdiction over my person, and demand that you or your agency exhaust all administrative remedies available to you before taking any action in the courts. I therefore demand a docketed administrative hearing on the record before your agency, with counsel of my own choice, scheduled so as to give me enough time to properly prepare my case. Further, United States Code, Title 18, section 242 provides for one or more persons who, under color of law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or custom, willfully subjects any inhabitant of any state, territory, or district to the deprivation of rights, privileges, or immunities secured or protected by the Constitution or laws of the United States...shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year or both. Title 18, United States Code, section 242, with it's color of law provision, gives a cause of action to apply Title 18, section 241, United States Code, because section 241 needs two persons in disguise and section 242 provides the second person under color of law as the Notice that you issued implies a judge in the Municipal Court is acting in concert with you to commit an overt act of fraud and extortion for conversion. Demand is upon you to withdraw the invalid Notice #_____ within ten ( 10) days from receipt of this Notice and Demand or Action will commence in the United States District Court pursuant to Rule 7(a) and (c) of the criminal rules of procedure by the jurisdiction provided in Title 42, United States Code, sections 1983 and 1985; Title 28, U.S.C. sections 1331 and 1343 and others with Title 18, U.S.C., sections 241, 242, 872, 1621, 1622, and 1623 providing for the administration of the penalties. I suggest that you give me written notice of such withdrawal as demanded herein within ten (10) days of your receipt of this Notice and Demand or action will commence against you for damages stated herein and other such violations and damages that apply to this matter or will apply as future results will occur and be applied. Ignorance of this letter and contempt for the rights and sovereignty of this inhabitant of California are folly on your part. Be advised that I am ready with papers prepared right now to file actions in Federal District Court in forma pauperis against you, should you fail to withdraw your invalid Notice within ten (10) days. This Constructive Notice is to inform you that those papers will be filed against you and other pending conspirators in this conspiracy and fraud against this sovereign natural individual inhabitant of the state of California, who has rescinded all contracts with the United States federal government, the State of California, and each of it's political subdivisions, thereby establishing himself as a freeman under the organic national Constitution of the Republic of the United States of America who is NOT a "person required" to have license plates or other registration evidence displayed on his vehicle. Send your response to: Dated:______________ Signed, ** Sample Response to Administrative Summons date your name and address name of person issuing summons and their address Dear _______________, I am in receipt of a document labelled "Form # _______", purporting to be a Collection Summons, which states in part, "In the matter of the tax liability of [your name]", "The Commissioner of Internal Revenue to [your name]" and claims, "You are hereby summoned and required to appear before..." and to "bring all documents and records you possess...in reference to the following years:". Enclosed is a copy of the aforementioned document. I note that there is no seal of any court on this document, nor was it issued personally by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue; nor does it even state that it came from an agency or department under the authority of the United States of America, the United States, the United States Code or of any State government. I note your signature on the bottom where you are designated an "issuing officer", but the document does not specify your specific delegation of authority from the Commissioner to issue or serve such a document upon me; nor does it state specifically how I became subject to the commands of the Commissioner. I note further that this document purportedly requires that I appear, give testimony and "produce books, records and papers" for your examination. If this document were issued under the lawful directive of a federal or State government, I would think that it would be so indicated on the document. If it were not, and you are not affiliated with the government, then I have no obligation to you. If we presume that you are, in fact, affiliated with the government, you come under the directive of the Supreme Court of the United States of America, and I require more information to ascertain if you are within the bounds of your authority. For this, I rely upon the Supreme Court decision of Federal Crop Insurance Corporation v Merrill, 332 US 380,384 (1947) which states: "Whatever the form in which the Government functions, anyone entering into an arrangement with the Government takes the risk of having accurately ascertained that he who purports to act for the Government stays within the bounds of his authority...and this is so even though as here the agent himself may have been unaware of the limitations upon his authority." Therefore, if you believe that I have some obligation to appear and produce personal papers, I require verification of your authority, via the following documents, before I do so: 1) The documents of determination that I am one who comes within the authority of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue and within the purview of the "Internal Revenue Code", whereby I am required and compelled to waive my fundamental rights to the security of my papers and effects and compelled to be a witness against myself. 2) The documents of determination that I am one who does not have these rights as protected under the 4th and 5th Amendments to the Constitution of the United States of America. 3) The documents that identify the facts used in making those determinations and show specifically how I waived those rights or how those rights were lost. 4) The documents that identify the law (legal authority) on which those determinations were based. 5) The delegations of authority from the Commissioner to you which allow you to serve such a document as this upon me. 6) If the delegation order does not specifically name you personally, then I require your personal documents of appointment to this position to which has ben delegated the authority of the Commissioner. I require a minimum of five (5) days prior to any meeting to review the documents you provide; therefore, the meeting date you set is not appropriate at this time. Upon receipt of the above documents, I will make an appropriate determination. If the above allegations are clearly shown to be true, I will make an appropriate search of my personal effects, and bring any relevant "books or papers" with me when the next meeting date is scheduled. If you do not respond within thirty (30) days with the above documentation, the presumption will be established that you did err, that I maintain all my rights and you have no basis to demand that I waive those rights. If you are a properly authorized and delegated officer of the United States of America or one of the several States, I apologize for any inconvenience, but I am sure you are aware of the large number of criminals claiming to be government officials who attempt to defraud others. I will be expecting your earliest possible response with the documents requested. Thank you in advance for your cooperation. Sincerely, ______________________________ enclosure: copy of "Form # _______" Certified Mail # _________________ ** Another "Fireside Chat" (does this make me the anti-FDR? gads, i hope not.) Administrivia: As you may have noticed, the Thunder Island address no longer exists since the sysop has recently been the recipient of many lucrative job offers, and my congratulations and thanks for his support are due him. The list will continue at this address for the foreseeable future (schirado@lab.cc.wmich.edu). I'm certainly not doing much for myself in the way of actively removing my own personal chains these days. Being freshly dropped out of high school, with a life-long hatred of school (with Catholic nuns throughout most of it, no less!), I look back and wonder how it was that ever knew the difference between learning and indoctrination, and am amazed that I didn't surrender completely to nihilism. Even as I explore this strange world of grownups, my brief period of practical applications of law reminds me that if you want to defend Rights, you have to do it to the utmost of your ability, for as Churchill reminds us, If you will not fight for the right when you can easily win without bloodshed; if you will not fight when your victory will be sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a small chance of survival. There may even be a worse case: you may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves. At this stage of my life, I still have too much growing up to do to be able to properly defend my rights where in counts, in court. But I share this information whenever I have the opportunity; I give away disks packed full of the information to whoever expresses interest; I upload it to BBS's, if the sysop expresses interest; and I save whatever information I find that I consider worth keeping. I guess the best way to describe me would be "librarian", or maybe "archivist". A quiet, unassuming, non-threatening, everyday individual, whose passion for words, language and the creativity and invention of the unfettered mind leads him to preserve whatever scraps of information he thinks may be of use for the future. And occasionally handing out a pamphlet to random strangers. I consider this mailing list to be only moderately successful in that it's really "preaching to the converted", as it were. At the moment, there are four of you subscribing. In all, I received five requests for information about the mailing list from other folks, who never responded to the info I sent. Somewhat surprising, given the broad range of advertising it got, but certainly easier on me, given my lack of dedicated smart list software here.. Best wishes, yr moderator ** -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: 2.3 mQCNAiuhO1QAAAEEAOuUGP0QKhow6Fao1yAZklOAoU+6sXt8978TaJYQQ+NTHMx7 zlnmG6d6LWarPgwIwyCyygEMU+2zAClde08YHOSI/zH+2rvLSaddgPcGJlf7V7+K uhu3nBJM6dhEBKY2P3UfO+CmQQemQ3Q8yR4m8HEpno1VRzUIh2QAFfmIg8VVAAUR tDNJYW4gTSBTY2hpcmFkbyA8aW1zQHRodW5kZXItaXNsYW5kLmthbGFtYXpvby5t aS51cz4= =WIMt -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----