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ACTIVE Mission Statement

Active, The American Constitution and Capitalism Defense Front, is a permanent and enduring organization of American citizens dedicated to maintaining the foundational principles of the United States of America, as initiated by its Declaration of Independence and realized by its Constitution and economic system of free-market capitalism.

These founding documents and this economic system define the United States, and as such, there is no United States without them.

The changing tides of time allow for the development of threats capable of abolishing both, either through overt attack or the processes of slow erosion and unconstitutional change. The principles of free-market capitalism are eternal, and the only legitimate process to change the United States Constitution is that which is prescribed within it.

As such, it is a moral imperative for each and every loyal American to dedicate a sufficient amount of their blood, sweat, and tears to the preservation and defense of both the Constitution and free-market capitalism.

United we stand, divided we fall. Upon this eternal truth we hereby declare that it is incumbent upon the people of this great land to come together in broad union to demand that the freedoms granted to us by God, protected by our Constitution, and given wings by our self-chosen labors, are left intact.

We are the people by which the government is of and for. We are the grantors of the power that the government wields. We are the people who can recall that power from the government at any time of our choosing. We are the citizens of the United States of America. We are the defenders of the greatest nation in the history of man, and we are hereby responding to the call to become ACTIVE.

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Posted by Pat Dollard on his website.

CBS News:

Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann told the Washington Times that she and her family will not be fully filling out the 2010 census forms.

Bachmann, a Republican, said her family will only be indicating the number of people in the household, because “the Constitution doesn’t require any information beyond that.”

Bachmann believes the upcoming census to be “very intricate” and “very personal” and expresses concerns about ACORN’s involvement in the data collection. The community organizing program came under scrunity after charges of voter registration fraud during the 2008 presidential elections.

“I think what the threat of ACORN would be deluding the ballot box and the effectiveness of our vote,” she said. “They will be in charge of going door to door and collecting data from the American public, this is very concerning.”

Bachmann also expressed frustration at the president’s backing for ACORN, saying he has supplied $8.4 billion to ACORN since he has come into office, a number that far surpasses the $53 million given in the past 15 years.

“ACORN has received $53 million from 1994 to today, but now, since President Obama has come into office, he is making available $8.5 billion – with a ‘b’ - to ACORN, an organization that is repeatedly under indictment for voter fraud in multiple states across the country,” Bachmann said. “This is the last organization that should have the taxpayer’s wallet open to them but unfortunately, under President Obama, he is multiplying the amount of money available to them.”

Bachmann has claimed the $8.5 billion available multiple times, but it should be noted that the St. Petersburg Times’ affiliated fact check Web site, Politifact.com, disputes its accuracy.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Bachmann may be in trouble if she fails to fill out the entire census. Spokeswoman Shelly Lowe told the Washington Times that anyone over the age of 18 must fill out all the questions and any such person who refuses to answer “any of the questions” faces a $5,000 fine.

Census Bureau Home Page

Civic Lessons in the Census by Edward L. Hudgins - director of regulatory studies at the Cato Institute. This article appeared on cato.org on March 28, 2000.
Census Bureau director Kenneth Prewitt says it's each person's "civic duty" to fill out the 2000 census form; indeed, he says that the census is "the nation's first major civics ceremony of the new century." But a surer sign of civic health might be the sound of millions of Americans ripping up those forms. The current census is a damning indictment of the current political regime.

The Constitution authorizes the federal government to "Enumerate" persons in order to apportion congressional representatives among the states. That implies one need fill out only the first page of the census, which is addressed to "Resident" and asks how many people live at the address. Gender, race and age are irrelevant.

But in the 53 questions in the long form you're asked about your income (#31-#32), how you get to work (#23), when you leave (#24), how many bathrooms you have (#38) and how much you pay annually for water and sewers (#45).

The first civics lesson of the census is that privacy is of little concern to political elites; your personal business is their business. The second lesson is proclaimed loudly by the Census Bureau. The information is necessary so political elites can redistribute wealth and limit liberty according to their vision of a "good" society. You're told that filling out the form "helps your community get what it needs." Census Bureau TV commercials show crowded schools and promise more education funds; they show a waitress forced to take her child to work and promise money for daycare. To control us they must know us. Of course, 50 years ago the federal government took only about 5 percent of the average family's income, compared to 25 percent today, so families had more control over their expenditures, and less need to ransom their own income from Washington by filling out census forms.

An indication of how political elites view most Americans is found in question #17, which asks whether you have difficulty "learning, remembering, concentrating? Dressing, bathing or getting around inside that home?" The third lesson is that political elites see us as helpless victims who cannot tie our shoes or wipe our noses without their federal programs. In the therapeutic state, they will take care of us, and limit our liberties for our own good.

The fourth lesson is that political elites are obsessed with race. Questions #5, #6 and #10 ask about your race and ethnic origin, give you a long list of choices (11 for Asians) and allow you to mix and match. The collectivists don't view us as the content of our character but, literally, as the color of our skins or some accident of birth. It is instructive that you're asked what race you "consider" yourself (it's not what you are but what you "feel" you are). This puts off until some future date the need for Nuremberg-type laws defining races and requiring DNA tests.

The fifth lesson is that families, churches and other private, civil institutions are to be made subordinate to and enlisted to aid political elites. The Census Bureau is enlisting 90,000 "community partners" to prod and pester the rest of us to fess up to the feds. The bureau is enlisting schools to send children home to harangue their parents and clergy to urge their congregations to bare their souls to bureaucrats. But shouldn't the 340,000 churches, synagogues and mosques in this country concern themselves with the souls and moral character of their parishioners rather than help the government to rob Peter to pay Paul?

Contrast the regime embodied in the census form with the civil society envisioned by the Constitution. Individuals should have the right to live in peace, as they saw fit, to share their lives with family and friends and to open their hearts to whom they choose. The challenges of life should be met through vibrant civil institutions. Individuals should be equal before the law, regardless of race, religion or ethnic origin. And the role of government officials should be limited to protecting the lives, liberties and property of individuals, not meddling in our affairs and managing our lives as a way of maintaining their positions of power and privilege.

Perhaps a proper response to the census and the regime it seeks to strengthen is found in Homer's Odyssey. Odysseus and his crew were held in the cave of the savage Cyclops who "knew nought of justice or of law." To escape, Odysseus blinded the monster. Today political elites need information about us in order to subject us to their will. We too should blind the beast that is devouring us. A true act of civic virtue would be to not answer the unconstitutional questions in the census.
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Art Phillips

Barack H. Obama
1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
Washington DC

Art Phillips

Barack,

I am not a Democrat, Republican or any other political party member. I am not Black, White or Latino, I am not Asian or Arabic. I am , however, an American, and for many generations my ancestors have been American. I have always voted for the man I believed to be the best for the job regardless of party affiliation. I served in the Air Force and the Army . I served in the mid east as a Force Protection Officer. My father served in WW2 where he lost one arm and the fingers on his other hand. He was shot in the mouth and riddled with shrapnel from a grenade. My father and I both shed blood for our country as did many other family members. This holds true for many thousands of American families. Another thing that holds true for my family as well as thousands of other American families is the fact that we love our country and we are willing to die for it. We are willing to shed our blood for the freedom and liberty so many have died for. So that there is no misunderstanding I want you to know my priorities, they are God, Family and Country. I hope you, Reid, Pelosi, and Biden along with the rest of your administration notice that government is not included in my priorities. I value things like Honor, Duty, Loyalty and Morality, just as those like me do also, and there are millions of us, Black, White, Asian, Latino and Native American. I am telling you this so you can put into context what I write next.

Obama, you had in your hands the opportunity to be the greatest President America has ever known. You could have done great things and made an entire nation proud of their choice. It is hard to believe that you took the hope and trust of a nation and betrayed every man woman and child in it. I have no doubt that you are not an American citizen. You have dishonored and degraded our military men and women. You have abused our Constitution and called it flawed. You have deliberately bankrupted this nation while destroying business and millions of American jobs. You have lied over and over to the American people while you insulted some of our closest allies. You have been a friend to our enemies and an insult to our friends. You and those in your administration have made the office of president something to laugh at to the rest of the world. You have been the worst mistake the American people have ever made. You have failed miserably in record time. The American people are not fools as you believe them to be. We know the only reason this legislature lets you get away with it is the fact that most of them fear disclosure of things they have done while in office. You must know by now that the majority of Americans reject you and your policies. You have never known the hardships many Americans have known. You have never sacrificed as many Americans have. You have never done one thing to advance the lives of Americans. You spend your time and our money helping those who hate us. You aid our most dangerous enemies in acquiring nuclear status while you destroy our ability to provide the energy our nation so desperately needs . Obama you have proved you hate America and Americans. I suppose its because you were so spoiled by Americas generosity that put you through college on foreign student aid. In closing I have to recognize the liberals and progressives who depend on you. The liberals and progressives who have taken over the Democrat and Republican parties are the most vulgar, hate filled criminal element ever to walk the earth. I never thought Washington DC would become so disgusting, dishonorable, disloyal and untrustworthy. It is truly a sad day for all Americans, I hope the majority of you in this government now never get another vote, at least another honest vote. We all know ACORN will steal and cheat as many votes as the billions of our dollars Obama gave them will supply. We can only hope the FBI still has Honor and Loyalty and will stop them. By the way Mr. Obama, Black Americans have sacrificed for America and they are proud of their country just as all Americans are proud of each other. You, Sir, have never made a sacrifice for anything. This is what makes your arrogance and self righteousness so amusing and despicable. Men like Martin Luther King made the sacrifices and carried the load. I, like most Americans, am proud of men like Mr. King and most of those who followed him. Men like you who use their good names to boost your ego when you have done nothing more than tare this country down are frauds. You have done more to divide this country using class and race than any man in our history. America had great hope for you and you betrayed that hope. All I see in you is bigoted anti American white man hiding behind a dark complexion. Those who trusted you are starting to see your true ambitions and lack of values and they do not like what they see.

Respectfully,

Art Phillips
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"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots & tyrants. It is it's natural manure." Thomas Jefferson (1787)

The United States Military Armed Forces who serve under the American flag and fight to preserve freedom are honored in this music video. Most of the video includes the United States Marines as well as the U.S. ARMY while serving in Afghanistan and Iraq.

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On Jan. 10, 1963, Congressman Albert S. Herlong Jr. of Florida read a list of 45 Communist goals into the Congressional Record. The list was derived from researcher Cleon Skousens book The Naked Communist. These principles are well worth revisiting today in order to gain insights into the thinking and strategies of much of our so-called liberal elite:

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