Marine arrested for unflattering Facebook post about dictator Obama!

WASHINGTON (PNN) - December 19, 2014 - The First Amendment is the cornerstone of the Bill of Rights. It guarantees every Amerikan the right to express a political opinion, no matter how unpopular it is.

However, in this day and age, the First Amendment is under assault by the very people who claim to stand for the freedom of speech - liberals.

Brandon Raub is a veteran of the United States Marine Corps who decided to post critical opinions about Barack Obama on Facebook. What happened to him as a result of those posts will strike fear into the hearts of every good Amerikan and make them wonder what country they’re living in.

According to the Rutherford Institute, Raub was arrested by “a swarm of FBI, Secret Service agents, and local (terrorist pig thug cops),” and detained without charges for “mental evaluation.”

The detention was done under a federal program codenamed “Operation Vigilant Eagle.” The program is intended to surveil former veterans who publicly express opinions critical of the government.

After ten days of detention, Raub was released, with the presiding judge noting that the government’s case for detention was “so devoid of any factual allegations that it could not be reasonably expected to give rise to a case or controversy.”

Nevertheless, Raub’s lawsuit against the government was dismissed, with the judge finding that censorship concerns were “far-fetched”.

John W. Whitehead, president of the Rutherford Institute, disagrees.

“What may sound far-fetched to the courts is a grim reality to Amerikans who are daily being targeted for daring to exercise their constitutional rights to speak their minds, worship as they please, criticize the government, defend themselves and their families against over-reaching government surveillance and heavy-handed police tactics,” Whitehead said.

“Ultimately, Brandon Raub’s case tests our tolerance for free speech and those dissidents who keep the First Amendment relevant, because if we cannot proclaim our feelings about the government, no matter how controversial - on our clothing, or to passersby, or to the users of the World Wide Web - then the First Amendment really has become an exercise in futility,” he added.

Below is one of Brandon Raub’s posts. While not exactly in the mainstream of political thought, it certainly doesn’t seem to represent someone who represents a danger to the community.

The Truth
by Brandon J Raub on Friday, November 11, 2011 at 10:00 am

America has lost itself. We have lost who we truly are. This is the land of the free and the home of the brave.

This is the land of Thomas Jefferson.

This is the land of Benjamin Franklin.

This is the land of Fredrick Douglas.

This is the land of Smedley Butler.

This is the land John F. Kennedy.

This is the land of Martin Luther King.

This is the land where the cowboy wins. This is the land where you can start from the bottom and get to the top. This is the land where regardless of your race and ethnicity you can succeed and build a better life for you and your family. This is the land where every race coexists peacefully. This is the land where justice wins. This is the land where liberty dwells. This is the land where freedom reigns. This is the land where we help the poor, and people help each other. This is the land where people beat racism.

The Federal Reserve is wrong. It has designed a system based on greed and fear. It has designed a system to crush the middle class between taxes and inflation. This is wrong, and it is unjust. It is wrong.

We have allowed ourselves to be deceived and seduced by the powers of the printing press. It is not a good system. It discourages saving: the foundation for all stable economic activity. The Federal Reserve is artificially manipulating interest rates and creating phony economic data.

This thing has deceived our entire nation.

They created it in 1913. They also created the income tax in 1913. They encouraged the growth of debt so they can tax you on it. There is interest on debt. Your government is in bed with these people. It wants to enslave you to the government so that it can control every aspect of your lives. It is an empire based on lies. It operates out of greed and fear.

There is a better way. It’s called freedom. Freedom is called a lot of things, but there is a true meaning. It means very simply that you have the right to do whatever you want as long as you are not infringing on the freedoms of other people.

I firmly believe that God set America apart from the other nations of the world. He saved a place where people could come to escape bad systems of government. This system we have created works. It really works.

There is evil going on all around the world. The United States was meant to lead the charge against injustice, but through example not force. People do not respond to having liberty and freedom forced on them.

Men and Women follow courage. They follow leadership and courage. Our example has paved the way for people all around the world to change their forms of government.

Force is not the way because liberty is a powerful concept. The idea that men can govern themselves is the basis for every just form of government.

We can govern ourselves. We do not need to be governed by men who want to install a one world banking system. These men have machine and unnatural hearts.

They have blocked out the possibility of a better world. They fear human progress. They have monopolies on everything.

This life can be free and beautiful. There are enough resources on this earth to support the world’s population. There are enough resources on this earth to feed everyone. There is enough land for everyone to own their own land and farm, and produce their own energy.

These people have been hiding technology. There are ways to create power easily. There is technology that can provide free cheap power for everyone. There are farming techniques that can feed the entire world.

The Bill of Rights is being systematically dismantled. Men have spilled their blood for those rights.

Your sons and daughters, your brothers and sisters, and America’s best young men and women are losing their limbs. They are losing their lives. They are losing their hearts. They do not know why they are fighting. They are killing, and they do not know why.

They have done some extraordinary acts. Their deeds go before them. But these wars are lies. They are lies. They deceived our entire nation with terrorism. They have gotten us to hand them our rights. Our Rights! Men died for those rights!

September Eleventh was an inside job. They blew up a third building in broad daylight. Building 7.

Your leaders betrayed you.

You elected an aristocracy. They are beholden to special interests. They were brainwashed through the Council on Foreign Relations. Your leaders are planning to merge the United States into a one world banking system. They want to put computer chips in you.

These men have evil hearts. They have tricked you into supporting corporate fascism. We gave them the keys to our country. We were not vigilant with our Republic.

There is hope. BUT WE MUST TAKE OUR REPUBLIC BACK.