Bruce’s Poor Man Survival Bulletin
A Digest of Urban Survival Resources
For Independent Minded People!
ISSN 2161-5543
In
This Issue:
1. Non-stop criminalization of Americans
2. My favorite political lies
3. Free mini-NLP Course, Arrest-proof
yourself
4. The latest on full body scans
“The truth
will set you free, but first it will piss you off.”
― Gloria Steinem
― Gloria Steinem
Our nation’s Create-a-Crime Bureau is
working overtime to snare citizens!
INTERVIEW: Heritage’s Robert Alt on Overcriminalization
Q: How long have you been working on the Overcriminalization project?
A: Five years. Overcriminalization was a part of the portfolio that I
took on when I started with Heritage. It is funny to think that just five years
ago, not many people had even heard of overcriminalization. Now, after two
congressional hearings focused on the topic (and a third where the issue
predominated), a series of front-page articles in The Wall Street Journal,
and multiple case studies that became the basis of Heritage’s book One
Nation Under Arrest, many more average citizens and Members of Congress are aware of the
problem.
Q: What surprised you most when you became involved in the fight
against overcriminalization?
A: The severity of the injustice in particular cases. For example, the
case study of Krister
Evertson, who was arrested for not having the correct label on a shipment of
sodium. It is difficult to believe that a prosecutor would go after him twice
or that he would be dragged from his car at gunpoint.
Q: What aspect of overcriminalization do you see as the biggest threat
to individual liberty?
A: I think it is criminal regulations. With over 300,000 criminal
regulations, most of which are strict liability offenses, it is simply
impossible for average or even legally savvy Americans to know everything that
is a potential regulatory crime. This is a trap for the unwary and wary alike.
Q: With organizations across the ideological spectrum supporting and
agreeing on overcriminalization issues, what are the obstacles to reform?
A: Rent-seeking is a big obstacle. For example, reform of the Lacey
Act, which makes violation of foreign laws a federal crime, was prevented in
part by local industries, which saw this as a way of using the sledgehammer of
criminal law to keep their competitive advantage.
[Second,] I think that Congress is more attuned to the issue of
overcriminalization, but Congress at times responds to high-profile problems by
creating new criminal laws that are duplicative or increase penalties. Once
they are on the books, it is difficult to unring the bell.
Third, [there is] pressure from prosecutors and the law enforcement
community. While prosecutors want to do the right thing, they don’t want to
lose any of the options they have to prosecute.
More at:
The Poor Man is a financial supporter of the Heritage Group and they
were supportive of my efforts at researching our Traitors Among Us - Who
Will Save America report.
What bureaucrats do to America…
Monkeywrenching: a form of sabotage that focuses on
creating serious economic damage, thus putting a temporary or permanent halt to
activities that the perpetrator believes are undesirable. Get our Field Guide to Arresting
Bureaucrats, the last in our series of Taking America Back from
Dysfunctional Politicians…all three actionable PDF files now available
for download at our main page:
PM’s
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Arrest-proof yourself : an ex-cop reveals how easy it is for anyone
to get arrested, how even a single arrest could ruin your life, and what to do
if the police get in your face .
How To Gum Up Any Institution
Four words: "Follow the rules exactly."
That's it? That's it.
Any system? Any system.
There are reasons for this. These reasons are universal.
After all the hoo-ha in the US about the introduction of full-body
scanners at airports, the European Union (EU) has chosen NOT to use them. US
authorities insisted that they improved security and reduced the risk that
weapons would be smuggled on airplanes...and they also insisted that the
radiation levels were safe. So why did the EU say “no thanks”? Hear what Sarah
Hiner, publisher of Bottom Line Publications and host of Bottom Line On Your
Health Radio, had to say about it. You’ll also want to hear Alice Aspen
March explain the real reason that our kids misbehave and discover the new
guilt-free sweetener that is finally available. All this and more from Sarah’s
show this weekend. You
can listen now to this and all her past shows.
Training Resources You Should Take Advantage Of
SUGGESTION ONE: Your local Red Cross offers a number of low-fee workshops – some are
even free. One of the classes many Red Cross branches offer is an Individual
Preparedness Skills Workshop.
This workshop teaches basic skills intended to help you be self-reliant
for an extended period of time. You'll learn basic preparedness, emergency
response, and recovery skills that you can share with your family, neighbors,
and colleagues and that you can fall back on in any number of difficult
situations. While the workshop is truly basic, it gives you a framework you can
build on for more advanced and personalized prepping. I would highly advise you
get friends, neighbors, and family members to attend with you so you aren't
shouldering the load alone.
SUGGESTION TWO: Your local outdoor stores are another good place to look for training
classes. You may find affordable classes covering how to use a map and compass,
hiking safety, hunting and fishing, recognizing and using edible plants, and
basic first aid. A corollary to this is hunter safety courses, where you'll
learn safety and survival skills and more than likely meet like-minded
individuals.
SUGGESTION THREE: Community colleges are a solid option for preparedness training. You
can expect more in-depth classes that could run the gambit from emergency
response training to how to be a better gardener. (except in most parts of MI
where these are sadly lacking)
The Nanny State Updates…
U.S. law enforcement surveillance of email and other Internet
communication has skyrocketed in the last two years, according to data obtained
by the American Civil Liberties Union.
The number of so-called pen register and trap-and-trace orders obtained
by federal law enforcement agencies has increased 361 percent between 2009 and
2011, the ACLU said. The U.S. Department of Justice released the data to the
ACLU after the civil rights group sued the agency under the Freedom of
Information Act.
Including the targets of telephone surveillance, “more people were
subjected to pen register and trap-and-trace surveillance in the past two years
than in the entire previous decade,” Naomi Gilens, a legal assistant with the
ACLU’s Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project, wrote
in a blog post.
NOTE: The Poor Man
routinely exposes the truth about the freedom squashing technology and often
illegal practices of the government used against its citizens. Get our latest report Traitors Among Us
by going to our main page (scroll down to the folder) at: PoorManSurvival.com
The Office of Inspector General for the Justice Department released an
audit yesterday reviewing the DEA's use of asset forfeiture, which is the
policy that allows federal law enforcement agencies to confiscate the savings
and property of Americans suspected of a crime. The report highlights no
illegal or improper behavior on the DEA's part, but, notes Reason.com Associate
Editor Mike Riggs, the unfairness of asset forfeiture has become even more
blatant.
The Parting Thought-
e·quiv·o·ca·tion [ih-kwiv-uh-key-shuhn]
The use of equivocal or ambiguous expressions, especially in order to mislead or hedge; prevarication.
The use of equivocal or ambiguous expressions, especially in order to mislead or hedge; prevarication.
My Favorite Political Lies
Sir Winston Churchill, noted that in wartime the truth must be
preserved with a bodyguard of lies…the same seems to hold true during
elections!
Politicians are adept at exaggeration and obfuscation. They spin the
truth, occasionally telling outright lies. Large numbers of people then repeat
the latest political hogwash, forwarding it, posting it and replicating it in
the media echo chamber.
If
elected, I promise...
Read my lips…no new taxes --George Bush
The income tax will never affect anyone except the top 1 percent of
income earners -First IRS tax commissioner
The witholding of taxes from your paycheck is a temporary measure to
help pay for the war…IRS during WWII
My new program will generate jobs.
"“Not because I believe in bigger government — I don’t.”
---Barrack Obama.
I'm
from the government and I'm here to help you.
In an unforgettable attempt to vindicate himself of any wrongdoing in
the Watergate scandal in 1973, then-President Richard Nixon said, "I
am not a crook."
I did not have sexual relations with that woman," said then-President
Bill Clinton in 1998, attempting to dispel accusations of infidelity with
22-year-old White House intern Monica Lewinsky.
My education program will reform schools so that they leave no child
behind. Truth: the public schools do not work very good for the same reason
no government program can work.
The Clinton campaign says Senator Hillary Clinton may have “misspoke”
recently when she said she had to evade sniper fire when she was visiting
Bosnia in 1996 as first lady.
The recession has passed
Sure, the guys on Wall Street will get their bonuses this year, but in
most parts of the country commerce has ground to a standstill: no jobs, no
lending…
Adolf Hitler Quotes
Traitors Among Us: Who Will Save America?
How traitors in Congress are destroying our freedom, bankrupting the
country & a few tools we can use to fight back.
Go to our main page, scroll down a bit and click on the folders to get
these hard hitting, actionable reports…
“Until the next
revolution”, the Poor Man
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