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Tell This To The Next Idiot Who Thinks You're "Unpatriotic"
Submitted by Simon Black via Sovereign Man blog,
I’ll never forget the Oath of Office I took when I was commissioned as an Army Intelligence Officer all those years ago.
The most important part is where you swear to “support and defend the Constitution of the United States against ALL enemies, foreign and domestic.”
That was the part that kept ringing in my head as George W. Bush went on TV in the run-up to the Iraq war talking about weapons of mass destruction.
We had been on the ground in Kuwait since late 2002, months before the invasion of Iraq kicked off. And every time Bush told that lie, I thought about my oath.
I’m disappointed to admit that, back then, I didn’t have the courage to go up against the big Army machine… to march into my Battalion Commander’s office and say, “Sir, we must defend the Constitution against the President of the United States.”
I knew I would get crushed.
When I left the military, I started noticing all the other ways in which the government turned the Constitution into a punchline. And that practice has only accelerated.
I came up with a different solution. Instead of fighting some faceless machine, I voted with my feet and left the country.
That, coupled with my drastically reduced tax bill thanks to being an overseas expat, has prompted a lot of use of the word ‘unpatriotic’ since I started writing this letter six years ago.
I find this appallingly ignorant.
The American Revolution itself was predicated on the inequity of taxation without representation.
Are your interests represented when they buy bombs and body scanners? Mine certainly aren’t.
Yet people who define patriotism by the frequency and rapidity of their flag-waving think that we all have some collective duty to ignorantly believe whatever we’re told by the government.
I disagree. So does the New Oxford American Dictionary, which defines ‘patriot’ as
“a person who vigorously supports their country and is prepared to defend it against enemies or detractors.”
There’s that phrase again– ‘defending against enemies.’
Who exactly are these ‘enemies’, by the way? Are they men in caves who hate us for our freedom? Arab teenagers with intense sexual angst and a collection of firearms?
No. The real enemies are not foreign… but domestic. It is the apparatus of government itself that has collapsed upon the founding document of the nation.
It’s not unpatriotic to lament how far a government’s practices have diverged from its Constitution.
It’s not unpatriotic to want to be free.
And it’s not unpatriotic to take steps to make that happen.
In fact, people who think it’s everyone’s patriotic duty to pay taxes are only feeding the beast that makes them less free.
And it’s entirely delusional to think that all of this can change by going to a voting booth.
There’s no politician that’s going to change this.
Nobody is going to stand on stage and say, “My plan is to eliminate entire departments of government, fire half of all government workers, terminate social security, and default on the debt.”
Elections are pointless charades. But rather than vote for new people, we can simply vote to restrict the resources they have available.
Yes, there are legal obligations to pay tax. And everyone should abide those obligations or risk pointless imprisonment.
But with proper planning, tax obligations can be minimized.
In my case, I left the country.
This provides up to $100,800 in tax-free income based on the Foreign Earned Income Exclusion, and that’s before taking into account additional deductions, allowances, and exclusions.
Recently I used my tax savings to finance a new prosthetic leg for an amputee war veteran that had been abandoned by the US government, and to buy food for earthquake victims here in Nepal.
Had I not taken steps to reduce my tax bill, a big chunk of my income would have paid for more soldiers to get their legs blown off, and more bombs to be dropped by remote control on brown people.
Instead, now I get to decide how my income and savings can best have an impact on the interests that I believe in.
Let’s call it “representation without taxation”. And it’s completely legal as long as you follow the rules.
Sure, not everyone has the ability to leave the country. But there are options to fit any lifestyle and circumstance.
In addition to taxes, for example, it’s important to consider moving a portion of your savings abroad where it can’t be confiscated or frozen by capital controls.
Safeguarding your wealth is a huge part of this strategy, in fact.
The larger point is that taking steps to preserve your wealth and freedom is not unpatriotic.
And for anyone who truly cares to defend your country from its domestic enemies, starving the beast is one of the most powerful tools you have available.
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"Through clever and constant application of propaganda people can be made to see paradise as hell, and also the other way around, to consider the most wretched sort of life as paradise."
--Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf, 1923
http://philiacband.com/propaganda.html
The ENEMY approacheth from all sides. Father, give me the strength to persevere.
According to Big Gov. et al, the patriots are terrorist & dangerous criminals who need to be locked up (to prevent a revolution)...
Just make sure you don't tell them where your guns & gold are when you give them the finger...
I grew up on Marine Corps bases during the Vietnam war years.
One summer, when I was 12, and a couple of Marines were doing work around our quarters, I had been bringing them water and stuff. When the were about to go, one of them looked seriously at me and told me "Don't believe what they tell you, kid". He seemed really sincere, like that was the most meaningful thing he could say. I remember it clearly 45 years later.
The simple truth often has that effect.
One of the first posts I read on ZH that stuck with me to this day was somebody who said simply "They control the money supply, guys, they can keep this shit going a lot longer than you think they can."
It's one of those things you may not like, you might wish you had never head, but you can't dismiss it because you know, deep down, it's the absolute, plain-spoken truth.
Words will always retain their power.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKnjxT5HRJQ
The shit has been going a lit longer than I thought possible. Before 2012 election I swore it would crash under the next president.
They can hide the rot in the economy really well. With all the social programs, there is not the same visual as in the past. The government now feeds and houses those they fucked over with their idiotic policies.
I thought it would blow up, but now I suspect the US will go the way of Argentina. 100 years ago a great country and now a complete pile of shit.
The middle class is the gauge.
What's the old saying... if voting changed anything they would make it illegal.
The writing is on the wall patriots.
Hey Crash, looks like the trolls are out tonight. Hey Trolls, up yours. This will not change our thinking.
When the US military moves in with special forces to take over the White House and the Federal Reserve System I'll be patriotic again.
"When the US military moves in with special forces to take over the White House and the Federal Reserve System I'll be patriotic again."
Yeah, just what we need. A military junta controlling the country. I'd rather see the military disbanded and the white house razed. That would be progress.
Good luck if that's the plan.
I think most historians agree there was pretty much an insurrection against George W Bush relative to this still ongoing conflagration.
No indeed you will not hear a single politician even bring the subject of the massive number of wars the USA has going on right now on account of "stop these endless wars."
This one is making Vietnam look like a minor event.
We'll see what happens as the money printers continue to "dig in" on their money printing madness.
They have attempted to generate inflation instead of a recovery and the monetary authorities have certainly succeeded in not creating a recovery.
Never been a better time to be on Wall Street ironically enough though.
Might as well elect the actual billionaire from there in my view.
You "can't starve the beast" that can print their own food, you have to wait until they drown in their own shit.
You won't have to wait for too long. It's happening already...
And Congress and the Judiciary, AND bans all political parties. Meaning anyone can and should run for office, just that party affiliations are illegal.
"...When the US military moves in with special forces to take over the White House and the Federal Reserve System..."
Special Forces? As in our domestic USNORTHCOM Special Forces?
There are a lot of SF units out there. Until recently, ALL of them were tasked with fighting foreign enemies. That all changed last year. Today, there's a 'special' group for designated enemies on domestic soil. They don't work for the same people or reasons or constitution that all the rest of the SF guys in the armed forces do.
'Interagency counterterrorism operations' means ones against YOU. SOCNORTH is modeled after the Israeli command with the same function. Jade Helm is a SOCNORTH game. It's not designed to get civilians use to stateside militiary operations, although the bonus intimidation is always nice. It's designed to indoctrinate the SF guys (in true Israeli fashion) to consider the citizens as either Israeli or Palestinian - in the U.S. it would be patriotic/government supporting citizens and 'hostile' citizens. It doesn't happen overnight, but it will happen. SF guys who don't go with the program are booted or transferred. They dress just like SWAT teams and exactly like their Israeli counterparts. Ever notice their helmets? The black uniforms? If you condition SF guys long enough to kick in the doors of citizens, flash-bang the kids in the head and shoot to kill, and they eventually just don't think about it anymore. They will be exactly like SWAT roid freaks when the time comes. If not, scolo them and instruct them who is hostile and must die.
SOCNORTH was assembled to be loyal to the oligarch politicians, not the constitution. They had to hand-select officers that wouldn't hesitate to shoot unarmed citizens if ordered to do so. They exist to kick the ass of anyone who supports taking over the White House or the (private corporation) Federal Reserve System. Why do you think the 160th SOAR practices intimidating cities with their Blackhawks and stages evacuation drills on the roofs of the district Federal Reserve Banks? Does that sound like something to protect either YOU or the CONSTITUTION? I'm afraid not. You're hostile until confirmed friendly, and so is your family.
Check out "The Secret Life of Timothy Mcveigh" on youtube. Timmy was so highly regarded, he was part of the personal security detail for Norman Schwazkopf. He got sheepdipped. There is close-up video proof of Timothy in the military after he "left" the military.
Okalhoma City was an inside job by the ATF who were setting up a sting operation for White Supremists...there is a great new movie out about it. http://freemindfilms.com/films/anoblelie/ They basically lost control of the operation and instead of arresting them they let them blow up the Murrow Building. If you think a truck bomb did that to the Murrow building you have clearly never been to war.
I like everything in your post except gor the "lost control of them" part. The intent was to demolish the building. Support columns away from truck were sheered off. In other words, like Bldg.#7, the building was pre-wired for destruction.
I never believed Timothy Mcveigh did it. I base that on one single fact. He was armed when he got pulled over and went peacefully. I would suspect that someone that just blew up a federal building would have killed the cop and continued on his way.
That part of the story stinks of complete bullshit.
When such a crucial part of the story is bullshit, it is logical to conclude that everything else is as well.
I like everything in your post except gor the "lost control of them" part. The intent was to demolish the building. Support columns away from truck were sheered off. In other words, like Bldg.#7, the building was pre-wired for destruction.
Bravo!
Liberty is a demand. Tyranny is submission.
IS he a retard? you should take as many credits as you can and you shouldn't think about anything, enjoy the life
There's a whole lot of "unpatriotic" folks that follow the Hedge... Does that make us revolutionaries?
In an era where men can 'identify' themselves as women, a corn-fed midwestern farm girl can 'identify' herself as a righteous black woman and lies can 'identify' as the truth, we simple folk who don't have the capacity to suspend our disbelief quite that well are not revolutionaries. We're simply referred to as 'the enemy'.
Truthiness
d00d! Disbelief Dysfunction Disorder! DDD!
Where are the world's psychologists, speaking up about these crazy things going on? Oh, right - none of this is crazy. Sound money and strong families is the crazy thing.
Complete and utter ruin to the spirit of man.
The Titanic was also considered by all reasonable, educated men to be unsinkable in it's time.
Central banks are considered by by all resonable, educated men to be unsinkable in our time.
Oops.
A reasonable, educated man does not discount the probability of any event. The fool begs to differ.
Teach your children and everyone you know to hate authority. It's the right thing to do.
and I though eating your oatmeal was the right thing to do, Wilford Brimley said so.
And the right time to do it. For your diabetiss!
Thenk goodness I was born with it. I never wanted to be a "joiner" too. Church, college fraternity or other bullshit, boy scouts, team sports. I liked individual sports.
F em all. Be an individual and think for yourself.
And respect yourself and your precious life. Don't turn you life over to Uncle Sam to be cannon fodder for the ZWO banskters. Don't let your kids be murdered by these evil corrupt politicians.
Not all groups are bad. When I was in boy scouts, dues were collected. It was all in plain sight of everyone, and one of the kids (the "treasurer") would count it out in front of the whole group, record the number in a book we could all see, and dumped the cash into a lock box. When we wanted to go on a camping trip, we knew how much money we had as a group for renting canoes, paying for the campsite, etc. It was all transparent, and it all followed a direct and understandable logic.
Unfortunately, I later learned that this is the exact opposite of how the "real" world run by sociopathic criminals works.
This is not the "real" world. It's just a brief moment in time.
Perspective is a summabitch.
"Teach your children and everyone you know to hate authority. It's the right thing to do."
Teach your children, i.e. Homeschool them, it's the right thing to do.
The Most Inspiring Story You'll Hear Today! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4G5C3KjsNx8
"I was introduced to you four years ago by my eldest son, who, at the time, had been listening to your podcasts for a few months. I am writing you this evening because I think that it is important that you receive feedback to help you understand the profoundly positive effect you are having on this world even if it is not always easy to see.
This year West Point’s class will graduate. When they entered West Point there were 1.261 members of this class, including my second son. I do not know exactly how many of those 1,261 will be graduating, but I do know that there will be one fewer graduates than there would have been had it not been for you – and my eldest son.
My eldest son was a student at College when he was introduced to you. Shortly after that my younger son, was accepted to West Point. I will always remember the day he received his acceptance package and my feeling of pride in him. It was just about one year earlier that I first found out that he was interested in the military academies. He made his decision to pursue a military path without the thought ever entering my mind. A teammate of his who had gone to the Naval Academy had sparked his interest. He said to me one night that he could get his education paid for and all he had to do was serve his country for five years. And, he said, “There is nothing wrong with that.” My how things can change.
The best thing about the military academies in the United States is that students do not have to officially commit to the military until the first day of classes of their third year. My older son knew this and after his brother had been at West Point for one year he began his all-out effort to convince him that he had to get out. He started sending things to read, and to his credit, my younger son read everything that was sent. It didn’t take long for my youngest son to become convinced that the war in Afghanistan was wrong in so many ways and he knew for sure that unless someone could convince him otherwise, he would never be able to lead troops into that battle.
My younger son then made it his mission to find someone, anyone, in the army’s leadership who could explain to him why we were fighting in Afghanistan. He tried for about six months. No one even tried to justify it. Everyone he spoke to who had actually been in Afghanistan admitted to him that the morale there amongst the troops was horrible, and that no one felt that we were actually making anything better. Some even admitted that we were causing more problems than we were solving.
So as soon as he finished his final exams at the end of his sophomore year he informed the academy that he was leaving. He then made the mistake of honestly filling out the exit forms regarding his top three reasons for leaving. He cited the war in Afghanistan, the military’s use (misuse) of drones, and the Army’s failure to properly address sexual assault in its ranks.
After taking a year off, my youngest son in back in school and doing quite well. Today, he gets it – as do I. And this is directly a result of his brother finding you. Had you not chosen to do what you are doing I am quite certain that my son would be preparing to graduate from West Point and to embark on a career that would damage himself and others irreparably.
How do I adequately say thank you for that? All I can do right now is say that I am eternally grateful to you for the role you played in this. So for now I will simply say thank you, thank you, thank you."
why was it a mistake to "honestly" filling out the exit forms? You would rather he lied?
Yes, I was wondering about that as well? I was expecting some point where that came back to bite him....
His superiors made his last 18 days hell for him. They do not like critical thinking in the military....
Wasn't the mission there to protect the nations leading export [a crop]?
-never been able to get a denfinitive answer.
Haven't been on youtube (signed-in) for awhile, but it doesn't surprise me that I already had Stefan on my subscribed list.
Money replaced the whip as the preferred weapon of the slavers. You cannot free yourself of being a slave by having more money.
You can only free yourself by conquering fear and ego. Do you think that the elitists are free of fear and ego? I think not. I think they have the most fear and ego.
Tame the Mind.
Train the mind.
Correct. We/They have replaced the iron chains of physical slavery with invisible chains of Debt Slavery.
And worse yet, it's gone Global.
Simon is awesome, and I find it odd he has so many detractors at this forum. I'd like to meet him one of these days (one disaffected "unpatriotic" vet to another).
People tend to go after SB when he's selling something and the harder he sells the more they attack. When he writes good stuff and doesn't push himself it is much more subdued. It is all understandable. I'll bet he gets more interest the second way as well.
The most important part is where you swear to “support and defend the Constitution of the United States against ALL enemies, foreign and domestic.”
I give you credit for acknowledging your thoughts about this.
When the military, congress and potus ignore the oath of office, the oath becomes meaningless.
One way to fix this problem is to demand that no one swears to that oath anymore. There will be such an outrage from citizens (I hope) maybe it will focus on this problem of who is breaking their oath and who isn't.
I renounced my "pledge" years ago. I suspect my neighbors would burn down my house if they knew....and that I was the defacto Jew of ZH :)
Why would they burn your house down? If its because you post on ZH and you are surrounded by ADL-types, just have them read some of your posts and you can all chug manischewitz and tell dancing israeli jokes.
Highlands
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BY_zmvi8HyI&index=11&list=PLknidvzcLCRGi...
Dylan (Robert Zimmerman) is a conflicted individual- a jew who sees what could be, but has never been realized. To me, this is why his work is so poignant, so relevant, and so misunderstood.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FOlV1EYxmg
people, especially the critics of everything,
have forgotten how to drink straight from
the river or bottle, depending on the circumstance.
when it rains, i always drink directly from the sky and
am thankful. i will always live with that modicum
of trust or die. that is all i can say .....
That's a good policy, my blind friend. I, myself have become such a dickhead that I barely recognize myself when I look in a mirror.
We shall carry on, no?
https://vimeo.com/406528
Patriotism should be based on a pride of what your country stands for and the principles that it is based on. Once upon a time U.S. constitution and its bill of rights had some credibility. That was when congress and the president held each other in check and the odd politician actually had principles and a back bone. The supreme court also seemed to take seriously its responsibility to uphold the constitution. Now however I don't think that any of the people in these institutions even take a passing glance at principles or morals. Its all about getting the cash in from the donors. And it does not much matter where that cash comes from.
So what is your patriotism based on. Bringing "freedom" to the middle east? Don't make me laugh.
Being the land of the free and the home of the brave? As you consent to even more intrusive spying on you and your neighbors to stop that one terrorist attack that may or may not happen. While of course the police are taking your possessions and possibly your life without any cause. You are pathetic.
How about a financial system that is so stacked in favour of "the man" that the wealth gap grows exponentially every year? You are too stupid to see how stupid that they think you are.
The most open and transparent government ever. hahahahahahahaha
So being proud of your military that drones "folks" half a world away and chanting USA USA USA at a sporting event are pretty hollow expressions of patriotism.
...and be willing to die for those principles, if it came down to it.
It was NOT my generation that took:
The melody out of music,
The pride out of appearance,
The courtesy out of driving,
The romance out of love,
The commitment out of marriage,
The responsibility out of parenthood,
The togetherness out of the family,
The learning out of education,
The service out of patriotism,
The Golden Rule from rulers,
The nativity scene out of cities,
The civility out of behavior,
The refinement out of language,
The dedication out of employment,
The prudence out of spending,
The ambition out of achievement or
God out of government and school.
The baby boomers inherited a 1st world country. Now they are leaving their children and grandchildren a 3rd world hellhole.
Yeah well you will never know what its like growing up in a world where you and every other kid sports the same style crew-cut.
If they never move off the couch in the basement, they'll never miss it.
where you swear to “support and defend the Constitution of the United States against ALL enemies, foreign and domestic.
I've use this argument when I've been attacked for being unpatriotic. Trust me, those people who attack you will take no notice of this oath. I do remember taking it, but never thought for a minute domestic enemies would ever be an issue. Oh how wrong I was. Washington DC is full of them, they swarm like fucking roaches on a garage dump. Zionists, religious fanatics, beneficiaries of the Military Industrial Spending complex, and others. They do not believe in the constitution as anything more than a scrap of paper, something that should be ingnored by the Zionist Warmongers nut jobs.
"...Washington DC is full of them, they swarm like fucking roaches on a garage dump..."
+1000 Jack. That's hilarious.
Now if we could only find some 50 ft. tall chickens to send to DC. I just found out (being thoroughly urban) that chickens absolutely love to chase around bugs and eat them. Makes perfect sense - I just never saw that in any chicken cartoons. They'll do it all day long if there's enough bugs and they're surprisingly good at catching them. I was helping a friend clear some old out-buildings from his land. If you grabbed a piece of plywood that had been on the ground for years and flipped it over, the bugs would scatter like politicians. This was followed by a chicken stampede - they would hang around and wait for us to start flipping over boards then attack for the tasty morsels.
There's got to be a few 50 ft. chickens running wild around Fukushima. I wonder if they would be on the banned exports list?
Is the oath of a swine of value? What fool equates following Obama with patriotic virtue? Obedience to fools or swine is virtue? Subservience to the dictates of a psychopath has value? The government predators want my wealth. To acquiesce is servitude. Is servitude virtuous?
Claire Wolfe wrote that you can't fight the beast while sucking at it's teat.
When I was on welfare, I saved enough to buy an SKS at a gun show. May not be the best weapon but it works well enough. May find a better weapon on the looter I kill with it.
Smart preppers find food stamp reciepients and stock their larders at 50 cents on the dollar. Even less when you coupon that sh!t.
The govt. is financing it's own destruction.
Sun Tzu says it is demoralizing for an enemy for an army to be destroyed by it's own weapons.
Claire Wolfe wrote that you can't fight the beast while sucking at it's teat.
I say we give it a try and suck those liberal teats dry.
Truer words were never spoken.
Stack canned food and preps to the ceiling and pay some welfare recipient pennies on the dollar.
This frees up a lot of money for ammo, medicine, and bourbon.
You guys are bragging about how clever you are stealing my tax dollars? Do you understand the concept of posting a comment here? Other taxpayers you're ripping off can READ them.
Enjoy your spoils while you can, you fucking parasitic psychopaths. If you had a lot of money, you would probably be bankers.
Hey asshole, you ripped yourself off, and betrayed your country to boot, by voluntarily choosing to pay those tax dollars.
Don't tell me you're still paying into this corrupt system...? Then you're part of the problem.
It doesn't work that way.
If your actions are keeping the system in place, you are supporting it.
Telling others you don't support it... Well, that is just words. With your actions you do something else.
What matters more in this world? Words or Actions?
Have you figured it out where this is going? ... You are part of the reason why your government can do anything they like.
So go ahead and keep sucking...
When I see a earnest group of citizens form, pronounce and carry out dragging the responsible culprits of treason into the street, squares and main streets and putting one into their heads, then and only then will I witness a Patriot or Patriots.
What do you see when you look in a mirror?
What if those "patriots" are all black, and the "tyrants" are all white, middle class folks.
Would you still feel the same?
A culture requires values that most of its citizens hold in common. Few cultures today share any common values aside of themselves. When it's all about me, there is no culture. America was always about BEING American. Now it is about anything but being American. Divisiveness and multiculturalism have eroded away any sense of unity. What value is ANY constitution when it represents no country, culture or society. The warring tribes in Africa have more in common than most Americans or Europeans.
There are still distractions that people will rally around (like throwing the white black lady under the bus). But ultimately what crushes culture are those that control culture. Deceptive messaging is the evil. To be patriotic is to show contempt and disdain for tyranny. Tyranny exists when those in power control all the messaging. I refuse to be patriotic to deception.
What's wrong with no being a patriot.
patriotisms is aligning yourself with the Government not your fellow citizens
Faux-patriots wave the flag and idolize government lackeys.
True patriots just observe, remember, and know better.
You are posting it in a way that not everybody might understand it.
But yeah:
The People of a country > Government = real patriotism
Government > The People of a country = current label of "Patriotism".
my suggestion would be that a hell of a lot more 'muricans get out of the ussa.
it's the only way they're going to see what a 3rd world s*ithole it has turned into.
i predict loads of 'boat-people' coming soon out of CA.
hopefully they're not all irradiated from fukush*tma lol
If a Government is behaving like a War Criminal and you support that Government, are you a Patriot or a War Criminal as well ?.
And to have a Government that believes you are a Criminal for reporting the Criminal Actions of the Government, are you a Patriot or a Criminal ?
And people can argue about this all day on these forums, but at the end of term, People keep voting for the same people and expecting different results each time. And start at the top of this rant again, nothing has changed except the name on the door.
Once you leave the US and stop paying taxes, you realize just how much money the federal govt steals from you.
its partriotic to withdraw consent, support, taxes etc. which enriche mindless industry and soulless profiteers by killing based on lies and manipulation.
your tax dollars at work in (150 countries around the world). there's plenty to fix at home.
People in some country told the world "They didn't knew what was happening in their name by their own government".
The world told those people "You did know, you just supported it and didn't do anything about it. Which Makes YOU a War Criminal".
The USA people are standing on that same moment in time:
"BE a War Criminal by supporting your government and/or doing nothing about their War Criminal actions OR Don't be one because you've taken action against your criminal politicians"
What Is Your Choice ?!
The Third Reich also had the broad support of the population. Some caught up in the excitement of the prospect of a better future and many out of fear.
Is that any different than modern say USA. .? Even though discontent with our government is on the rise, people are paralyzed with fear of retribution for acting up or in any way challenging the status quo.
There is an endless alphabet soup of government agencies (IRS, FBI, DHS, DEA, ATF, etc, etc) they can sic on you like the SS.
As an extra Orwellian bonus, your own friends/coworkers/neighbors have often been so cowed by the status quo propaganda that you run the constant risk of being reported for one of the estimated 3 different laws that we all break on a daily basis due to the countless rules and regulations in the "land of the free".
I don't always agree with Simon Black, but think he is really on the right track with "voting with your feet" to starve the beast (legally).
I am in the early stages of transitioning my family to a LatAm country and it feels really fucking good.
I love the US that our forefathers fought for...I just don't like the US that we have become...
You mean the land they raped and killed Indians for?
I'll just leave this here for your consideration...
The best president we never had. Thanks for the link.
Wasn't it H. L. Mencken sp? I paraphrase " sometimes a man has to spit in his hands, raise the Jolly Roger and start slitting throats"?
Sounds like a plan to me.
Somebody let me know when Mexico is empty, so I can head back down there.
primary duty of a patriot is to ensure that the collected taxes are spent wisely
I hear it is getting tougher and more expensive to renounce citizenship ....
I paid 400 dollars last year, now its up to 2400 dollars to renounce.
You voluntarily paid them? What a fool. Thanks for helping the enemy, asshole.
I never understood the logic off offshoring financial assets for the purpose of keeping them safe from capital controls. Perhaps I'm naive, but what is to stop a foreign government from seizing assets? Not only that, but the US has an enormous reach and desperate times will likely call for desperate measures. I'll take the risk of my wealth going over the side of my canoe, thank you.
…the US has an enormous reach…
Tomorrow will be different from today.
The US reach can help you out finding your lost PMs off your canoe.
Hi Simon,
This post resonates with me! I am a US Army Veteran Military Intelligence also but an enlisted soldier 3 years e-4 highest rank. I worked as a Spanish language linguist. So many people in my circle think I am unpatriotic because of my stance on our over reaching unrepresentative warmongering government.
I would like to take your advice and move out of the USA, but I need a little help. I want to buy some farmland in Ecuador and I have come across a very fertile piece of property ready to produce. My wife is from Ecuador and we have some family there producing on their property but We want to establish our own, so I have good connections and native fluency.
Simon I need just $75,000 to get started. How about a little help to a fellow MI Veteran and help get me started!
I look forward to hearing from you!!!
Go sell some of that heroin your govt is shipping thru Incirlik and Ramstein air bases.
If you are a coward that will not fight for your own American democracy and freedom, move to another country, but do not claim you are an American Patriot; there is such a contradiction in terms. Ha. Ha. Ha.
Since when did US military fight for democracy and freedom? They have killed well over 10 million INNOCENT people around the globe since 1960.
What a hoot! An “expat” meaning an American that has renounced his American citizenship and is living in his “new” country of Nepal that is controlled by the Mao Communist claims he is an “American Patriot”! Ha. Ha. Ha. He is about as “American Patriot” as a Teabagger that hates democracy! Ha. Ha. Ha.
He brags about how he doesn’t pay any income tax on his American pension then wishes that the American Social Security payments to American pensioners be stopped. Ha. Ha. Ha.
What an uneducated, idiot Teabagger abroad. I will bet that the Mao Communist take his pension away and he will start crying that he is an American that wants to go home. Really, he is an American Patriot! Ha. Ha. Ha.
Just to show how goddam STUPID and IGNORANT you are. ''ex pat'' does not mean ex patriot, dipshit.
Get educated you fucking retard.
Hey shithead, there are over 6 million American expats living abroad. Very few have renounced.
Learn what ''ex pat'' means before spewing bullshit you know nothing about.
Hey shithead, there are over 6 million American expats living abroad. Very few have renounced.
Learn what ''ex pat'' means before spewing bullshit you know nothing about.
Hey, you screaming bitch, what does “expat” mean if not Ex Patriot! Ha. Ha. Ha. You ignorant oaf.
You are a true fucktard. Ex pat means ex patriate. Look it up you goddam retarded asswipe.
Ignorant oaf is YOU, dipshit. You wouldn't qualify to live in any country.
I will look it up for you, you shit for brains lazy retard.
Here you go, Dumbo
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Noun 1. expat - a person who is absent from home Voluntarily or Country expatriate - a person who is Voluntarily absent from home or country; "American expatriates . "
Expatriate - Expatiate - Expatiatory - Expatriat
An expatriate or abbreviated expatriate is someone who is temporarily staying in a country with a culture other than those with which he grew up. Usually they are taking ...
You are a fucking idiot who doesn't even know what expat means.,
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Noun 1. expat - a person who is absent from home Voluntarily or Country expatriate - a person who is Voluntarily absent from home or country; "American expatriates . "
Expatriate - Expatiate - Expatiatory - Expatriat
An expatriate or abbreviated expatriate is someone who is temporarily staying in a country with a culture other than those with which he grew up. Usually they are taking ...
Let’s call it “representation without taxation”. And it’s completely legal as long as you follow the rules.
What an asshole. How does this make you any different than the FSA scumbags or the corporate whores that want to buy politicians so they can play tax games?
You may not be on the dole, but you still want something for nothing and think it's cool. What a dick.
So you left the country. You no longer matter. You have no skin in the game. No one cares what you think, or should.
I left also, renounced last year. I don't give a fuck what you yahoos think. I am a free man since I left the USA.
You are fucking DEBT slaves so YOUR opinion means NOTHING, dipshit.
Here is Americunt mentality
Russian patriot = BAD
American patriot = Good
Powerful stuff. Thank you for your perspective.
Let me get that straight, if I were to renounce in December of this year I would be entitled to all income taxes paid for the year? That would be sweet.
I wouldn't know where to go - can't afford to travel much - tough to make it on a six figure income anymore.
Most americans don't realize that most countries actually enforce their immigration laws. Retards are not wanted and 90 percent of Americans are retards who couldn't even pass their own citizenship exam.
Most americans don't realize that most countries actually enforce their immigration laws. Retards are not wanted and 90 percent of Americans are retards who couldn't even pass their own citizenship exam.
Lots of total morons here who don't have a clue what ex pat means , It does NOT mean ex patriot.
BTW, Windcatcher and other retards, IRS codes states you can make up to 90k tax free working overseas. I did it for years starting in 1989.
Why do you Bozos spew crap you know nothing about??
Ex Patriot doesn’t mean Ex Patriot? That would be a brilliant deduction for an idiot Teabagger. Do tell us what YOU think Ex Patriot means? Ha. Ha. Ha.
Hey DIPSHIT, seeing as you are too goddam lazy and stupid to Google it, I will do it for you.
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expat - definition of expat by The Free Dictionary
www.thefree dictionary .com / expat
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Noun 1. expat - a person who is absent from home Voluntarily or Country expatriate - a person who is Voluntarily absent from home or country; "American expatriates . "
Expatriate - Expatiate - Expatiatory - Expatriat
Expatriate - Wikipedia
https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Expatriate
An expatriate or abbreviated expatriate is someone who is temporarily staying in a country with a culture other than those with which he grew up. Usually they are taking ...
You keep showing just how IGNORANT and STUPID you are.
Good job, Dumbo !!!!!!!!!!!!!
ROFLMAO.
Expatriate Google it SHITHEAD and READ!!!!!!!!!!! (if you can read)
"Lots of total morons here who don't have a clue what ex pat means , It does NOT mean ex patriot."
Yes it does. Or coward.
You removed yourself from the equation, coward. You have no ties to this land any longer.
Fucking garbage post. Stick to reality Tyler.
What the fuck do you know about reality Mr, Flatline?
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Windcatcher stated this to me ''Hey, you screaming bitch, what does “expat” mean if not Ex Patriot! Ha. Ha. Ha. You ignorant oaf.''
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To show how goddam IGNORANT Windcatcher is, he is too lazy to fucking Google 'Ex pat'' and what it means.
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expat - definition of expat by The Free Dictionary
www.thefree dictionary .com / expat
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Noun 1. expat - a person who is absent from home Voluntarily or Country expatriate - a person who is Voluntarily absent from home or country; "American expatriates . "
Expatriate - Expatiate - Expatiatory - Expatriat
https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Expatriate
An expatriate or abbreviated expatriate is someone who is temporarily staying in a country with a culture other than those with which he grew up. Usually they are taking ...
Windcatcher showed who the really ignorant oaf is. HIM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL
“Expatriate” means moving to and living in another country not your own. When you renounced your American citizenship does that mean you are unpatriotic to America and an ex-patriot? Ha. Ha. Ha.
People who renounced are NOT expats,. dipshit. Are you really that dense that you don't know what an expatriate is?
Take a hike , loser boy.
Keep laughing , Loser debt slave asswipe.
Bet you are spawn of a crack whore who didn't believe in getting an education.
"People who renounced are NOT expats,. dipshit. "
You are a clueless asshat.
When you renounced your citizenship and moved overseas, you basically announced to the world that you are too much of a yellow-bellied pussy to stand and fight against evil. You ran, like the coward you are. You are also a traitor for paying our enemies $400 for the privilege of leaving. Your continued idiotic comments on this web site are living proof of your worthlessness. On behalf of America in general, and Appalachia in particular, we are happy to be rid of you. Best of luck in your new life, Dutch boy.
The total shit for brains retard ''Windcatcher'' still doesn't understand what ex pat means. (expatriate). It does NOT mean ex patriot.
He wouldn't even qualify to sweep floors at an EX PAT owned company anywhere in the world.
Go pick up your food stamps Mr. Windcatcher Loser!!!!!!!!
You are screaming again bitch! Ha. Ha. Ha.
Yes I am screaming, dipshit because it is hard to believe anyone could be as stupid as you,.
Bet you could never make it thru boot camp without the drill sergeant kicking your stupid ass.
Some people you just can't teach and idiots like you will always be losers in life.
The USA is chock full of ignorant people like yourself. Thats why ex pats who have worked abroad tear their hair out when coming back to the USA having to deal with IMBECILES like you.
And thats why many people are renouncing. You are just lazy and probably OBESE fucktard who doesn't want o learn anything.
You are a BIG LOSER!!!!!!
expat - definition of expat by The Free Dictionary
www.thefree dictionary .com / expat
Noun 1. expat - a person who is absent from home Voluntarily or Country expatriate - a person who is Voluntarily absent from home or country; "American expatriates . "
Expatriate -
Expatriate - Wikipedia
https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Expatriate
An expatriate or abbreviated expatriate is someone who is temporarily staying in a country with a culture other than those with which he grew up.
As Volkodav would say....
Useless talkings
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