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Boston Tea Party


Proposed Resistance to the Bush Violation of Mail Privacy

In light of the recent declaration by George W. Bush that the President of the United States has a legal right to read any American’s mail for reason of “national security” it is suggested “we the people” respond to this intolerable invasion and violation of basic principles of the Bill of Rights and the Constitution.

For too many years we have seen the erosion of rights and freedoms guaranteed under the Constitution by elected officials declaring untenable and illegal justification.

Throughout the Presidency of George W. Bush the American people have consented to the pillaging of the Constitution driven by fear and under the guise of “national security”.

This continued assault of our rights and freedoms must stop. The onerous suspension of so many rights since the events of September 11, 2001 represents the loss of the very freedoms this nation claims to be sending young men and women to war to protect.

When the English King George imposed an intolerable taxation upon the European settlers in North America, they responded with resistance and demonstration called the Boston Tea Party.

The American “King” George has greatly exceeded those abuses with outrageous imposition of restrictions upon the freedoms of the people of this republic.

Resistance and demonstration is not only called for, it’s become mandatory if we’re to end the illegal erosion of rights.

Therefore, to display the outrage and disdain for the latest abuse of the Presidency, the declaration of Presidential privilege to read the mail of the American citizen, it’s proposed there be the response of “voluntary” mail-in of the mail Americans most detest, anyway – junk mail.

This mail-in could last one day, one month or one year. It could last until this President revokes his declared privilege. It could be Americans collecting a day’s supply, a week’s supply or a month’s supply of this junk mail to be shipped to the White House through the United States Postal Service.

Groups and individuals could coordinate the timing of such a demonstration of our displeasure and resistance. Those fearing their names or other private information being exposed to this President and his followers could use the process of a “reverse Freedom of Information release”.

In the past information released to Americans under the Freedom of Information laws has often been blacked out to prevent much of the requested data truly being released. The use of this very tactic to protect private information in the proposed mail in should be considered.

While much graver issues face the people of this nation, the simple act of giving some response to this latest outrage of violating Constitutional law can be symbolic of the general disdain to the many violations already approved by the weak Legislative and Judicial branches of government to the Executive branch that has become far too powerful and arrogant.

The sheer volume of junk mail received by the average American citizen can be overwhelming to the individual. Collecting and forwarding such a volume enmasse can create a visible and symbolic resistance to the abuse of power by this President.

The symbol of rejecting the Presidential abuse by the “voluntary surrender” of junk mail should be a clear message of non-violent resistance. It can also serve to answer those Americans who give up their rights of privacy meekly saying “I have nothing to hide, so I don’t care if my government invades my privacy”.

This proposal is offered to heed the call for new tactics to resist the Empirical Presidency that has too frequently abused the citizens of this nation.