Once upon a time, there was a nation of people who believed everything they were told by their government.

  

Dear The Liberty, Once upon a time, there was a nation of people who believed everything they were told by their government. When terrorists attacked the country, and government officials claimed to have been caught by surprise, the people believed them. And when the government passed massive laws aimed at locking down the nation and opening the door to total government surveillance, the people believed it was done merely to keep them safe. The few who disagreed (like The Rutherford Institute) were labeled extremists. When the government waged costly preemptive wars on foreign countries, insisting it was necessary to protect the nation, the citizens believed it. And when the government brought the weapons and tactics of war home to use against the populace, claiming it was just a way to recycle old equipment, the people believed that too. The few who disagreed (like The Rutherford Institute) were labeled unpatriotic. When the government spied on its own citizens, claiming they were looking for terrorists hiding among them, the people believed it. And when the government began tracking the citizenry’s movements, monitoring their spending, snooping on their social media, and surveying their habits—supposedly in an effort to make their lives more efficient—the people believed that, too. The few who disagreed (like The Rutherford Institute) were labeled paranoid. When the government hired crisis actors to take part in disaster drills, never alerting the public to which “disasters” were staged, the people genuinely believed they were under attack. And when the government insisted it needed greater powers and military intervention to prevent such attacks from happening again, the people believed that too. The few who challenged the government’s narrative (like The Rutherford Institute) were dismissed as conspiracy theorists. By the time the government locked down the nation, using local police and the military to impose martial law, there was little doubt left about the government’s true motives—total control and domination—but there was also no one left to fight back. Now every fable has a moral, and the moral of this story is to beware of anyone who urges you to ignore your better instincts and trust the government. Remember, it was James Madison, the author of the Bill of Rights, who warned us to mistrust all those in power. In other words, if it looks like trouble and it smells like trouble, you can bet there’s trouble afoot. There’s a lot going on right now in this country for which we don’t have any satisfactory answers, but you can rest assured that The Rutherford Institute will not stop asking the hard questions. Unfortunately, we can’t keep doing this critical work without your help. We’ve got to raise $50,000 between now and October 31, and you’re the only one who can help us. Please take a moment right now to make a tax-deductible donation in support of critical work of The Rutherford Institute. Together, we WILL make America free again. For freedom, John W. Whitehead President P.S. To make a tax-deductible donation to keep our legal and educational programs going strong, click the link below, visit us online at www.rutherford.org, donate using PayPal, call in your donation to 800-225-1791, or mail your donation to our headquarters at PO Box 7482, Charlottesville, VA 22906. ALSO, our 2018 Membership drive is underway. If you haven’t already signed on as a card-carrying member of The Rutherford Institute, please do so today. CLICK HERE TO DONATE To donate via PayPal, please click below:

Allen West: Tea Party Statist and no friend of Liberty or the Constitution

The below article is from 2011, but since Allen West is trying to make some kind of a comeback I feel I should warn Tea Party Activists that he is a Tea Party statist, a fake conservative and no friend to Liberty and the Constitution. He defends the Patriot Act, which portions of it destroy our Constitutional Civil Liberties. And he defends the NDAA that allows indefinite detention of Americans, though he does this by saying the NDAA bill does NOT allow for indefinite detention of Americans when every politician says it does. Denial anyone? Or subterfuge?

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As a black conservative and Republican, Allen West is not your typical Tea Party member. West rode the Tea Party wave all the way to the U.S. House last November from Florida’s 22nd congressional district. He is the first black Republican to represent Florida since Reconstruction.

But in addition to being a member of both the Tea Party Caucus and the Congressional Black Caucus, Allen West is also a Tea Party statist.

Before his election to Congress, West was a lieutenant colonel in the army until his retirement after an investigation into his harsh interrogation techniques while fighting in the Iraq War resulted in a $5,000 fine. After his “service” in the military, West worked for a defense contractor as an advisor to the Afghan National Army. He run unsuccessfully in 2008 for the congressional seat he now holds. After speaking at CPAC in 2010 and being endorsed by Sarah Palin, West won the 2010 election against the same Democratic candidate who had earlier defeated him. He was the keynote speaker at the recent 2011 CPAC. West is a favorite of Tea Party members for his attacks on President Obama and government spending and his support for the military and the war on terror.

I have never been too impressed with the Tea Party movement, especially when it comes to issues like the war on drugs and U. S. foreign policy. And although most Tea Party supporters claim they are opposed to big government, in poll after poll a majority of Tea Party Republicans say they have a favorable view of former president George W. Bush. The George W. Bush who doubled the national debt, gave us the first trillion-dollar deficit, drastically expanded Medicare, and not only began two wars that unnecessarily shed American blood and drained the treasury, but waged another war on the domestic front””on the Bill of Rights.

I don’t know how West feels about Bush, but I do know that he is a Tea Party statist who supports the welfare state, the warfare state, and the national security state.

I want to briefly look at these in reverse order, focusing mainly on the welfare state that West would claim to oppose. Read the rest here and read about all the big government stuff Allen West supports.

Remembering the victims and first responders of the 9-11 Disaster and the men killed in Benghazi

Eric Cantor's Big Government and Liberty Stealing Voting Record EXPOSED!

This video leaves out Cantor recently voting for giving the government the power to arrest American citizens and has indefinite detestation's in the NDAA bill. Also Cantor voted for banning protests when the secret service is near, wait Obama and Cantor both have secret service, so no more protesting them.