Pithy Paradoxes

Why are we in such a mess today? Why are we insecure? Why is everything unstable? Good questions. The Bible has the answer. James tells us in the first chapter, verse eight of his letter, "A double minded man is unstable in all his ways." When government in unstable, you can be sure it is under the control of double-minded men. That means trouble.

Want to stay out of trouble? Study the details proving our government is schizophrenic. The U.S. Government is mentally ill. Below you will find proof. According to Wikipedia, "The term schizophrenia translates roughly as 'splitting of the mind', and comes from the Greek 'schizo,' -- 'to split' or 'to divide')." Read the split facts listed below. Try to find some sense to these contradictions:

FACT: Public policy requires a wall of separation between church and state. Baby dedication, marriage and funerals are significant areas of authority for the church.
FACT: The imperial Federal Government allows ex-Presidents to die, subjecting them to state funerals under the authority of the church. Which is true? Both.

FACT: A loving, caring responsible husband who lives with several women in Utah is a criminal.
FACT: Hugh Heffner, who has a stable of concubines in his palace is not a criminal. Which is true? Both.

FACT: Doctors are trained in aspects of the proper uses and applications of drugs and authorized by law to prescribe their use.
FACT: Congress, with few doctors in its membership, prohibits doctors from using their judgment regarding "controlled substances." Which is true? Both.

FACT: Contrails dissipate quickly a short distance behind a commercial airplane.
FACT: White streaks are often seen extending across almost the entire sky. Usually these streaks do not extend from horizon to horizon as would be the case if they were the exhaust from a commercial airliner. Which is true? Both

FACT: under FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) law, government agents are obligated to reply to questions when asked.
FACT: The IRS refuses to cite the law that gives the IRS the authority to demand that people file a 1040 and the IRS charges a $500 fine on anyone who asks. Which is true? Both.

FACT: Any law dictionary will define a crime as a unity of intent and action.
FACT: Most judges, ignoring the need to discover intent, will instruct the jury that their only task is to come back with their answer to the question, "Did the accused do the deed?" Which is true? Both!

FACT: Professional science societies are formed to assure the public that only qualified persons operate in the scientific arena
FACT: The most significant scientific developments in history have been discovered by non-professionals, many of whom have been persecuted and even murdered for "testing the authority" of those societies. Which is true? Both!

FACT: Private attornies are paid by their clients; clients who expect to be served by thier servant attorneys.
FACT: As officers of the court, private attorneys are committed under the rules of the BAR Association to work not for their clients, but for the judge of the court, regardless of the clarity of the facts. Which is true? Both!

FACT: Freedom of speech is guaranteed by the First Amendment.
FACT: trying to exercise that right is often regulated to "assigned areas" where it is assured by authorities that the “free speech” will not be heard by the targeted group or person. Which is true? Both!

FACT: The U.S. Constitution's First Amendment combined with U.S. Supreme Court cases such as Frisby v. Schultz, 487 U.S. 474; U.S. v. Grace, 461 U.S. 171, 176; Edwards v. S. Carolina, 372 U. S. 229 / Furr v. Town of Swansea, F. Supp. 1543, guarantee the right of a person to preach in public.
FACT: Street preachers are commonly jailed by virtue of what is known as a hecklers' veto, such as: disorderly conduct, noise ordinance violation, failure to identify, trespassing, assault and battery, and any other violation the police can dream up. Which is true? Both.

FACT: The Social Security administration forbids the use of your Social Security number for identification.
FACT: DMV, banks and others demand the Social Security number for identification. Which is true? Both!

FACT: If you want to improve your property, you are improving your neighborhood at your expense.
FACT: Before you are allowed to improve your neighborhood, you must first pay your city or county officials a fee – a penalty – for a permit. Which is true? Both!

FACT: When you buy a home, it is your property, and when you pay off the mortgage, it is yours alone.
FACT: All the while you live in your home, you must pay a rental fee called “property tax.” Which is true? Both!

FACT: Historically, juries are to judge both fact and law.
FACT: Judges consistently instruct juries that they are finders of fact only, and that they must apply the law as instructed by the judge. Which is true? Both!

FACT: Grand Juries are the oversight body voicing the power of the “We the People” group charged with regulating the activities of government.
FACT: Grand Juries work under the control of government employees: judges and attorneys. Which is true? Both!

FACT: Some pharmaceuticals are classed as "illegal drugs" and people found using or selling them are charged with a crime.
FACT: The Army Surgeon General has issued an advisory to military pilots that they are expected to volunteer to take "speed" (a drug illegal on our streets) if they expect to be allowed to fly on certain long missions where their awareness needs to be enhanced. Which is true? Both.

FACT: Presidential power is limited except in wartime.
FACT: Presidents have exerted power through contrivances as artificial wars, wars of ideas, such as the “War on Drugs.” Which is true? Both!

FACT: Under the law we are free to travel without restriction.
FACT: Travel is regulated. Which is true? Both!

FACT: There is no law that demands a person not involved in commerce to register an automobile, nor to qualify for nor carry a driver license.
FACT: Your car must be registered and you must carry a driver license – whether you are involved in commerce or not. Which is true? Both!

FACT: The support systems of high rise buildings have never in history been destroyed by the heat of fire.
FACT: According to the official report, the WTC towers were brought down on 9-11 by fire that melted the 47 vertical steel supports as though they were made of balsa wood. Which is true? Both!

FACT: The Act of Congress called the Patriot Act is titled to imply that its words were considered by members of Congress and that its intent is patriotic.
FACT: The Patriot Act was not submitted to Congress in time for Congress members to read it, and its words defeat all that is patriotic. Which is true? Both!

FACT: Government believes its job is to protect us. Many herbs protect us by building our immune system.
FACT: Government forbids herbalists to tell people how to use herbs and threatens to restrict them further. Which is true? Both!

FACT: The U.S. Constitution guarantees rights viewed by the Founders as belonging to individuals under natural law.
FACT: Officials and judges operating under oath to defend the U.S. Constitution consistently construe those guaranteed natural law rights to be privileges granted by government. Which is true? Both!

FACT: Educated people know there is a U.S. Constitution, and they believe it says what it means and means what it says.
FACT: In court, the words of the U.S. Constitution do not mean what they say. Meaning is interpreted by the doctrine of stare decisis. The doctrine of Original Meaning is ignored. Which is true? Both!

FACT: The Second Amendment places no restrictions on gun ownership. The Federal constitution and all state constitutions state that Americans have the right to keep and bear arms.
FACT: Judges restrict ownership of guns. There are over 20,000 laws, statutes and ordinances that violate this individual right with prohibitions, permits and outright bans of guns. Which is true? Both!

FACT: We are told we have the First Amendment right to petition the government for “Redress of Grievance.”
FACT: In case after case the government ignores letters and petitions stating grievances, even prosecuting sincere writers for seeking to “influence a public official.” Which is true? Both!

FACT: State and federal constitutions require those in certain government positions to have on file with the Secretary of State an updated Oath of Office to defend and uphold the constitutions in order to have authority to govern and/or act as judges.
FACT: Many continue to cover this fact up and ignore the constitution when they are caught failing to do this. Which is true? Both!

FACT: U.S. military persons take an oath to defend the United States.
FACT: Many U.S. military personnel are constrained to serve the United Nations, and thus are forced to violate their oaths. Which is true? Both!

FACT: Historically, war has been a last resort and always entered to defend of the United States.
FACT: The war in Iraq was unilateral. Which is true? Both!

FACT: Those who are employed by government are required to live by government rulings.
FACT: Those who are not employed by government are not required by law to live by government rulings, though judges enforce those rulings upon all. Which is true? Both!

FACT: No church is subject to taxation under the guarantees of the First Amendment.
FACT: Churches are required to file 26USC 501(c)(3) applications with the IRS in order to be exempt from taxation. Which is true? Both!

FACT: Preachers in 1770 colonial America used Romans 13:1-7 to teach disobedience of and rebellion against the British parliament and King George III.
FACT: Preachers today in the United States use Romans 13:1-7 to teach people to obey the federal government. Which is true? Both.

FACT: There is no statute of limitations upon fraud.
FACT: The Sixteenth Amendment has been demonstrated to federal authorities as having been ratified by an act of fraud; nevertheless, no action has been taken to correct the result of this official fraudulent act. Which is true? Both!

FACT: “Everyone knows” the Murrah Building in Oklahoma City was destroyed by a truck bomb.
FACT : Military munitions expert General Benton Parton was barred from lodging official objections and conducting an objective investigation based upon his expert opinion that the official view of the destruction of that building is patently false. Which is true? Both!

FACT: Crime scenes are to be secured by law until complete on-site investigations are concluded.
FACT: Both the Oklahoma City Murrah Building residue and the WTC 9-11 wreckage were not saved and secured for investigators. Officials ordered immediate clean-up, barring investigators. Which is true? Both!

FACT: The official version of the assassination of John F. Kennedy was that a single bullet did all the damage.
FACT: Careful objective observers insist that at least three bullets were fired. Which is true? Both!

FACT: Federal laws provide strict rules for contract bidding.
FACT: Companies like Halliburton, whose officials are “well connected” in Washington, D.C. are not required to follow the bidding regulations. Which is true? Both!

FACT: Our Founders made a clear distinction between domestic and foreign affairs.
FACT: There is a movement seeking to surrender the sovereignty of the United States to a Federal One World Government. Which is true? Both!

FACT: The SEC, FBI and other enforcement agencies have prosecuted countless organizers of “greater-fool” schemes based upon chain-letter, pyramid and other plans they view as lacking value.
FACT: Our U.S. currency, under the control of Congress and the Federal Reserve, is a “greater-fool” plan, persuading the public to accept units of currency having no value and by history proven to lose value each bookkeeping period, eventually to be worthless. Which is true? Both!

FACT: U.S. Code Title 26, the Income Tax Code does not require the filing of a 1040 form.
FACT: Any Federal Judge will enforce the right of the IRS to demand the filing of a 1040 form. Which is true? Both!

FACT: All government "requests for information," per the Paperwork Reduction Act, are "required" to have an OMB (Office of Management and Budget) number stating whether or not the information requested is voluntary or mandatory. Any information requests which do not have an OMB number may be legally ignored, according to the Paperwork Reduction Act.
FACT: If you ask the IRS a question about this law, your question will be "frivolous, " and the IRS will penalize you by sending you a bill for $500. Which is true? Both.

FACT: Title 1, Section 8, Paragraph 5 and Section 10, Paragraph 1 dictate that money is to be a store of value, and these constitutional limitations have never been rescinded.
FACT: Currency today is backed by nothing but “faith and confidence” of the public. Which is true? Both.

FACT: The U.S. Constitution forbids involuntary servitude.
FACT: The Selective Service (draft), when in force, causes young people to volunteer their service to the military. Which is true? Both!

FACT: The Posse Comitatus Law forbids the use of the military on domestic soil.
FACT: Military troops were involved in the Davidian incident in Waco, Texas. Which is true? Both!

FACT: Many inventions have been proven to fuel automobiles without gasoline.
FACT: Automobiles continue to run almost exclusively on gasoline. Which is true? Both!

FACT: Trust is the product of truth in all dealings.
FACT: It is common to hear unfactual statements from leaders in the District of Columbia. Which is true? Both!

FACT: When the U.S. Constitution was written, there were two doctrines of interpretation of such documents. There was the Doctrine of Original Meaning and there was judicial precedence, stare decisis.
FACT: The writers of the U.S. Constitution did not demand that one or the other of these methods of interpretation be applied to the Constitution. This is the root of the conflicts we have listed here. Which is true? Both.

You have been reading a list of facts that collide with each other. Each pair is alienated from its partner. Those clashes show the source is irrational. The clashes are not simply disagreements. They are proof of a division of understanding within our society showing how we lack the integrity of correct definitions. We have a nation where leaders sort information with sincerely held beliefs and values that may well differ from definitions objectively validated by common experience and by history, and our leaders know it. Their satisfaction with this intolerable situation shows they suffer the corporate mental illness of schizophrenia.

Confirm these contradictions for yourself. Then, ask yourself why government issues information. What is “information?” The purpose for the dissemination of facts, government version, is to give us information that results in getting us "In Formation.” That's another way to say government has the job of keeping things in "order." How can there be order in society when the government's information cancels itself? Ignore what you were taught in school about this being the “land of the free.” Judges want to resolve these conflicts for you by becomming the living law for you. Respect them. Do not trust what you read. Bow to the judge. Look at the floor whenever you stand in court. The judge is the figurehead of what in history was called “The King.” You are safer if you understand you are the slave of imperial governmental power-gone-mad.

If you do not like that idea, here is how to help recover the liberty that was intended by the Founders of the United States. Study the issues raised by these contradictions. Insist that judges, elected officials and employees of government explain why we must live under this paradoxical cloud. Hold them accountable for their fraud and deceit. If a person of ordinary intelligence cannot determine what persons are regulated, what conduct is prohibited, or what punishment may be imposed under a particular law, then that law -- by law -- is unconstitutionally vague. The U.S. Supreme Court has said that no one may be required at peril of life, liberty or property to speculate as to the meaning of a penal law. Everyone is entitled to know what the government commands or forbids. Speak truth to power. Expect the response to be irrational. That's the way the mentally ill behave. They are March Hare, Alice-Queen, Mad Hatter Wizards. They may be entertaining themselves, but we should know them as "Humbugs."

"Have some wine," the March Hare said in an encouraging tone. Alice looked all round the table, but there was nothing on it but tea. "I don't see any wine," she remarked. "There isn't any," said the March Hare. "Then it wasn't very civil of you to offer it," said Alice angrily. -- Chapter 7, A Mad Tea PartyAlice In Wonderland.

"Then you should say what you mean," the March Hare went on. "I do," Alice hastily replied; "at least--at least I mean what I say--that's the same thing, you know."
"Not the same thing a bit!" said the Hatter. "You might just as well say that 'I see what I eat' is the same thing as 'I eat what I see.' "You might just as well say," added the March Hare, "that 'I like what I get' is the same thing as 'I get what I like!'
"You might just as well say," added the Dormouse, who seemed to be talking in his sleep, "that 'I breathe when I sleep' is the same thing as 'I sleep when I breathe!'"
"Have you guessed the riddle yet?" the Hatter said, turning to Alice again.
"No, I give it up," Alice replied: "That's the answer?' "I haven't the slightest idea," said the Hatter.
"Nor I," said the March Hare.
Alice sighed wearily. "I think you might do something better with the time," she said, "than waste it in asking riddles that have no answers.'" Alice did not quite know what to say to this: so she helped herself to some tea and bread-and-butter, and then turned to the Dormouse, and repeated her question. "Why did they live at the bottom of a well?" The Dormouse again took a minute or two to think about it, and then said, "It was a treacle-well."
"There's no such thing!" Alice was beginning very angry, but the Hatter and the March Hare went "Sh! sh!" and the Dormouse sulkily remarked, "If you can't be civil, you'd better finish the story for yourself."

Players all played at once without waiting for turns, quarreling all the while, and fighting for the hedgehogs; and in a very short time the Queen was in a furious passion, and went stamping about, and shouting "Off with his head!" or "Off with her head!" about once in a minute. Alice began to feel very uneasy: to be sure, she had not as yet had any dispute with the Queen, but she knew that it might happen any minute, "and then," thought she, "what would become of me? They're dreadfully fond of beheading people here; the great wonder is, that there's any one left alive!" Queen's Croquet Ground Chapter 8.

"Thinking again?" the Duchess asked, with another dig of her sharp little chin. "I've a right to think" said Alice sharply, for she was beginning to feel a little worried. "Just about as much right," said the Duchess, `as pigs have to fly. Chapter 9 – Mock Turtle's story.

DOROTHY
We'd like you to keep your promise to us, if you please, sir.

OZ'S VOICE
Not so fast! Not so fast! I'll have to give the matter a little thought. Go away and come back tomorrow! DOROTHY Tomorrow? Oh, but I want to go home now.

TIN MAN
You've had plenty of time already!

LION
Yeah!

OZ'S VOICE
Do not arouse the wrath . . .(Toto at Dorothy's feet CAMERA PANS right with him as he runs to a curtain that hangs near the throne steps.)

OZ'S VOICE
...of the Great and Powerful Oz! I said come back tomorrow!

DOROTHY
If you were really great and powerful, you'd keep your promises!

OZ'S VOICE
Do you presume to criticize the.... (Toto pulls back the curtain to reveal the Wizard at the controls of the throne apparatus -- his back to the camera.)

OZ'S VOICE
...Great Oz? You ungrateful creatures! Think yourselves lucky that I'm giving you audience tomorrow, instead of twenty years from now. Oh oh oh! The Great Oz has spoken! Oh -- Oh --- ... Oh .... Oh .... (The Wizard peers out from behind the curtain.)

DOROTHY
Who are you?(The Wizard peers out from curtain - he ducks back out of sight and his voice booms out again.) Who are you?

OZ'S VOICE
Well, I -- I -- I am the Great and Powerful Wizard of Oz.

DOROTHY
You are?

WIZARD
Uhhhh -- yes..

DOROTHY
I don't believe you!

WIZARD
No, I'm afraid it's true. There's no other Wizard except me. (Dorothy and her three friends react.)

SCARECROW
You humbug!

LION
Yeah!

WIZARD
Yes-s-s -- that...that's exactly so. I'm a humbug!

DOROTHY
Oh, you're a very bad man!

WIZARD
Oh, no, my dear -- I'm -- I'm a very good man. I'm just a very bad Wizard.

If all this does not persuade you that our government is schizophrenic, I would like to know what it would take. Shall we call it "Factophrenia?" Or is is "Schizofactia?" Whatever it is, to ignore it will put your life in peril.
 

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Void for vagueness is a legal concept in American constitutional law, whereby a civil statute or, more commonly, a criminal statute is adjudged unconstitutional when it is so vague that persons "of common intelligence must necessarily guess at its meaning and differ as to its application," as the United States Supreme Court articulated in Connally v General Construction Co., 269 U.S. 385, 391 (1926). A statute is void for vagueness when: 1) it is unclear what persons fall within its scope, 2) what conduct is forbidden, and/or 3) what punishment may be imposed. Due process requires that a law be reasonably definite as to what persons and conduct are covered as well as the punishment for any violation. In determining whether a law is void for vagueness, courts have imposed the following tests: 1) does the law give fair notice to those persons subject to it? 2) does the law guard against arbitrary and discriminatory enforcement? and 3) can the law be enforced with sufficient "breathing room" for First Amendment rights?