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When Did We Become the Enemy?

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After watching the avalanche of infringements on our civil liberties since 9/11, I can only conclude that it is American citizens who have become a threat to “national security”.  It is also apparent to me that what you or I think of as national security is not quite the same thing as the government’s perceptions.  When we think of national security, it usually means protecting not only our nation, but our way of life, our constitution and bill of rights.  How can dismantling the very things that have defined us be conducive to national security? 

  

So what does national security mean to the government?  It would seem that national security means protecting the government from the governed.  And, protecting the self anointed elite from silly things like taxes, prosecution for wrong-doing, accountability and from having to affirm their allegiance to the US. 

  

We have become the greatest threat to the status quo of those who believe they are more valuable than we are and therefore have superior rights and protections simply by virtue of who has the most money.  It would appear that national security means oppressing those who lack obscene amounts of wealth.  The laws we pass for some reason seem not to apply to these special citizens….these “nationals”.

Could it be these ultra wealthy individuals and their families that are referred to when the government speaks of “national security”?

  

Through the Military Commissions Act we lost the writ of habeas corpus…the right to due process and to know what we are charged with and the right to mount a defense.  Now, just voicing an opposition to government policies can get you labeled as a “domestic terrorist”. 

  

The John Warner Defense Authorization Act of 2007 reinforced this loss of due process and gave the president the right to deem any one of us as domestic combatants, solely on his deciding that we are.  It also gave him the right to put our National Guards and Reserves under federal military control to use against us should he decide to.

  

These two pieces in particular gutted the Posse Commitatus Act that forbid the use of any standing army of the United States to be used against the citizens.  And just this last week, General Renaurt AF, signed the Civil Assistance Plan with Canada that will allow the Canadian Military to be used against us on our own soil.  We have similar agreements with Mexico and Germany among others.  This assistance is needed in case we have a forest fire, earthquake, terrorist attack…..or civil revolt. 

  

The “Protect America Act” S 1959 will make it an act of force and/or violence to rally, protest, or to gather in any way to try and change social, religious or political views.  To do so would mean that you are now a “radical”.  In the center of this unconstitutional bill is the groundwork for closing down entire sections of the internet.  Supposedly, we are so stupid and gullible that we are being exposed to extremist propaganda on the net every day and we need to be protected from that.

  

As a person who spends hours every day on the net researching legislation among other things, and have done so for years, I have never once seen or been exposed to any propaganda from any extremists other than those in our own government. 

  

Homeland Security now has the Infragard….a coalition of about 23,000 individuals from the business sector who have been deputized to “defend the infrastructure in their area”, and have the right to shoot to kill without fear of prosecution when (not if) martial law is declared.  Infragard works directly with the FBI and reports “suspicious” activities by employees, neighbors, and others.  And they are armed.  Infragard is the new incarnation of “special forces”.  So special in fact, that they are unaccountable even when taking a human life.    

  

The FBI is building a database that now includes about 60 million people, and intends to continue doing this with an end objective of about 20 billion individual files.  They also have a watch list data base with an estimated 300 thousand names on it of possible “suspects”.  The FBI also identifies dissident groups or individuals and sends that information to the DoJ with instructions to prosecute as they see fit.

  

Our MSM routinely disregards demands for a new investigation or any information countering the “official” version of what they want us to know and actively promotes the disinformation spewed out by our government.  Most egregious is the lack of truthful reporting on 9/11.  Instead, those who question this unbelievable tale by the government about what happened that day are quickly relegated to the category of the lunatic fringe, or conspiracy theorists.

  

Personally, I believe the greatest conspiracy theory ever foisted on the public is the official explanation of 9/11.  This conspiracy has laid the groundwork for the dismantling of our country.  Multiple “agreements” and secret plans have been implemented with the threat of another attack if we object to losing our civil liberties or facilitating the sale of our infrastructure to foreign investors.  The problem with this kind of acquiescence is that these “threats” seem to come only from our own government. 

  

In the midst of all that our own government has done to destroy us as a nation, is the interference from the United Nations in an attempt to access not only our money, but also to gain recognized control over the United States.  Recently, the UN voted to give itself the right to establish its own military…..conscripting many of our own soldiers against their will.  This military would be for use anywhere in the world at the direction of the UN……even against us.

Obama’s “Global Poverty Tax” bill is on the floor of the senate now.  It allows the United Nations to assess a tax of .07% on our GDP…amounting to billions and billions of dollars to be taken from US taxpayers supposedly to fight poverty in third world countries.  Hidden in this piece of work is the intention to ban small arms….including hunting rifles and shotguns.  It would also make US citizens subject to international law, rather than our own courts.

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Excellent article! by Barbara Peterson on Monday, Mar 3, 2008 at 12:08:33 PM
S. 1959: Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prev by Better World Order on Tuesday, Mar 4, 2008 at 9:46:19 AM
Good job, Marti by Ruth on Monday, Mar 3, 2008 at 12:57:02 PM
You Nailed It by CasaZaza on Monday, Mar 3, 2008 at 1:28:31 PM
when did we become the enemy? by mikel paul on Monday, Mar 3, 2008 at 1:30:49 PM
Suitcase by James Strait on Monday, Mar 3, 2008 at 1:31:23 PM
War by Roger on Monday, Mar 3, 2008 at 1:48:01 PM
Prison labor by Marti Oakley on Monday, Mar 3, 2008 at 2:14:04 PM
The evidence connecting he two...? by Tom Murphy on Tuesday, Mar 4, 2008 at 10:18:27 AM
When did we become the enemy? by Edward Ulysses Cate on Monday, Mar 3, 2008 at 2:52:14 PM
since invasion became profitable by martinweiss on Monday, Mar 3, 2008 at 3:22:09 PM
As Long As We Allow It To Be Profitable It Will Be Used. by PeterJ on Monday, Mar 3, 2008 at 5:27:04 PM
Great Job Marti by Michael Morris on Monday, Mar 3, 2008 at 3:53:15 PM
Too Little Too Late? by PeterJ on Monday, Mar 3, 2008 at 4:33:49 PM
ALL THESE COMMENTS by RICHARD SHADE on Monday, Mar 3, 2008 at 5:17:54 PM
Name three direct infringements to you by Tom Murphy on Monday, Mar 3, 2008 at 6:50:00 PM
You name three.... by Marti Oakley on Monday, Mar 3, 2008 at 9:55:13 PM
The great deceived. by douglas kay on Monday, Mar 3, 2008 at 7:48:00 PM
I can name three by shirley reese on Monday, Mar 3, 2008 at 8:01:46 PM
These are NOT infringements by Tom Murphy on Monday, Mar 3, 2008 at 9:11:40 PM
Ah, poor Mr. Murphy ... uniform too tight again? by Mr M on Monday, Mar 3, 2008 at 9:49:08 PM
Three... by Tom Murphy on Monday, Mar 3, 2008 at 9:59:37 PM
You are such a gluten ... by Mr M on Monday, Mar 3, 2008 at 10:46:29 PM
I am who I am by Tom Murphy on Monday, Mar 3, 2008 at 11:34:09 PM
TM avoids issue w/ pathetic deflection by Better World Order on Tuesday, Mar 4, 2008 at 9:24:12 AM
TM embraces the issue but I need "real" responses by Tom Murphy on Tuesday, Mar 4, 2008 at 10:16:53 AM
even simpler by Cheri Roberts on Tuesday, Mar 4, 2008 at 10:47:55 AM
No... not quite as simple... there are shades of grey here by Tom Murphy on Tuesday, Mar 4, 2008 at 3:21:57 PM
Oops by Tom Murphy on Tuesday, Mar 4, 2008 at 3:29:24 PM
Wrong My Murphy by Cheri Roberts on Tuesday, Mar 4, 2008 at 5:36:47 PM
"Why" would only be speculation by Tom Murphy on Thursday, Mar 6, 2008 at 1:47:22 PM
let's start with ONE by Cheri Roberts on Tuesday, Mar 4, 2008 at 10:52:08 AM
Provacateur by Marti Oakley on Monday, Mar 3, 2008 at 10:11:15 PM
Citizen by Tom Murphy on Monday, Mar 3, 2008 at 10:33:53 PM
Oh BooHOO! by Marti Oakley on Monday, Mar 3, 2008 at 10:43:22 PM
Lack of response by Marti Oakley on Monday, Mar 3, 2008 at 10:48:05 PM
Gone fishin' until you can ask a well thought question by Tom Murphy on Monday, Mar 3, 2008 at 10:55:01 PM
There are none so blind as those who refuse to see by Ruth on Tuesday, Mar 4, 2008 at 11:36:05 AM
Classical conservative by Tom Murphy on Tuesday, Mar 4, 2008 at 4:08:47 PM
Still crying? by Marti Oakley on Tuesday, Mar 4, 2008 at 12:26:31 PM
huh? by Tom Murphy on Tuesday, Mar 4, 2008 at 3:49:45 PM
Re: "When Did We Become the Enemy?" by Munich on Monday, Mar 3, 2008 at 9:11:29 PM
A request from someone who is wide awake by Tom Murphy on Monday, Mar 3, 2008 at 9:18:09 PM
Mr. Murphy, by Tom Johnson on Monday, Mar 3, 2008 at 9:43:14 PM
A couple times now... by Tom Murphy on Monday, Mar 3, 2008 at 10:06:43 PM
Its all a secret! by Marti Oakley on Monday, Mar 3, 2008 at 10:20:21 PM
How convenient for you - it's all a secret by Tom Murphy on Tuesday, Mar 4, 2008 at 3:39:23 PM
I'll make it easy for them ... by Mr M on Monday, Mar 3, 2008 at 9:20:57 PM
Irrational thinking by Tom Murphy on Monday, Mar 3, 2008 at 9:52:28 PM
Truth by Marti Oakley on Monday, Mar 3, 2008 at 10:32:25 PM
Repeat, repeat, repeat by Tom Murphy on Monday, Mar 3, 2008 at 11:01:25 PM
yes but... by Cheri Roberts on Tuesday, Mar 4, 2008 at 11:04:09 AM
"Proof" vs. possibility and plausibility by Tom Murphy on Tuesday, Mar 4, 2008 at 3:48:08 PM
Repeat this! by Marti Oakley on Tuesday, Mar 4, 2008 at 12:35:22 PM
Can you really be this ignorant...? by Tom Murphy on Tuesday, Mar 4, 2008 at 3:37:40 PM
I'm sorry ... by Mr M on Monday, Mar 3, 2008 at 10:52:57 PM
Don't be sorry - be smart (or perhaps honestly selective) by Tom Murphy on Monday, Mar 3, 2008 at 11:09:33 PM
We have always been the enemy for these reasons by tom storey on Monday, Mar 3, 2008 at 9:51:46 PM
Re: "When Did We Become the Enemy?" by Munich on Monday, Mar 3, 2008 at 11:00:11 PM
Peace is ONLY a good thing by Tom Murphy on Monday, Mar 3, 2008 at 11:06:11 PM
heh by Cheri Roberts on Tuesday, Mar 4, 2008 at 11:06:34 AM
Infragard - an 'insiders' reflection. by Mike Taylor on Monday, Mar 3, 2008 at 11:05:26 PM
Out of the Loop by Marti Oakley on Tuesday, Mar 4, 2008 at 12:45:46 PM
You could never be wrong because others aren't in the "loop" by Tom Murphy on Tuesday, Mar 4, 2008 at 3:59:31 PM
Mr. Murphy by shirley reese on Monday, Mar 3, 2008 at 11:20:19 PM
The troll... sighs by Tom Murphy on Monday, Mar 3, 2008 at 11:45:31 PM
Re: "When Did We Become the Enemy?" by Munich on Monday, Mar 3, 2008 at 11:50:56 PM
Name the times... because they must have practiced it, huh? by Tom Murphy on Tuesday, Mar 4, 2008 at 12:01:02 AM
Re: "When Did We Become the Enemy?" by Munich on Tuesday, Mar 4, 2008 at 12:51:15 AM
maybe not however... by Cheri Roberts on Tuesday, Mar 4, 2008 at 11:13:27 AM
whoops by Cheri Roberts on Tuesday, Mar 4, 2008 at 11:22:03 AM
While we're on the subject of sensors by Munich on Tuesday, Mar 4, 2008 at 11:43:23 AM
well Munich Darling... by Cheri Roberts on Tuesday, Mar 4, 2008 at 5:40:46 PM
Martial law by tjb on Tuesday, Mar 4, 2008 at 12:11:09 PM
Never respond to a troll! by Kathryn Smith on Tuesday, Mar 4, 2008 at 2:22:02 AM
Tom Murphy by tjb on Tuesday, Mar 4, 2008 at 6:52:24 AM
On the subject of "trolls"... by Tom Murphy on Tuesday, Mar 4, 2008 at 9:38:20 AM
The Egocentric by Ruth on Tuesday, Mar 4, 2008 at 11:55:33 AM
"The Opinionated" by Tom Murphy on Tuesday, Mar 4, 2008 at 1:45:43 PM
I won't say I told you so when the time comes by Ruth on Tuesday, Mar 4, 2008 at 7:20:43 PM
Veritas logica est adaequatio intellectus et rei by Tom Murphy on Tuesday, Mar 4, 2008 at 10:57:22 PM
Yes, reason and logic guide me. by Ruth on Wednesday, Mar 5, 2008 at 1:34:15 PM
Remember who you are, Ruth by Tom Murphy on Thursday, Mar 6, 2008 at 12:15:28 AM
Tom, by Ruth on Thursday, Mar 6, 2008 at 9:01:31 PM
Best wishes by Tom Murphy on Thursday, Mar 6, 2008 at 11:11:24 PM
Tsk, tsk ? by Ruth on Friday, Mar 7, 2008 at 12:03:01 PM
Ruth is right about you, Tom by Sarah Morgan on Friday, Mar 7, 2008 at 1:05:12 PM
Ruth is truth - and she's always right by Tom Murphy on Friday, Mar 7, 2008 at 11:01:16 PM
Excellent article Marti by Cheri Roberts on Tuesday, Mar 4, 2008 at 10:54:15 AM
Mr. Murphy by shirley reese on Tuesday, Mar 4, 2008 at 11:12:47 AM
Good Article by jdoss on Tuesday, Mar 4, 2008 at 11:20:20 AM
The citizens of America are the enemy because... by erik mouse on Tuesday, Mar 4, 2008 at 11:30:48 AM
Crimes of the Bush Administration by martinweiss on Tuesday, Mar 4, 2008 at 11:38:50 AM
The moment we became the enemy by Michael Shaw on Tuesday, Mar 4, 2008 at 11:58:19 AM
environmental murder by martinweiss on Tuesday, Mar 4, 2008 at 12:42:14 PM
"Question" by Munich on Tuesday, Mar 4, 2008 at 12:42:57 PM
We Can't Say That Here. by Dale Hill on Tuesday, Mar 4, 2008 at 1:49:58 PM
I agree by Gallaher on Tuesday, Mar 4, 2008 at 4:05:27 PM
Murphy talks too much... by mrk * on Wednesday, Mar 5, 2008 at 1:01:15 AM
If it were not soooo sad...it would be hilarious. by James Strait on Wednesday, Mar 5, 2008 at 8:13:12 AM
Unbelievable by Marti Oakley on Wednesday, Mar 5, 2008 at 1:23:24 PM
To James Strait: by Ruth on Wednesday, Mar 5, 2008 at 5:28:09 PM
I understand by James Strait on Wednesday, Mar 5, 2008 at 7:42:06 PM
James, I feel I should say this: by Ruth on Wednesday, Mar 5, 2008 at 9:28:52 PM
All humans are created as separate beings...equal starts? by James Strait on Thursday, Mar 6, 2008 at 12:02:15 AM
James, by Ruth on Thursday, Mar 6, 2008 at 8:31:48 PM
Surrender by James Strait on Friday, Mar 7, 2008 at 2:20:55 PM
Thank you James. by Sarah Morgan on Friday, Mar 7, 2008 at 7:47:09 PM
Speaking for myself by Ruth on Saturday, Mar 8, 2008 at 8:21:47 PM
such rubbish by shirley reese on Thursday, Mar 6, 2008 at 12:42:07 AM
LAST WORD by RICHARD SHADE on Tuesday, Mar 11, 2008 at 3:04:50 AM

 
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