Yesterday, in the land of the free and the home of the brave, federal agents arrested one Bernard Van NotHaus, seized his computer and all of his property.

Nothaus' crime? Producing an alternative currency known as the Liberty Dollar. Unlike the money that has been produced for years by the Federal Reserve Bank, the Liberty Dollar was based on gold and silver standards, the way money had been minted for thousands of years before our government decided to write us what are essentially promissary notes.

It seems to be no coincidence that this arrest came as the American dollar is in a free fall and consumer confidence is virtually nil. The government claims that the Liberty Dollar is counterfeit; however, it is no such thing. It does not look or feel like "greenbacks", and never reports to be the same.

While Congress has the authority to regulate commerce, it does NOT have the authority to dictate the standard of exchange. As an example, you can barter goods and services all you want, and no federally issued dollars ever have to change hands. You could, technically, use Monopoly money as long as both parties were agreeable to the transaction (although I'm not sure what you would do with it.

The raid of the Liberty Dollar's Evansville mint is just another step by the jack booted thugs who run our government. We live in an era where our President has declared virtually everyone to be a potential terrorist, and where every single phone call you make is routed through a switch somewhere for government agents to decode and analyze. And where, sadly, most Americans drink their morning cup of joe and just don't give a flying fig.

The arrest of Bernard Van NotHaus is just another terror tactic by the government, who has previously promised to go after purchasers of the Liberty Dollar (and probably will very shortly). It is telling when we live in a world where you can buy gold and silver bullion engraved with just about any image you want...except that of the Liberty Dollar.

http://www.libertydollar.org/