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Edited by Mary Lou Seymour. To subscribe or unsubscribe to this
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December 5th, 2002
Not just another Bill of Rights Day
On December 15, 1791, the first ten amendments to the
Constitution of the United States -- the Bill of Rights -- went into
effect, and that date has been celebrated by freedom lovers ever
since as Bill of Rights Day.
This year, with the Bill of Rights under attack as never before in
(my memory, at least), it is especially poignant and bittersweet to
recall the efforts of the Founders to draw a "line in the sand" that
the government would dare not cross. Ten lines, actually,
enumerated in the Bill of Rights, to preserve and defend the liberty
of future generations.
With the USA PATRIOT Act and the forthcoming "Homeland
Security Department" huffing and puffing and threatening to blow
down the Fourth Amendment, "Free Speech Zones" making a
mockery of the First Amendment, and the U.S. Supreme Court
seemingly poised to destroy the Fifth Amendment in a
reconsideration of Miranda, the Bill of Rights seems to be
disappearing with dizzying speed right before our eyes.
There are, however signs of "Resistance Rising." Starting in
February 2002, citizens of various towns around the U.S. began
organizing Bill of Rights Defense Committees for the purpose of
getting their local governments to pass resolutions "in defense of
the Bill of Rights" and in opposition to the draconian provisions of
2001's USA PATRIOT Act. The fifteenth city resolution denouncing
that act was passed on November 26th in Eugene, Oregon, and by
the time you read this, other such resolutions may have been
passed as well. For information on how to organize a Bill of Rights
Defense Committee in your community, see the "Tips and Tools"
page from the Northampton, MA Bill of Rights Defense Council,
which started this movement with the help of the ACLU.
Which brings me to a vital point: If we are serious about saving the
Bill of Rights in these perilous times, we must reach out to freedom
lovers on both sides of the left-right divide, put aside our differences
and join forces. "Your Best Friends Might Be on the Other Side of
the Political Spectrum," from the JPFO's BoR Day 2001
celebration, brings home this crucial fact of life.
JPFO, of course, has the premier collection of activities and
actions for celebrating Bill of Rights Day. Pins, posters, t-shirts,
sample letters to the editor, proclamations for your town ... and this
year, JPFO also supplies the music for your celebration, with the
new "I will Live Free" CD of songs celebrating the Bill of Rights.
(See if your local radio station will play some of the songs!)
No Bill of Rights Day celebration would be complete without some
Bill of Rights Enforcement buttons from L. Neil Smith's "Bill of
Rights Enforcement Page." Order your button(s) to wear or hand
out to friends (and foes, to make them squirm) ... included with
each button ordered is a card with the text of Smith's essay "Save
America -- Enforce the Bill of Rights."
One final, easy action to take: send a Bill of Rights Day e-card
from Founding Fathers Virtual Cards to everyone on your list,
reminding them to get ready for December 15.
This year, liberty activists must, more urgently than ever before,
rally our forces to make THIS Bill of Rights Day one that is
remembered and celebrated as fervently as the one in 1791.
So ... get your buttons and t-shirts on, take those resolutions to
your city council, write those letters to the editor. Let's make this
December 15 a day the statists will NEVER forget -- the day we
rally together and begin to take back our freedom before it is swept
away for good.
Till next week
For Freedom
Mary Lou
Links
o Do you have the right to remain silent?
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/text/134583315_miranda25.html
http://www.free-market.net/rd/770959979.html
o Muzzling Free Speech
http://www.free-market.net/rd/966488202.html
o Resistance Rising
http://www.free-market.net/rd/813404342.html
o Patriot Act earns council's `no' vote
http://www.free-market.net/rd/981163239.html
o Organize a Bill of Rights Defense Committee
http://www.free-market.net/rd/821125314.html
o Your Best Friends Might Be on the Other Side of the Political
Spectrum
http://www.free-market.net/rd/320003835.html
o JPFO: Celebrating Bill of Rights Day
http://www.free-market.net/rd/679964931.html
o I Will Live Free
http://www.free-market.net/rd/211722328.html
o L. Neil Smith's Bill of Rights Enforcement Page
http://www.free-market.net/rd/887344105.html
o Bill of Rights Enforcement Buttons
http://www.free-market.net/rd/550240860.html
o Founding Fathers E-Cards
http://www.free-market.net/rd/794244207.html
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