Posted on 12/19/2011 1:39:44 AM PST by neverdem
An old adage reads, "If it quacks like a duck, then it's probably a duck." The push by the Obama Administration to progressively strip Americans of basic liberties in the pursuit of political objectives has now taken on more draconian overtones, and no one seems to have noticed.
While the media quibbles over Romney versus Gingrich, the Occupy movement, and other diversions, President Obama continues to undermine law and order, dismantling the US Constitution piece by piece. When public officials seek to limit freedom, it can be concluded that these officials want to rule instead of govern. Cloaking seizures of power in clever misnomers does not validate the abuse of public office. What else can we conclude when Obama claims the illegal power to assassinate citizens at his whim? If citizen assassination were the only example of executive malfeasance emanating from Washington, Americans could breathe easier, except that citizen assassination, e.g. Awlaki, has opened the floodgates for a barrage of new power seizures. The ground softened, the first brick laid, Obama can now proceed unchallenged.
As I warned repeatedly in multiple articles over the last two years, the machinery put in place to thwart Islamic terrorism could be turned against citizens for political purposes, due to the broad constructions used in terror definitions. Only no one could have imagined the speed at which these things would come to pass:
The broad and ambiguous language found in the PATRIOT Act gives the president, whoever that may be, the power to determine what is and is not "terror." Section 411, G, vi, II of the PARIOT Act defines a terrorist as anyone "designated, upon publication in the Federal Register, by the Secretary of State in consultation with or upon the request of the Attorney General."Everything that follows is contingent...
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In the case of the homeland Greeks, their long night of bondage lasted from about 346 BC to about 1827, when the Powers of Europe and the Greek independence movement finally threw off the power of the Ottoman Porte.
That is 2173 years of subjugation and humiliation.
Too bad the US Army has something of a tradition of siding mindlessly with the mountebanks and empire-builders, and warring down their own People and the States.
Exhibit A is George Thomas. Exhibit B is David Farragut. These were educated men and should have known better.
Scottish and British writers, screenwriters, and playwrights call such a device -- of an off-stage presence, or idea, or imminent development, as a plot- or situation-peg -- a "McGuffin". In Waiting for Godot, the McGuffin is Godot and what will happen when he arrives.
Given a good McGuffin, a screenwriter can make his script dance like Fred Astaire without ever having to address the "McGuffin" and its truth or falsity. It's like a planted axiom.
You, who are so offended that I did not spell out "God", use the same divine name as a swear word.
Are you blind to your own irrationality?
Thanks for the second worst post I have ever received. I did not think you could outdo your first one.But you succeeded.
PS. Since I'm in second place, I'll have to try harder next time.
Any rioter / mob member equipped like that and acting thus should have Rule 308 applied.
Most of the senate GOP voted for this as well and are equally to blame.
The republicans in congress love obama - dont kid yourself. The fools who buy into the S%^ show they put on in the public for the cameras are hopelessly stupid.
Agreed - and I blame the average moron in this country first and foremost.
The average citizen in this country is so infantile, so stupid and hopelessly ignorant, that most buy into the “Police State” and the bogus garbage fed to them. Hell, you see it prevailing on this site as well w Freepers rushing to give obama these powers as well.
For what? a terrorist attack? Ok - and? i would rather a terrorist attack than a lock down police state, but that is me.
John McCain, George Bush, Graham, Mcconnell, Boehner, et al love what obama is doing behind the scenes. i have no doubt about it.
I’m with you. If somebody, for whatever reason, chooses to write G-d or Yahweh or Jehova or whatever, that’s fine.
But I’ll continue to spell out God as we have for 2,000 years at least.
Rand Paul is the only patriot who really spoke out on this. As for the rest of the traitors - screw em.
Are you intentionally being stupid?
Thanks for the ping/post back to the thread.
(Slightly modified my post #17)...
Until then (SHTF), DEFUND socialist collectives foreign and domestic, vote (build on 2010...DEPOPULATE socialists from Congress and all levels of government), be productive, GET PREPARED / BE PREPARED, teach, enjoy life/family/friends.
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