Sunday, March 08, 2009
Social Philosophy: Obamanation: Making Bush43 look like a kindergartner 01
Take a look at this article about our new emperor's plans for suppression of fellow Americans. I have been saying in person to everyone I know that the new administration's corruption and disregard for the rights of citizens will make George Bush (43) look like a kindergartner. And everyone was whining about the patriot act, and while it has provisions in it that I have had a problem with, it will pale in comparison to what is coming in this next 1,418 days.
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Posse Comitatus Act was signed in 1994. There are many examples of constitutional rights being waived in the interest of "national security" which I was railing about in my posts on the Japanese internment etc.
Consider also, before slanting your vision that Bush, and friends privatized military in an extreme way that allowed "security contractors" to operate beyond scrutiny of the law. Namely, Blackwater USA, Haliburton, KBR, etc. which during the Katrina disaster was given free reign to deploy troops that did not answer to local law enforcement at all under the aegis of homeland security. There are documented cases of the discharge of fully automatic rifles at civilians without any inquiries.
There is only the illusion of rights, this is not necessarily new to the Obama administration but has been in effect for a long time.
Article II of the constitution allows the president to respond to threats to the national security.
I am not in any way denying or minimizing these abuses of the previous regime, but the current regime has been in power for what, 43 days, and they are laying plans for much broader actions against citizens.
It is definitely past time for a Libertarian or such like to get into power and then have the backbone to start dismantling parts of the Federal gov't.--I can only dream of this impossible fantasy. If I were wealthy, I would so be out of here.
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