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A trademark or trade mark[1] is a distinctive sign or indicator used by an individual, business organization, or other legal entity to identify that the products or services to consumers with which the trademark appears originate from a unique source, and to distinguish its products or services from those of other entities.
Main Entry: 1in•cor•po•rate
Pronunciation: \in-ˈkȯr-pə-ˌrāt\
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): in•cor•po•rat•ed; in•cor•po•rat•ing
Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin incorporatus, past participle of incorporare, from Latin in- + corpor-, corpus body — more at midriff
Date: 14th century
transitive verb
1 a : to unite or work into something already existent so as to form an indistinguishable whole b : to blend or combine thoroughly
2 a : to form into a legal corporation b : to admit to membership in a corporate body
Main Entry: 1res•i•dent
Pronunciation: \ˈre-zə-dənt, ˈrez-dənt, ˈre-zə-ˌdent\
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin resident-, residens, present participle of residēre
Date: 14th century
1 a : living in a place for some length of time : residing b : serving in a regular or full-time capacity ; also : being in residence
2 : present, inherent
3 : not migratory
Section 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
Section 2. Representatives shall be apportioned among the several States according to their respective numbers, counting the whole number of persons in each State, excluding Indians not taxed. But when the right to vote at any election for the choice of electors for President and Vice President of the United States, Representatives in Congress, the Executive and Judicial officers of a State, or the members of the Legislature thereof, is denied to any of the male inhabitants of such State, being twenty-one years of age, and citizens of the United States, or in any way abridged, except for participation in rebellion, or other crime, the basis of representation therein shall be reduced in the proportion which the number of such male citizens shall bear to the whole number of male citizens twenty-one years of age in such State.
Section 3. No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may, by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.
Section 4. The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned. But neither the United States nor any State shall assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or any claim for the loss or emancipation of any slave; but all such debts, obligations and claims shall be held illegal and void.
Section 5. The Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.
2 a : a member of a state b : a native or naturalized person who owes allegiance to a government and is entitled to protection from it
Originally posted by DrumsRfun
You went thru all that??
I just told them to piss off.
Good for you regardless.
Originally posted by sos37
reply to post by DrumsRfun
I applaud you standing up for yourself in the face of this tyrannical government. You're a lot more eloquent than I will be if one of those stupid census takers shows up at my front door.
Clearfield Doctrine
It is well settled that an officer must be either elected, appointed or commissioned. Employees cannot be made officers “by virtue of their employment.” Even if they could, I.C. 59-703 (9) states,
“"Public office" means any position in which the normal and usual duties are conducted on behalf of a governmental entity.”
The Clearfield Doctrine is explicit. The corporation registered and known as THE CITY OF BOISE CITY is listed as a ”CORPORATION” in the IDAHO SECRETARY OF STATE’S BUSINESS ENTITY database and is, therefore, “an entity entirely separate from government.” Notwithstanding any other Idaho Code section that is also superseded by Federal law, the alleged officers are NOT even employees of a “governmental entity.”
( it is the same in every state)
“ . . . the government descended to the level of a mere private corporation and takes on the character of a mere private citizen . . . For the purposes of suit, such corporations and individuals are regarded as an entity entirely separate from government.” Bank of U.S. v. Planters Bank, 9 Wheat. 22 U.S. 904, U.S. v. Erie Ry Co., 106 U.S. 327; Clearfield Trust Co. v. U.S. 318 U.S. 363 (1943).
“When governments enter the world of commerce, they are subject to the same burdens as any private firm or corporation.” U.S. v. Burr. 309 U.S. 22; See 22 U.S.C.A. 286e. Bank of U.S. v. Planters Bank of Georgia. 6 L. Ed. (9 Wheat) 244; 22 U.S.C.A. 286 et. Seq., C.R.S. 11-60-103.
An officer is defined as
“a person appointed or elected to a position of responsibility or authority in government or a private organization.” Random House Webster’s Dictionary of the Law, p. 307.
Originally posted by ProtoplasmicTraveler
reply to post by hawkiye
What a great addition to the thread and thanks for providing it.
There is no getting around the fact that our government operates as a corporation.
In fact it operates as a Religious Not for Profit Corporation! It's incorporated in Deleware which has the most favorable incorporating laws for foreign shell companies to hide their corporate ownership of U.S. Corporations.
It was most recently incorporated under it's present form back in 1988 under George H. W. Bush, Sr.'s administration.
Who holds stock in the corporation, and sits on it's board of directors, is not presently known by me.
Thanks for sharing that information.
Originally posted by CSquared288
dude, fantastic presentation
well-written and engaging to say the least.
and thank you for this bit of enlightenment. this is something im most certainly going to show people
Thanks for an interesting read Proto! as always!
I find all this very interesting, with Blake Law and contract Law in general.
I'm always wondering if the continental Europe has something similar?
Well! maybe the British are more similar to you in that sense of contract Law and Admiral Law and all that, but what about France, Germany, Switzerland, Spain, Sweden and Italy etc ?
Are we also incorporated to Rome's slave-trader commerce Corporation?