Hidden Places

for Khomar - Thu, 09/25/2008 - 11:59
This article was originally posted on Daily Paul. It is a summary of the various bills that have slowly eroded our liberties over the past six years.
Since 9/11, our Constitutional rights have been systematically dismantled:
1. USA Patriot Act - A 342 page document presented to Congress one day before voting on it that allows the government access to your bank and email accounts, as well as your medical and phone records with no court order. They can also search your home anytime without a warrant.

2. USA Patriot Act II - This one allows secret government arrests, the legal authority to seize your American citizenship, and the extraction of your DNA if you are deemed a potential terrorist.
3. Military Commissions Act of 2006 - Ends habeas corpus, the right to an attorney, and the right to court review of one's detention and arrest. Without this most basic right, all other rights are gone too since anyone can be detained indefinitely. Now anyone may be arrested and incarcerated and nobody would know.
4. NSPD 51 - A directive signed by George W. Bush on May 9, 2007, that allows the President to declare martial law, effectively transforming the U.S. into a dictatorship with no checks and balances from the Legislative or Judicial Branches. Parts of this directive are considered classified and members of Congress have been denied the right to review it.

5. Protect America Act of 2007 - Allows unprecedented domestic wiretapping and surveillance activities with a reduction in FISA court oversight. Probable cause is not needed.
6. John Warner Defense Authorization Act - Signed by George W. Bush on October 17, 2007, this act allows the President to declare a public emergency and station troops anywhere in America without the consent of the governor or local authorities to "suppress public disorder.
7. Homegrown Terrorism and Radicalization Act - Passed overwhelmingly by Congress on October 23, 2007, is now awaiting a Senate vote. This act will beget a new crackdown on dissent and the Constitutional rights of American citizens. The definitions of "terrorism" and "extremism" are so vague that they could be used to generalize against any group that is working against the policies of the Administration. In this bill, "violent radicalization" criminalizes thought and ideology while "homegrown terrorism" is defined as "the planed use of force to coerce the government." The term, "force" could encompass political activities such as protests, marches, or any other form of non-violent resistance.

So when you add in:
1. Halliburton Confirms Camps Constructed
2. Halliburton's Immigrant Detention Centers
3. Homeland Security Contracts for Vast New Detention Camps
4. Halliburton Confirms Concentration Camps Already Constructed

5. KBR awarded Homeland Security contract worth up to $385M
6. This from Halliburton's own website
It starts to get a little scary.
Original post from Urban Survival.

for e_goldstein - Thu, 09/25/2008 - 23:20
I was in Houston today. It's safe to say the city has become militarized. I saw an Apache flying down I-10 on the way in, an unmarked black vehicle with lights, sirens and civilian license plates (these used to be illegal in Texas), and a couple of goons driving suburbans with black water and other "contractor" logos on the side. What these idiots are doing there, I have no idea; but whatever it is, it isn't helping. Power is still out in a large portion of the city and I caught on the news today that FEMA had to let 10s of thousands of dollars worth of ice melt because they couldn't figure out how to distribute it.

If things get really bad with the economy, I expect these guys (the contractors) to become targets rather quickly. Almost everyone in Houston is armed to some extent, and there is nowhere to go if you are sitting in traffic on the freeway.

for cougarbreath - Thu, 09/25/2008 - 13:39
Latest Bush Executive order: Order of Succession changes

"...each agency shall take all appropriate actions to establish, maintain, and, as necessary, revise an order of succession, or to propose presidential action to establish or revise an order of succession."

"(b) "order of succession" means a list of officials by position who shall act as and perform the functions and duties of the office of the head of the agency in the event that the office-holder has died, resigned, or otherwise become unable to perform the functions and duties of the office. "Order of succession" does not include any order, rule, memorandum, or other document delegating or partially delegating the authority of an office."

"(b) Each agency described in subsection 4(a) of this order shall update and revise its order of succession as necessary. Before implementing any revisions to its order of succession, such agency shall send the proposed revisions to the Counsel to the President for review and comment."

"(c) Not later than 30 days from the date of this order, and not later than 7 days from the issuance date of any subsequent final revision to an existing order of succession, each agency described in subsection 4(a) of this order shall provide a copy of its order of succession to the Counsel to the President, the Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget."

"(b) Nothing in this order shall be construed to delegate the President's authority under the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998, 5 U.S.C. 3345 et seq., to designate individuals to perform the functions and duties of a vacant office temporarily in an acting capacity."

- GEORGE W. BUSH, THE WHITE HOUSE, September 11, 2008.

Available at:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/relea...0080911-4.html

for see-thru2 - Thu, 09/25/2008 - 21:48
creepy ... the date on this.

also... i can't believe i'm asking this...lol.

when are the aliens (et's) arriving? october or november? and also ... isn't there supposed to be some astroid or something going to hit the east coast?? october or november? i can't keep track of the dates.

maybe it will hit washington, dc?? no?

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for Bluemoon - Fri, 09/26/2008 - 01:45
Alien visitation Oct 14th, 2008

Here for three days in the southern hemisphere, was the prediction.

If you should forget again, I made use of Poca's handy dandy calender.

for Lisa C. - Fri, 09/26/2008 - 04:35
I'm selling tickets if anyone wants to sit on my front porch with me.

Dip will be served, of course.

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"Keep you hands off my stack."

for cougarbreath - Fri, 09/26/2008 - 09:19
LMAO!

for Khomar - Thu, 09/25/2008 - 20:08
That is more than a little disturbing. If he did this every year, then it would be understandable. After all, having emergency plans in place is not a bad thing. But for Bush to issue this order with only a few months left in his administration and given the current events... it is alarming. It is not necessarily evil, per se -- rather, I should say that taken by itself it is not evil, but it raises disturbing questions about what he sees coming up for the country in the next couple months.

for see-thru2 - Thu, 09/25/2008 - 21:43
well... he is the guy who thinks living in a dictatorship would be easier, especially if he was the dictator.

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for cougarbreath - Thu, 09/25/2008 - 20:18
Did you catch the date? There is so much speculation going on "out there" it makes your head spin. They would have to be incredibly ignorant to try to pull something right now. People are letting it all hang out now.

for oruval - Thu, 09/25/2008 - 13:16
I've already emailed everyone in my list with this info.
I've already emailed everyone in my list with this info.