By Kelly O'Connell ——Bio and Archives--February 16, 2022
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“There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism.” - Alexander Hamilton
Covid Rebellion: Ottawa drops the test, as their Police Chief resigns, while truckers retreat. Yet, 400 trucks are parked around the city, even as bridges are cleared. Meanwhile, the COVID crisis’ worst elements have always been an odd combo of lazy, intellectually insipid govt claiming every decision is like scripture, yet constantly rule-changing.
“I believe in judging people and governments by results, not myths.” – Brian Mulroney, 18th Prime Minister of Canada
Canadian Truck Protests: So when Canadian truckers finally decided to protest, it was more for this attack against God-given common sense and rights, symbolized by crazy Covid border laws, than any personal losses suffered by these big-wheel troubadours. And what stands out most from the Covid years is all the insulting lies, the contempt of hare-brained leaders, and the struggle for freedom of the average citizen, many discovering the Declaration & Constitution along the way.
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government...”
Freedom Convoy: CNN describes the protest:
"Thousands of truckers are participating in the so-called "Freedom Convoy," fighting a vaccine mandate that is forcing all Canadian truckers crossing the US-Canadian border to be fully vaccinated or face quarantine in their homes for two weeks when they return. "The rule went into effect in mid-January in Canada and January 22 in the United States. The US Department of Homeland Security now requires noncitizens entering the United States via border crossings or ferry terminals along the US northern and southern borders be fully vaccinated against Covid-19.
“Freedom is not a gift bestowed upon us by other men, but a right that belongs to us by the laws of God and nature.”- Benjamin Franklin
Intellectual Midget Trudeau: Now combine Trudeau’s declaration of his Marshall Law Emergencies Act & refusal to budge against truckers he termed “Nazis” while simultaneously US state’s decision to drop mask mandates. And here you have the entire fraudulent approach of modern tyrants. They only seek power while constantly lying to whip up a storm of cognitive dissonance, or mental contradictions. These are meant to gaslight patriots to drive them to their knees while hoping they gorge on psych meds.
The NY Post stated (America’s first paper started by Alexander Hamilton): “Freedom Convoy truckershave swarmed Ottawa for the past few weeks to protest their government’s heavy-handed COVID actions — and by invoking that nation’s Emergencies Act, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau just proved their point.” Butrunaway “leader” Trudeau has collapsed into a tiny ball of fear.
“I am a Canadian, free to speak without fear, free to worship in my own way, free to stand for what I think right, free to oppose what I believe wrong, or free to choose those who shall govern my country. This heritage of freedom I pledge to uphold for myself and all mankind.” -- John Diefenbaker
One Trucking Leader described their demands:
Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) Executive Vice President Lewie Pugh told "Fox News Live" on Sunday that truck drivers in Canada and the United States want to "do away" with COVID-19 vaccine mandates. "It’s pretty simple, do away with the mandates is what we’ve told them [political leaders]," Pugh said. "Start listening to stuff that help truckers instead of hurt truckers and overregulate truckers." He noted that his organization "asked the Biden Administration and the prime minister both to drop the mandate for truckers." "We are not against vaccines, we just feel that it’s sort of a pro-choice, it’s your body, so it should be your choice," Pugh continued
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Truckers Rights? Are there really ANY rights stepped on by rogue, post-Covid governments? How about EVERY right? Do even Canadians have naturally God-given rights -- to Life, Liberty & Happiness? Don’t all humans? Then, how can any genuine patriot lay down while the govt threatens our lives by allowing China to manufacture a deadly virus and not challenge them?
“Those people who will not be ruled by God will be ruled by tyrants.” -William Penn
Faux Rules: And to create fake rules that create more deaths by non virus misadventure -- via suicides, drug overdoses, etc. Dr Scott Atlas writes:
“People were dying from the virus, and the lockdown policies were not preventing the deaths. The simple logic of assuming you could stop the spread of, and some said eliminate, a highly contagious virus by shutting down society after millions had been infected was worse than nonsensical. The idea of stopping all businesses and closing schools while quarantining healthy young people at little risk from a disease in order to protect those aged seventy and over - that is simply irrational.”
Human liberty: Chopped Liver? And what was the cost to human liberty with completely avoidable shutdowns? First, these closures didn’t work, according a new study of lockdown studies:
A new Johns Hopkins University study finds lockdowns only prevented 0.2% of Covid-19 deaths and were “not an effective way of reducing mortality rates during a pandemic.” “We find no evidence that lockdowns, school closures, border closures and limiting gatherings have had a noticeable effect on Covid-19 mortality,” said the study, which is based on a review of 34 pre-existing Covid-19 studies. Given the “devastating effects” that lockdowns have caused — the permanent closure of businesses, the loss of jobs and livelihoods, the year-long setback in educational growth for youth — the authors recommended that in the future they be “rejected out of hand as a pandemic policy instrument.”
Covid Shutdown Deaths: According to one article: “The COVID-19 shutdown will cost Americans millions of years of life.” But how? Just one aspect is from missed healthcare:
“In addition to lives lost because of lost income, lives also are lost due to delayed or foregone health care imposed by the shutdown and the fear it creates among patients. From personal communications with neurosurgery colleagues, about half of their patients have not appeared for treatment of disease which, left untreated, risks brain hemorrhage, paralysis or death. These unintended consequences of missed health care amount to more 500,000+ lost years of life per month, not including all other known skipped care.”
“Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.” – John Adams
Masked Facts: In fact, the only study that focused on real world mask use, the MIT DANMASK-19, showed masks used in public were shockingly ineffective. For example, the most popular type -- reusable cotton style -- was 1% reliable at blocking Covid virus.
“If the representatives of the people betray their constituents, there is then no recourse left but in the exertion of that original right of self-defense which is paramount to all positive forms of government.” - Alexander Hamilton
‘Pursuit of Happiness’, which Locke originally described as ‘Property,’ exposes the spectacular loss of wealth:
“The lost economic output in the U.S. alone is estimated to be 5 percent of GDP, or $1.1 trillion for every month of the economic shutdown. This lost income results in lost lives as the stresses of unemployment and providing basic needs increase the incidence of suicide, alcohol or drug abuse, and stress-induced illnesses. These effects are particularly severe on the lower-income populace, as they are more likely to lose their jobs, and mortality rates are much higher for lower-income individuals.
Statistically, every $10 million to $24 million lost in U.S. incomes results in one additional death. One portion of this effect is through unemployment, which leads to an average increase in mortality of at least 60%. That translates into 7,200 lives lost per month among the 36 million newly unemployed Americans, over 40% of whom arenot expected to regain their jobs. In addition, many small business owners are near financial collapse, creating lost wealth that results inmortality increases of 50%. With an average estimate of one additional lost life per $17 million income loss, that would translate to 65,000 lives lost in the U.S. for each month because of the economic shutdown.”
“Nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper. Truth itself becomes suspicious by being put into that polluted vehicle.” – Thomas Jefferson
Overall Shutdowns, a stunning number of businesses closed due to Covid rules:
COVID shutdowns championed by U.S. governors and D.C. bureaucrats are responsible for destroying nearly 40% of small businesses since the virus was unleashed on the world—and we know now that it was for little to no good reason. A study by the Proceedings of the National Academies of Sciences revealed recently that shutdown orders made little to no difference in COVID’s impact
“My great desire has been to remove from the political arena a question of this kind that is calculated to prevent us getting a verdict upon the important political issues that separate the two parties in this country.” -- Charles Tupper
Civil Liberties: Lockdown skeptic Scott Atlas stated: ‘The big issue exposed by Covid is civil liberties’. So, about those trucker protests. One essay expose’ is titled: “Canada truckers want freedom, not a global world where elites control their lives.”
"The end of the government being the good of mankind points out its great duties: it is above all things to provide for the security, the quiet, the happy enjoyment of life, liberty, and property." -James Otis Jr.
Trucker Triumph: Now, for the defenders of Life, Liberty & the Pursuit of Happiness, a number of events have proved the trucker position inviolable. First, the MIT DANMASK study proves real-life masks were ineffective. Second, the Johns Hopkins study proved shutdowns had no measurable effect. Third, forcing truckers to prove vax status cancels the rights of individuals to choose their own bodily treatments. Fourth, the government forcing so many businesses to permanently close turns citizens into slaves. Fifth, the broad choice of American Democrat governors to stop Covid mandates show Americans and Canadians these don’t work and are sick of this charade. And so, in the interest of protecting our Anglo American Rights, let’s salute these brave truckers, and stop the Covid tyranny madness.
“Canada is free and freedom is its nationality.“ Wilfrid Laurier, Canada's seventh prime minister
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Kelly O’Connell is an author and attorney. He was born on the West Coast, raised in Las Vegas, and matriculated from the University of Oregon. After laboring for the Reformed Church in Galway, Ireland, he returned to America and attended law school in Virginia, where he earned a JD and a Master’s degree in Government. He spent a stint working as a researcher and writer of academic articles at a Miami law school, focusing on ancient law and society. He has also been employed as a university Speech & Debate professor. He then returned West and worked as an assistant district attorney. Kelly is now is a private practitioner with a small law practice in New Mexico.