FREEDOM . . .What is the cost ?
by Phil Kempin
QUESTION . . .
What happens when a Christian Patriot, in the exercise of a Constitutional Right, challenges the power of a Federal regulatory agency...?
ANSWER . . .
DOZENS OF ARMED FEDERAL AND LOCAL AGENTS RAID HIS HOME, SEIZE THE TOOLS THAT ENABLED THE CHALLENGE, AND ARREST THE PATRIOT, CHARGING HIM WITH CRIMES AGAINST THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT...
QUESTION . . .
What cost is incurred by this Patriot with the guts to stand against centralized, de facto1 government . . . to face alone a powerful agency that daily proves its corrupt nature by defiling, with its own wretched filth, liberty's once sweet waters...?
ANSWER . . .
- LEGAL COSTS EXCEEDING $12,000 FOR A "TRIAL."
- THOUSANDS MORE FOR AN APPEAL, since juries today readily accept instructions to ignore a defense based on adherence to Constitutional principles!
- A FINE OF $7,500, which equates to monthly payments of $220 for three years.
- A MANDATORY PAYMENT OF $975 TO A "CRIME VICTIMS FUND," even though no victim exists.
- IMPRISONMENT IN HIS OWN HOME BY MEANS OF AN ELECTRONIC MONITORING APPARATUS, FOR WHICH HE MUST PAY $142.55 PER MONTH, PLUS COST OF A PHONE LINE.
- $30,000 WORTH OF ELECTRONICS EQUIPMENT SEIZED OR DESTROYED.
- DENIAL OF IMPORTANT, FUNDAMENTAL GOD-GIVEN INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS.
- DEFAMATION OF CHARACTER IN THE EYES OF THE POORLY INFORMED, INDOCTRINATED MASSES.
QUESTION . . .
Who is this brutal felon...?
What is his heinous crime...?
ANSWER . . .
His name is Lonnie Kobres. His crime is the operation of a micro-broadcast facility - Lutz Community Radio - without a license from the Federal Communications Commission. This requirement is impossible to meet, because the FCC offers no such license and admits, in writing, that its authority encompasses only interstate and foreign commerce - not community radio.
FREEDOM IS NOT FREE . . . NOR, HAS IT EVER BEEN . . .As Patriots, we know what it means to pay more than our fair share in the securing of freedom's mortgage...often much, much more...but, if not us, then who?
In a society being sucked dry of its faith, fairness, morals, and ethics to display the courage of ones convictions will most times fetch a dear price. Just ask Lonnie Kobres.
1 De Facto - This phrase is used to characterize an officer, a government, a past action, or a state of affairs which must be accepted for all practical purposes, but is illegal or illegitimate. Black's Law Dictionary - Sixth Edition, page 416. [BACK]
