And there would be so such thing as a "two-party system". The COG could be run entirely by a single party (and methodical researcher Paul Thompson claims that the COG implemented on 9/11 was made up entirely of Republicans).
Basically, the government, the law, and the power structure would be whatever those in charge of the COG said they were. There would be no constitutional mandates, no judicial process, no congressional input.
Do you get it yet? Do you understand how serious this would be?
Other likely effects of a COG government would be:
The media is ordered - under penalty of treason – to only promote stories authorized by the COG government (executive orders prohibiting stories discussing the Homegrown Terrorism bill or impeachment, or questioning 9/11, fake intelligence, or the Bush administration's unconstitutional actions could be issued)
A law could be passed stating that anyone who revealed the existence of the COG could be punished for treason; the law could also say that anyone who blew the whistle on the fact that "our elected leaders" had no power in the COG government, and that the show was really being run by unelected people could also be hung
Laws could be passed saying that Constitutional processes such as impeachment are repealed forever (is this why John Conyers keeps saying he knows things that other people don't?) . They could also suspend elections
Do you see that COG is a very important issue?
Given that there is a real possibility that COG measures are currently in effect, this is a crucial story.
See this short talk by UC Berkeley professor Peter Dale Scott.
http://georgewashington.blogspot.com/
George WashingtonGeorge Washington is a pen name. I am using the pen name, with the approval of the publisher, because I have received death threats due to my 9/11 research and writing. I am using a pen name to protect myself and my family.
COG's don't cause fascism -- Fascists cause fascism.
Since thier first days in the halls of power that they stole their way into, the Rethuglicans have been putting TOOLS in place to promote their eternal power (or, as Karl Rove so eloquently put it, "a permanent Republican majority").
But, just because they have the weapons to install fascism in the United States, doesn't mean they have the capability or nerve to do it.
Let's face it, if they do it correctly, they give their corporate keepers the GRAND PRIZE of a full generation of the kinds of profits that Exxon/Mobile have enjoyed under Bush/Cheney and the Rethuglicans, but IF THEY DO IT WRONG, they leave the word "Republican" with about as much political value as "Nazi" or "Pedophile" would have.
It's a fine line these Rethuglicans have to walk. They would like to solidify the power of the "Unitary Executive," but only if they are POSITIVE that a progressive or even moderate won't have that power.
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Charlie L (2 articles, 2 quicklinks, 1 diaries, 614 comments)
on Monday, February 11, 2008 at 2:49:01 PM
So you're saying that since 9/11 we've been under martial law, but it's illegal for anyone in the formerly co-equal branches of government to reveal this fact under penalty of secret execution? Am I the only one here who finds this idea difficult to take seriously?
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Maxwell (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 136 comments)
on Tuesday, February 12, 2008 at 3:38:00 PM
