Martial Law: Police State America - We're So Close Now

In the wake of the recent natural disasters on American soil, dangerous precedents have been set. We have been forced to watch how in times of crisis we must submit and follow the orders of Federal Commanders, no matter whether they deny us basic human rights or not. Whether it be a state attack, a terrorist attack, an accident or a natural disaster matters not anymore, the outcome will be the same. We are just one event, ANY event away from Martial Law. Getting rid of Posse Comitatus - Setting the precedent “In a police state the police are national, powerful, authoritarian. Inevitably, national governments yield to the temptation to use the military to do the heavy lifting … once the military is used, however minor initially, the march toward martial law … becomes irresistible.” - Representative Ron Paul of Texas - June 25 1997. The Posse Comitatus Act http://www.prisonplanet.com/news_alert_posse.html is a recognition that the framers of the Constitution had a deep distrust of centralized power, particularly centralized military power that might be used against the people. State militias were preferred over a national army. In times of major disaster or emergency, it has been state governors - not the president - who call out that state's contingent of the national guard. We have witnessed over a long period of time how Posse Comitatus is systematically being erased. After 9/11 this was particularly accelerated. All the so called "experts" were calling for changes to long standing laws, in order to "protect" us. This led to scores of lower level Government officials pleading for exactly what the criminal elements higher up wanted all along. Take the following AP report from November 2001 http://www.prisonplanet.com/news_alert_112401_posse.html : "Our way of life has forever changed," wrote Sen. John Warner, R-Va., in a letter last month to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. "Should this law now be changed to enable our active-duty military to more fully join other domestic assets in this war against terrorism?" So let's get this right, "terrorists" attack us because they "hate our freedoms" and the answer is to get rid of our freedoms? Here's another mainstream report http://www.prisonplanet.com/news_alert_072202_martial.html from 2002 documenting a senators call to abolish Posse Comitatus and let troops arrest US civilians. Here's former Homeland Security dictator Tom Ridge http://www.prisonplanet.com/news_alert_072102_martial.html saying the same thing. And here he is saying it again. http://www.prisonplanet.com/news_alert_072902_martial.html But before the war on terror it was clear that there was preparation afoot for such eventualities. Nothing is under review, this has always been the agenda. They were erasing Posse Comitatus 14 years ago. In 911: The Road to Tyranny http://infowars.com/tyranny.htm Alex Jones presents footage of troops training to put Americans into concentration camps. This footage includes interrogations and a retired Marine admitting that in 1988 he was kicking down doors in Norfolk, Virginia. The Marines would be ordered to the local police station where they would don police uniforms. They would then go to the local gun shop or dealers home and "Take Them Down." In Alex Jones' feature Police State 2000 http://www.infowars.com/videos.html he covers Operation Urban Warrior http://www.infowars.com/newouwphotospg1.html where actors posed as American citizens who were unconstitutionally seized from their homes by the military and police. These Americans were rounded up and confined behind barbed-wire. The actors were told to demand to be let free and state that they had rights. They were also told to demand food and water. The troops in turn were taught to ignore them and to order them to behave in an orderly fashion. "Civil disobedience will not be tolerated" was one of the many disturbing statements heard to emanate from the military's loud speakers. http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=WAT20050928&articleId=1013 [Proofreader's note: this article was edited for spelling and typos on September 29, 2005]

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