First,
I want to thank you for all that you do in your leadership role as my ____________________ in our grand state of Idaho. I’m certain you’re quite busy with your
normal responsibilities, and unfortunately, you’re now likely spending more of
that precious time dealing with this COVID-19 flu fiasco as it's sadly eating
up more of all our time and wealth.
So, knowing time is valuable, I’ll
get straight to the point. I’m writing
you today in order to apprise you, as forcefully as I can, of my deep
disapproval and utter abhorrence concerning the recent lockdown actions taken
by Governor Little, and then further aided by our state’s civil government agencies
and administrations regarding this fabricated, self-inflicted, faux crisis over
COVID-19.
Clearly, I am not denying that there
is a real, true-blue new variant of the influenza virus making its rounds in
our nation, state, and towns. I am
completely outraged though at seeing the enactment of unnecessary, overweening political
measures being foisted upon a healthy CITIZENRY because of a simple, natural virus
the likes of which mankind has been rationally dealing with for 6,000 plus
years. In other words, “social
distancing” is not a new, brilliant idea of the Elites just because one of them
concocted a fresh term for us to use to describe mankind’s historically well-established
interaction with viruses and sickness.
Frankly, this is intellectually embarrassing to watch, and is an insult
to the character and principles of Idaho.
Further, the prophecies concerning mass
death and overburdened hospitals provided by the great and vague god SCIENCE (accompanied by one of his many wives, the ever fickle HEALTH) and declared to everyone
by his priests – which got us into this mess – not only utterly failed, but should never have
been the primary rationale for forcing Idahoans, with the corona flu or not, to be ordered to stay in their homes! (“From the beginning, I stated my commitment
to making decisions about our response to coronavirus based on science."
Gov. Little, Emergency Declaration speech March 25, 2020). The use of socialistic schemes to centrally
plan the lives and wealth of a citizenry by bowing down to the capricious god SCIENCE will only bring us
swiftly, and with certainty, into a dystopian nightmare. This should be directly resisted with all we
have, and should never be the dominant basis for political decisions in the
lives of the people of Idaho.
Thankfully though, in truth, we
never actually were standing on the precipice of Hell concerning this flu bug, nor
did it ever have the characteristics of some freaky mongrel virus. Despite those facts, our leaders ignored
common-sense and historical experience, and capitulated to hysterical mob-think
all the while snuggling-up with Marxist emergency “management”. This prompted Governor Little to announce his
“extreme” peril and emergency declaration which clearly ignored the US
Constitution’s First Amendment which guarantees – with NO qualifications – US citizens the
“right of the people peaceably to assemble”.
This move was nefarious in my view, and inappropriate for a governor
over the citizens of Idaho. But, there’s
more.
As I know you are aware, the Bill of
Rights is part of the foundation and subtext for our Idaho Constitution, and
to assert – as our Attorney General Wasden has casually done – that our Idaho
Constitution has usurpation capabilities built into it is absurd, and is
shameful demagoguery with the laws of our state. To say it another way: there is no possible
way that there exists, in our Idaho Constitution or Statutes, an allowance for our
governor to abrogate our First Amendment’s right to peaceably assemble.
And to throw some more garbage on
this already growing pile, Governor Little didn’t even meet the standards that
he claimed gave him the authority to do such a thing and declare an extreme emergency on March 13th nor the one amended on the 25th, which forced his law-edict upon all Idahoans to shelter in place (Statute
46-601 and Statute 46-1008).
Looking at Statute 46-601(1) it clearly
states that there must be the “existence
of conditions of extreme peril to
the safety of persons and property” in Idaho. In other words, conditions in Bangladesh,
Wuhan, or New York do not direct or determine our state’s action of laws. The
decision for action or not must be based on the conditions occurring in IDAHO; and at the end of March, that condition
of extreme peril did not exist, and
currently still does not. Our governor jumped
into action due to conditions everywhere else but Idaho! “Ready, Fire, Aim!”
Governor
Little also cites Statute 46-1008 “Militia and Military Affairs”. That was strange due to the fact that it had very
little to add to the situation. I have
my guess why this statue was thrown into the mix, and much of it has to do with
that intimidating word “military”. Aside
from that though, there is nothing whatsoever about sheltering or quarantine,
only about the governor’s ability to “Direct and compel the evacuation of all or part of the
population from any stricken or threatened area within the
state…”.
The Governor cites only those two
statutes to justify his emergency declaration order, and doesn’t mention Statute
56-1003 which has to do with the Department of Health and Welfare, and the authority
to isolate and quarantine limited groups of people and/or
areas within the state for a limited time. To do so, the
directive must go to a “judicial review” and the “court may affirm, reverse or
modify the order” (56-1003(7a). Again,
this presupposes a limited area that’s within the state, and for a limited
time.
Finally, while all of the above is
extremely troubling and a grievous misuse of Idaho law, what is most disturbing
is nearly nothing has been said concerning the normal, physical gathering and
worship of Christian congregations. It’s becoming more and more obvious that
Governor Little is intentionally ignoring this subject, and his brazen
disregard to address it is a disgrace!
To worship the triune Creator –
Father, Jesus, and Spirit – by congregating with other disciples of Jesus on
the Lord’s Day is not only a Christian’s desire and calling, but is also secured in our God-ordained liberties
enshrined in the First Amendment: the rights to peaceably gather, and to openly
exercise our convictions of religion.
All that coupled with the assurance that no law can be imagined
or fabricated to prohibit that from happening; and yet, through his unlawful declaration
and power-grab this is precisely what the Governor did. He has, and is, undermining both the U.S. and
Idaho Constitutions, and too, breaking his vow to support those rights (Statute
59-401). This needs to stop immediately.
In conclusion, this suicidal
stay-at-home order must be ended without delay because of its ludicrous and irrational nature, its
destruction of the wealth of Idaho’s families, it is completely unbecoming of
Idaho, and in the final analysis, it is unlawful and must be put to a full stop. I urge you to stand up and be a voice of
opposition to this foolishness. Our liberties
are being fundamentally changed, ignored, and trampled right before our eyes by
the ideologies of the messianic, nanny State.
And THAT is the real
crisis.
Most sincerely,
Corey Ankeny
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