United States Dictatorial Fangs At The World Cup By Jacob G. Hornberger!!!
(2018-07-11 at 23:11:24 )

United States Dictatorial Fangs at the World Cup by Jacob G. Hornberger

In his Fourth of July address to Congress in 1821, entitled "In Search of Monsters to Destroy," John Quincy Adams warned the American people that if the United States government ever became an imperial, interventionist government, it would inevitably become like a dictatorial regime.

A good example of how right Adams has proven to be has occurred during the World Cup matches. The dictatorial nature of the United States government came through loud and clear in the case of Rafael Martinez, a star soccer player on the Mexican team.

When his team flew on an American airliner to Russia for the World Cup matches, Martinez was not with them. He had to take a different carrier. At the match, he was not allowed to drink the same brand of water as his teammates. At practices, he had to wear a different uniform. He was disqualified from ever being named the Budweiser Man of the Match. His daily movements were closely tracked. He was subject to being placed in different hotels from his teammates. Unlike his teammates, he had to agree to play without pay.

Why all this unusual treatment?

The United States Treasury, that is why. The United States Treasury has placed Martinez on its drug-war "blacklist," accusing the soccer star of having connections to a Mexico drug lord.

When was Martinez tried, and convicted of violating United States drug laws?? Never!!

He has never even been charged with violating United States drug laws, at least not in the traditional sense of a criminal indictment being returned against him.

No indictment, no due process of law, and no trial.

Instead, the federal bureaucrats at the United States Treasury, acting as judge, jury, and executioner, simply added him to their drug-war "blacklist." That is all those bureaucrats had to do to alter the course of this mans life.

So, why did Martinez have to fly on a different airline, wear a different uniform, drink different water, stay at different hotels, be closely monitored, and agree to play without pay??

Because those Treasury bureaucrats told everyone in the world that if they had any business relationship with Martinez, the United States drug-war bureaucrats would come after them with extreme viciousness, including the possibility of criminal charges and economic sanctions.

That was enough to strike deep fear in the hearts and minds of American companies and sponsors who were involved in the World Cup. United States airliners, Nike, Budweiser, McDonalds, Coca Cola, and others, including even the Mexican government, ran fearfully for cover, doing everything they could to avoid any business contact with Martinez.

None of them wanted to experience the horrific wrath of the international dictator and its army of loyal bureaucrats.

Think about it: United States officials are not only punishing a man who has never been convicted of the crime they say he committed. They are also threatening to punish anyone who does business with him. That is dictatorship 101.

If these federal bureaucrats think that Martinez has committed a crime, why do they not charge him and prosecute him??

Is that not supposed to be the American way??

Under our system of government, is a person not considered innocent until the moment that federal prosecutors prove him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt before a jury of his peers in a court of law before an independent judge??

Well, Martinez has never been proven guilty, which means he is innocent under what our system is supposed to be all about. Where are the justice, fairness, and morality in inflicting punishment on an innocent man??

Of course, this is not the only instance in which the worlds dictator punishes innocent people.

The federal government, especially the Drug Enforcement Administration, prides itself on stealing peoples money, homes, cars, and businesses without ever charging them with a crime.

They call their program "asset forfeiture." It entails punishing innocent people by simply typing their name on their drug-war blacklist and then seizing their property. No arrest. No indictment. No trial. No appeals.

Just call a person -- add the persons name to their drug-war "blacklist," and that is enough for the drug-war bureaucrats to justify stealing peoples property and appropriating it for their own use.

This is not the type of government that our American ancestors envisioned when they called the federal government into existence with the Constitution. How long will the American people of today tolerate this extreme dictatorial conduct??

Printed here with permission from Mr. Jacob G. Hornberger of The Future of Freedom Foundation!! Their Great Website!!