by Dr. Ridgely A. Mu’min Muhammad

(This is the full text of the speech delivered by Dr. Ridgely Muhammad on January 20, 2001 at the
"Day of Resistance Shadow Inauguration" event in DC)

Don’t fight the power, be the Power!

America does not know what democracy looks like. America has never seen democracy, so how would
she know?

Some Americans think that they are "free" and will go to war to protect what they think
is the "American way of life". But this election process has shown all of us that
something stinks in this "promised land".

The devil is in the details, but the power is in the pen. We have got to use the power of the
people to make the pens rewrite the rules that the "loan sharks" use to box us in.

There are only three types of people in America: the lawyers, the bankers and the common stock.
The government is run by the liars, I mean lawyers. The country is owned by the loan sharks, I mean
bankers. And the rest of us are treated like cattle, common stock.

I am here to represent the Black Farmers and Agriculturists Association and we came today to
endorse both the Pro-Democracy Campaign and its 10 point program called the "Voters’ Bill of
Rights". These "Bill of Rights" are the first step in bringing democracy to America.

We Black farmers know what it feels like to have your assets stolen by the bankers using the pen
of the lawyers. Now many white Americans finally can feel what it feels like to have your power and
rights stolen with the stroke of a pen.

The Voters’ Bill of Rights is a beginning. It is a means to an end. However, we must not fool
ourselves, America was never a democracy of the common people, black, white, red or yellow.

America was set up by a pack of corporate thieves who broke away from a bigger thief. What we
call the "Constitution" was a compromise to balance power between the land owners and
money interests who had incorporated themselves separately as the 13 states. This was a
"gentlemen’s" agreement among the elite, not intended for the common stock.

Soon everything "public" will be privatized. The power outages in California are a sign
of things to come, if we continue down this road of selling the country out. The infrastructure of
America is being auctioned off to the highest bidder who, many times are foreigners.

Soon America will be an "arbitration nation", no more trial by a jury of your peers. To
get a job in the new corporate world you will have to sign away your right to a trial and accept
arbitration.

We must start today to campaign for the 10 points of the Voters’ Bill of Rights to be
formulated into law, while one-man-one-vote exists and there is at least a chance of those votes
being counted. An explanation of each point of these "Voters’ Bill of Rights" can be
downloaded at . They are:

No more "Taxation without Representation!". We demand statehood for DC

We can not wait another four years to participate in the shaping of our own destiny. Fighting for
Freedom is a full time job; you snooze, you lose.

Your alternative voices will never be heard as long as the two parties have a monopoly on
government. We must crash the two parties, party. Because if we don’t, they will continue to
chant:

Let the fools choose,

‘Cause they always will lose.

New money, old money,

We still got the money.

No matter who wins,

We own them both, honey."

Please consider this analysis:

King was not killed because he had a dream.

He was killed when he started messing with the economic scheme.

Lincoln was not killed because of the "Emancipation
Proclamation".

He was killed when he dared to snatch from the bankers the money supply
of this nation.

The devil is in the details, but the power is in the pen.

Don’t fight the power, be the Power.

Don’t waste this hour, use your power,

And use your pen to rewrite the box that they got us in.

Fighting for Freedom is a full-time job!

Peace, Doc

Copyright (c) 2001 Ridgely Mu’min

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