Meet Eric O’Keefe, the man who challenged the John Doe investigations
I was curious to learn more about Eric O’Keefe, the man who fought back by bringing suit against the John Doe investigations in Wisconsin. It seemed to me he must be a stalwart sort.
And then a few days later I saw him on one of the cable news stations and was even further impressed by his intelligence and ability to articulate his point of view, his courage, and the quiet and restrained manner in which he conveyed integrity:
We need more like him.
Here’s a bio of O’Keefe. Note that although he started out as an activist in the Libertarian Party, he came to the conclusion that third party was not the way to go.
In my lexicon conservatives like Eric O’Keefe are genuine classical liberals. As such it is no surprise that he began his political activity in the Libertarian Party and then moved into the Republican party.
At times, people who have embraced cultural tradition and rule based life would not be considered classical liberals. The reason conservatives are now liberals is because the tradition conservatives cherish and fight to preserve are the product of previous generations of classical liberals who shaped society to reflect their values. Because the society is already inherently liberal, present day revolutionaries end up as reactionaries who are battling to reverse the ideals of classical liberalism and to take us back to tyranny.
I’m wondering how many other states have secrecy laws like the one(s) apparently in play in Wisconsin.
And I’m also wondering why in the world the Wisconsin State legislature hasn’t already repealed this law. It’s been solidly Republican since at least 2013.
From the linked bio:
In other words, a Right activist social movement. I agree with that.
This is terrorism, plain and simple.
The whole no-knock raid thing is a fairly new development. It was developed and justified because when police raided the places of suspected drug dealers the suspects could flush the evidence down the toilet while the authorities were standing at the door showing their warrant and waiting for the suspect to go through as many time-wasting dodges as he could get away with to provide time for Operation Toilet to be completed.
Computers, file cabinets, and cell phones aren’t all that flushable. The authorities weren’t seeking bags of crystal meth or back rooms full of Ukrainian sex-slaves.
Heinrich Himmler and Feliz Dzerzhinsky knew the psychological terror a midnight knock at the door could impart. So, apparently, does this Chisolm fellow.
What Nolanimrod said. This whole matter of the midnight raids on those so targeted – it’s a clear evil, and something so contrary to custom in the US. I hope that John Chisholm pays a substantial professional and even personal penalty for unleashing this. I hope that he (and maybe even his wife, the union-rep who was so distressed about Walker’s legislative victory that she was likely the inspiration for this disgusting exercise) are shunned socially. And I mean, shunned in the way that the Amish are accustomed to shun.
Hey, I an hope, can I?
How far away is the mayor of Baltimore from having heard of Milton Friedman, from being interested in reading him, from reading him; from: understanding him, being affected by him, having her mental processes changed by him?
@Sgt mom, there is a democrat sheriff in Wisc who has spoken out in disgust about Chisholm & his tactic.
So there is some blowback going on among decent
people.
I find it *surprising* that anybody would follow the
unconstitutional orders by the tyrants to keep
quiet about it !
I would be right on the phone the moment they left
hiring a lawyer & saying my *Constitutional Rights
have been violated*
As well I d be calling the town newspaper, TV outlet
& telling my neighbors, then let them arrest me !
If governments get away with terror like this the next thing we will be like South America where people vanish off the streets never seen again !
Good for O keefe, he s put that punk Chisolm on notice !
@ carl atlanta, I think that is the 1st time Wisc has used that action to go after political opposition so
the Legislature has never faced it before.
(thank you punk Chisolm & your union official wife)
Except that it’s been going on for a couple of years at least. And the legislature and Walker have not, as far as I know, said diddly squat about the Gestapo tactics used against their supporters.
If they haven’t, that’s despicable too.
@Beverly maybe *others* are afraid chisholm will come after them, everything is the *chicago way
amongst the Demos these days* !
Sad time for America !
Nothing to see here, folks. The prog line of reasoning will be: Eric is just another rabble rousing, and lying, O’Keefe, along with Project Veritas’ James O’Keefe.
Je suis O’Keefe, either one of them.
I don’t either. But ain’t conditioning to government authority grand? Where do I go to get my Constitution back?
There is little difference to a civilian whether they are obeying the police because they fear being imprisoned, or obeying the orders of tyrants because they are afraid of being targeted.
When you train citizens to do the former, why would they not become prey to the latter?
if this is not “unreasonable search and seizure”, what is it?
Explained:
Intimidation in Wisconsin
Wisconsin Senator tries to get to his office. Close and very personal…
I blame the voters ….
Ymarsakar Says:
April 30th, 2015 at 9:46 am
There is little difference to a civilian whether they are obeying the police because they fear being imprisoned, or obeying the orders of tyrants because they are afraid of being targeted…
Practicalities: they don’t have the funds to resist….
Paul and Eric are genuine heroes for liberty.
In my youth, I did activism with Eric, such as petitioning in Illinois and helped getting the Chicago-based Heartland Institute going, and organizing and aggitating against draft registration in Minnesota.
But only Paul Jacobs, as mentioned in passing in Eric’s bio, actually served time in a federal penitentiary (6 months) for refusing to register with SS.