The Second Amendment - Ultimate Voter Protection

Today on Public Radio, I heard an interview with famed Investigative Reporter Greg Palast. He and Bobby Kennedy, Jr. produced a comic book entitled "Steal Back Your Vote."


You can download a copy of the comic book for a donation of any amount. In this comic book, the authors detail ways in which the powers that be are attempting to suppress the votes of Blacks and other minorities. It also details suggestions for how people can "steal back their votes."

Why is it that after the 15th Amendment, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and numerous subsequent provisions we are still talking about voter suppression? Why do we need a so-called "Help America Vote Act" and Election Assistance Commission? Why is it that with every problem, we enact more bureaucracy only to create further problems? This commission was established to deal with the problems of the 2000 Presidential Elections, only to result in the problems of the 2004 Presidential Elections.

Democrats will tell you the fault belongs to Republicans. But when asked why the Democrats won't stand strongly against these tactics, Greg Palast said both Parties are complicit. In a blog post entitled: "The 2008 Election Has Already Been Stolen," it's clear:

BuzzFlash: Then why do you think –

Greg Palast: — why don’t Democrats stand up?

BuzzFlash: The U.S. House of Representatives is controlled by Democrats. It’s like saying, well, $320 million is missing from a bank but we’re not going to investigate that.

Greg Palast: You’re forgetting it’s not about the two parties. Vote theft is mainly a racial issue in America, and it’s a class issue. The white caucus is a lot bigger than the black caucus. They don’t call the Congress a millionaire’s club for nothing. There aren’t many guys in there — or women — who are not millionaires. So it’s the millionaires versus us. It’s the white caucus versus the black caucus, which is of great concern. So the vote is along racial class and economic lines, not along party lines. Party lines are pretty much meaningless. There’s pretty much one party — the party of the cash. But I’m not one of these people that says there’s no difference between the Democratic and Republican Party. The question is: is the difference meaningful? That’s all. When it comes down to voter issues, remember that the Democrats in power there were elected under the racist, broken, classist system. If you fix the voting system, a third of those Democrats could never win a primary. The last thing that they want is poor people to vote.

Now, let me put a picture of Mr. Palast up here so you can see - he's a White man.

I have repeatedly stated that Reparations is a movement of Liberation - of Liberty. When will enough be enough? Reparations - again - cannot be had from external Acts of Congress. Reparations comes from a people freeing themselves from the whims of these thieves.

Behold the Second Amendment - the Right to Bear Arms. Jesse Ventura reminded us at the Rally for the Republic:

It's not about hunting and fishing. If our government gets out of control, we have the right to take it back.

Another site goes further:

The true purpose of the Second Amendment, as noted by Judge Silberman
in his opinion in the appellate court, is to ensure that we the people
would have the means to protect our inalienable rights, among those
rights are life, liberty and our individual pursuit of happiness,
against an oppressive government. And if our government were to violate
our social contract, the people would have a moral obligation “to throw
off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future
security.”

The Second Amendment is the ultimate voter protection. And, this is why that Amendment exists. Embrace the Second Amendment and watch voter suppression dissapear.

Vote fraud is an infringement upon our Constitutional Rights. It ushers in the tyranny of government against the governed. So long as we are unarmed, the powers that be are able to keep us away from the polls. Then to keep the wool over our eyes, they (Democrats) enact legislation to deepen the myth that they are "on our side."

Where is the Black Panther Party? Abiding by the law, they embraced the Second Amendment and armed themselves to defend the community from government tyranny. If they were still around, do you think we'd be talking about voter suppression? If there were armed Panthers standing outside of polling stations across the Country, do you think Blacks would be illegitimately turned away?

Firearms bans do serve a purpose in the Black community. But, it's not to protect us from crime. Criminals don't need the law in order for them to carry guns. So, don't be fooled that these laws keep guns off the street. They serve to prevent us from embracing Liberty and defending our inalienable rights. And, it will continue so long as we continue to allow it.

Come and Get Your Reparations!