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If Thomas Jefferson were alive today he would join CopperCards.
Written by Melinda Pillsbury-foster Subject: Declaration of IndependenceThey knew they would die if they failed. They signed anyway.
On the 4th of July. 1776,
fifty-six brave men signed a document laying out the reasons for a
war that was already in progress. In a few brief words they outlined
a profound statement about the nature of government. As old men they
would hear the words of the document they signed read aloud every
4th of July. They wanted us to remember, too. The
reading of the Declaration of Independence on Independence Day was
carried out that we not forget that Americans were the people who
viewed government as a tool no more significant that a plow or
plumbers helper.
“We
hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal,
that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable
Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of
Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are
instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of
the governed, — That whenever
any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the
Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new
Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing
its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect
their Safety and Happiness. “
Each
of us is born free; that is God's gift. Tens of thousands of people
came together at the beginning of the American Revolution that a
people might govern themselves. Having experienced the weight of
oppression, they viewed government with suspicion and wrote a
Constitution to limit government's power, reserving nearly every
function to the people.
This
Friday, remember them and also what we must do to restore the legacy
they left us.
They
were practical men; when you have fought a war, seen your loved ones
die, you focus in on what matters most profoundly. The right to
decide how we will order our affairs remains ours today no matter
what you hear from government.
Over
the last century too many of us have forgotten, with devastating
results. Today we are less free than the colonists who came together
to enact America. Ron Paul has spent most of his life sending this
message; It is the message we need to mainstream to Americans today,
showing them how the Constitution and Common Law were intended to be
used.
At
the time of the Revolution every school child understood the Common
Law. It was a part of their heritage as Englishmen. The Common Law
is based on simple principles. It provides each individual with the
means of securing justice as it had for hundreds of years. The
Common Law, used with the Constitution, placed control firmly in the
hands of the people.
Our
Founders considered the issue of a Roman Law based system, one that
explicitly mandates what will and will not be legal. They rejected
this as incompatible with a free people. Remember that the next time
you are stopped for a traffic violation. No ticket you ever received
was Constitutional any more than the continued attempts to take your
guns, stop you from speaking out against government, or use
government to profit corporations by waging war.
Over
and over again Dr. Paul has said that freedom is
secured when the people understand and use the Constitution and the
Common Law. He has also maintained that government in the hands of
the people, not the FED, must control our money. Each of these
functions, justice and money, must remain absolutely within the
guidelines of the Constitution.
Our ancestors fought a revolution to
secure a government controlled by the people; we need to take back
what they built, but this time we will do it using persuasion, the
Constitution, and the free market. That is our job. We have more
tools than our Founders could have imagined and we will use them. A
people who are competent to govern themselves are a people who have
learned how by freeing themselves from their oppressors again.
Ron Paul has shown us the way.
The Ron Paul Revolution was born via
Internet; that is the technology that birthed the connections that
unite us today. It is that technology that will also give us back
control of our money. Americans can have a bank that they can trust,
a bank that will see the Ron Paul Dollar in use, along with the gold
and silver backed currency mandated by the Constitution.
Imagine yourself buying a new car
powered with hydrogen from a factory located within the United
States. See yourself paying for that car in gold Liberty dollars.
Hear them clink. Imagine yourself living in the home you own, free
and clear, knowing that the house was not purchased through
fractional reserve banking. It is built to last; it could well
shelter your great-great grandchildren without using a single
electron of power bought from an electric company. Imagine a banking
system that, like the Internet, sits on your desk, that you carry
around in your pocket. If you think this is too good to be true you
are wrong; this is the world that we can have.
Ron pointed the way then thanked us for
inviting him to the Revolution. He has dedicated his life to serving
and educating others. Today our Founders are dead and Ron is 72 years
old. His next term in Congress will be his last. He has grown old
in service to the cause of freedom and if you ask him he will tell
you that he hopes that we get to live the future that includes a
gold-backed currency, clean fuel, and homes we can own absolutely. A
grandfather 18 times over, this is what he wants for his own
grandchildren, too. We can make those hopes reality; you can be part
of the movement that converts dream to simple fact.
The means have been coalescing in
unexpected places. While Ron Paul was standing alone for freedom in
Congress, dismissed as irrelevant to the direction of government and
politics, the battle over how the people would take back control of
their money was being decided.
That part of the story started with
another man who worked and dreamed. This man dreamed of a world
where knowledge was available cheaply and to everyone; where wealth
was secure and people dealt with each other with compassion. In 2000
Clive Boustred knew nothing about the Constitution and he had never
heard of Ron Paul. But he would learn.
Clive Boustred did not intend to study
the Constitution. A wealthy and successful entrepreneur in Silicon
Valley, he intended to give people everywhere a banking system that
eliminated the use of interest and fees. He did not know that the
FED was a private corporation. What you don't know, he found out,
could kill you.
Moving to the United States after
college in London, he had became the guru of corporate strategy for
such corporations as Sun Microsystems, Intuit, and others. He
designed the most advanced banking systems in the world today before
deciding to launch his own banking system in early 2001.
The announcement in early 2001 that
Russia's Duma had given Boustred's company the Mir Satellite, to be
used as a peace station circling the Earth, along with the revelation
on the new banking system, electrified the world and the Federal
Reserve Bank. Clive Boustred has survived three separate
assassination attempts in the last seven years. He was in jail when
he first conceived the idea of CopperCards.
Desperately studying the law while
incarcerated for the unproven charge he had driven 40mph down his
private street, Boustred realized that if he had understood the
Constitution he could have defended himself better than the
high-priced attorneys who cost him tens of thousands of dollars. The
first CopperCard was designed while he was still in jail; it worked.
He was released. That is the CopperCards Arraignment Card. If
people could understand the Constitution as small tools encapsulating
the law, they could defend themselves, Boustred realized. Through
that insight CopperCards,
Ecclesiastical Association, came into existence. A persuaded
Christian, Boustred saw freedom as an aspect of the spiritual nature
of humankind.
That first card was followed by more
CopperCards to arm people for their encounters with corrupt
government, returning Americans to an understanding of the
Constitution. These soon included a card to ward off Child
Protective Services, notice authorities that they are acting
unconstitutionally, among others. Now, new cards are being written
by the CopperCards
Team.
Coming from a world of privilege in
South Africa Boustred had wakened to the nature of government there
as he lived through Apartheid; leaving behind a family who had owned Cullinun Diamonds he turned his back on the hate he had witnessed and
came to America. He thought he was leaving hate and oppression
behind. Now he understands how wrong he was.
With his release from jail Boustred
began to study the forces that had first tried to kill him and then
incarcerated him. He is a fast study.
The tools that will set us free come
both from the legacy of the Constitution and Common Law, commended to
us by Ron Paul, and from the logical outgrowth of technology
originated by Clive Boustred. That technology reduces the 'float' of
banking down to nothing, making it possible to have a system of
banking and trading that is a simple but elegant service that costs
us nothing. No interest. No fees. Nothing. Boustred realized that
the cost was tiny and easily borne as a business expense of
businesses who would be paying far less with this technology than the
fees charged to implement credit cards. It will be run as a
not-for-profit trust, ensuring that money will never again be used by
those to steal. That was Clive Boustred's plan in 2001. That is what
CopperCards Bank will carry out today.
CopperCards was born in a jail but it can and will free all of us. Together, we will return to the legacy of our Founders as a people who govern themselves. Declare your independence, donate, and join us. If Thomas Jefferson were alive today he would already be a member.