Welcome To The New Amerika

Did you listen carefully to King George's speech? I'm sure everyone heard all the ways the "my pet goat" guy intends to get the gulf coast cleaned up and rebuilt. Sure all those massive money taking plans that you all know as well as I do will be given to Bush and Cheney buddies like Haliburton in the form of "no bid" contracts. This is an economic nightmare waiting to happen. However the part of his speech that really grabbed me in the pit of my gut was this brief mention of how he intends to respond to large disasters like this in the future be they natural disasters or terrorist attack. Yet the system, at every level of government, was not well coordinated, and was overwhelmed in the first few days. It is now clear that a challenge on this scale requires greater federal authority and a broader role for the armed forces - the institution of our government most capable of massive logistical operations on a moment's notice. Read that again and then sit back and really THINK of what he is saying: "requires greater federal authority and a broader role for the armed forces" This my friends should scare the bejesus out of every American. In other words, the next massive catastrophic event you can expect the Military to take control of the main and surrounding areas on orders from the President of the United States. To hell with state or local government and their wishes. Do you really want your state to be under total control of the military? THINK of what that means. If the president decides he will suspend the Posse Comitatus provision and will declare martial law "at will", and there go your civil rights immediately. Look at what is happening in New Orleans right now. Not only is the military in charge of some areas, but also their own personal mercenaries they use all over the world Blackwater USA (The highly trained private security contractors support US military operations there, and in Afghanistan). Breaking down doors telling people they MUST leave their homes - oh and by the way - while we're here turn over your weapons immediately. Yes my friends as I posted previously, and was has already been reported, in The New York Times. Waters were receding across this flood-beaten city today as police officers began confiscating weapons, including legally registered firearms, from civilians in preparation for a mass forced evacuation of the residents still living here. No civilians in New Orleans will be allowed to carry pistols, shotguns or other firearms, said P. Edwin Compass III, the superintendent of police. "Only law enforcement are allowed to have weapons," he said. But that order apparently does not apply to hundreds of security guards hired by businesses and some wealthy individuals to protect property. The guards, employees of private security companies like Blackwater, openly carry M-16's and other assault rifles. Mr. Compass said that he was aware of the private guards, but that the police had no plans to make them give up their weapons. The second amendment has already been suspended in New Orleans and all firearms are being confiscated on orders of the federal government. That is only one of the examples of what happens in a police state. How about the reports of armed forces coming in the middle of the night and breaking down doors and ordering people to leave their homes at gun point. This is only the beginning IMO, and go ahead and call me a tinfoil-hat idiot, but that one section of his speech, "requires greater federal authority and a broader role for the armed forces" forbodes a bad situation. Watch carefully any legislation coming out of the Congress in the future. If you see any new laws that allows the president to make the decision to send in the armed forces instead of waiting for a request from the governor of the state, or give him an easier way to declare martial law take notice and be forewarned.