I have appointed Victoria
Bard as our new JAILer-In-Chie
of Colorado. Below is her acceptance
letter. Please write
and welcome her to the fold,
and give her encouragement
in the duties that await her.
My thanks to her, and to all
of you who have chosen to
remain faithful in the objective
of J.A.I.L. Colorado is a
good initiative state awaiting
to be gleaned in the advancement
of truth for our country as
a whole. God bless you, Victoria.<
-Ron Branson
----- Original Message -----
Sent:
Wednesday, March 08, 2006
11:13 PM
Subject:
Acceptance letter
March 8,
2006
Dear Ron
and Barbie:
Thank you
for your confidence in appointing
me as Jailer-in-Chief of Colorado.
I am excited to begin this
new phase of life. I look
forward to helping raise the
consciousness of the citizens
of our fine country by helping
people realize they have the
power to reclaim their political
freedoms.
I have
not been drawn to J.A.I.L.
for Judges because of any
personal messy legal issues.
My only involvement with the
courts was my divorce (which,
now that I think about it,
included at least one ruling
that did not seem to be based
on the law as I understand
it). However, when I hear
about the injustices that
others have faced it really
makes me mad. The stories
just don’t stop.<
I have
this to share with JAILers
everywhere:<
This country
is going nowhere good and
it’s going there fast. We,
you and me, are the only ones
that can change that. So few
people pay attention to what’s
going on in this country and
the result is that justice
is green, corporate welfare
is rampant, and our media
is becoming a monopoly. Ordinary
people have very little recourse
at times when our legal system
fails to function objectively.
Ordinary people can’t afford
it. 1% of the population of
this country controls 32.7%
of the wealth (10% of the
people control 70% of the
wealth)*. Is that the intention
of democracy? Of free trade?
Of capitalism? No, I say.
That’s the result of rich
people and corporations wanting
more than their fair share
of control. They will continue
to succeed - if no one stops
them. They’ve gained power
by buying the judgments, oh,
wait, the judges…yes, our
judges are bought…
*Wealth Inequality Charts
from FairEconomy.org, 2001
data<
Stay informed.
If you think you are getting
unbiased information from
any of the mainstream newspapers
or television stations then
you’re still asleep. Wake
Up! Check out your community
radio stations and read your
alternative local newspapers.
Turn off Fox news, for God’s
sake.<
Margaret
Mead once said, "Never
doubt that a small group of
thoughtful committed citizens
can change the world. Indeed,
it is the only thing that
ever has."<
Let’s GO.
Let’s be that group of committed
citizens. Let’s create some
change.<
Respectfully,
Victoria Bard, Colorado JIC
COjail@netzero.net
303-667-4112<
² P.S.
Here’s a few more interesting
quotes to mull over:<
Aesop:
We hang the petty thieves
and appoint the great ones
to public office.<
Franklin
Delano Roosevelt: The only
sure bulwark of continuing
liberty is a government strong
enough to protect the interests
of the people, and a people
strong enough and well enough
informed to maintain its sovereign
control over the government.<
Noam Chomsky:
If you go to one demonstration
and then go home, that's something,
but the people in power can
live with that. What they
can't live with is sustained
pressure that keeps building,
organizations that keep doing
things, people that keep learning
lessons from the last time
and doing it better the next
time.<
Thomas
Jefferson: The care of human
life and happiness, and not
their destruction, is the
first and only object of good
government.<
(attributed
to) Edmund Burke : The only
thing necessary for the triumph
of evil is for good men to
do nothing.<
Frederick
Douglass: Find out just what
people will submit to, and
you have found out the exact
amount of injustice and wrong
which will be imposed upon
them; and these will continue
until they are resisted with
either words or blows, or
both. The limits of tyrants
are prescribed by the endurance
of those whom they oppress.<
Martin
Luther King, Jr.: An individual
who breaks a law that conscience
tells him is unjust, and who
willingly accepts the penalty
of imprisonment in order to
arouse the conscience of the
community over its injustice,
is in reality expressing the
highest respect for the law.<
Plato:
An imbalance between rich
and poor is the oldest and
most fatal ailment of all
republics.
Albert
Einstein: Insanity is doing
the same thing over and over
again and expecting different
results.
Victoria
Bard grew up in Lisbon Falls,
Maine, and graduated from
Lisbon High School as Salutatorian
of her class in 1984. After
attending one year at Bates
College in Lewiston, Maine,
she took a year off to travel
with Up With People as a trumpet
player in the band of Cast
A ‘85-’86. During her year
of travel, she lived with
90 host families throughout
the United States, she spent
3 weeks in China, and she
performed in the Superbowl
XX Half-Time Show in New Orleans.
She returned to Bates College
to complete her studies and
received a Bachelor of Science
degree in Mathematics in 1989.
In 1990 she moved to Denver,
Colorado, where she worked
as secretary for the Head
of the Gastroenterology Division
of the University of Colorado
Health Sciences Center. In
1992 she moved to Boulder,
Colorado, to attend a 1000-hour
training program at the Boulder
School of Massage Therapy.
She has worked on and off
for the past 13 years as a
Certified Massage Therapist
in Boulder. She is currently
developing a process workshop
called createYES which is
designed to help people understand
and own their personal power.
Victoria is a single mother
of two young children. Her
son Anthony, age 7, is attending
1st Grade at Whittier Elementary
International Baccalaureate
School, and her daughter Phoenix,
age 5, is in Kindergarten
at Boulder Country Day. Victoria
is a long-time volunteer and
DJ at KGNU Community Radio
Station, which can be heard
at
http://www.kgnu.org/.
She enjoys reading, meditation,
music, art, sudoku puzzles,
dancing, and long walks in
the foothills. She has been
a member of Toastmasters International
and the Denver Jaycees. She
recently served as President
of the Homeowners’ Association
where she lives and was a
board member of KGNU Community
Radio Station in the 1990s.<
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