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I'm tired - mentally and financially. I could make complaints about my physical condition, but why bother? At 50 that can be expected considering what I've put my body through the last few months, and even the last year or two as well. I don't know what the near future has in store for me, but I have so much to do both activism wise and family wise that the mind wants to shut down for repairs, and I don't have the luxury of allowing that. It isn't so much sleep as it is the relentless pressure between personal demands and opportunities that would be a shame to not be taken advantage of. I'm still driven, but the motor wears thin. I'm almost tempted to turn on the televison... HA HA - I got ya! I'd never get to that level - I just visited a friend that is a shut-in, and married to the thing. It's fun sometimes (and rejuvenating because of the underlying bs that is sooo obvious when you don't watch it) just watching someone cook something I won't eat, and waste some space and time just for the sake of being. Reminds me when I was young and read a lot of science fiction. I'll come back soon and delve into the recent developments concerning The Articles of Freedom, but not today. Soon. Ed
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I got a friend request and came here to accept it, and thought I had better give an update because it's been a while and I've been quite busy. There should be a FINAL version of THE ARTICLES OF FREEDOM coming from the We The People Foundation very soon. The version we released on Christmas Eve has not been stamped 'Authorized' yet, and the WTP Organizers and the CC2009 Chain-of-Command are in the throes of 'making everyone happy' (as if that were ever possible LOL). A tenative date of April 19th (again, not 'official' yet - I'll let you know when it has been decided) has been set for 'serving' the Articles to all elected Representatives of The People at all levels - at the same time in all 50 states plus D.C. That should be interesting! Until this final version comes out, keep distributing the Christas Eve Miracle Version around - there shouldn't be too much difference in the two. It's all the same idea - ACCOUNTABILITY! Ed
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Finally! Here are the Article of Freedom for the World to read! PDF Form: http://www.cc2009.us/images/pdf/Articles-of-Freedom.12.20.2009.pdf Website (needs some work yet): http://www.cc2009.us/aof Any questions - don't hesitate to ask! Ed
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What a weekend! I attended the 2009 Freedom Summit put on by Ernie Hancock and Freedom's Phoenix the past weekend, and am I glad I did. The speaker list was outstanding, with a long list of luminaries including Ernie Hancock, Marc Victor, David Nolan, Butler Schaffer, Stewart Rhodes, Ernie, Judge John Buttrick, Tom Woods, Joel Skousen, Ernie, John Taylor Gatto, Ernie, Charles Goyette, Congressman RON PAUL, Ernie, John Stadtmiller, Michael Maresco, Boston T. Party, Adam Kokesh, Bud Burrell, and Ernie. I might have forgotten someone - if I did, my sincere apologies! The above list are the people I personally heard speak. I'm in the process now of sorting out pictures (about 350) and uploading them - for right now thought here is the photo album of the 'SignWave' we had at lunchtime on Saturday with a friend of ours... www.meetup.com/Ron-Paul-and-his-Campaign-for-Liberty-R3VOLUTION/photos/777926/ Keep watch on that site - the rest should be uploaded by later today (no promises! My phone won't stop ringing - which is a good thing!). Articles of Freedom update - I got the Admin reviewed version a few days ago and there were a few problems that I am in the process of working out, and I'm not the only one. It will be a few more days before it gets finalized and goes out to the public. If I have anything to say about the process it will take even longer, but I won't go into that now. You can hear it on my latest YouTube Report from the Summit: www.youtube.com/watch . Working for you, Ed
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I was informed (unofficially) this morning that I should be receiving the Article of Freedom today for review. I will be comparing the certified copies with the proofread version to insure there has been no changes of anything subsatntial - only corrections for spelling, puntuation, and arrangement for fluidity. When that has been verified, I believe it will go out to all the delegates for final review, and hopefully, distribution. I was reminded in an e-mail from the Chief-of-Staff Judith Whitmore (what a Grand Lady!) that it was several days before the results of the First Continental Congress was in the hands of the Colonists. Granted, they didn't have the instant-communication devices we do today, but there is still a certain amount of 'cross checking' that has to be done on ANY output of a large Organization - if for no other reason than for the LEGAL DEPARTMENT to ok the final product. We must be as careful as any large group of individuals - if not more considering the controversial nature of our undertakings. I would have LOVED to come home with printed copies, but that just wasn't the case. We finished with our 'first rough draft' after Midnight Sunday morning - well after the Closing Ceremonies were concluded on Saturday. There's nothing 'secret' or 'nefarious' - it's a process that must be completed before the barn door gets opened, and everyone gazes at the August Stallion... Ed
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It's been ten days since my last blogpost. When I last left you, things at the Congress had heated up to almost a frenzy. Those who had infiltrated the organization and attempted to thwart the efforts of Good-Hearted Patriots to regain and maintain their Beloved Republic were falling apart, and then there was a 'mass exodus' of many of the people that had been making obfuscation an art form. It didn't matter. We had a job to do, and NOTHING was to deter us - not even the FEAR that was tried in a further attempt to break up the work at hand. That didn't wash either, and all their meager attempts only postponed the finished product from being distributed to the Public. Big deal. The Articles of Freedom are done. they have yet to be polished into the proper form and font, with style and flow of information maximized. The Administration has been combing over it for days now, and had expected the Articles to be up on the web by now. Soon, very soon. It better get up and fast, or I will begin to READ the copy I have into YouTube! That's right, Providence has provided me the ONLY finished, signed copy of the first 'rough draft' of the Articles of Freedom! I have been showing them to fellow Patriots here in Phoenix, AND HAVE YET TO NOT SEE TEARS OF JOY AND RELIEF STREAM DOWN FACES WHEN THEY TOUCH THIS historical document! Then they want a picture of them with it, because I won't have this for long - it has to be preserved and put into the National Archives with all the Pledge Signatures we signed at the Closing Ceremony. If you are in the Phoenix Metropolitan area, this Thursday at the Freedom's Phoenix Workshop (SW Corner of 7th Avenue and Indian School Road - rear entrance) at 7:00 p.m., I will be meeting with anyone interested in hearing my take on the Continental Congress 2009, complete with pictures, videos, webcasts, and THE ACTUAL DOCUMENT ITSELF! There will be people that will try to minimize, belittle, laugh at, and subvert The Articles, and there is a 'media blackout' that is worse than what we saw during the Ron Paul Campaign. We had people telling us that when they called CNN, they were told in no uncertain terms "Yes, we KNOW about the Continental Congress 2009 - we are getting a THOUSAND CALLS AN HOUR!!!" and they hang up before the question can be asked "THEN WHY AREN'T YOU REPORTING IT!?!" This document is pure dynamite! It details the most egregious violations to the Law of the Land, and gives not only instructions to the President, U.S.Congress, and the States, but includes 'Civic Actions" the People can do to correct these violations - IF THEY ARE WILLING TO DO THE WORK IT WILL TAKE TO ACCOMPLISH THE MISSION. View the PREAMBLE, and the Table of Contents here: http://www.cc2009.us/aof I get CHILLS every time I read it! Ed
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Continental Congress 2009
What a day! So much went on and it's late, but I have to get you some words. Howard Blitz had an emergency of some kind and had to fly home this morning - I hope everything's alright. He wouldn't say what the matter was, so I just carried on. Sylvia had her day at the table without Howard and I there, and I have no idea what went on or how she voted (we are of opposite opinions quite often). I spent the morning with Jay going over our report after Bob went over it and pointed some things out. When we finally got done with it, it took about an hour or so for it to show up on the docket. (I might have pissed off some people, but when we were debating the content of the report I REFUSED to allow ANY 'idea' or 'feeling' that something was wrong or unjust - IF THEY COULDN'T CITE THE PART OF THE CONSTITUTION THAT WAS VIOLATED. It was even more than that because since we were holding the President to "take care that the laws are faithfully executed" that included the USC and the CFR - and they still couldn't cite that - so they walked away. The document we produced was SO TIGHT, that it took EIGHT FUCKING MINUTES from the time 1) our Chairman presented our report, 2) one Delegate rose to attempt to amend it and didn't even get a second, 3) I was standing first in line already so I could 'Call the Question", and it passed UNANIMOUSLY!!! I said loudly "Now THAT'S how it's DONE!" You should have seen Jay - he's the tall drink of water with the black cowboy hat - He had such a grin you'da thought he had a canary in his maw! At lunch, I caught President Badnarik and asked him if there were any Committees that hadn't completed their report, and that I was willing to assist in whatever capacity I was needed. He said yes, that the "Property Clauses" Committee was still on their first draft, but he didn't know where they Met. He told me who the Chairman was, and I caught him before I left the dining room. After dinner, the delegates went back to the floor, and I went to go look for the "Property Clause" Committee. They were right where the Chairman said. I sat down and exchanged some plesantries, and started looking at what they had produced. There was a lot of taking phrases or even paragraphs out of agenda 21 pamphlets, and inserting them into the Committee report. I made some suggestions, but they acted like it was good enough the way it was, and that they were working. So what I did was state that the map Michael Shaw showed us at the Presentation on Property Clause was scary enough to make the point. The Chairman produced a copy of the Agenda 21 pamphlet and showed me the same chart, and I said "I'll see what I can do." I took it into the Computer Center and tried one of their copiers, and it looked like crap. I ran back to the Committee, and got my bag and my laptop, and headed back to the Center. I set up may laptop, and then set up my Canon Video/Photo camera. With one leg extended and lodged into the hole you put the computer wire, I had the camera pointed to the desk, and took a photo without the Legend and only the map. I then took another with the references to the other Speaker we heard - Michael Coffman - printed below the map. The computers the hotel owns and provides for guest use are dinosaurs, and I had found out with the first Committee I had to save my documents in windows 97-2003 because they won't recognize anything created with anything newer, so, I imported the pics onto my laptop, and e-mailed them to myself - along with the photo of the same chart I took during the Presentation. I was just about to hit print when Mr. Chairman wheels around the corner and asked me if I had come up with anything yet (this was about 20 minutes later I approximate). I told him "what did you expect? That I'd come back with NOTHING!?! He departed, and by the time I had printed out a few copies, he rounds the corner again with two people in tow (presumedly to inspect my work). I said they were done and lets go back to where we were sitting. When I laid these fine copies they were blown away! Heh heh, Mission Accomplished. Stupid me - now it's 3:50 a.m. and I HAVE to crash. Working for you, Ed
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Continental Congress 2009
Man have I been busy! I've been in Committee constantly since my last post - you're better off watching my YouTubes at my Psychictaxi Channel. I'm on the Delegation floor and we've been working on trying to pass the reports and suggestions of the various Committees. So far I've worked specifically on the Second Amendment/Militia/Firearms Committee, and the Faithfully Execute Committee, and this morning, for the first time, our Committee Report passed with only one attempt to amend, and it did not receive a second - and it passed UNANIMOUSLY!!! It only took EIGHT MINUTES from submission to acceptance, and we went on to the next report. I swear, if people would get their egos and special interests out of the way and concentrate on submitting a bare language, well-referenced (with citations) document that is correct in spelling, grammer, syntax, and includes nothing that can be misconstrued as vague or under the purview of another body or entity, we could be much further ahead than we are today. My YouTubes are found at http://www.youtube.com/user/Psychictaxi .
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Well well well! After searching every nook and cranny of the hotel expanse from the meeting room out by the golf course to the other side where we eat meals looking for the 'Grand Jury Caucus', I can't find them. The various Committees hammering out their submissions to the Committee of the Whole are literally scattered everywhere. In most of the ones I saw while looking were either topics that I had no interest to work on, or had more than enough people to do what was required, and I would be using my time unwisely. Instead, I know I should be either doing laundry, getting some catch-up sleep, walking to the Target I heard isn't too far ( I couldn't bring my shampoo, cream rinse, or toothpaste on the plane and I'm using hotel freebies), but I try to take every opportunity to distribute announcements of the Congress online, posting pictures, updating my blog here, commenting at www.Freedomsphoenix.com , and recording "Ed's Daily Report" found there, and on the Ron Paul MeetUp site. I am attempting to solve problems that I see going on, and it's a real sticky wicket. Fortunately, I have been associating with Bob Schultz and Michael Badnarik for many years now and they know me, and know how I am  . They know when it comes to principles, I am steadfast in my resolve to follow my conscience and do the right thing all the time every time. When I take an absolute hard line and others "try to talk some sense into me" (like 43 times in the last two days) I stick to my guns and don't back down an inch. The wildest thing about it all is, they keep telling me "I'm right! BUT... (insert bullshit reason to sacrifice your integrity for POWER here)". "but I'll use the Ring for GOOD!" We've heard that line before. I am so thankfull for the experience I gained at the 2008 LNC in Denver! It opened my eyes wide and gave me pointers on not only what to look for, but how to properly battle it. I am going to attempt to remain here as long as I possibly can. It all depends on the responses I get from the unnamed persons I have to work with - either things I see that aren't right get fixed by them, or get fixed by me. Their choice.
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