Are Social Networks Covered by the First Amendment?

Organizers of civil unrest around the world are using social networks to coordinate their efforts. This method was first used to organize protests in Iran and their success has led to its newest form of “organized riots” across England. Social networks have also been used in New York City and Philadelphia to coordinate attacks against rival gangs or innocent shoppers. New York City has announced the formation of a new police unit to monitor future social network events advocating “mayhem”.

Is it the responsibility of our government to monitor social media? The first amendment clarifies free speech but even the law prohibits shouting “fire” in a crowded theater. The simple solution would be to hold the appropriate social media network accountable for their published content. The first lawsuit against Facebook or Twitter for civil damages caused by civil unrest organized on their site will quickly stop future events from being published.

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Restoring the Constitutional Order Is the Solution

The following is a response from Rep. Glen Bradley on the article Time to Go on the Offensive.

You are exactly right, and unless we join, we will die. There is exactly one, and only one thing that can bring together every disparate faction of the loose conglomeration known as the Tea Party today: Restoring the Constitutional order.

If we do not, our nation is finished. Even if we survive on in name, we will no longer be the nation founded in 1776. We can solve one economic mess, but with other areas of Constitutional integrity quickly being eroded then even with QE3 stopped we will continue our descent into dissolution.

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Time to Go on the Offensive

The Tea Party movement has been ineffective for several reasons. We have not learned from our founding fathers (and mothers) the simple lesson of “Unite or Die”. Most people who have risen to any type of leadership role have limited resources and are relentlessly attacked in order to marginalize their message. Many patriot groups have also narrowed their focus to one or a few issues such as immigration or 2nd amendment rights. However, there is one overriding description of this movement: we are always on the defensive.

When we attend protests or rallies, we are on defense against a government program such as health care, cap & trade or most recently, raising the debt ceiling. The other type of event we attend promotes a concept such as remembering 9/11 or  “Restoring Honor” but no tangible results are achieved to ensure our future. Some politicians are starting to acknowledge our efforts, but we still are “reacting” to existing legislation and our record of success in the government’s march to Socialism is zero.

There is a simple issue that will allow us to unite in a common cause and also allow us to go on the offensive:

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Dreams of My Government

I received a large manila envelope in the mail last week from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the United States Department of Justice. My first reaction was “they caught up with me” but since it was addressed to my business, I realized that this was not the case. Since my business has a Federal Firearms License (FFL), I was sent the following notification:

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Is Google the Engine for One World Order?

Google has embarked on a spending spree to acquire patents for information technology. On July 29th, Google bought 1030 patents from IBM. While the purchase price was not released, it can be assured that the price was in the billions after losing its bid to procure patents from Nortel Networks Corporation. Those patents went to a consortium of companies which included Apple and Microsoft for only $4.5 billion.

The speculation is that these patents will be used to shield Google from lawsuits in the future. They must be expecting a large number of lawsuits because 1030 is only the beginning. Today, Google announced the purchase of Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion at a 63% premium over the last closing price. This will add approximately 14,600 granted patents and 6700 pending patent applications to their stockpile.

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The Green Revolution Is Collapsing

What good is an energy policy that drains our financial resources and produces no results? The government first tried to convince us that ethanol was a solution to reduce foreign dependence on oil. The government received more in tax revenues by this Ponzi scheme: we paid the same price for 10% ethanol to get 10% less miles per gallon. It was also poorly reported that it took the same amount of energy to produce a gallon of ethanol as what it produced under normal combustion. Plus we had the benefit of the cost of our food increasing due to the price of corn reaching new records.

When green jobs Czar (Van Jones) resigned on September 6, 2009, it did not mark the end of the “green energy” revolution. The government was able to effectively cripple our domestic oil production after the Gulf oil spill and even intensify this effort to become more green. However, after all of the government subsidies and hope, no credible energy production has emerged. Today Evergreen Solar, the darling of the Obama administration, filed for bankruptcy. This is what Democracy looks like when government overthrows the free market.

David DeGerolamo

Evergreen Solar files for bankruptcy, plans asset sale

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Read Between The Lines

The New York Federal Reserve announced that general business conditions unexpectedly fell to negative 7.72 instead of the expected rise to zero from negative 3.76. The economy is contracting as quantitative easing II has ended and consumer confidence is hitting lows not seen since the era of Jimmy Carter. However Wall Street is experiencing another triple digit rally this morning based on the news from Japan that their economy is contracting at a rate less than expected.

So the market is up because Japan’s recession is less than anticipated? The Japanese yen is posting session highs against the US dollar as our dollar depreciates along the Euro. Would you buy stock based on this Fed report? It is time to read between the lines and understand that the stock market is either:

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A “STASI” Is Born

All rise and praise the NSI !

NSI ?  … Nationwide SAR Initiative.

SAR ?  … Suspicious Activity Reporting.

Yes, we have now implemented the procedures to train neighbors to watch and report on neighbors.  The police state has come of age.

“The NSI establishes a national capacity for gathering, documenting, processing, analyzing, and sharing SARs”

Read more about it at the .gov web site or the PDF brochure 

So why should we care about another expansive government program ?

Because history repeats itself:

STASI

The Ministerium für Staatssicherheit, Ministry of State Security, was the primary intelligence and security agency of the German Democratic Republic (GDR), or East Germany, during the Cold War. The Stasi, as the organization was most commonly known, maintained a comprehensive network of informants, agents, and military-trained secret police. Stasi operations focused on political security and espionage, both domestically and abroad, aiding the Soviet KGB more than any other satellite intelligence organization. During its 39-year tenure, at least one-third of the population of East Germany was victimized by Stasi surveillance, arrest, detention, or torture.

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George Soros Is Making His Move

George Soros is starting to make his move to establish a global government. This new world order is just a front for a small group of people to rule the world through tyranny. Whether Mr. Soros was the benefactor in the $10 billion wager for the US credit rating downgrade is not known but who else has the resources to bet $1 billion against the United States?

We will see if he can pay Moody’s or Fitch to downgrade the United States and collapse our economy quickly within two months. His suggestion that Greece or Portugal quit the European Union falls right into this plan. If only one country leaves the European Union, the union will fall apart.

Soros suggests Greece, Portugal quit euro-zone

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Get Out of the Stock Market

Last week’s stock market roller coaster ride indicates only one course of action: get out of the stock market. Does anyone else but me think that going below 400,000 to only 395,000 jobless claims is really good news? Remember three weeks ago when the same news was reported and the market rose? Remember the following week when the number was revised upward to over 400,000 with no notice?

The picture above is from a story detailing the sales of safes and vaults:

Amid the market turmoil, sales of security safes and vaults have spiked. While some shoppers sought to protect whatever valuables they had left, others needed a place to stash their newly-acquired safe haven assets such as gold and cash.

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Conservative and Libertarian lead in the Iowa Straw-Poll

Well now, that’s encouraging !

The traditional ‘me-too’ Republicans must be feeling the “ouch”:

AMES, Iowa (AP) – Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann won a test vote of Iowans on Saturday, a show of popularity and organizational strength for the tea party favorite five months before the state’s caucuses kick off the GOP presidential nominating season.

The result is the first indication of what Iowans think of the field of Republicans competing for the chance to challenge President Barack Obama next fall. But it’s hardly predictive of who will win the winter Iowa contest, much less the party nod or the White House.

Rather, Saturday’s outcome suggests that Bachmann has a certain level of support and, perhaps even more important, the strongest get-out-the-vote operation and widest volunteer base in a state whose caucuses require those elements.

Texas Rep. Ron Paul finished a close second while former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty placed a distant third.

Full story on Breitbart

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Carmen Connors Interviews Renee Ellmers

The following interview of Renee Ellmers on The Morning Rush (106.1 FM in Raleigh or http://www.wrdu.com) took place after the debt legislation was passed. Carmen Connors respectfully voiced her frustration concerning Mrs. Ellmers’ disregard of her constituents’ views in Washington.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzauNx5jbJU

It did not take Renee very long to succumb to the allure of power in Washington and forget whom she represents. Mrs. Ellmers cancelled her appearance on August 9 at the last minute to answer questions at the Moccasin Creek Minutemen monthly meeting. This tactic of cancelling even after verifying the appointment is becoming her trademark.

If Renee is not Tea Partied in the primary, the 2nd District will be represented by the Democrat Party in the 113th Congress.

David DeGerolamo

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We The People of Franklin County – August 16th

We the People of Franklin County are forming to unite the citizens in our area. Our first meeting is:

August 16, 2011
7:00 PM
Common Grounds Coffee (and Fun) House
20 Cheves Road, Bunn  27508
off Highway 39

If you have any questions, feel free to contact
Roger Lytle 919-269-6384 or Dee Sams (919) 868-0431

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Here Is A Large Part of the Problem

The following video has a flaw in its presentation. He forgot to add the people collecting government checks for entitlements and pensions.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOAgT8L_BqQ

Tim Geithner recently stated that the government writes 80 million checks to people each month. In the 2008 presidential election, 129,391,711 votes were cast. I believe there are good people working in government and collecting entitlements who will vote in the best interests of our country and future. Unfortunately, when times are bad, money has a way of making people rationalize bad decisions.

David DeGerolamo

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Why the Huffington Post Has No Credibility

Judge H. Lee Sarokin has written an article on the Huffington Post entitled “I Want My America Back — not the Tea Party’s America”.  While I will admit that I too want my America back, our two Americas are completely different. My America is based on the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. It is the country which guaranteed our rights under natural law including life, liberty and the pursuit of freedom.

The principles that made our nation great have been laid low by greed and envy. Judge Sarokin is the epitome of the activist judge who has put his own immoral tenets above the law he swore to uphold.

Before I address this thinly veiled attack on the basic principles of our country, let me give some background on the “activist judge”:

Putting Judicial Nominees in Perspective

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