A Permanent End To Empire's Permanance

                                             
"My reason teaches me that land cannot be sold. The Great Spirit gave it to his children to live upon. So long as they occupy and cultivate it, they have a right to the soil. Nothing can be sold but such things as can be carried away."

-Black Hawk, Native American 

When historians examine the so-called "great civilizations" of generations past, few argue or question the aggressive tactics of the imperialist armies or destruction of the land unless it suits their interests.  Perhaps that is why so many Roman ruins remain in the world today-  the sturdy construction of rocks is a sign of the permanence of empire.  The leading forces that hold the financial system in their hands want people to remember, respect, marvel at, and even worship the ruins built by human slave labor combined with nobility's sense of entitlement.  Why bother asking why when it is more beneficial for the powerful to offer up grandiose spectacles to intimidate the masses into awe of the will of imperialism and racism? 



ancient roman ruins in Aphamia, Syria

Remember, the people can no longer live in or near the old ruins, and much of the land has been already "used up" by permanent empire.  Periods of time which the empire likes to call "growth periods" are when the king, or, in our present case, the privately-owned Federal Reserve, prints a lot of government-script debt notes to fund far-reaching construction projects.  Millions of debt slaves scurry frantically working sometimes 100 hours a week to get as much government script as possible.  Most debt slaves will tell you, in their zombie-like trance, that it was good when they had their slave job and they wish the king would decree another hole be dug and filled in again.  The screws have been tightened so much so that slaves can only relate their happiness to receiving a paycheck which lets them exist in a completely paved-over, lighted world.  There seems to be no escaping the matrix.  



A subdivision of McMansions

But the land responds poorly to concrete, asphalt and permanent houses next to one another in perfect geometric shapes.  Eventually, the lust and gratification of building new houses wears off, as structures cannot be large or flamboyant enough in a society that promotes greed and insatiable consumerism.  The McMansion craze of the housing boom was yet another banker boondoggle- a last ditch effort to claim and control even more land through the banks' bastard creation, the subdivision.

Since the housing crash, what has been left in the wake has been living spaces; some of them large, some small, all empty, devoid of people.  People have moved in, changed the locks, and been accused by the banks of theft.

 Jurors decide fate of DeKalb 'sovereign citizens'    
By Jodie Fleischer

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. —

A DeKalb County jury is deciding the fate of three men indicted for racketeering, after a Channel 2 Action News investigation. Channel 2 first exposed a group of so-called "sovereign citizens" in 2010, for signing fake deeds to themselves and then moving into foreclosed homes.

"If I deprive anybody of their property or life, liberty ... I have a right to go to jail. Send me on my way," Eliyshuwa Yisrael testified Wednesday.

Yisrael is acting as his own attorney in the case, which initially included 11 other defendants. Several have already pleaded guilty and were called as witnesses.

Jermaine Gibson and Richard Jenkins are also on trial. Prosecutors allege the three remaining defendants were the ringleaders of the scheme.

Another defendant, Joseph Dion Lawler, has not been seen since the group was indicted. Prosecutors have a signed warrant for his arrest.

From the stand, Yisrael didn't deny taking the properties, including a $13 million shopping center in Buckhead, but said he didn't harm anyone in the process.

"I haven't had anyone come and testify that I have taken their property, not one human being," said Yisrael, "The indictment says there are victims, where are these victims?"

As a sovereign citizen, he tried to convince the jury the banks, which were the documented owners of the properties, should not have been allowed to own them in the first place.

"Only people can enter into a contract, not corporations, because a corporation cannot sign or give verbal instructions," Yisrael told the jury.

Prosecutors argued the group targeted bank-owned homes because they were vacant and the men could move right in. A Channel 2 Action News investigation in 2010 tied the men to 18 different properties across eight Georgia counties.

"He told me he owned the property and he was going to take possession and he told me in the same conversation that somehow he was going to make sure I lost my real estate license," testified Realtor Lynn Erdely.

"Mr. Jenkins called me and said he had seen my notes at the house and he was going to have me arrested for trespassing on his property," said Realtor Janice Morris, of Waynesboro.

Jenkins also represented himself and questioned co-defendants who had already pleaded guilty. Kenith Rey told the jury he paid Jenkins and Yisrael to help him take over a $3 million home in Sandy Springs.

"Yisrael was a friend of mine and we traded money, and you got money from me, so don't play games," Rey answered Jenkins on cross examination.

Yisrael told Rey, "I never received any money from you."

"You have received money from me, that's a lie," Rey replied.

Jermaine Gibson elected not to testify. His defense attorney, Adeline Alexander, told jurors racketeering charges were designed for mafia-style cases, and were too serious for this case.

"This case breaks my heart a little bit. These aren't the gentlemen, this isn't the crime, this isn't the offense that RICO was designed to punish," said Alexander.

The jury will resume deliberations Thursday morning.