Why A Name Change is Vital

by Anna Von Reitz

It is apparent that a lot of people are confused about the name change issue. 

All you are doing is a perfectly routine adult name change.  Nothing fancy.  Nothing hard.  No arcane procedures.  No Voo-Doo.  Nothing.  Just a plain old name change in state magistrate level court.

You are changing the "style" of your name from all capital letters like this: JOHN MICHAEL DOE to upper and lower case form like this: John Michael Doe.

Why are you doing this?  The only explanation to the court is that you want your name to be expressed in its grammatically correct form.  JOHN MICHAEL DOE is not a proper name in English.  Period.

There isn't a judge on the planet competent to argue otherwise. 

In fact, if he or she attempts to argue it, you pull out your sturdy copy of The Chicago Manual of Style, 16th Edition, turn to Foreign Languages, Section 11:1147 and the description of Glossa and American Sign Language.  Put that under their nose and tell them to take a deep sniff of the corruption.

So -- what are you doing besides choosing to use proper grammar?

Wake Up, Please, and Tell Me----- Are You A Puerto Rican?

by Anna Von Reitz

Your birthright nationality is as an American State Citizen.  You are a Native of the state where you were born.  See Article IV, Section 2 of the Federal Constitution --- “State Citizen”. 

Also see Government Printing Office Manual  (2000) at Section 5.22 and 5.23, page 93
( https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/GPO-STYLEMANUAL-2008/pdf/GPO-STYLEMANUAL-2008-7.pdf ) --- “Natives of a State” and “State Nationals” [also sometimes called “Domestic Aliens” and “Non-resident Aliens” in Federal publications.]

Nationalities, etc.

5.22  The table on Demonyms (demon names) in Chapter 17 “Useful Tables”:

5.23  In designating the natives of the States the following forms will be used:

Alabamian Alaskan Arizonan Arkansan Californian Coloradan Connecticuter Delawarean Floridian Georgian Hawaiian Idahoan Illinoisian Indianian Iowan Kansan Kentuckian Louisianian Mainer Marylander Massachusettsan Michiganian Minnesotan Mississippian Missourian

Montanan Nebraskan Nevadan New Hampshirite New Jerseyan New Mexican New Yorker North Carolianian North Dakotan Ohioan Oklahoman Oregonian Pennsylvanian Rhode Islander South Carolinian South Dakotan Tennessean Texan Utahn Vermonter Virginian Washingtonian West Virginian Wisconsinite Wyomingite

You are a living, breathing American and that means you are a Minnesotan, a Vermonter, a Texan---- not a “US citizen”.  

So what is a "US citizen"?