WACKY DAY IN PITTSBURGH!

WACKY DAY IN PITTSBURGH!

One of the more wacky 'hearings' in memory took place Thurs. In Pitt. I was amazed by the turnout from the public! Despite the mission of these hearings being to 'inform the public' about Real ID (not true 'hearings' and certainly not considering our 1351 legislation), not a single MSM TV crew, newspaper or network saw fit to help 'inform' the rest of the public about how strong the sentiment is against Real ID. (No worries, three alternative media video cameras shot the whole party, and it will be available soon! Rep. Marshall also saw what is going on, and I trust he will help get the word out to his colleagues.)

Saylor, Freeman, Waters and MARSHALL have now signed on to the bill against Real ID (HB 1351)! Marshall was at the hearing, and saw the anger in the public!

There were so many people, University of Pittsburgh (UP) staff had to rush in more seating. In fact, they had to more than double the chairs originally allocated, & it was still standing room only!

Many of those present brought signs against Real ID. It looked more like a rally we organized than anything desired by IGA Chairman W. Curtis Thomas. Indeed, the only people present in favor of Real ID were the three hand-picked panelists presenting establishment propaganda.
Now for the FUN stuff. A high school group, accompanied by their teacher, was present. I think they were invited by Rep. Thomas, and perhaps he thought they would be supportive of the tougher ID standards. Instead, the first to question the panel and speak, a young lady, drilled them about how to possibly keep all this information safe. Apparently being more computer savvy than expected, and knowing how easy it is for hackers to steal data, she tore into them with questions befitting a member of the patriot network. Others from that group did similarly, over the course of the meeting.

At the end, Thomas offered a $100 scholarship to the two students who wrote the best essay, pro and con, on Real ID. So, I thought I would help the teacher, and handed her a copy of my testimony. Now they have some substance to dig into, as this debate will surely rage through that schoolhouse!

More fun and games came from nearly everyone who spoke. One woman inquired about who is exactly making all the money from Real ID, and how much money is being spent. I opened a suitcase with a number in it: $45,500,000, and spun a circle, showing it to the room. People all over the ball room were laughing and shouting 'Deal or No Deal!' to the theatrics.

Chairman Thomas reached for a gavel (but didn’t have one ~hehehe~) then he banged his hand on the table in an attempt to quiet the masses.

Only two members of a 29 member state committee saw fit to show up. Rep. Thomas, and Rep. Marshall. THAT’S IT! I detect a SERIOUS letter writing/phone call campaign coming asking the other members of this committee where exactly they were! After all, they NEED TO SEE PUBLIC SENTIMENT! Guess it wasn’t important enough to them.

As for the media, we are going to make sure they don’t get away with their hiding from reality. Three cameras were present as we did our own, and first ever, 'Alternative Media Press Conference.'

Pam Irwin of the ACLU, Jim Compton, Lee Cornell (anti-NAIS coalition partner), and a few others took turns with political analysis on the day’s events, and other strategy.

A member of the Lancaster Amish community traveled all the way to Pittsburgh to get out his message: How PennDOT is violating existing state law by refusing to issue driver’s licenses to those legitimate American citizens who DO NOT HAVE SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS!

This is the FIRST time we know of where a member of this community, engaged in a family battle over the right to travel/drive, has come public with the story. He gave the story to the IGA committee in Philly, then brought it here to make sure it gets attention. There is NO GOOD REASON to deny ANY American a basic right, simply because they REFUSE, for matters of conscience and their theology, to partake of any federal program!

This has also sprouted (if we water it) the seed on which the 'empire' is at its most venerable. Remember in the Russo movie, the 'Show me the law' theme? There is NO DIFFERENCE in this case! In fact there are TWO possible questions coming from this, which, if properly raised, can collapse the 'legal fiction' on which two empires are built (one state, and one federal).

SHOW ME THE LAW that requires a person born in this nation to HAVE a Social Security Number!
Show me the law that requires a person born in this nation to request permission from the state to operate a privately owned, non-commercial motorized transportation device!

Now of course, there are MANY people who demand that number for one thing or another. (Just say 'NO' comes to mind here.) And there are many things that corporations and some people will attempt to DENY to a person who refuses to produce it on demand. There are also many laws that SEEM to require disclosure (hence, possession) of that number, and an equal number of laws placing restrictions on the use of that number for one thing or another.

But NONE of those laws actually compel a native born American to have that number in the first place. (If you want the benefits of it, of course you must have it....but are there benefits to NOT having it? 'Must' have for benefits is NOT a requirement to have it generally.)

This story has spawned a new sense of togetherness among some others in our network. Those who are READY for it (and ONLY if you are WILLING to take a very deep plunge into freedom), should come to a 'togetherness' we are working on. We are going to have a meeting shortly (location and time to be announced) to put it all together. Before this rally happens though, I want you to think these questions through CAREFULLY. Then tell us if you are 'in.'

Would you be able to live WITHOUT your Social Security Number, and/or driver’s license? Would you be able to handle encounters with the local constabulary if you were pulled over driving without a license? Would you be interested in being a party to a class-action law suit with PennDOT over their implementation of 11 of the 18 planks of Real ID? Would you be able to live without doing business with banks and corporations (this could include current employer) as a result of never again using a SSN?

At our meeting, we will discuss such things as having a public 'card burning party,' changing your name according to the biblical technique, protecting your rights if involved in a 'traffic stop,' and other components of living and working as a FREE individual, absent all those 'privileges' of doing business with the federal/state empires. If you can answer 'yes' to most or all of those questions, then come to the meeting.

Can you handle it? Honestly? Are you willing to go THAT far? If so, tell us you are 'in' for the meeting, and you will receive an invitation.

For the many new people receiving this mailing, who just met me for the first time in Pittsburgh yesterday, WELCOME to the AFTF Pennsylvania network.

Between now and our gathering, CALL THE IGA COMMITTEE members (attached spreadsheet) who were NOT in attendance at the Pittsburgh meeting, and ask them why they didn’t show! Pressure any NON-SPONSOR of HB 1351 to sign on NOW!

Also attached is my written testimony from this hearing. Feel free to USE IT for editorials and any other media coverage you can gather.

If you have a link into any Public Access TV, NOTE: alternative media from the event are producing the press conference/hearing into a 45 minute +/- production that will be suitable. If you can get any air-time, contact adam_F@alumni.pitt.edu

Where-ever you are in this Commonwealth, be ready to attend the next two Real ID events: 3-27-08 in Scranton, and 5-9-08 in Erie! Come to whichever is closest, get the word out to bring as many others as possible, and let’s have two LARGE displays of our outrage over this 'federal mandate.'

NOTE: We have several thousand flyers that can be distributed in the target areas. If you are near the Scranton or Erie areas, and want 1000+ of these, and can TRULY GET THEM INTO CIRCULATION, contact me. We will need to raise about $125 for the adhesive labels with customized info (meeting location, area legislators who need to be called).

Prepare for more action – hearings, literature drops, alternative media pieces, meetings of patriots, and a whole LOT MORE COMING FAST AT US!

More coming soon! Get on the phone to those legislators.

Aaron

This group has only been active for less than a month and we are already making a difference! We have persuaded Rep. Marshall who was at the hearing to sign on as a cosponsor of the anti-Real ID legislation!! We have only just begun to make an impact!! I'd like to once again thank everyone who came out to the hearing!
Files:
REAL ID Resolution Opposing Real ID

http://ronpaul.meetup.com...
Testimony of Aaron Bolinger
http://files.meetup.com/1...