How Obama Became a Civil Libertarian’s Nightmare
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Obama has expanded and fortified many of the Bush administration’s worst policies.
When Barack Obama took office, he was the civil liberties communities’ great hope. Obama, a former constitutional law professor, pledged to shutter the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and run a transparent and open government. But he has become a civil libertarian’s nightmare: a supposedly liberal president who instead has expanded and fortified many of the Bush administration’s worst policies, lending bipartisan support for a more intrusive and authoritarian federal government.
Executive Orders: Is the Constitution Being Shackled?
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“I believe there are more instances of abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments than violent and sudden usurpations.” — James Madison at the Virginia Ratification debates.
When one analyzes Madison’s logic, it seems prophetic, especially if one applies it to executive orders.
With all the executive orders that destroy the very core of liberty (and can be enacted with a stroke of the pen), even the most casual observer of politics has to be thinking something appears to be wrong about the direction of the country.
If the lesser of two evils is still evil, then voting Democrat or Republican (if we continue to focus on the false left-right paradigm), will solve nothing and we will continue to accept the notion of failure, since we are used to complacency.
An executive orders can be challenged. If Congress is appalled at what the executive branch is doing, members can rewrite or amend a previous law. Secondly, if a president determines he or she will veto it, Congress would then need a 2/3 majority to override it.
With all the executive orders that destroy the very core of liberty (and can be enacted with a stroke of the pen), even the most casual observer of politics has to be thinking something appears to be wrong about the direction of the country.
If the lesser of two evils is still evil, then voting Democrat or Republican (if we continue to focus on the false left-right paradigm), will solve nothing and we will continue to accept the notion of failure, since we are used to complacency.
Whether certain conspiracies are true, one cannot deny the existence of the Bilderberg Group, Trilateral Commission or Council on Foreign Relations.
However, many ideas can swirl about the intentions of the aforementioned shadowy entities. We must ask ourselves: Is there a possibility of a shadow government (some speculation points to it perhaps being FEMA or DHS), operating behind the scenes?
Are certain executive orders signed purposefully, to carry out the alleged plans of the so-called elite?
If politicians say they are keeping us safe, then why are they sacrificing our liberty for security?
Why has Posse Comitatus and habeas corpus been eliminated?
In order to see what entities control the money supply, shouldn’t the Federal Reserve be audited?
In the tome, The End of America: A Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot, political activist and social critic Naomi Wolf explains how a once open society can be closed in 10 steps.
1. Invoke an internal and external threat
People who are afraid are willing to do things that they wouldn’t otherwise do.
2. Establish secret (unaccountable) prisons where torture takes place
In a secret system, the government does not have to provide any proof of wrongdoing by those it holds, so it can incarcerate anyone it wants.
3. Develop a paramilitary force
A private military force — under the exclusive direction of the “commander in chief” with no accountability to Congress, the courts, or the public — blurs the line between a civilian police force and a militarized police state.
4. Surveil ordinary citizens
People who believe they are being watched are less likely to voice opposition. To scare a population into silence, the government need only monitor the activities of a few to make everyone fear that they are being surveilled. Every closed society keeps a “list” of so-called opponents it tracks.
5. Infiltrate citizen’s groups
Spies in activist groups put psychological pressure on genuine activists by undermining their trust in one another. They may also disrupt legal activities, undermining the effectiveness of group efforts.
6. Detain and release ordinary citizens
Detention intimidates or psychologically damages those arrested and also lets everyone know that anyone could be labeled an “enemy combatant” and “disappeared.”
7. Target key individuals
People are less likely to speak out when those who are highly visible, like journalists, scholars, artists, or celebrities, are intimidated or have the livelihoods threatened. Targeting those who are especially visible makes it less likely that people will speak out and robs society of leaders and others who might inspire opposition.
8. Restrict the press
The public is less likely to find out about government wrongdoing if the government can threaten to prosecute anyone who publishes or broadcasts reports that are critical of the government.
9. Recast criticism as espionage and dissent as treason
People who protest can be charged with terrorism or treason when laws criminalize or limit free speech rather than protect it.
10. Subvert the rule of law
The disappearance of checks and balances makes it easier to declare martial law, especially if the judiciary branch continues to exercise authority over individuals but has no authority over the Executive branch.”
While these steps serve as a valid premise to potentially understand what may or may not be lurking around the horizon, I believe being active in the search for information to awaken individuals is an appropriate tool for success.
For if we start believing in hypnotic illusions, all we will have left is our disillusions.
America Rise Up!
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Our country has been raped by Obama and his regime and he has put us in the ‘devils playhouse.’ Voting for Romney in November will just take us to another room in the unconstitutional and evil playhouse we are lost in now.
Shameful betrayals are a daily thing. Attacks come from everywhere, are worded in Slippery language from Obama and his minions – just like his Saul Alinsky bible of direction would have it.
Hit em hard and hit em fast so the American people don’t know how to strike back, where to strike back and are afraid to strike back.
