Will Grigg's Liberty Minute

September 7, 2007

In 1849, Henry David Thoreau wrote: ?How does it become a man to behave toward this American government today? I answer that he cannot without disgrace be associated with it.?

The siege at Ruby Ridge, which ended fifteen years ago last week, illustrates the timelessness of Thoreau's insights.

An attack by US Marshals on the home of Randy Weaver resulted in the death of Weaver's son, Samuel: The 14-year-old was shot in the back, literally torn apart by automatic weapons fire. A subsequent sniper attack killed Weaver's wife Vicki while she was holding a newborn infant.

The Feds had earlier entrapped Weaver on a bogus weapons charge to blackmail him into becoming an informant. When Weaver refused to play along, the Feds declared war on his family.

A jury acquitted Weaver of a murder charge in the death of one of the Federal agents who attacked his home. No earthly justice has yet been meted out to the murderers of Weaver's son and wife.

Let take back the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free.