Trainor Place

April 15, 2008

The kidnapping of 416 children in El Dorado, TX

That's what happened, you know? The government came in to private homes and kidnapped 416 children and will not let them go back home! One mother says: "They are learning terrible things from the questions being asked, things that they have never been exposed to." A news source says they may never see their biological parents again! No one has been charged with any crime.

Does anyone have an opinion on this story?

Violet Walks with Great-Grandma

April 12, 2008

To all of you "Tax Defiers"

The U.S. Department of Justice [sic] today announced the rollout of what it calls the “National Tax Defier Initiative” (TAXDEF).

"The purpose of this initiative is to reaffirm and reinvigorate the Tax Division’s commitment to investigate, pursue and, where appropriate, prosecute those who take concrete action to defy and deny the fundamental validity of the tax laws.

Millions of hard-working Americans take time out of their hectic schedules to perform a time-consuming and often arduous task of filing federal income tax returns. 130 million Americans voluntarily [WHAT? VOLUNTARILY? You mean we WON'T go to jail if we don't do this every year?] engage in this ritual every year. These individuals participate because they know that with the privileges that the United States has given them come the responsibilities and obligations of citizenship. [Laughing out loud.]

This initiative is aimed at stopping those tax defiers who do not meet their federal tax obligations and seek to transfer those obligations to their neighbor’s back. [And, it goes on, blah, blah, blah.]"

The Justice Department used to refer to the tax protesters it prosecuted either as “tax protesters” or as “tax resisters”. Last month, they started to use “tax defiers” instead.