Life Law and UCC by Lightbringer Brian Lucas

Underlying Principles
Life, Law and the

UCC
By Lightbringer
With introduction by
Jason Whitney
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Life, Law and the UCC
Caveat
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Life, Law and the UCC
Introduction
Lightbringer, the author of the following work, Life, Law
and the UCC, is by far one of the most eloquent writers
on the legal theory/philosophy commonly referred to
as Commercial Redemption. Lightbringer has an
exceptionally diverse educational background, well beyond
the legal realm and at one point in life shared a home with
legendary Buddhist scholar Allan Was. However, with
regard to law, Lightbringer has studied directly under such
legendary legal minds as John Nelson and Hartford Van
Dyke. Furthermore, Lightbringer is largely responsible
for the somewhat infamous Cracking the Codei books
as he personally contributed wrien material, as well as
trained the one man particularly responsible for compiling
the nished work.
Nowadays, Lightbringer functions outside the scope of the
public, rarely rising to surface. However, on rare occasion,
he may be available for a lecture or two in random
locations throughout the country, and upon conclusion,
retreating ever so clandestinely until his next desire to
communicate his various philosophical understandings,
historical perspective, legal theories, fact, and associated
technology.
Even aer almost four years, I still nd the information
in this book to be rather enjoyable, as it reads much in
the nature of a philosophy book. If you, the reader, are
yourself philosophically minded then you shall certainly
enjoy this work, in addition to the historical references
included as well.
There is one important point we would like to make in
the nature of a caveat with respect to a particular process
that is encouraged in the later portion of this publication;
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Underlying Principles
asserting a trademark (or copyright) on ones purported

all-capital-leers-name, otherwise and commonly referred
to in legal circles as ones Strawman. Aer much due
diligence, it is our sincere opinion that taking steps to
perfect a common law trademark on ones Trade-name/
Strawman in addition to the subsequent administrative
paperwork associated therewith which has been designed
to eectuate non-judicial liens upon individuals who
allegedly use the trademarked trade-name, has proved to
be ineective as a whole, and inconsistent at best.
Suce it to say, it is our opinion thus far (which is backed by
years of inquiry) regarding the existence of the Strawman
that there is too much smoke to declare that Rome is not
are and thus we continue our seemingly never-ending
journey, researching in pursuit of nothing other than
that which is absolute, axiomatic, the undeniable, and all
prevailing truth.
-- Jason Whitney
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Redemption in Law Theory and Practice, Cracking the Code, A

Handbook for Puing Your Commercial Aairs in Order, Published
by BBC of America 1999,2000 out of print.
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[1][1] All wars of the 20th Century, in fact the last 100 years or so, are the result of the losing
countrys not having had an articles of agreement with the International Bankers. Phrased
another way, before a war the country that was the eventual loser of the war did not have such
agreement and after the country was defeated, it did.
[2][2] It is self-evident that if people restricted all of their interactions with others to win/win
games, peace and harmony would reign and not even an excuse for governments could exist.
[3][1] I Ching, Wilhelm/Baynes, Princeton University Press, Princeton, 1969, p. 232.
[4][2] Maharishi Mahesh Yogi on The Bhagavad-Gita, Penguin Books, Baltimore, 1969, p. 191.
[5][3] Lao-tzu, op. cit., Aphorism 8.
[6][4] Certification of an affidavit, i.e. third party witness, has been universally necessary
from inception, probably for thousands of years. The process began with someone who
personally knew an affiant, affirming that the name of an affiant was truly his and not that of an
imposter. This was to prevent fraud and forgery that would occur if someone other than the one
whose name was being signed was actually signing the affidavit.
[7][5] Attorneys, and those in the system, do not swear true, correct, and complete that
everything they state is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. Rather, they
declare under penalty of perjury true and correct. By such means attorneys and officials have
self-granted authority for committing perjury by omission, i.e. uttering off-point irrelevancies
that may be deemed fictitious. Their intent is to trick, deceive, and intimidate people into
traversing, i.e. joining issue with the fiction, and thereby leaving their ground of truth,
sovereignty, and relevance and entering into the colorable, make-believe world of the legal
system where anything goes and the owners of the private law can make it up as they go.
The lives and destinies of the people are attached to this scenario.
[8][6] Remember that the system can deal only with abstract persons, e.g. your all-caps name,
so if no one can go against your all-caps name they cannot reach you.
[9][1] There are basically only four (4) categories of legal persons; all the rest are variations on
a theme of these. These legal persons are 1) corporations, 2) partnerships, 3) sole
proprietorships, and 4) trusts. The IRS Code at 7701(a)(2) lists seven (7), the additional three
(3) being 5) estate, 6) association, and 7) company.
[10][2] What is not well known is that Lewis Carroll wrote Alice In Wonderland as a satire on
the legal system.
[11][3] The entire governmental, legal, court system today is colorable, i.e. phony. It is a
domain of make believe, much like childrens games. In grade school, for instance, a group of
children might decide to spend their lunch recess playing such games as cops and robbers, or
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together with arguments such as Gotcha, No, you missed, and other imaginary disputes.
The point is that once you agree to play the game by joining in the lets pretend, you have left the
real world and cannot invoke the rights and truth that obtain there. The point of the UCC
process is for staying out of the make-believe game. It is like sitting on the sideline and saying,
Thanks anyway, guys, but I dont feel like playing today. Mom fixed a great lunch and I think
Ill just sit this one out. Have fun.
[12][4] Never assume, especially when interacting in any manner with the Government. To
assume makes and ass out of u and me. Assuming that an interaction with the
Governmenta colossal win/lose Beastis bona fide and undertaken in good faith is delusion.
If one would assume, better one assume that the entirety of the system and all its interactions
with people are for increasing the scope of governmental power, control, plunder, and
enslavement at the expense of the people. Place the burden of proving good faith on the
Government; never assume that such good faith already exists or that anything in the systems
Alice-in-Wonderland world of make-believe is as it appears.
[13][5] By being placed in the jurisdiction of the colorable law of the 14th Amendment, the
blacks became colored. This term has nothing to do with skin pigmentation, only legal
characterization.
[14][6] The Secured Party is, in fact, an unlimited-liability being, and therefore outside the
domain of accessibility of the courts, government agencies, and legal system, all of which are
contractually confined within the domain of corporate limited liability, and must be insured and
bonded. In accordance with the 9th Commercial Maxim, Sacrifice is the measure of
credibility, whoever risks the most establishes the greatest credibility. The Secured Party is
thereby paramount over the entire third-party, limited-liability domain of laws, governments,
and courts.
[15][7] The Secured Party and Debtor are no more the same person than ones real self and
ones reflection in a mirror. If the Government is presumed as owning the Debtor, and thereby
possessing carte blanche capacity for doing as it wishes with its property, the mirror is a greatly
distorted one re the genuine nature of the real being, much like warped and wavy carnival
mirrors. Furthermore, the situation itself is warped inasmuch as a condition now exists by
which the reflection is presumed as the dominating entity, whereby the endlessly changing and
distorted image of the Debtor is re-imposed by force of law back onto the real being who is
therefore perpetually bent out of shape.
This scenario is reminiscent of an old joke concerning a man who desired a new suit but could
not afford one of his choosing, and went into a discount store. There was a suit of exquisite
material, but improperly made. One sleeve was considerably shorter than the other, while
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likewise the pants legs were of different lengths. Other irregularities also existed. When he
tried it on it did not fit and looked terrible.
A clerk, however, pointed out that if he hunched up one shoulder, twisted his body, and leaned
sideways the irregularities were compensated for. The man bought the suit and walked out
dressed in it. As he was walking down the sidewalk in his highly distorted posture two ladies
pass by the other way. One says, My, look at that poor, deformed man. What a shame he is so
contorted.
Yes, replied the other lady, but dont his clothes fit him beautifully?
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