Think Government Is Corrupt? You May Face 10 Years In Jail

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Think Government Is Corrupt? You May Face 10 Years In Jail

South Carolina forces “subversives” to register with the authorities or do hard time

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Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet.com
Monday, February 8, 2010

Subversives who think government is corrupt and should be controlled by the people face 10 years in prison and a $25,000 dollar fine if they fail to register with authorities in South Carolina, in another chilling example of how free speech and dissent is being criminalized in America.

The state’s “Subversive Activities Registration Act” is now officially on the books and mandates that “Every member of a subversive organization, or an organization subject to foreign control, every foreign agent and every person who advocates, teaches, advises or practices the duty, necessity or propriety of controlling, conducting, seizing or overthrowing the government of the United States … shall register with the Secretary of State.”

Of course, the right to overthrow a government that has become corrupt, abusive and completely unrepresentative of its electorate is enshrined in the Declaration of Independence – that’s how America came to be a Republic in the first place – advocating or teaching that the people should “control” the government via their elected representatives is a basic function of a democratic society, but this law effectively makes it a terrorist offense.

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness,” states the Declaration of Independence.

Under the sweeping terms of the law, members of tax protest organizations, the Tea Party movement and the States’ Rights movement based in South Carolina are all domestic terrorists if they fail to register their dissent with the authorities.

It is important to stress that the notion this law somehow only applies to “Islamic terrorists” is completely at odds with the fact that federal and state authorities now consider the main terror threat to be from informed American citizens exercising their constitutional rights in opposition to the big government agenda they are being subjected to.

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As we saw with the MIAC report and a plethora of similar training manuals which were leaked over the last decade, police are being trained that libertarians, gun owners, Ron Paul supporters and anyone who is mildly political is a domestic extremist and a potential terrorist – these people are the real target of the subversives list in South Carolina.

The infamous Phoenix Federal Bureau of Investigation manual (page one, page two) produced in association with the Joint Terrorism Task Force listed “defenders of the U.S. constitution” and “lone individuals” as terrorists. Will anyone in South Carolina who defends the Constitution, the very bedrock of what America stands for, have to register with the authorities unless they want to be locked up for a decade?

Of course, since nobody is going to register as a “subversive” with South Carolina authorities, their failure to “comply” with the regulation will later be used against them as a means of eliciting criminal charges, in what represents a clear end run around the First Amendment.

The government isn’t going to just come out all guns blazing and ban free speech, they are simply going to make anyone who refuses to register for permission a criminal for failing to adhere to a separate mandate.

Just like people in places such as New York and Chicago were told that they had to get a license to purchase a gun – at first the process was a mere inconvenience but now the licensing process means they have to jump through 200 flaming hoops and the second amendment has effectively been outlawed in these cities.

They won’t hesitate to pull the same tricks with the First Amendment, and it’s already happening with calls to license Internet users and force them to get government permission to run a website.

Think Government Is Corrupt? You May Face 10 Years In Jail

[Ektarr]

As a South Carolina landowner and prospective citizen, I find this very interesting...not to mention very disturbing! What could possibly be in their heads?!? Who's the author of this bit of business?

On second thought, it might be worth the "$5 per" to submit a few forms on behalf of those who probably wouldn't make the effort to register for themselves. Groups like Acorn, for example, deserve the right to be registered. Whaddaya think?

[Bohemian]

Originally Posted by Ektarr

As a South Carolina landowner and prospective citizen, I find this very interesting...not to mention very disturbing! What could possibly be in their heads?!? Who's the author of this bit of business?

Holy Sh*t Batman! WTF?

This is the real deal folks...
http://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t23c029.htm

Maybe its that RINO Lindsey Graham (R-SC) South Carolina's favorite son...

just kidding...

Somehow Obama will find a way to blame this on "W"

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More info on getting one going or supporting an existing one...
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Declaration of Independence...
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[kodeman]

so does this mean that any corp that is partially foreign owned must now register as a subversive?

[Ektarr]

George Soros...please call your office.

[father-of-three]

It seems rather peculiar that the state that spent most of the 19th century dealing with secession from the Federal government would be the state to do this!

[Glock Fan]

Originally Posted by Ektarr

As a South Carolina landowner and prospective citizen, I find this very interesting...not to mention very disturbing! What could possibly be in their heads?!? Who's the author of this bit of business?

On second thought, it might be worth the "$5 per" to submit a few forms on behalf of those who probably wouldn't make the effort to register for themselves. Groups like Acorn, for example, deserve the right to be registered. Whaddaya think?

What an excellent idea! I can think of a whole bunch of people off the top of my head that should be properly registered. I'll even lend them the $5 if they need it.



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[AvidshooterTX]

How about all shoplifters, pickpockets, politicians and other n'er-do-wells also have to register? Give me a break. This is as bad as the form you fill out when you buy a gun that asks if you are a habitual drug user.

[ronwill]

Wow, I hope Georgia doesn't consider a law of that nature. It seems the only redeeming portion is the one excluding certain organizations and it just isn't right.

S.C. Code of Laws Title 23 Chapter 29 Subversive Activities Registration Act - www.scstatehouse.gov-LPITS