We are dangerously close to a situation where ~ if the American people took to the streets in righteous indignation or if there were another 9/11 ~ a mechanism for martial law could be quickly implemented and carried out under REX 84 : Allen L Roland
The Cheney/Bush administration has a plan which would accommodate the detention of large numbers of American citizens during times of emergency.
The plan is called REX 84, short for Readiness Exercise 1984. Through Rex-84 an undisclosed number of concentration camps were set in operation throughout the United States, for internment of dissidents and others potentially harmful to the state.
The Rex 84 Program was originally established on the reasoning that if a "mass exodus" of illegal aliens crossed the Mexican/US border, they would be quickly rounded up and detained in detention centers by FEMA.
Existence of the Rex 84 plan was first revealed during the Iran-Contra Hearings in 1987, and subsequently reported by the Miami Herald on July 5, 1987
" These camps are to be operated by FEMA should martial law need to be implemented in the United States and all it would take is a presidential signature on a proclamation and the attorney general's signature on a warrant to which a list of names is attached."
And there you have it ~ the real purpose of FEMA is to not only protect the government but to be its principal vehicle for martial law.
This is why FEMA could not respond immediately to the Hurricane Katrina disaster ~ humanitarian efforts were no longer part of its job discription under the Department of Homeland Security.
It appears Hurricane Katrina also provided FEMA with an excuse to "dry run" its unconstitutional powers in New Orleans, rounding up "refugees" (now called "evacuees") and "relocating" them in various camps. "Some evacuees are being treated as 'internees' by FEMA," writes former NSC employee Wayne Madsen.
"Reports continue to come into WMR that evacuees from New Orleans and Acadiana [the traditional twenty-two parish Cajun homeland] who have been scattered across the United States are being treated as 'internees' and not dislocated American citizens from a catastrophe "
We are dangerously close to a situation where ~ if the American people took to the streets in righteous indignation or if there were another 9/11 ~ a mechanism for martial law could be quickly implemented and carried out under REX 84.
Be forewarned ~ the Cheney/Bush administration will stop at nothing to preserve their power and their ongoing neocon mis-adventure and they have currently proposed having executive control over all the states National Guard troops in a national emergency.
Governor Tom Vilsack of Iowa, called the proposal " one step away from a complete takeover of the National Guard, the end of the Guard as a dual-function force that can respond to both state and national needs."
The provision was tucked into the House version of the defense bill without notice to the states, something Vilsack said he resented as much as the proposal itself.
Under the provision, the president would have authority to take control of the Guard in case of " a serious natural or manmade disaster, accident or catastrophe" in the United States.
Do remember, to the Cheney/Bush administration ~ the Mob at the Gates that they truly fear is not terrorists but, instead, the people demanding the truth.
Allen L Roland is a practicing psychotherapist, author and lecturer who also shares a daily political and social commentary on his weblog and website more...)
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when I would have wondered, seriously, if you hadn't gone over the edge a little. But after the last 6 years, I would have to be in serious denial to make you wear a tinfoil hat.
As an old-timer, I remember the 60s, when the streets did fill with people. I also know that the crowd control devices they have, now, make billy-clubs and tear gas look like toys for a fun summer evening.
My sage advice (LOL) is, "do nothing, all at once."
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wintefire6 (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 89 comments [1 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Sunday, Aug 20, 2006 at 2:27:32 AM
Mr. Roland...I thank you so much for your honesty and for your commitment to seeking out the truth. I have been watching the Bush admin. for years, and I am certain that these arrogant, ignorant people mean to do everything that they can to keep their diabolical hold on power. Did you know that there are credible reports that Bush will try to get a constitutional amendment to expand the years of his term as president? If Republicans retain their majority in congress, and the Supreme Court continues its lean to the right, he might very well succeed. As it stands, we have already lost our democracy, it is only a shell and a symbol for Bush and co. to exploit. We must prepare ourselves for what lies ahead, its going to get worse before it begins to get better, much worse. The lunatics in charge are working hard to expand the insane asylum. Peace to all of good will.
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Regina Carpenter (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 38 comments [1 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Wednesday, Aug 23, 2006 at 2:01:40 PM
Thanks for your sincere comments . We prepare ourselves by giving ourselves a voice, letting it be heard and change the tide in the November mid term elections.
There is no change without action.
Allen L Roland
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Allen L Roland (1045 articles, 7 quicklinks, 44 diaries, 420 comments [15 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Wednesday, Aug 23, 2006 at 10:25:17 PM
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