Another clue about what might be in
store for us
"Our"
Congress recently passed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) in a
283-to-136 vote. 190 Republicans and 93
Democrats voted for; 43 Republicans and 93 Democrats voted "against."
Prepare to be arrested, without charge, simply because someone "up
there" believes or says you engage in "terroristy" stuff. Good luck proving them wrong.
It
passed the Senate in slightly different form, 93 to 7. Three Democrats, three Republicans and one
Independent (no, not Lieberman) voted for this egregious abuse of power; Obama put the word out that it encroached on
his sovereign powers, and said he'd veto it.
But according to Sen. Carl Levin, who with McCain authored the bill, it was
Obama who insisted on all the most
draconian provisions, so it is hard to see why he would veto it. Although it is in blatant violation of the
Constitution, the presently constituted Supreme Court, including Obama's two
appointees, is highly unlikely to ameliorate the worst provisions. After all, the repeal of habeas corpus, the "bulwark" of English common law for
over 700 years, took place in 2006-7 with neither the press, the public, not
the courts so much as raising a metaphorical eyebrow.
And, if you
haven't done so already, listen to Rob Kall's Bottom Up Radio Show Podcast in
which he interviews Constitutional Attorney Bruce Fein, who says that the NDAA
is an "unprecedented intrusion that has begun to be used to destroy what we are
as a republic and as a nation.
Finally,
watch this brilliantly simple cartoon clip that
explains how our democracy has to a large extent temporarily been taken away from us and how we can get
it back.
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