Well, it's been a couple of days since I asked if anyone knew anything about Terra Libra. Nobody has spoken up. Since, on the surface, Terra Libra sounds like it would be interesting to many on this list, I'm posting a condensed version of the flyer I received in the mail. I am not affiliated with Terra Libra in any way. Actually, I wonder it is really just a money making scam. Here goes... ---------------------- TERRA LIBRA IS *THE BIG IDEA* THAT IS INSPIRING FREEDOM-LOVERS AROUND THE WORLD TO EFFECTIVE ACTION -- and filling their pockets with oodles of boodle!!! [yeah right - jm] Dear Friend of Freedom, My name is Frederick Mann [who? - jm]. I have lived free from government coercion of practically all kinds for many years in several parts of the world. I have learned a great deal about practical freedom. I'm now ready to share what I've learned with you [for a price -jm]. As you can see from the testimonials in this letter [proof by anecdote? - jm] and from the progress reported on page 4, I've also become very successful at sharing what I've learned about freedom [by getting money from suckers? -jm]. Furthermore, I'm providing you with the opportunity to share freedom with others and make a fortune while doing so...If you want to [give me money first - jm]. THE FORCES OF TYRANNY SEEM TO BE GAINING GROUND Have you been getting that sinking feeling in your gut that things are terribly wrong in America? Do you ever feel that our economic future is looking worse as each year passes? Have you seen of read books likes _Bankruptcy 1995_ which say that our entire financial structure -- and even civilization itself [oh my! -jm] -- in America could collapse within a few years? Do you sometimes think America is being engulfed by a rising tide of political corruption, crime, violence, mayhem, [scams -jm] and senseless murder? Do you think the government is making things better or worse? What do you think of the Waco massacre? The so-called "war on drugs?" IRS, ATF, and FDA terrorism? What do you think of the government's asset forfeiture laws? Socialized health care? Do you think America is heading towards fascism or communism -- or the worse combination of both? [asks a lot of questions, doesn't he. -jm] BUT ALL IS NOT LOST -- IT'S NOT HOPELESS!!! [phew! I was getting worried. - jm] Terra Libra is the new dimension in personal freedom, money, and power that changes everything. Our unbeatable weapon is called [drum roll please -jm] Freedom Technology. Terra Libra and Freedom Technology represents a societal breakthrough that completely changes the dynamics of money, power, domination [ooh, kinky -jm], and freedom. Because of its people, its design, its business dynamics, its philosophy, its strategies, its tactics, its elements, its products, its networking, and its freedom technology, Terra Libra is by far the most advanced freedom organization ever conceived and created -- that I know of. Terra Libra is unstoppable because people are by nature free and we have found the keys that enables you to enjoy freedom right now and to make a fortune spreading freedom to others. THE TERRA LIBRA SOLUTION When you push against a system, it tends to push back. Some people need to push and fight because that's their nature. The success of our fight for freedom is likely to come from the combined results of very different strategies and tactics waged over a wide range of fronts. The fundamental Terra Libra strategy is based on the understanding that the power of the tyrants comes from the victims. The victims surrender power to the tyrants. If enough victims withdraw support, the tyranny collapses. This is essentially the strategy Gandhi used to defeat the British Empire in India. One of the greatest strengths of Terra Libra is that we don't try to change the systems of tyranny. We simply create our own free systems [who is that John Galt guy anyways? -jm] Individuals acquire the tools to live free despite the tyrants. Terra Libra and other organizations provide the free institutions that replace their coercive counterparts. Such alternatives already exist is areas such as currencies, banking, communication, education, health care, etc. Eventually practically all the products and services now available in the public and private sectors -- and many more -- will be provided in the Terra Libra free market. As people shift their economic activities from the public and private sectors into the free market of Terra Libra, the forces of tyranny automatically lose support and they are blown away. Terra Libra is the world's first truly free county. It is a worldwide information-based country that extends across national borders. Its inhabitants are Free Sovereign Citizens. It has a Code based on individual sovereignty, self-ownership, private property, and voluntary exchange. Terra Librans can do anything which doesn't harm others or their property. They practice real or true free enterprise. In fact, Terra Libra is the free-enterprise zone of the world. The "Terra Libra Introductory Package" describes Terra Libra in more detail. FREEDOM TECHNOLOGY Terra Librans have a "secret weapon" they use to live free despite coercive systems. It's called Freedom Technology: the practical knowledge, methods, and skills to live free; the street-smart know-how that enables you to run rings around the forces of tyranny; the means to protect your income and assets from predatory tyrants; and ultimately, the means to blow away the bogus forces of tyranny. During the past few decades very powerful Freedom Technology has been developed to counterattack and defeat tyrants who violate their constitution. Any reasonably well-informed person can run rings around the Infernal Revenue Stealers. In addition to powerful methods to quickly persuade them to leave you alone, commercial liens can be used to encumber the personal property and destroy the credit rating of corrupt government officials who try to violate your rights [huh!? -jm] (see "Commercial Liens: A Most Potent Weapon") Freedom Technology enables you to exit most coercive government systems safely, legally, and elegantly. You automatically increase your own power. You gradually or quickly, partially or completely, withdraw your support from the tyrants. So they lose power. The power of the forces of tyranny depend completely on the power granted to them by their victims [you already said that -jm]. Withdraw the support and they collapse. It is because of this phenomenon that the armed might of the East German military backed by 300,000 Russian troops couldn't keep the Berlin wall standing. When a critical mass of people said, "No!!! We've had enough!!! We're mad as hell!!! We're not going to take it any more!!!" [I saw that movie, too -jm] the Berlin wall tumbled. [and all this time I thought it was cheap concrete -jm] [skipping a bunch of stuff -jm] QUALITY SUPPORT FOR TERRA LIBRA It's significant that the strongest support for Terra Libra comes from people who two qualities [they have money, and they send it to strangers -jm] o They are practical, successful professionals and business owners; o They are advanced freedom-thinkers who have studied the subject of freedom extensively and have been involved with other organizations that promote freedom [ah, that's how they got my address -jm]. Generally, they regard the formation of Terra Libra and the concepts expressed in its reports as the most advanced, most practical, and most potentially profitable approach to freedom they have ever come across. PATRONS AND PROFESSIONAL LIBERATORS An essential aspect of Terra Libra is Networking between Terra Librans. To live free, we sometimes need expert services, for example, on how to beat the Infernal Revenue Stealers. We also want to patronize each other's free-market businesses. The "Terra Libra Introductory Package" includes a Freedom Technology Directory, listing our patrons and Professional Liberators. Following is a partial listing from this Directory. [list deleted] WHAT HAS BEEN ACHIEVED SO FAR Much more has been achieved than space allows me to mention. A few highlights: o There are now 32 Patrons and 45 Professional Liberators in: [various states and countries -jm] o Our _Freedom Technology Resource Guide_ contains over 100 entries of individuals, organizations, and publications from all over the world -- valuable sources of Freedom Technology. o The November 1993 issue of the _Orange County Liberty Bell_ ran a full-page feature on Terra Libra. o The Terra Libra "country" concept has been expanded to include "Terra Libra Territories" of which there are already several, including the international holdings of a major Pennsylvania investment company. o An organization has been established to create a worldwide economic system with a %100 gold-based currency. The system will interface with current banking systems. It's organized so that each aspect of it is perfectly legal in the country where that aspect operates. Users of the gold-based system will be able to enjoy most of the services they now receive from their local bank. They will be able to deposit local currency checks and bank notes. The system will be able to write checks in local currency. Secure electronic transfer will be possible for transactions between users of the system [*** ding ding ding *** how secure? -jm]. Users will be able to withdraw funds from ATMs. [can't be too secure then -jm] The gold will be maintained by solid financial institutions, as safe as possible from thieves and robbers of all kinds [uh huh, right -jm]. The gold will be insured and subject to regular independent audit. Initial financing has been received and development is proceeding. We expect the system to be operational around June 1994. This system could play a major role in creating a solid alternative of being able to bank in private and being protected against the collapse of paper currencies! o We have developed the mechanisms to market freedom products and services profitably. o Personnel has grown to six full-time and several part-time. o Full-page or multi-page advertisements have appeared or will soon appear in _Reason_ magazine, _Libertarian Part News_, _Freedom Network News_, _Liberty_ magazine, and other publications. o We mail to over 10,000 prospective customers [marks? -jm] every month. [more stuff skipped] YOUR PERSONAL POWER AND FREEDOM PORTFOLIO [descriptions of the things they want you to buy -jm] Terra Libra Introductory Package (6 reports) - $22.00 -------------------------------------------- Introduction to Terra Libra. The basic concepts and ideas that define Terra Libra. [stuff skipped] How to Improve Your Information (report) - $3.00 ---------------------------------------- Your "win-lose switch" and how it affects the information on which you operate. Freedom and coercion. Does power corrupt? How to recognize the most useful information. The American way. The "best legal system in the world." The Semmelweis-reflex. The inside-angle orientation. How to improve the programs in your brain. How to fire on all eight cylinders. Why human consciousness is in it infancy and what to do about it. How to Find Out Who You Are (report) - $3.00 ------------------------------------ The sovereign individual paradigm. what you need to know about disobedience. The development of consciousness. Understanding coercion. Understanding evil. [evil? -jm] What Nietzsche said about the state. ["That which does not tax you makes you richer." -jm] One of the most important U.S. Supreme Court cases. The legal statuses of "freeman" and "slave". How to find out who you are. How to Discover Your Freedom (report) - $3.00 ------------------------------------- Rose Wilder Lane: pioneer of the self-discovery of freedom. What you need to know to discover your freedom. how to overcome your wimp. The bicameral model of the mind. The elements that describe a Free Sovereign Individual. How to seize your freedom. The Nature of Freedom (report) - $1.50 ------------------------------ Important definitions of freedom. The consequences of these definitions. The Terra Libra Strategy. Many aspects of freedom not usually considered. Discourse on Voluntary Servitude (report) - $4.50 ----------------------------------------- Brief biography of Ettiene de la Boetie. The la Boetie analysis of freedom and tyranny. An abridged and edited text of la Boetie's _Discourse on Voluntary Servitude_. Written in 1552 or 1553, this is still one of the most advanced essays on politics ever written. It had a profound influence on the Huegenots (French protestants) and on Tolstoy, Emerson, and Gandhi. It provides insights on freedom and tyranny not available anywhere else. The Constitution of No Authority (report) - $6.00 ----------------------------------------- Politics as games. Cognitive dissonance. The "big lie" phenomenon. Brief biography of Lysander Spooner. Elements and analysis of the "Spooner-insight": the biggest government hoax of all. Condensed and edited text of Spooner's _The Constitution of No Authority_. The most advanced analysis of political constitutions ever written. To understand the essence of political power you must read this report. U.S. Federal Jurisdiction (report) - $7.50 ---------------------------------- The clauses in the U.S. Constitution that define the jurisdiction of the U.S. federal government. Extensive legal brief by attorney Larry Becraft. Why most of what the U.S. federal government does is unconstitutional, illegal, and criminal. How to use this information to roll back the U.S. federal government. How to Achieve and Increase Personal Power (report) - $7.50 --------------------------------------------------- [stuff skipped] How to practice the science of realistic optimism. How to overcome your wimp. [more stuff skipped] What's Wrong with the U.S. and other Countries (report) - $4.50 ------------------------------------------------------- Why and how America and western European countries have been gradually reverting to feudalism. Are lawyers our biggest enemies and the largest beneficiaries of modern feudalism? How our judicial systems have been corrupted. The role of "compulsory state brainwashing." Inflation and the corruption of currencies. The ten planks of the _Communist Manifesto_ and how they are being implemented in the "free countries of the west." The practical things you can do about all this. How you can profit from the collapse of western civilization. [It's the end of the world as we know it...and I feel fine. -jm] Wake Up America! The Dynamics of Human Power (book) - $15.00 ---------------------------------------------------- The power of Mahatma Gandhi. Human failure programs and human success programs. How to overcome helplessness and powerlessness. How to learn creative optimism. How to master money and love [and win friends and influence people -jm]. The power that brings happiness. Human Power groups to solve personal, economic, and social problems. And much more. The Economic Rape of America: What You can Do About It (book) - $20.00 ------------------------------------------------------------- In depth analysis of all the important ways in which Americans are being economically raped. The worst economic rapists. People in other countries are being economically raped in similar ways. What you as an individual can do to protect yourself. How to Achieve Superhealth (report) - $30.00 ----------------------------------- [sigh -jm] You can be vastly healthier than you ever dreamed possible. Why you must become your own doctor and assume complete personal responsibility for your health. The germ theory of disease. The toxin theory of disease. The mind theory of disease. The principle of superhealth. The practice of superhealth. Directory superhealth organizations. [lifetime memberships? -jm] Bibliography of superhealth books. AIDS -- Bad Science or Hoax? (book) - $20.00 ----------------------------------- Interview (1988) with Dr. Peter Duesberg, one of the world's foremost virologists. [stuff skipped] Your Personal Independence Package (book + parchment) - $20.00 ----------------------------------------------------- The book _A Personal Declaration of Independence: To Complete the American Revolution_ by Paine's Torch. [description of parchment skipped] The Pure Trust Package (video, booklet, 5 reports, brochures) - $20.00 ------------------------------------------------------------- The Pure Trust is a superb method to increase your privacy and safeguard your assets. Video on the Pure Trust. Two introductory brochures. A booklet explaining the trust in more detail. The Pure Trust in a nutshell -- technical details. A privacy and asset protection report. The Pure Trust can be used instead of a corporation to operate a business. It eliminates probate and estate duties. It may reduce or eliminate capital gains taxes. It can be used to diversify your assets into separate "watertight compartments." It renders you virtually judgment-proof. It can reduce of eliminate the need for liability insurance. And much more. Beat-the-IRS Package (5 reports) - $49.00 -------------------------------- What you need to know and understand about yourself and government if you want to greatly reduce or eliminate the taxes you pay. The IRS has many skeletons in its closet. All the important weaknesses of the IRS. The important U.S. Supreme Court cases you can use to beat the IRS. Why the IRS mostly goes after the "easy pickings." A real-life example of how the IRS backs down when confronted with someone who knows their weaknesses and how to drive them into a corner from which they can't escape. Organizations that help you to "untax" yourself. How they work. How to choose the best one for you. The dangers and risks to avoid. The Asset Forfeiture Protection Manual (book) - $49.00 -------------------------------------------- It is unconstitutional, illegal, and criminal for government agents to seize your property without a jury trial. The relevant Supreme Court cases. The procedures and forms to recover your property. The forms and procedures to prosecute government criminals who illegally seize private property. Where to get expert assistance. Commercial Liens: A most Potent Weapon (book) - $49.00 --------------------------------------------- How to use commercial liens to protect your property. How to use commercial liens to encumber the property of government criminals and destroy their credit records. Forms and procedures. Mistakes to avoid. Where to get expert assistance. [The last page is an order form. You can order individual items or the whole package. If you order all the products individually it would cost $334.50. If you order them as a package it's only $167. Also, you can check a box to indicate your desire to become a *Terra Libra Distributor* and get a *FREE Distributor Package* with your order. Oh boy. -jm] [Oh yeah, their address: Terra Libra, 2430 E. Roosevelt #998LF, Pheonix, AS 85008] -------------------------- Jim_Miller@suite.com