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The United Nations--Something Wicked Came and Stayed!

7/11/2016

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The United Nations--Something Wicked Came and Stayed!

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                                    By Susan Steffen-Kraft

WWI came to an end and it was then, that a very powerful group, a cabal of one world internationalists offered the human race a solution to the horror of a war ravaging the world again. Their solution; a one world government! It was called the League of Nations but wisely, the U.S. Senate refused to ratify the covenant! 

The UN was created in 1945 as a result of World War II. Anytime there is global conflict, something is created out of that conflict which provides you with the illusion that whatever comes from that conflict will be the solution to that conflict. Has it ever occurred to you that those who created the conflict, are actually doing this to propose the solution? What a scam and a trick to delude you and control and use your will.  Handing our will over to those who look to take advantage of us, to those that are not in service to others, but to themselves.  
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​The League of Nations was created by the Rockefeller Family, who funded the entire operation.  It is clear that the Rockefeller (who donated 18 acres for the UN to sit on) and Rothschild families both created the United Nations and without them the development of this organization would not have been possible.


​Without our membership the League of Nations failed but then came WWII. After that nations including the U.S. were  sucked into the United Nations to supposedly prevent future wars and provide a place for countries to have a platform for dialogue between themselves.
 Ever since the One World Order advocates have worked behind the scenes to provide the UN with unprecedented military power. 

Dr. Bloomfield (a member of the Council on Foreign Relations) authored a study in 1962 Memorandum No. 7, A World Effectively Controlled by the United Nations. In this is the statement "In Stage III progressive controlled disarmament would proceed to a point where no state would have the military power to challenge the progressively strengthened U.N. Peace Force!" Please ponder this! No state means no country would be able to challenge the UN's power. Wow! And this also includes the United States of America! 

This is treason! Our Constitution plainly states that "Treason against the United States shall consist only in levying war against them or adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort." So in rendering We the People subject to the UN which is controlled by One World Internationalists who care naught for this country and to terrorists, tyrants, and thugs everywhere treason is being committed against the United States.   

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  Taxpayers will once again be responsible for more than one-fifth of the United Nations’ regular budget next year according to cnsnews,com and reported on by Patrick Goodenough in Dec. 2015.  We are also responsible for more than one-quarter of the much-bigger peacekeeping budget – with a total of approximately $2,957,000,000.

​The U.N. General Assembly, just before Christmas time, decided to  approve a "regular operating budget of $5.4 billion for the 2016-17 period".  This budget is calculated biannually and of the the $2.7 billion earmarked for 2016, our country will account for 22 percent, or $594 million.
Of the separate peacekeeping budget the U.S. is liable for 28.5783 percent, or $2.363 billion. 8.27 billion was the total for the year which ended June 30.  Combined, the two U.S. contributions amount to just under $3 billion. I would like a chunk of that.


 The UN budget has three budgets which are the regular, peacekeeping, and voluntary contributions. These cover humanitarian and development programs. The total cost comes to about $10,500,000,000 a year which is a lot of money. I guess they figure there is more bang for the buck, especially which it is not their buck.
All this money outlaid and we get nothing in return!



At first the United States enjoyed the support of a majority in the 51- member General Assembly but that margin vanished in the mid-1950's. It so happened that the momentary thaw in U.S.-Soviet relations that happened in the aftermath of the death of Stalin allowed the admission of 20 new members.  

Of course five years later the General Assembly had 82 members and they were nearly all former colonies of the European powers. The number then  jumped yet again to 108 by 1970 then by 1980 it was 136.  When they got to 185 members  by 1995 the General Assembly had really grown and of course  each member-state also had one vote.  As of 2012 there were 193 countries. 

Of course being as the General Assembly was dominated by non-Western states and they rarely had the same political culture outlook of the democratic West or any belief in market economics. This new group who held the majority  exercised  their power by passing resolutions favorable to the Third World! That also included  their various pet projects. Although the Third World was hardly  uniform in many things or identical they soon started a mutual exchange of favors. 


Let us give an example;  "Arab states would vote for black African resolutions against South African apartheid, provided that the black African countries in turn voted against Israel when called upon to do so".  All of these factions frequently voted against the United States which of course means they all joined hands or had the agreement of  "I scratch your back if you scratch mine" provided we all get together and screw the U. S. of A. This is a good reason among many why we should not be part of this evil!
New Age brings to mind the Globalists who are all for that kind of thinking. They would love to have an age of unity, enlightenment, spiritual conscientious because it would mean a one world of political, economic and religious oneness which will never be in the here and now.  Their thoughts are that a Global Oneness can save the world. This is an Age of Evil not of World Peace and the UN is 100% behind this agenda. 

Dante, Bernard Shaw, and Alice Bailey all believed that the only way to world peace was through a One World Government. Globalists believe that knowledge is freedom and that wisdom will blossom and importance will be in self-development, self-realization, self-actualization and self- transformation. Note please, that everything is about self. 

"Many people are becoming aware that something serious is going on and a World Plan to unite global currencies, trade boundaries & Nation States are in the offing. The principle of Global Economic Interdependence will unite all the economies of the world. There exists a benign Secret Power behind the scenes whose aim is to control all the governments of the world. 

The innovative World Order is made up many elements of control - Mind control, gun control, IMF, The World Bank, FEMA, UN, Secret Societies, weather control and so on and on and on. Nothing but absolute control over everything; trade, banking, stock markets, oil, energy, technology, cyber world, nuclear capability, etc, is the New World Order".  
This quote is from redicecreations a special report on the aquarianage. 

The mighty UN that is here in our country is busy fomenting wars and revolutions that topple free governments all the while aiding ruthless Communist dictators and a variety of 3rd World thugs for lack of a better word.  We have paid 22 percent of the total budget since 2000 according to a statement by Joseph Torsella in the year 2012. This unfortunately continued until 2015. Those that contribute less still have the same voting rights as America does. Something is rotten in Denmark as the old saying goes, since those paying less then 1.3 percent of the total can pass the budget over the objections of those who contribute the other 98 percent. 

​This fact was from Heritage Foundation's Brett Schaefer. And by the way this is only the regular budget. The peacekeeping budget is separate and the U.S. pays 25 percent of that. 

To top if off the former UN Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali has admitted that “perhaps half of the UN workforce does nothing useful” I think the idea of giving that kind of astronomical money demands that at the very least, the whole of the UN workforce should be doing something,  don't you? 

Global crises demand Global solutions in their mind. World peace through world government and a world law are the main goals. Although this may sound worthy it is not because below the surface of what they want is world control which would necessitate world force. This would give unprecedented power globally. This is their goal and dream. This in their mind would be be the beginning of a new age according to a Robert Muller who has had a 35 year career at the UN.

New Age brings to mind the Globalists who are all for that idea. They would love to have an age of unity, enlightenment, spiritual conscientious. This because it would mean a one world of political, economic and religious oneness which will never be in the here and now.  Their thoughts are that a Global Oneness can save the world. This is an Age of Evil not of World Peace and the UN is 100% behind this agenda.  


"Many people are becoming aware that something serious is going on and a World Plan to unite global currencies, trade boundaries & Nation States are in the offing. The principle of Global Economic Interdependence will unite all the economies of the world. There exists a Secret Power behind the scenes whose aim is to control all the governments of the world. 

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"The Age of Nations must End" according to the UN and by having their own community within a community they owe no allegiance to any nation but themselves By having their own flags, stamps, and post office and yes, even their own army they have established their own cozy little world in the United States of America in New York City. They certainly mince no words about what they want. If must look past the hyperbole that it was formed to bring about peace and development and in addition the people of different countries being given dignity and justice.
Also included in this is the well being of all people all over the world. Well, imagine those wonderful thoughts.  But who defines what is dignity, justice, well being, and development? It seems the UN does if they are the ones determining the definitions! 

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As to some of the things the United Nations has exposed their hand on, well, consider that they have called for a global tax and world currency and would like global gun control. If you think they do not want that One World Government across the entire world then you are deluding yourself. 

Their goal is to undermine U.S. sovereignty and erode this country by creating international organizations whose laws would over rule this countries laws. Lets start by listing a few of these organizations. International Criminal Court (ICC), North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA), and WTO!  


Our own government is trying to sell us out to UN control because they think of themselves as global citizens or citizens of the world. I have no problem thinking of other people in other lands as children of God and caring for them and or having friends in other lands. However, I am still a citizen of the United States of America and not a global citizen. 

There is a global war on poverty, gender discrimination, global criminal court, global norms, rules and governance,  global tax and environment police. The word global seems to mean all inclusive. No longer boundaries and countries but one in thought and unison. There is a strong desire by the United Nations to control the Internet, the Natural Resources of the World, Transit Routes and Sea Lanes and last but not least the pipeline routes for those resources!

And of course the evil of Agenda 21 which is to control all water, land, minerals, plants, animals, energy, education and so on. They have  policies that they want in every city, county, state, and country. They want in a nutshell for every government to take control of all land use and to leave nothing for the owner of said property to decide as to what to do because giving way to the rights of the community is the most important thing. UN Agenda 21 is a global plan they want implemented locally. Here is a source of the new Agenda 21 goals:
http://www.thenewamerican.com/reviews/opinion/item/21579-its-1992-all-over-again-a-new-agenda-21-threatens-our-way-of-life 

 

 "A collapsed economy in a developed nation furthers the goals of UN Agenda 21 to create dependence on government subsidies and mega-corporations.  Private property ownership was turned upside down.  Small businesses were destroyed.  Pensions were lost.  Jobs were lost.  Homes were lost.  Families were lost. THIS IS THE PLAN".

The UN charter is based on a thin para-phrasing of the Soviet Union's model and the author it was Alger Hiss. Thus the UN is based on a framework after the Marxist Socialist ideals and therefore is the mold for the UN!  Remember that this is in the United States of America which is a republic, and the evil that came and stayed is Marxist Socialist.
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The Declaration of Independence....Our Legacy

7/9/2016

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The Declaration of Independence....Our Legacy

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                                   By Susan Steffen-Kraft


 
You and I have a free and independent America today because of the Declaration of Independence.  History books today do not tell students a lot of what happened leading up to and during the revolutionary war. We fought  the British and we  were actually  British subjects.  Because a state of siege and repression of rights and liberties had been in existence for many years and a state of war had been around for two years prior to the signing of the Declaration we actually fought our own, I repeat, our own government for independence.

So many take their liberties for granted which is a grave error. When one takes liberty for granted, one tends to lose it and sadly today, we have lost many of our liberties.  Congress went on to frame a continental "Association," in order to insure that words would be backed by actual deeds.  The delegates bound themselves and as much as possible in so far as they could so those whom they represented to not  import or use any British "goods, wares, or merchandise whatsoever."

This move was revolutionary because without any constitutional authority the Congress had to all intents and purposes passed a law and provided the means for its enforcement by turning the enforcement over to popularly elected local committees. They in turn were to make it their business to publish violations of the agreement and seize goods imported in defiance of its terms. In addition they were to maintain a united front against the British. Unity is always important as evidenced by the words of Benjamin Franklin who is pictured below. 


             We must indeed, all hang together or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately."

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 The bottom line is that our rights came from God. This is what is stated in the Declaration of Independence. By the giving of ruling power to the governed and not to the government, tyrants everywhere fear her and people admire and want those principles for themselves if they have one wit of wisdom in their brains. This is what make America so different.  Since many now claim that nobody knows what “Creator” the Founding Fathers were referring to so let us look at a couple facts.

Henry M. Morris, Ph.D., studied this question:“We hold these truths to be self-evident” – They are obvious, unmistakable, and undeniable. No one can take them away from you.

​“That all men are created equal” – No matter race, creed or color, every person is CREATED equal. This does not guarantee equal pay, equal housing or even equal wealth. It acknowledges we are all creations, not accidents of nature. Considering one inferior because of race, religion, nationality, or social status is an evolutionistic “survival of the fittest” mentality, not one for God’s children. This pronouncement alone was central to the abolitionists’ argument that our Founding Fathers declared Africans to be white man’s equal. Likewise, equal creation does not assure humans will be void of conflict or war as evil lives and breaths here on earth.

“That they are endowed by their Creator”
 – Yes, our Founding Fathers DID believe in God, and that he was our Creator. Progressive liberals are tirelessly working to re-write history, removing references to God from our Founding Fathers’ mouths and pens. They claim we don’t actually know what “Creator” the Founding Fathers were referring to." 


Henry M. Morris, Ph.D., studied this question and discovered this:

 “In fact, all the signers of the Declaration and the delegates to the Constitutional Convention, as well as the delegates to the various sessions of the Continental Congress—at least so far as known—were men who believed in God and the special creation of the world and mankind. Nearly all were members of Christian churches and believed the Bible to be the inspired Word of God.” 

“and the pursuit of Happiness” – The original phrase considered here was “Property”. This was a concept Jefferson borrowed from John Locke.  Since slave owners considered slaves property, the Founders replaced the term so slavery could not be misinterpreted as a constitutional right. “Pursuit of Happiness” grants you the right to actively strive for personal fulfillment. Is achievement guaranteed? Absolutely not, but you have the privilege to forge ahead with any past-time, faith, career, or invention you desire. Take heed to not get deceived into believing you are assured success."

“That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.” – An unprecedented design where the government’s power rests in the hands of the governed. With this power comes extreme responsibility. Americans are charged to hold their elected officials accountable for their actions. We must watch them diligently, speaking out at any attempt to restrict the God given rights just described. This is why Constitutionals are so feared by both the Left and the Right in Washington. They are educating Americans about their rights, defending the Constitution, and exposing Washington as the pit of corruption it is".

The signers of the Declaration of Independence were  intelligent, religious and a ethically-minded group. Four of the signers of the Declaration  were current or former full-time preachers, and many were the sons of clergymen. Some of the other professions held by the signers include "lawyers, merchants, doctors and educators". These individuals, too, were for the most part active churchgoers and many contributed significantly to their churches both with contributions as well as their service as lay leaders. The signers were members of religious denominations at a rate that was significantly higher than average for the American Colonies during the late 1700s.To believe that they meant anyone other than God as the Creator would be crazy. The Pilgrims came here for Freedom OF Religion, not Freedom FROM Religion; there is a big difference.

They spoke about Christ and God both in government and their lives. This did not just get spoken about in church.  In fact that is why Moses is etched into the Supreme Court building holding the 10 Commandments.  But some will continue to reject God as part of their lives and as the Creator. But there is no doubt who and what the Founders believed in.

James Madison who was our fourth president, known as "The Father of Our Constitution" made the following statement "We have staked the whole of all our political institutions upon the capacity of mankind for self-government, upon the capacity of each and all of us to govern ourselves, to control ourselves, to sustain ourselves according to the Ten Commandments of God." 
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A "revolution" is "a forcible overthrow of an established government or political system by the people governed" according to the dictionary.  When the colonists had appealed to other citizens of Britain about their sense of justice and their shared heritage and culture. They even appealed to their economic connection. Appealing to Parliament was fruitless also.  All was ignored and there was no reasonable response. 

July of 1775 was the year that the Second Continental Congress sent the King a petition for redress and reconciliation that John Dickinson a farmer from Pennsylvania drafted in very respectful language but despite the respectful language the king did not formally answer the petition. Instead by proclamation of August 23, 1775, he stood by his thoughts  that the colonists were engaged in an "open and avowed rebellion."  Note that he believed they were in "open and avowed rebellion!"

On Jan. 10 of 1776, Thomas Paine published a booklet with the title Common Sense. Paine had a vision of the type of government he believed we should have here in this country  in which people would have supreme power through their elected representatives. Sadly his dream seems to be null and void anymore. He was also the first to openly suggest independence from Britain and his book Common Sense was read by many including George Washington. His work was to have a huge influence on Thomas Jefferson when he was drafting
 the Declaration of Independence.
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On July 2, 1776, our Continental Congress voted for Independence.  On July 4, just two days later, Thomas Jefferson wrote a declaration which listed  the reasons for independence and it was adopted. George Washington received official notification from John Hancock, who was the President of the Continental Congress.  The letter was dated July 6 and arrived with a copy of the declaration. 

Hancock explained that the Congress had been struggling with the issue of American independence for some time. But even after making this huge decision many of the members were worried about its consequences, and of course, I don't blame them being as they had a good idea how King George would react.  Hancock came to the conclusion that Americans would have to rely on the "Being who controls both Causes and Events to bring about his own determination," Of course George Washington shared this conclusion. 

This army was untrained and going into battle with Great Britain to defend New York City and beyond to a new nation. Now they would know that they were not fighting just for the defense of their colonies or even their leader, but for the birth of this new nation and their independence. That would be quite inspiring to hear.  So George Washington welcomed this news, and as his soldiers stood ready they heard the words written by their commander from their brigadiers and colonels.

​Washington wrote that Congress had "dissolved the connection" between "this country" and Great Britain. He declared the "United Colonies of North America" to be "free and independent states."
Great news indeed for the people living then and for us today. No longer were we going to be under Great Britain's thumb and we should be grateful for to those leaders and the men who fought for our freedoms and independence.
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​http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Declaration_of_Independence.aspx,
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​http://www.mountvernon.org/digital-encyclopedia/article/declaration-of-independence
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Civil Forfeiture-Illegal Theft

7/9/2016

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Civil Forfeiture-Illegal Theft

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                                                     By Susan Steffen-Kraft 
Civil forfeiture is a process by which the government can take and sell your property without ever convicting, or even charging, you with a crime and that leads to one of the greatest threats to property rights in the nation today. Civil forfeiture is a legal bunch of fiction that tries inanimate objects for their involvement with criminal activity; in other words it is a pretend thing.  Civil forfeiture actions are in Latin terminology "in rem proceedings",  which means “power about or against 'the thing”
Silly in my opinion but quite frightening.


In most jurisdictions law enforcement can keep some or all of the proceeds from civil forfeiture thus they have incentive to seize and to  keep as much property as they can get away with. The U.S. Constitution requires law enforcement official which means both police and the prosecutor to administer the law fairly and impartially but many times this is a joke.   The danger of Civil forfeiture transforms law enforcement priorities away from this goal and instead focuses on the pursuit of profit instead.

The $1.7 billion which was collected by local governments became part of a $2.5 billion total which came from “61,998 cash seizures made on highways and elsewhere since 9/11 without search warrants or indictments.” The remaining balance of the $800 million was divided among the departments of Justice, Homeland Security plus other federal agencies; none of which turned that money down I am sure.

Here are four ways that civil forfeiture stacks the deck against property owners:


1. "Burden of Proof: For the government to keep a person’s property using civil forfeiture, it must prove that the property is connected to criminal activity.  But where criminal forfeiture requires the government to prove someone is guilty “beyond a reasonable doubt,”  the government can prevail under much less rigorous standards in civil forfeiture cases.

​2.  Guilty Until Proven Innocent: Although many jurisdictions provide an “innocent-owner” defense that allows owners to get their property back if they had no idea that it was involved in a crime, most jurisdictions presume that owners are guilty and force them to prove their innocence.

3.Legal Representation: Anyone who has watched a crime drama knows that the government must provide criminal defendants with an attorney if they cannot afford one. But civil forfeiture victims must either pay for a lawyer—which in many cases can cost more than the seized property is worth—or go it alone.

4. “Equitable” Sharing: Federal law provides a loophole called “equitable sharing” to law enforcement in states with good civil forfeiture laws.  This program allows state law enforcement to turn seized assets over to the federal government, which forfeits the property under federal  law.  In turn, the federal government gives up to 80 percent of the forfeited property back to the state agency for its own use, even if state law would have required those proceeds to go into a general fund."

Not surprisingly most 
law enforcement agencies ignore their legal duties because no one holds them accountable.  Thus they attempt to keep their ill gotten booty in hopes no one knows, understands or will fight for their rights to get their property back.


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 This controversial law enforcement practice known as civil asset forfeiture has let the police seize and keep cash and property from people who are never convicted and in many cases are never even charged with a crime.
I will cite four cases for you to ponder and understand what this is and does.

In Case Number One a drug task force is involved. 
The Institute for Justice is representing a college student. The drug task force seized $11,000 from a college student at an airport and all because his luggage smelled like pot. Of course they lacked evidence to charge him with any but decided to make the decision to keep the money and  divvy it up between 13 different law enforcement agencies. Of course most had nothing to do with the actual seizure of cash but that did not matter.  Hey, could we seize most politicians salary with the using civil forfeiture? We have lots of evidence against most of them and they have a lot more money then $11,000.

​In Case Number Two the IRS is involved.
The IRS emptied the whole bank account of a convenience store owner and all because they suspected he was depositing cash in such a manner to avoid reporting requirements for those large deposits. He eventually won his money back after a long court fight. Could we use civil forfeiture against the IRS? You bet! There is much criminal activity in that institution and I along with many taxpayers could use their ill gotten gains! 

In Case Number Three the IRS struck again. 
Alireza Yarahmadi who is a neurologist at Mercy Medical Center in Mason City, Iowa, has helped patients with epilepsy, sleep disorders and strokes. Now he is more than a neurologist because he has a new addition to his list of experiences. He is a civil forfeiture victim. Not something one would wish to brag about however last June the IRS took $344,405 from his account. Their accusation was that frequently had withdrawn cash in amounts under $10,000 to stash in safety deposit boxes. Oh my, such a naughty boy!  Since banks have to report cash transactions of  $10,000 or more and because it's against federal law to "structure" deposits in amounts under that $10,000 for the purpose of supposedly evading that reporting requirement they would have reported it.  The "Institute for Justice began representing innocent entrepreneurs from abusive seizures in two cases, the IRS announced a new policy, claiming it would “no longer pursue the seizure and forfeiture of funds associated solely with ‘legal source’ structuring cases,” i.e. money that was lawfully obtained. During a congressional hearing last week, the IRS Commissioner even apologized to “anyone who got caught up in this.” Obviously since he denied structuring and this new policy is now in effect his smart attorney urged the case be dropped which we are all happy that on Feb. 3, 2015, a federal judge dismissed the civil forfeiture case against Mr. Yarahmadi's cash.

In Case number Four we have a personal story.
A sheriff was involved as was my son who was coming from N. Dakota where he worked in the oil field during the boom. Montana has always allowed you to travel at a high rate of speed. My son entered Idaho and forgot to take his foot off the pedal and slow down. Of course the police officer caught that and since my son had seen the sheriff he pulled over and waited for the nice officer to catch up to him. The sheriff of course asked for the usual demands of insurence, registration, license and all that. My son complied and then the officer asked,  "Do you have any cash"?  My son said, "Yes but it is in my bank account! I probably make more money than you do as I work in the oil fields." The sheriff explained to him they were looking for money and drugs because although drugs are always something they look for if they are suspicious, the oil field run to N. Dakota was causing people to take drugs there and sometimes back. My son told him, "Go ahead and search my car!" The sheriff did not do so nor did he give him a speeding ticket; luckily for my son. I guess the officer wanted him to move along so they could look for bigger fish to fry as there was nothing for him to gain but a ticket handed out. I wonder if the sheriff even cared about the ticket being as he had him on his radar for going over the speed limit. Seems cash was the ultimate goal.

Turn about is fair play or as my Mother use to say, " What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander".

This phrase means, "what's good for one person or thing (of any or no gender) is good for another." I think anyone reading this knows  what this means in the application to politicians, IRS, and the police.


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​But, I digress as "Once property is seized," the co-authored Carpenter report explains, "owners must navigate a confusing, complex and often expensive legal process to try to win it back." In Illinois, as an example in order to challenge a seizure the poor property owners must pay a bond of up to 10 percent of the property's value. If they lose this challenge the full legal cost of the proceedings rests on them. "Even if they win, they lose 10 percent of the bond on top of whatever attorney costs they accrued," the report found. Disgusting! According to Dick Carpenter in a report, "years 2008 to 2014 were some lean economic years," "Forfeiture is an attractive way to keep revenue streams flowing when budgets are tight." Law enforcement officers have generally said that this is true according a Washington Post investigation last year: "All of our home towns are sitting on a tax-liberating gold mine,” Deputy Ron Hain of Kane County, Ill.
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“Those laws were meant to take a guy out for selling $1 million in cocaine or who was trying to launder large amounts of money,” said Mark Overton, the police chief in Bal Harbour, Fla., who once oversaw a federal drug task force in South Florida. “It was never meant for a street cop to take a few thousand dollars from a driver by the side of the road.”
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Our police departments have used civil forfeiture to benefit their bottom lines. This makes for seizures that are motivated by profit rather than true crime-fighting. For the people whose property has been seized through civil asset forfeiture the process of legally regaining such property is notoriously difficult and expensive. Sometimes the cost exceeds the value of the property so the true motivation at that point is to make a point and not allow them to get away with stealing from you. 

The below video is true but presented very funny in it's own way!
From renting Cadillac, Zamboni's, Parties, Margarita Machines, to Kegs with liquor and Casinos they spend that money on things they do not need. Here is the link to that article....​https://www.buzzfeed.com/nicks29/the-14-most-ridiculous-things-police-bought-with-a-4y3w.

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The value of property seized under civil forfeiture laws, includes cars, homes, boats, electronics, jewelry, and other property. This increased nearly tenfold from $407 million nationwide in 2001 to $4.3 billion in 2012. We have to stop this theft which  is made worse by knowing that many times it is used for frivolous stuff. Over that time period, police have seized $2.5 billion in cash alone from almost 62,000 people without warrants or indictments. This is according to a investigation by the Washington Post.
http://endforfeiture.com/,
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_forfeiture_in_the_United_States,
http://ij.org/action-post/irs-drops-civil-forfeiture-case-will-return-344000-it-seized-from-iowa-doctor/,
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/05/15/how-the-irs-seized-a-north-carolina-businessmans-life-savings-without-ever-charging-him-with-a-crime/,
​https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/11/10/report-in-lean-times-police-start-taking-a-lot-more-stuff-from-people/,
​http://www.allgov.com/news/top-stories/local-governments-increase-revenue-by-seizing-property-belonging-to-those-not-charged-with-crimes-140909?news=854203,
​https://www.buzzfeed.com/nicks29/the-14-most-ridiculous-things-police-bought-with-a-4y3w,
https://www.aclu.org/issues/criminal-law-reform/reforming-police-practices/asset-forfeiture-abuse,
​http://www.allgov.com/news/top-stories/local-governments-increase-revenue-by-seizing-property-belonging-to-those-not-charged-with-crimes-140909?news=854203,
http://townhall.com/columnists/jaredmeyer/2014/12/19/civil-forfeiture-article-n1933786​


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