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Vol. 5, #7 July 2007 Nelson Waller, Editor Patriot Network Secretary, Assistant Editor
Dr. Robert Clarkson, Publisher
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This is your copy of the July 2007 issue of the e-Patriot Cannon newsletter. The distribution of The ePC is a Patriot Network member benefit. However, this month we are sending out our edition to those who are not members. The pictures may not come through in the e-group. Go to said website to view the entire issue and pictures. Your newsletter is below as an in-line text, and also attached. The attached copy is generally easier to read. To view past issues and much other exciting, useful information, go to said website and click on Newsletter Archives .
IN THIS EXCITING ISSUE:
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1. VICTORY IS OURS
2. Dues Increase
3. In Apparel, All Tariffs Aren’t Created Equal
4. Firearms Refresher Course
5. Self-Indictment by the Judicial System
6. Wedding Announcement
7. Court Recognizes Clarkson’s Ability
8. Subscribe to the e-Patriot Cannon
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1. VICTORY IS OURS
A survey of recent PN success on your tax cases
ePC editor comments: In my experience over 15 years working as the Great One's assistant, I can't remember seeing anybody fail using PN methods, unless they did so inadequately or improperly. Often the victory is in the form of stringing the IRS out across some years till the statute of limitations runs out -- perhaps in imitation of General Washington, who won our freedom not by beating the British per se, but by "not losing" the War to them!
Have you viewed the Patriot Network home page lately?
The home page is a journal of Dr. Clarkson's victories for the last 5 months.
Years ago, the tax collectors purloined Sherri's bank records and she filed suit in federal court. This brave patriot used the 7609 packet from Dr. Clarkson’s website. In February, the appellate court ruled in Sherri’s favor.
In March, brave Patriot Marilyn was awarded $11K after the IRS had been stealing her pension for 5 years. Dr Clarkson et al helped Marilyn file Administrative Claims under the Illegal Tax Collections Act, IRC §7433. Finally, the Service admitted wrongdoing and returned the illegal tax collections of $11,000. You can view an image of Marilyn's checks on the home page.
In April, Mike of SC won his battle with SC DOR. SC DOR could not provide proof of the "income" they claimed Mike received. With Dr. Clarkson's help, Mike filed a Motion to Dismiss, which the judge granted.
Also during the month of April, the tax court in
In May, in the case of long time freedom fighter
In May, Guido Improta, Patriot Network club leader from Ft Meyers, Fl, dealt the IRS a smashing blow!
After a long and bitter fight, our club leader filed for damages and for penalties against the IRS in the amount of $25,000 for their frivolous pleadings. Guido was assisted by patriot brief writer extraordinaire Robert Clarkson.
District Counsel made several errors, which took some time for Guido to correct. Then on May 16th, Peter Panuthos, Chief Trial Judge of the
“ORDERED that this case is remanded to Respondent’s
Appeals Office for the purpose of affording petitioner an administrative hearing
pursuant to §6330 for the purpose of discussing any valid issues that petitioner
may present. ” Docket No. 25833-06L
Many patriots vehemently argue that the court systems are corrupt and against us. It’s true that there is no love lost, but when the statutes are in our favor and our briefs are clear and concise, we always win.
The details of these cases and the links associated with them can be found on our home page www.patriotnetwork.info
2. Annual Dues Donation Increase
At a recent Patriot Club meeting, I saw a former member who wished to rejoin. When I told him that our suggested annual donation was $100, he remarked that the dues/donations were the same when he had first joined 20 years ago.
Meanwhile, the tax thieves have stepped up the tangle of paperwork that we must wade through in order to win. More patriot cases are coming across our desks than we can handle. By necessity we have had to take on additional staff to help with the workload.
Therefore, we have increased the annual donation to $200 a year, effective August 1, 2007. The first-year recommended gift remains $600, but this will increase soon. The cost of reentry after allowing your membership to lapse remains very large. Do not let your membership expire.
If you make your annual donation between now and August 1, 2007, you will only need to contribute $100. We suggest you send in your payment early before it becomes due. If you have not finished making your initial installment contributions, do so quickly before we cancel your membership. Remember to send us your membership number with your payments so your account will be appropriately credited.
Send your annual contribution now so you can use the lower rate. Make sure your donations are up to date as we will be limiting new members soon.
Due to the crushing work load on us, we will be unable to assist those who are behind in their contributions.
3. In Apparel, All Tariffs Aren’t Created Equal
e-PC Editor comments: This is one of the weirdest stories we've seen on taxes -- but one no less damning of the System. Wouldn't you love to know which politicians in Congress maintain this situation, and by what logic? It's certainly good to know the government is here to help us in every way and occupying its taxpayer-funded time in the most constructive pursuits.
Trust the New York Times to make everything a matter of class warfare -- in this case, conjecturing "sex discrimination" between articles of clothing -- even though the "discrimination" hits both "sexes" of clothing. We hope the reporter gets the National Straight Face Award for this article.
Congress, it turns out, plays fashion favorites.
Take bathing suits. It slaps a 28 percent tax on men’s imports, but just 12 percent on women’s.
Or overalls. The government imposes a 14 percent tariff on women’s, but only 9 percent on men’s.
Woven wool shirts? Men’s are hit with an 18 percent duty, more than twice as much as women’s.
There is no apparent pattern to the tariffs, which penalize men in some instances, and women in others. But the fees tacked onto clothing, shoes and swimwear as they enter the country’s ports may be the last legal form of sex discrimination in the United States, approved year after year by lawmakers and passed on to consumers.
For decades, apparel companies have grudgingly tolerated the peculiar disparities, writing them off as a vestige of smoke-filled, backroom trade negotiations.
But now, several major apparel makers, like Steve Madden, Asics and Columbia Sportswear, are challenging the tariffs in lawsuits against the federal government that have broad implications for the clothing industry, not to mention the battle of the sexes.
If the clothing companies prevail, they could reclaim close to $1 billion worth of tariffs based on gender differences. For example, the lawsuit claims that the government earned $2.5 million last year from discriminatory tariffs on underpants (penalizing women), $93 million for cotton shirts (penalizing men), $16 million for silk shirts (penalizing women) and $71 million for shoes with leather tops (women again).
The case also could help unravel one of the greatest mysteries in retailing: why similar clothing for men and women is priced so differently.
What the lawyers do not know — and what they hope their lawsuit reveals — is precisely why these glaring disparities exist.
Theories abound. Since the first appearance of gender differences in the tariff system dates back to the mid-1800s, plain old sexism is one hypothesis. An effort to protect American textile manufacturers from imports is another...............
(Whole article: http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/04/29/news/tariffs.php)
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This Clarkson Classic will show you how to fend off meddling government agents, to protect the record and hurl the ball back in their court.
This book shows successful techniques to make life miserable for your known adversaries, comply with requirements and how to respond without furnishing information.
Available from the Patriot Bookstore on CD Text for $30. Click here to order.
4. Firearms Refresher Course
e-PC editor comments: Someone has compiled a list of gun-rights maxims that sound like bumper sticker slogans -- one of the finest, briefest modes of teaching man has ever come up with. The Patriot Network is not a gun-rights group but supports the Constitution in all traditional modes of citizen self-defense.
1. An armed man is a citizen. An unarmed man is a subject.
2. A gun in the hand is better than a cop on the phone.
3. Colt: The original point and click interface.
4. Gun control is not about guns; it's about control.
5. If guns are outlawed, can we use swords?
6. If guns cause crime, then pencils cause misspelled words.
7. Free men do not ask permission to bear arms.
8. If you don't know your rights you don't have any.
9. Those who trade liberty for security have neither.
10. The
11. What part of "shall not be infringed" do you not understand?
12. The Second Amendment is in place in case the politicians ignore the others.
13. 64,999,987 legal firearms owners murdered no one yesterday.
14. Guns only have two enemies; rust and politicians.
15. Know guns, know peace, know safety. No guns, no peace, no safety.
16. You don't shoot to kill; you shoot to stay alive.
17. 911 - government sponsored Dial-a-Prayer.
18. Assault is a behavior, not a device.
19. Criminals love gun control -- it makes their jobs safer.
20. If guns cause crime, then matches cause arson.
21. Only a government that is afraid of its citizens tries to control them.
22. You only have the rights you are willing to fight for.
23. Enforce the "gun control laws" we ALREADY have, don't make more.
24. When you remove the people's right to bear arms, you create slaves. *
25. The American Revolution would never have happened with gun control.
26. Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not.
- Thomas Jefferson
Church Law and Procedure
Eager to preach the Gospel and desire to be more organized?
Long to set up a home church but do not know the procedures and laws?
Unaware of when, where, and how to form and operate a religious organization?
In this 4 hour video, Dr. Clarkson explains:
- The home church and how it works
- The difference between a 501C3 and a 508 church and why the latter involves less government entanglement
- Organizing your own religious society
- Satisfying requirements on religious groups by banks, insurance companies, real estate companies, zoning laws, etc.
Available from the Patriot Bookstore on DVD Text for $30. Click here to order.
5. Self-Indictment by the Judicial System
e-PC editor comments: Does it ever seem to you that courts are more absurd today than the officials grossly caricatured in works like Alice in Wonderland -- that they are not merely in some other galaxy, but ARE a planet unto themselves, somewhere out there in left galaxy? And that what it comes to the justice we urgently need, they're hopelessly beyond reach?
You don't have to wonder any longer -- because
This numbing report from Jail4Judges makes us ever gladder for the stirring prophecy of the birth of Messiah found in the book of Isaiah 9: "Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this"........
Below are excerpts from the official report on the State of the
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A COURT SYSTEM FOR THE FUTURE:
THE PROMISE OF COURT RESTRUCTURING IN
A Report by the Special Commission on the
Future of the
On July 17, 2006, New York State Chief Judge Judith S. Kaye appointed the Special Commission on the Future of the New York State Courts to assess the effectiveness of the state’s current court structure and to propose appropriate reforms. The thirty-member Commission was comprised of judges and court administrators; academics; representatives from the business community, bar organizations and good government groups; and some of our state’s leading legal practitioners.
During the ensuing seven months, the Commission conducted an intensive study of the New York State court system. As part of this effort, the Commission and its staff reviewed the voluminous body of literature that exists on the subject of court structure and past reform efforts, and compiled various statistics and other data to assess the functioning of our court system.
The Commission also met with dozens of judges, government officials, leaders of the business community, bar groups, Family Court practitioners, victims of domestic violence, court administrators, and a variety of others with experience in our courts. The Commission met, not only with those who have been supportive of court restructuring, but also with those who have in the past opposed such reforms. ....
New York State has the most archaic and bizarrely convoluted court structure in the country. Antiquated provisions in our state Constitution create a confusing amalgam of trial courts: an inefficient and wasteful system that causes harm and heartache to all manner of litigants, and costs businesses, municipalities and taxpayers in excess of half a billion dollars per year. ....
New York...continues to operate a blizzard of overlapping courts: Supreme Courts, County Courts, Family Courts, Surrogate’s Courts, a Court of Claims, New York City Criminal and Civil Courts, District Courts, City Courts, and Town and Village Justice Courts.
New York has eleven separate trial courts; by contrast, California, a state that has twice our population, has only one. This complex structure is not simply a matter of academic or historical interest. It imposes significant harm and costs on our state and its people. These include, for example:
• Injured individuals, large and small businesses, and state agencies that must litigate cases simultaneously in the Supreme Court and the Court of Claims whenever the state and a non-state actor are named as parties in a personal injury, medical malpractice, or commercial dispute.
• Families in crisis, which are forced to run from court to court when a single problem is fragmented among the Supreme Court, the Family Court and a criminal court for separate adjudication of matrimonial, custody and domestic violence matters.
• Children and others in guardianship cases, in which proceedings must be initiated simultaneously in the Surrogate’s and Family Courts to address related matters in the case of an orphaned child.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
"The judicial article of the Constitution begins: ‘There shall be a unified court system for the state.’ The reality is otherwise. New York has no unified court system. It is a constitutional fiction. New York has an inheritance of a colorful but confused and sprawling mass of 11 trial courts." – Chief Judge Charles D. Breitel, February 1974.
More fundamentally, the fragmented nature of our courts prohibits the judicial system from efficiently managing cases in a way that would be natural and obvious in any rational business organization. A backlog that develops in one court, for example, cannot be readily ameliorated by transferring cases from that court to an underused but perfectly capable court across the street. .... What this means is that, in the millions of cases that are handled in our state courts every year, people waste countless hours making redundant court appearances, filing unnecessary papers and briefs, and suffering through delays caused by courthouse backlogs and inefficiencies. In addition to confusion and anguish, the practical effect of this is lost wages, lost productivity, and higher costs and attorneys’ fees for individuals, businesses and government entities. Given the number of cases affected (3.7 million cases are resolved annually in the state courts) these hidden costs add up to $502 million per year.
For decades, commissions, scholars, legislative panels and others have decried the inefficient and wasteful structure of the New York courts, and have advanced myriad proposals for reform. Time after time, these efforts have stalled, not for lack of popular support, but for lack of political will. In this arena, generations of good ideas have been undone by the inertia of the status quo..............
(Full text: http://www.jail4judges.org/JNJ_Library/2007/2007-05-03.html)
6. Dr. and Mrs. Robert B. Clarkson announce their marriage
Robert Barnwell. Clarkson II, J.D. of Anderson, SC and Donna Faye Guthrie of North Carolina announce their marriage on July 8, 2007 at the Sail Club on Lake Hartwell. The Bride was given in marriage by her son Dale Chadwick Jr. and her son Matthew, was the ring bearer. The Groom's granddaughter, Gabby Hicks, was the maid of honor and Nelson Waller served as best man.
Robert Clarkson is the son of Francis Dargan Clarkson and the late James Heyward Clarkson Jr. Robert graduated from Sumter High School in 1965. He graduated from Clemson University with a BA in Economics in 1969. He served with the 25th Infantry Division as platoon leader in Vietnam 1970-71 and graduated USC Law School with a Juris Doctorate in 1974.
Donna Faye Guthrie is the daughter of Laurie E. Guthrie and the late Sally T. Guthrie of Carteret County North Carolina. She holds an Associate Degree in nursing from Craven College in New Bern, NC.
Family and friends were in attendance.
7. IRS/DOJ admits Clarkson is effective!
It’s now official: PN stops tax thieves!
Evil tax-grubbing "service" considers PN success rate incalculable and monstrous.
After five years of harassment, the IRS and the highly paid tax lawyers persuaded an otherwise good judge to enjoin Clarkson from doing those things which he did not do anyway. Since Clarkson was not engaged in these activities, he was unable to defend himself because he lacked standing or a real interest in the case. (Above: The Great One appears at many IRS hearings.)
View first page below and click here for the rest of the order.
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA ANDERSON DIVISION
United States of America, )
Plaintiff, ) C.A. No. 8:05-2734-HMH-BHH
vs. ) OPINION AND ORDER
Robert Barnwell Clarkson, individually )
and d/b/a The Patriot Network, )
Defendant. )
This matter is before the court with the Report and Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge Bruce H. Hendricks, made in accordance with 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1) (2006) and Local Civil Rule 73.02 of the District of South Carolina.1 In her Report and Recommendation, Magistrate Judge Hendricks recommends granting in part and denying in part the Plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment. For the reasons set forth below, the court grants the Plaintiff’s motion.
I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
Robert Barnwell Clarkson (“Clarkson”) is the founder, president, and leader of The Patriot Network. (Def. Mem. Supp. Summ. J. Ex. D. (Barbara Cantrell (“Cantrell”) Decl. at 148, 149, 181).) The Patriot Network is a national organization with independent clubs located in various states. (Id. Ex. D. (Cantrell Decl. at 138-140, 163).) The Patriot Network advocates a tax revolt by “a massive refusal of the productive sector of the population to support the unConstitutional taxing and spending programs of the national government.” (Id. Ex. D. (Cantrell Decl. at 131-132).) On its website, The Patriot Network provides information and sells taped lectures, books, and other resources prepared and delivered by Clarkson and his associates. (Id. Ex. D. (Cantrell Decl. at 255-269).)
In the instant lawsuit, the Plaintiff alleges that Clarkson has made false statements to members of The Patriot Network and the public by stating that federal income tax does not apply to wage earners (hereinafter referred to as “avoidance activities”). In addition, the Plaintiff argues that Clarkson advises, aids, and abets members of The Patriot Network on how to evade and obstruct the IRS’s enforcement efforts (hereinafter referred to as “interference activities”). The Plaintiff seeks an injunction pursuant to 26 U.S.C. §§ 7402(a)and 7408 to end these alleged activities.
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