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Staging Martial Law Many readers are asking what I think of president Bush`s plan to impose martial law over whatever areas of the country are necessary should a killer pandemic, like bird flu, hit the U.S. What Bush is suggesting is that there are certain kinds of situations where the military is better suited than civil authorities to deal with some kinds of situations - such as a nuclear terror incident. But Bush`s comments are worrisome to civil libertarians and Constitutionalists who worry that the military`s involvement in anything on home soil sets the the possibility of federal control of the country, something outlawed in the Posse Comitatus Act. This is the kind of situation which is ideal for the National Guard, not regular Army. The Bush "logic" is that the military is better suited than other agencies. We disagree. When a country takes its military and puts it to work within a country - and where it answers to the commander in chief, that`s a dictatorship in my book. Especially when it`s almost like agencies that should do the job (read: FEMA) appear as though they have almost deliberately sabotaged their charter and blown their mission in order to pave the way for the "use military" argument. Give Governors and Mayors control of the National Guard - which means if there are enough Army and other line services to enforce martial law, they could be in Iraq ands the National Guard units there be here where they might have been more responsive than the inept response we saw. Our real bottom line, though, is this: Once we let Bush use military, it`s just a hop, skip, and a jump to using foreign military on our soil - something that has prompted people in my circle of friends to ask "How do we take back governance from these people? " I used to say "Vote!" But, I don`t trust machine voting, especially when the ultimate decision is made by a Bush-picked court. A few people I know have even talked about a second American Revolution...after all, the republicans who used to stand for the Constitution, small central government and a balanced budget have all disappeared into the corporate slush. Me and Mr. Mossberg aren`t going there. But, we are checking out Libertarian and other parties which seem to have a better memory of what the Framers had in mind than the present power grabbers have up their sleeves. We advocate voting and voting again with our wallets before talk of chambering rounds. What the Bush administration may not be aware of is how many Americans are fed up and seriously angered (fighting mad, in fact) about (choose your favorite) a) NAFTA/CAFTA, b) Job jacking, c) Iraq, d) disaster response, d) taxes, e) corporate slush, f) the Fed, f) gold suppression, g) the crooked dealings by the politicos, and the list goes on... http://urbansurvival.com/week.htm |
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| aus der Diskussion: | Vogelgrippe - oh Gott, wird sie uns alle töten? |
| Autor (Datum des Eintrages): | peter.wedemeier1 (05.10.05 20:27:09) |
| Beitrag: | 17 von 26 (ID:18153710) |
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