Time: Mon Oct 28 22:10:18 1996
To: Norman Olson <nolso@sunny.ncmc.cc.mi.us>
From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar]
Subject: Re: FRONTS-3
Cc:
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By Jooooooove, the eeeveeening fog
is careeeeening into these
musty haaaaaalls, Sir Crumpet.
Meeeeee thinks we have heeeeere another
mountain of costly nonsense, indeeeeeeed.
/s/ THE KING, ESQ.
At 10:33 PM 10/28/96 -0500, you wrote:
>
>Robert,
>
> I'm sure the Crown government of King George felt the
>same way about the rebellious colonials. "What! Those
>rebels! Who do they think they are? How dare they raise
>their hand against the King of England. Why, they have no
>legitimacy or standing. Send a message to Gage... Attack
>the rebels whereever they can be found....
> Why the nerve.."
>"Another crumpet, your Majesty?"
> "Why yes! and there's a servant..."
>
>Folks, if we wait till we have "standing" we will be
>hanging!
>
>Kind Regards,
>
>Norm Olson
>
>
>
>On Sun, 27 Oct 1996, Robert G. Pummer wrote:
>
>> Norman,
>> "They don't have any official standing, but they
>> can call it whatever they want; they have a constitutional right
>> to assemble and discuss whatever they want -- it's guaranteed
>> by the First Amendment," said Sedler, Constitutional law
>> professor at Wayne State University.
>> The point is, you have a right to hold a meeting and
>> call it anything you want. I just thought that those who are
>> interested in restoring our constitutional republic would have
>> enough respect for the time when a "real" congress is called
>> to defray their actions.
>> You either do not understand what standing is, or
>> you do not care. It would appear you don't mind being the
>> puppets the media parades to discredit patriots at large.
>>
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> Robert Pummer
>>
>>
>> On Sun, 27 Oct 1996 21:50:10 PST drydel@juno.com (david e rydel) writes:
>> >-
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >Some have asked what legitimate basis is there for
>> >convening a congress of citizens. According to a
>> >Constitutional law professor at Wayne State University
>> >in Detroit, the basis is the 1st Amendment.
>> > Read on....
>> >
>> >
>> >Detroit Journal, October 27, 1996 THIRD CONTINENTAL CONGRESS IS BORN
>> >OUT
>> >OF DISTRUST Revolutionary group prepares for the fall of government by
>> >Mike Martindale, Detroit Journal Staff Writer
>> > Dozens of U.S. citizens, including at least four Michigan men, will
>> >gather this week in a small Missouri town to compare their common
>> >apocalyptic vision of America and create a provisional government.
>> > The group -- paramilitary types, citizen patriots, tax protesters,
>> >rural survivalists and urban common law scholars -- will create what
>> >is
>> >being called the Third Continental Congress. The purpose: to have a
>> >replacement government waiting in the wings in the even of government
>> >collapse.
>> > "We want to establish our lifeboat on this Titanic," said Norman E.
>> >
>> >Olson, commander of the Northern Michigan Regional Militia, from his
>> >Alanson home. "We are moving toward revolution in this country. Abuses
>> >of
>> >centralized power grow each day and our present form of government is
>> >corrupt and out of control.
>> > "It's just a matter of time," said Olson. "We are at the same place
>> >at
>> >this point in history as the colonies were in 1774. They wanted a
>> >redress
>> >of grievances, and England didn't listen to them."
>> > The nation's first two continental congresses lead to the
>> >Revolutionary
>> >War. Like their colonial predecessors, those who attend the Oct. 29-31
>> >gathering will discuss major issues facing the nation and how best to
>> >resolve them.
>> > While the idea of forming an emergency government may sound like
>> >something straight out of a futuristic novel or bordering on treason,
>> >it's just the opposite, according to Robert Sedler, a professor of
>> >constitutional law at Wayne State University [in Detroit].
>> > "They don't have any official standing, but they can call it
>> >whatever
>> >they want; they have a constitutional right to assemble and discuss
>> >whatever they want -- it's guaranteed by the First Amendment," said
>> >Sedler. "There's nothing seditious or illegal about it as long as they
>> >don't start planning on blowing up government buildings."
>> > The federal government is grappling with how to handle the
>> >antigovernment groups that are cropping up with disturbing frequency.
>> >Earlier this month seven members of the Mountaineer Militia were
>> >charged
>> >in a plot to damage an FBI office near Clarksburg, W.Va. In another
>> >case,
>> >three reported members of a Georgia citizen's militia have been
>> >charged
>> >with manufacturing pipe bombs. And in December, members of a Phoenix
>> >militia group are to go on trial in a plot to blow up a federal
>> >building
>> >in Arizona.
>> > Earlier this year Olson -- who gained undeserved notoriety, along
>> >with
>> >his Michigan Militia, in the aftermath of the Oklahoma City bombing --
>> >led
>> >a contingent of "patriots" to the Freeman compound in Montana, which
>> >had been surrounded by federal agents. Olson had hoped to act as a
>> >negotiator
>> >in the lengthy standoff between agents and the tax protesters but was
>> >reduced to just another bystander.
>> > This past summer Olson and others began passing the word of the
>> >planned
>> >congress. Why stage it in Harrisonville, MO, of all places?
>> > "It's close to Independence (Mo.)," explained Olson. "It's
>> >mid-America
>> >and a popular jumping-off place for pioneers going West. That, and
>> >Missouri is a state of very independent-thinking people."
>> > Delegates from at least 30 states are expected to attend.
>> > Five Michigan delegates, including Olson, were chosen in a
>> >statewide
>> >election earlier this month. However Olson said he would not go
>> >because he
>> >is an active militia member and "the military and political leaders
>> >should be separate."
>> > Other delegates are Allen Scott Woodring, of Freemont; Robert
>> >Davis, a Bay City motel owner and common law scholar; Clifford
>> >Brookins II,
>> >founder
>> >of the Detroit Constitutional Militia; and Ray Southwell, of Brutus,
>> >one
>> >of Olson's former top executive officers who now works in a Detroit
>> >hospital emergency room.
>> > "There's no doubt we are on the verge of great calamity, which will
>> >be
>> >followed by unrest, martial law and a police state," said Southwell, a
>> >registered nurse. "We must do something to provide our own safety and
>> >the
>> >protection of the constitution."
>> > Organizers said they doubt the government would do anything to
>> >disrupt
>> >or block the congress, especially so close to national elections. When
>> >asked what would happen if federal agents try to infiltrate or stop
>> >the
>> >congress, Southwell responded: "We would love any kind of governmental
>> >interference -- especially if they physically try to stop us from
>> >meeting.
>> >It would prove what we're saying about oppression is true."
>> >
>> >
>> >Kind Regards,
>> >
>> >Norm Olson
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >--------- End forwarded message ----------
>> >
>>
>
>
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