June 9th, 2013
As recently reported news stories have apparently shown, the
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the National Security Agency (NSA) have
routinely practiced an unwarranted targeting of millions of Americans for
harassment (IRS) and spying (NSA). All
these policies and unconstitutional indiscretions levied upon us by these
Federal agencies were done so courtesy of our tax-dollars, it should be
remembered.
As We now know, the IRS has reportedly singled-out millions
of Americans and political groups for harassment because the targeted
individuals and groups did not politically agree with the ideals of the current
politicians in power in Washington, DC – or so it seems, all with the apparent
blessings of those in power and for however long all this has been happening. I am personally aware of medical doctors and
their staff who were audited by the IRS apparently because these individuals spoke their
opinions against the ‘Obama-care’ national healthcare plan, as but one example.
The NSA, for its part, has reportedly targeted millions of
regular Americans for spying. Per those
reports, in addition to spying on news reporters, this spying by the NSA
included forcing internet companies such as Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, Facebook,
Skype, and AOL (to name a few) to make available all internet records / transactions
/ conversations undertaken by essentially any and all Americans – or so it is
being reported. The NSA has been blanket-spying
on blogs, phone records, emails, instant messages, and any electronic
correspondence to see if any Americans might be speaking on subjects or in a manner to which the NSA or other apparent-fascists
in Washington would not approve. (Have
We seen happenings like this before in our Nation’s history?)
Founding Father Benjamin Franklin himself is credited as
saying: “when one sacrifices liberty for safety, they end up with neither” or
“deserve neither;” or something to that extent.
I would offer that agencies like the NSA and the IRS operate in no other
manner than to sacrifice liberties and have not even offered any safety in
return for the transgressions of these agencies. More to the point, it’s like what a clergyman
told me years ago, “…if you can’t tell others what you are doing, you probably
shouldn’t be doing it.” (See: If you can’t tell others what you are doing,
you probably should not be doing it. http://poetrybyadamvernontrotter.blogspot.com/2011/03/if-you-cant-tell-others-what-you-are.html) Ironic all the more in that the current
President seemed to come into Office with that clergyman’s tone of decency
towards individual rights of privacy and also in opposition to clandestine
government operations – or so the President once mentioned anyhow. I guess the President has since changed his
opinion on any such fairness and clandestine government actions, apparently.
Hey NSA…, have you been spying on my blog and my phone
records too? Were you able to understand
my blog or did it speak too much of freedom for you to relate to it?
Hey IRS…, are you ‘gonna audit my tax returns and take my
assets too? To be frank, I don’t care. You know why?
Because I try to be honest and abide by our laws, even if the laws do
not maybe always appear as just – such as with your tax code. Can you relate?
To the NSA folks in Fort Meade
and elsewhere, maybe you can get a hall-pass to go to a computer that allows
you to email to the outside world and send me a response to this blog? Let’s face it, if agencies such as the NSA
cant even trust their own employees – and the NSA tends to hire more spies as
employees than most any other employer anyhow, what good are they to the
American public – especially now that the agency has reportedly turned its
‘evil eye’ on the American public at large?
And as far as we can tell this apparently fascist-leaning NSA agency
hasn’t even made it any safer for the American public anyhow. Do We need to
remember the latest Boston Massacre where our intelligence community reportedly ignored advanced
warnings about the loser bomber creeps - where this advance information was provided by the Russians? Or, what about the Ft. Hood
creep whereby the loser-homicidal creep was one of their/our own DoD employees
(who is still receiving his Army pay check, btw; see link below)? Or, what about the would-be Times Square bomber in 2010, where only the diligence and
inquisitive nature of a local NYC beat-cop and street vendor prevented the
massacre? With a record like that…, like…,
how much taxpayer money do we give the NSA anyhow? Oh yea, We probably are not allowed to know
that dollar figure as that is classified information – even though its our tax
dollars. While We’re at it, We should vote out of office all
the politicians in the intelligence committees too – they also seem as much
inept dorks as those at the NSA!
As for the IRS, I suggest We get rid of this likely
unconstitutional agency all together.
Simply go to a flat tax if income taxes must be collected. Merely let the computers verify all the
submitted information and save the money wasted on these IRS dorks and their
lavish million dollar parties in Las Vegas too (or Anaheim, or wherever, See: IRS
officials tied to conference spending put on leave, http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2013/06/05/IRS-officials-tied-to-conference-spending-put-on-leave/UPI-60881370415600/)
! Income tax is likely to be
unconstitutional anyhow. If it were not,
the Founding Fathers would have implemented it themselves.
Do I sound irked with this blog? That’s because I am! Anytime the People’s tax-dollars are utilized
to the detriment of the People and the Nation, I am perturbed! Quashing the People's Freedom of Speech and Freedom of Expression is a detriment to the Nation. My opinions and my words are how I respond in
kind. Should this response Rightly be
classified as nearly illegal or ‘suspicious’ to the folks at the NSA or the
IRS? Should I then be singled-out for
special harassment by the logic of these fascist-leaning Federal agencies for
exercising my First Amendment Rights?
Good thing for me that these agencies don’t actually make the laws,
huh? Unfortunately for all of Us,
however, these agencies apparently do seem to enforce the laws as these
agencies desire, nevertheless.
In the end, I say We dump ‘em and flush these fascist-leaning
agencies known as the IRS and the NSA.
What do you say, reader of this blog entry? The Federal government seems
to have become so bloated and contrary to the principles of the Nation that it
no longer seems to serve the Populace as is the mandate of all of our tax-funded
governments across the land, per the Federal Constitution – at least in my
opinion. It appears it’s time to save
our tax money and start to trim down the governments. I say we start by dumpin’ both the IRS and
the NSA. The recent fascist behavior of
these agencies shows I am likely justified in my opinion!
Adam Vernon Trotter
PS. It could have been the IRS harassing the news reporters and not the NSA. I've lost track of the many exact details at this point. Ultimately, it is all the same in my book.
PS. It could have been the IRS harassing the news reporters and not the NSA. I've lost track of the many exact details at this point. Ultimately, it is all the same in my book.
often capitalized : a political philosophy, movement, or
regime (as that of the Fascisti) that exalts nation and often race above the
individual and that stands for a centralized autocratic government headed by a
dictatorial leader, severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible
suppression of opposition
fas·cism (from: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/fascism?s=t&path=/)
noun
1.
( sometimes initial capital letter ) a governmental system
led by a dictator having complete power, forcibly suppressing opposition and
criticism, regimenting all industry, commerce, etc., and emphasizing an
aggressive nationalism and often racism.
2.
( sometimes initial capital letter ) the philosophy,
principles, or methods of fascism.
3.
( initial capital letter ) a political movement that employs
the principles and methods of fascism, especially the one established by Mussolini
in Italy
1922–43.
Origin:
1915–20; < Italian fascismo, equivalent to fasc(io)
bundle, political group (see fasces) + -ismo –ism
Note: Today, the
term fascist is used loosely to refer to military dictatorships, as well as
governments or individuals that profess racism and that act in an arbitrary,
high-handed manner.
Conservative leaders detail IRS harassment
(me/AVT: funny how
much of the news media tries its best to make it a partisan issue based on
party lines, as that is all most of the media seems to see)
NSA claims know-how to ensure no illegal spying
(me/AVT: Despite
admitting nearly everything I wrote above, it’s funny how even Boston 'liberals' seem to be defending the NSA
fascists. Would they feel the same had
it not been a ‘liberal’ Democratic Administration in power of which they surely
support? I doubt it!)
Julian Assange: NSA, FBI programs amount to "mass
spying" on Americans
Russian official: US ‘ignored Boston bombers warning’
Bomb suspects planned second attack: Times
Square
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/04/25/boston-bombing-times-square-dahokhar-tsarnaev-attack/2112991/
Accused Fort
Hood Shooter Paid
$278,000 While Awaiting Trial
2010 Times Square car
bombing attempt
Ben Franklin Quotes
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/b/benjaminfr136955.html
(me/AVT: since writing the above blog entry, the NSA whistleblower reportedly has come forward or has had his identity revealed while the whistleblower is reportedly in hiding oversees ,See:
much of the content of my blog entry above rests on the assumption of truth of these allegations as the allegations have been reported. As the President did not seem to disagree with these reported allegations, We appear justified to assume the allegations are based on Truth. AVT )
After thought, April 3rd, 2014:
I might have to reconsider my thoughts on Snowden and the NSA in general, maybe. But again, never really know... But this link below is an interesting point of view and could be correct and offers new insights too.
(me/AVT: since writing the above blog entry, the NSA whistleblower reportedly has come forward or has had his identity revealed while the whistleblower is reportedly in hiding oversees ,See:
The Guardian Reveals Identity of NSA Whistleblower [Updated]
much of the content of my blog entry above rests on the assumption of truth of these allegations as the allegations have been reported. As the President did not seem to disagree with these reported allegations, We appear justified to assume the allegations are based on Truth. AVT )
After thought, April 3rd, 2014:
I might have to reconsider my thoughts on Snowden and the NSA in general, maybe. But again, never really know... But this link below is an interesting point of view and could be correct and offers new insights too.
Russia evades US SIGINT surveillance – Has Snowden turned
spy?
http://siliconangle.com/blog/2014/03/31/russia-evades-us-sigint-surveillance-has-snowden-turned-spy/
