Total Homeland Insecurity
By Dan Stafford 10/05/2005
It’s really ridiculous to speak of Homeland Security under George Bush. There is no such thing due to complete incompetence and greed.
While our military ground forces and significant air forces are tied up in Iraq, up to and including critical National Guard troops, who is defending U.S. soil?
Right now our Southern border states are in chaos due to two natural disasters. Who is watching the shores of the U.S.? If an invader (…)
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Total Homeland Insecurity
5 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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Padilla case and the dire consequences it holds for all Americans
5 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
Train Wreck of the Week By Bob Chapman
October 1 2005
We are forced to speak again of the situation of Jose Padilla and the dire consequences it holds for all Americans. Padilla was taken into custody by federal agents on May 8, 2002, as part of the war on terrorism and held as a material witness. It is important to point out here that being held as a material witness is a ruse to incarcerate. We do not know if Mr. Padilla is innocent or guilty of anything and neither does the US (…) -
We Will Not Be Intimidated
4 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
2 commentsWe Will Not Be Intimidated
First they came for the communists,
I did not speak out
because I was not a communist.
When they came for the social democrats,
I did not speak out
because I was not a social democrat.
When they came for the trade unionists
I did not speak out
because I was not a trade unionist.
When they came for the Jews
I did not speak out
because I was not a Jew;
And when they came for me,
there was no one left to speak out.
(poem by Pastor Martin (…) -
Occupied New Orleans and Homegrown Resistance
2 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
1 commentby Mike Whitney
The appearance of fully-armed mercenaries on the streets of New Orleans tells us that the city is currently under occupation. Whenever foreign troops are deployed within an urban area it can only mean one thing; the loss of sovereignty. It’s no different here. Blackwater mercenaries are part of a privately owned army that has seized control of the streets from their rightful owners, the people of New Orleans. They are an integral part of a much broader plan to militarize (…) -
MARTIAL LAW DECLARES RESISTERS TO BE SHOT
2 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
1 commentMARTIAL LAW DECLARED, RESISTERS TO BE SHOT
By Peter Fredson
A Political Satire
In a surprise move that left many Americans gasping, Georgy W. Shrub was proclaimed as President-for-Life. Republican Senators gathered last night at midnight in a secret session and within an hour had given George Shrub all the powers he yearned for, had voted him in as President-for-Life and declared that any criticism of their move was treasonous.
The smiling President-for-Life then swaggered down the (…) -
Bush considers changes to Posse Comitatus Act...
2 October 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
1 commentOct. 1, 2005, 7:20PM
Both right and left wary of giving domestic police power to military By STEWART M. POWELL Copyright 2005 Hearst News Service
WASHINGTON - The law is from a bygone era, it has a Latin name and it’s never led to a prosecution, much less a conviction.
Yet the mere hint that President Bush might try to tinker with the 1878 Posse Comitatus Act is stirring opposition across the political spectrum, prompting conservative and liberal activists to line up against any move (…) -
Katrina Takes a Toll on Truth, News Accuracy
29 September 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
1 commentRumors supplanted accurate information and media magnified the problem. Rapes, violence and estimates of the dead were wrong.
By Susannah Rosenblatt and James Rainey
BATON ROUGE, La. - Maj. Ed Bush recalled how he stood in the bed of a pickup truck in the days after Hurricane Katrina, struggling to help the crowd outside the Louisiana Superdome separate fact from fiction. Armed only with a megaphone and scant information, he might have been shouting into, well, a hurricane.
The (…) -
Martial Law: Police State America - We’re So Close Now Thanks to Hurricane Katrina
28 September 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
4 commentsFor years we have warned that the police state is coming, how Martial Law will become the norm, how ancient laws, rights and freedoms are being overturned and replaced with repressive mechanisms of control.
For years we have presented the evidence, the Army War College documents, the domestic military takeover drills, the draconian legislation, officials left right and centre calling for more centralized military control domestically.
For years people refuted the evidence, or passed it (…) -
FBI let Puerto Rican independence fighter bleed to death
27 September 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
4 commentsThe leader of the underground Puerto Rican People’s Army (EPB-Macheteros), Filiberto Ojeda Ríos, bled to death - virtually killed - due to lack of medical attention after being hit by a bullet in his right clavicle, it was confirmed today in this capital.
FBI let Puerto Rican independence fighter bleed to death
Dr. Héctor Pesquera told Prensa Latina that "the FBI let him bleed to death," after being shot by a sniper brought in from the United States.
Pesquera, spokesperson for the (…) -
Cindy Sheehan: My First Time Arrested
27 September 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
13 commentsby Cindy Sheehan
The rumors are true this time. I was arrested in front of the White House today. It was my first time ever being arrested.
We proceeded from Lafayette Park to the Guard House at the White House. I, my sister, and other Gold Star Families for Peace members and some Military Families requested to meet with the President again. We again wanted to know: What is the Noble Cause? Our request was, to our immense shock and surprise, denied. They wouldn’t even deliver any letters (…)