HeraldTribune.com: "Last April, a veteran Sarasota Police homicide detective went to the courthouse and tried to secede from the United States of America.
The detective, Tom Laughlin, filed a convoluted document declaring himself a 'sovereign citizen.' The filing included a thumb print on each page and a photocopy of 21 silver pieces — the price to become a 'freeman.'
In doing so, Laughlin, 42, joined a small but growing group of U.S. citizens who claim they are not subject to federal law, that they no longer have to pay taxes and that their homes are their embassies."
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Presumably, if he's no longer a U.S. citizen and he did not emigrate to the U.S. legally, he's an illegal alien and not entitled to his current government job.
Alert the Minute Men!
Maybe they can deport him to wherever he is from...Mars?
It took me a minute to compute that it wasn't Billy Jack, who is near 80 now, by the way.
Jeff
Jeff, I was afraid nobody would get the Billy Jack joke, but we geezers still remember.
I'm still campaigning for "Billy Jack for President!" (the real one)
Would he have to go through customs every time he leaves home? What about international rates for postage? His taxes will get complicated if his money is going to another country.
If I could swap my social security for foreign aid, I'd do it.
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