"Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." John 8:32... and also chiseled into the marble entrance of the CIA Central Intellegience Agency... how's that for irony!
Most of what you believe about your government is a lie, an elaborate illusion to keep you ignorant of the truth. To the extent to which you buy their lies and the propaganda of the major media you are deluding yourself. "None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free." Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
So, citizen, are you going to take the blue pill or the red pill ? As Morpheus said, "all I offer is the truth and nothing more".
In great empires the people who live in the capital, and in the provinces remote from the scene of action, feel, many of them, scarce any inconveniency from the war; but enjoy, at their ease, the amusement of reading in the newspapers the exploits of their own fleets and armies.... They are commonly dissatisfied with the return of peace, which puts an end to their amusement, and to a thousand visionary hopes of conquest and national glory from a longer continuance of the war. Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations
The general rule is that an unconstitutional statute, though having the form and the name of law, is in reality no law, but is wholly void and ineffective for any purpose since unconstitutionality dates from the time of its enactment and not merely from the date of the decision so branding it; an unconstitutional law, in legal contemplation, is as inoperative as if it had never been passed... An unconstitutional law is void. (16 Am. Jur. 2d, Sec. 178)
“Nationalism does nothing but teach you to hate people you never met, and to take pride in accomplishments you had no part in.” Doug Stanhope
There's a fine line between the American dream and the American nightmare. Don Henley
You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality. - Ayn Rand
Most of the trouble in the world is caused by people wanting to be important. ~ T. S. Eliot
Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism when hate for people other than your own comes first. Charles De Gaulle
The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable. - H. L. Mencken

Re Ralphie's poorly written briefs

Hey Crackpot Ralph,

In your grossly deficient brief that you prepared for MacAlpine, you raised some undefined argument regarding tax assessments and make some references to a lack of assessment, but because of your complete inability to explain anything legal, a reader cannot follow any argument you make. Reading your briefs indicates that you scream and holler alot, but it is all hot-air and useless words.

Anybody who has studied IRS regs fully understands that the published regs are deficient in listing the origins of specific regs through references; this just means that a researcher must do more work.  The assessment regs for federal taxes pursuant to the '54 Code were first proposed in December, 1954, and finalized in Jan. 1955. Attached are the first pages of these regs, and I do not include the full Treasury Decisions because the files are large and may not make it through the 'Net via email.  The assessment regs were slightly changed by TD 6425, 24 FR 9193 (11-11-59); and 32 F.R. 15241, 15274 (11-3-67). Studying these old issues of the Federal Register enables a researchers to follow how the regs developed. Of course, the IRS is sloppy in that its regs do not have this historical development available in them, but that just means that you have to work harder,  which is beyond your skills.

I have on my harddrive all of the Federal Register issues from 1936 through 1994. Anything I need after 1994 I simply obtain from the Net. I make these files and more (300+ gigs) available to lots of researchers, but hell will freeze over before I make this work available to a misfit and liar like you.

Larry, Your Nemesis