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Japanese Schoolgirl · 05-01-2008, 11:43 PM

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THE MOTHER OF ALL DECEPTIONS

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Will We Fix Our Elections as Well? – THE INCIDENT WILL!

The religious right finally came to their own in sharing political power in 2000 when George Bush was elected President. We have seen some of the results of that marriage the past seven years as the administration claimed to be advancing family values, education through “no child left behind,” faith-based initiatives and a “just war” to depose a horrible dictator and bring democracy in the Middle East. Instead we have seen an administration that has progressively grabbed power, trampled on human rights, incited Muslims, created a hot bed of Islamic fundamentalism, taken advantaged of soldiers—leaving their families to fend for themselves—cut health care and education, while the rich grow fabulously richer and the middle class slips into poverty and underemployment.

The general public has been cowed into accepting onerous and illogical travel restrictions, surveillance, search and seizure and restricted speech in the name of fighting terrorism. The specter of 9/11 hangs over the country as we wait for the other terrorist shoe to drop.

We are probably the most media saturated people in the history of the world and the least informed. How quickly we bought the lie that Saddam had weapons of mass destruction and that Iraq was the seat of Al-Qaeda and the major cause of 9/11 – spurious lies perpetrated by the Bush Administration.

We are bringing democracy to Iraq while our constitutional government is being shredded by a record number of laws and “signing statements” stripping us of our basic rights. Over 200 signing statements have been made where, for example, Bush signs the law but says he disagrees with it and has no intention of enforcing it. In other words, executive power trumps legislative power – a claim made by the Caesars of Rome who said that only they represented ALL the people.

A recent article asked the unthinkable question. Will the Bush administration cancel the 2008 election? I’m not a conspiracy nut, but there certainly are questions about how the 2000 election came down with Gore winning the popular vote and losing the election. And again in 2004, there were many questions about voter fraud, voting machine accuracy, etc. in closely contested states such as Ohio. Laws have been passed that give the president dictatorial powers in the case of an emergency.

“Most crucial now are Presidential Directive #51, Executive Orders #13303, #13315, #13350, #13364, #13422, #13438, and more, by which Bush has granted himself an immense arsenal of powers for which the term “dictatorial” is a modest understatement…

Today we must ask: Who would stop this administration from taking dictatorial power in the instance of a “national emergency” such as a terror attack at a nuclear power plant or something similar?

Nothing in the behavior of this Congress indicates that it is capable of significant resistance. Impeachment seems beyond it. Nor does it seem Congress would actually remove Bush if it did put him on trial.

Short of that, Bush clearly does not view anything Congress might do as a meaningful impediment. After all, how many divisions does the Congress command?

The Supreme Court, as currently constituted, would almost certainly rubber stamp a Bush coup. If not, like Jackson, he could ignore it as easily as he would ignore Congress.” (Global Research, August 7, 2007)

Even more frightening is the interview with General Tommy Franks, the general who led the Iraq invasion in 2003.

“Gen. Tommy Franks (Commander of Coalition Forces during the invasion of Iraq in 2003) said in an interview with the lifestyle magazine Cigar Aficionado that if another terrorist attack occurs in the United States ‘The Constitution will likely be discarded in favor of a military form of government.’ The stunning revelation is the headline story on the right-wing news site NewsMax for Friday. Franks said that another terrorism attack will result in ‘... the Western world, the free world, loses what it cherishes most, and that is freedom and liberty we’ve seen for a couple of hundred years...’ He indicated that if another terrorism attack occurs Bush will likely declare martial law and the Constitution will apparently be ‘discarded’’” (By Rob, Tommy Franks Says Bush May Discard Constitution If Another Terrorist Attack Occurs, Daily Kos, November 21, 2003).

Friends, this was not some ideologue from the left or the right. This comes from the four star general that led the Iraqi invasion! So, if the only thing standing between martial law and constitutional government is such an incident, then what is the likelihood that something will happen? I know this is an uncomfortable subject for many of you. The idea that the government could lie to us, scheme against us or perpetrate something against its citizens is unbelievable. We reject the thought out of hand. Anyone who would say such a thing is a conspiracy nut, a kook.

I don’t like the idea of entertaining these thoughts any more than you. I served this country as a Captain in the Army during the Vietnam era. I want to believe the best, just like you. However, I would remind you that our government had knowledge of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor before it happened and did nothing to protect its citizens. The Gulf of Tonkin crisis which got us into the Vietnam War was a trumped up lie. There are many other examples. Let’s just say that governments have not always been honest.

The end of the Cold War left America without a mission; without an enemy. What were we going to do with our army, navy, air force, missile defense systems, etc. without an enemy? How were we going to project American power around the earth to protect American interests (especially commercial interests)? In 1997, the Joint Chiefs described a role for the military that would have “full spectrum dominance” in the 21st Century. But as the second Bush administration came in, they were disheartened at how long it would take to bring about the needed transformation, they wrote prior to 9/11 that “the process of transformation, even if it brings revolutionary change, is likely to be a long one, absent some catastrophic and catalyzing event—like a new Pear Harbor.” (Emphasis mine, PNAC, Rebuilding America’s Defenses, p. 51)

So was there a catastrophic, catalyzing event that allowed the administration to set aside the Constitution and seize power with the assistance and blessing of Congress? If it were a transformative moment, the American public would rally around the administration and the military. Congressional resistance would become a race to see how much authority they could give the administration. Measures that would have been resisted for years would be passed in weeks in the form supreme Patriot Act.

The Bush Doctrine of a preemptive—preventive war was sold to the nation and all because of 9/11.

05-01-2008, 11:43 PM
Japanese Schoolgirl So Fucking Banned Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Kogal Posts: 99	================================ THE MOTHER OF ALL DECEPTIONS http://www.the-tribulation-network.c...deceptions.htm Will We Fix Our Elections as Well? – THE INCIDENT WILL! The religious right finally came to their own in sharing political power in 2000 when George Bush was elected President. We have seen some of the results of that marriage the past seven years as the administration claimed to be advancing family values, education through “no child left behind,” faith-based initiatives and a “just war” to depose a horrible dictator and bring democracy in the Middle East. Instead we have seen an administration that has progressively grabbed power, trampled on human rights, incited Muslims, created a hot bed of Islamic fundamentalism, taken advantaged of soldiers—leaving their families to fend for themselves—cut health care and education, while the rich grow fabulously richer and the middle class slips into poverty and underemployment. The general public has been cowed into accepting onerous and illogical travel restrictions, surveillance, search and seizure and restricted speech in the name of fighting terrorism. The specter of 9/11 hangs over the country as we wait for the other terrorist shoe to drop. We are probably the most media saturated people in the history of the world and the least informed. How quickly we bought the lie that Saddam had weapons of mass destruction and that Iraq was the seat of Al-Qaeda and the major cause of 9/11 – spurious lies perpetrated by the Bush Administration. We are bringing democracy to Iraq while our constitutional government is being shredded by a record number of laws and “signing statements” stripping us of our basic rights. Over 200 signing statements have been made where, for example, Bush signs the law but says he disagrees with it and has no intention of enforcing it. In other words, executive power trumps legislative power – a claim made by the Caesars of Rome who said that only they represented ALL the people. A recent article asked the unthinkable question. Will the Bush administration cancel the 2008 election? I’m not a conspiracy nut, but there certainly are questions about how the 2000 election came down with Gore winning the popular vote and losing the election. And again in 2004, there were many questions about voter fraud, voting machine accuracy, etc. in closely contested states such as Ohio. Laws have been passed that give the president dictatorial powers in the case of an emergency. “Most crucial now are Presidential Directive #51, Executive Orders #13303, #13315, #13350, #13364, #13422, #13438, and more, by which Bush has granted himself an immense arsenal of powers for which the term “dictatorial” is a modest understatement… Today we must ask: Who would stop this administration from taking dictatorial power in the instance of a “national emergency” such as a terror attack at a nuclear power plant or something similar? Nothing in the behavior of this Congress indicates that it is capable of significant resistance. Impeachment seems beyond it. Nor does it seem Congress would actually remove Bush if it did put him on trial. Short of that, Bush clearly does not view anything Congress might do as a meaningful impediment. After all, how many divisions does the Congress command? The Supreme Court, as currently constituted, would almost certainly rubber stamp a Bush coup. If not, like Jackson, he could ignore it as easily as he would ignore Congress.” (Global Research, August 7, 2007) Even more frightening is the interview with General Tommy Franks, the general who led the Iraq invasion in 2003. “Gen. Tommy Franks (Commander of Coalition Forces during the invasion of Iraq in 2003) said in an interview with the lifestyle magazine Cigar Aficionado that if another terrorist attack occurs in the United States ‘The Constitution will likely be discarded in favor of a military form of government.’ The stunning revelation is the headline story on the right-wing news site NewsMax for Friday. Franks said that another terrorism attack will result in ‘... the Western world, the free world, loses what it cherishes most, and that is freedom and liberty we’ve seen for a couple of hundred years...’ He indicated that if another terrorism attack occurs Bush will likely declare martial law and the Constitution will apparently be ‘discarded’’” (By Rob, Tommy Franks Says Bush May Discard Constitution If Another Terrorist Attack Occurs, Daily Kos, November 21, 2003). Friends, this was not some ideologue from the left or the right. This comes from the four star general that led the Iraqi invasion! So, if the only thing standing between martial law and constitutional government is such an incident, then what is the likelihood that something will happen? I know this is an uncomfortable subject for many of you. The idea that the government could lie to us, scheme against us or perpetrate something against its citizens is unbelievable. We reject the thought out of hand. Anyone who would say such a thing is a conspiracy nut, a kook. I don’t like the idea of entertaining these thoughts any more than you. I served this country as a Captain in the Army during the Vietnam era. I want to believe the best, just like you. However, I would remind you that our government had knowledge of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor before it happened and did nothing to protect its citizens. The Gulf of Tonkin crisis which got us into the Vietnam War was a trumped up lie. There are many other examples. Let’s just say that governments have not always been honest. The end of the Cold War left America without a mission; without an enemy. What were we going to do with our army, navy, air force, missile defense systems, etc. without an enemy? How were we going to project American power around the earth to protect American interests (especially commercial interests)? In 1997, the Joint Chiefs described a role for the military that would have “full spectrum dominance” in the 21st Century. But as the second Bush administration came in, they were disheartened at how long it would take to bring about the needed transformation, they wrote prior to 9/11 that “the process of transformation, even if it brings revolutionary change, is likely to be a long one, absent some catastrophic and catalyzing event—like a new Pear Harbor.” (Emphasis mine, PNAC, Rebuilding America’s Defenses, p. 51) So was there a catastrophic, catalyzing event that allowed the administration to set aside the Constitution and seize power with the assistance and blessing of Congress? If it were a transformative moment, the American public would rally around the administration and the military. Congressional resistance would become a race to see how much authority they could give the administration. Measures that would have been resisted for years would be passed in weeks in the form supreme Patriot Act. The Bush Doctrine of a preemptive—preventive war was sold to the nation and all because of 9/11. Last edited by Japanese Schoolgirl; 05-01-2008 at 11:45 PM..