One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution;
one makes a
revolution in order to establish a dictatorship.
George Orwell
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"You take the blue pill and the story ends. You wake in your bed and you believe whatever you want to believe."
"You take the red pill and you
stay in Wonderland and I'll show you how deep the rabbit-hole goes."
| "Freedom is
about authority. Freedom is about the willingness of every
single human being to cede to lawful authority a great deal
of discretion about what you do." NYC Mayor Rudolph Giulian |
U.S. SURVEILLANCE OF CITIZENS REACHES NEW LEVELS
This October, Congress passed a sweeping piece of legislation designed to keep track of the activities of those the government fears most. Foreign terrorists? No. Domestic terrorists? No. Then perhaps the over inflated fantasy of those "dangerous" militia movements? No. Who then? Those the government fears most are the American people.
All wars of the 20th Century, in fact the last 100 years or so, are the result of the losing country’s not having had an articles of agreement with the International Bankers. Phrased another way, before a war the country that was the eventual loser of the war did not have such agreement and after the country was defeated, it did.
Information Awareness Office How's This for Paranoid?
While looking over my server logs today, I came across a blogger post about DARPA's Information Awareness Office. For those who don't know, this new DARPA agency was established in January to provide the U.S. with "total information awareness" in the wake of 9/11. Utilizing the full capabilities of Echelon technology and a sister organization called the Information Exploitation Office, the US foreign and domestic spying capabilities are akin to an "All-Seeing-Eye". In February the Guardian ran a story which said, "Think, Big Brother is Watching You. IAO will supply federal officials with 'instant' analysis on what is being written on email and said on phones all over the U.S. Domestic espionage. You want to test it out? Text-message any American friend, 'Bmb OK. Allah gr8'."
When it comes to snooping on Americans, Big Brother has a lot more gadgets at his disposal.
In its new study, "Bigger Monster, Weaker Chains: The Growth of an American Surveillance Society," the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) blames the unchecked use of technological tracking features for an increase in surveillance by both the government and the private sector.
"The explosion of computers, cameras, sensors, wireless communications, GPS (Global Positioning System) biometrics and other technologies in just the last 10 years is feeding a surveillance monster that is growing silently in our midst," the authors wrote.
1.) The IRS is not a U.S. Government Agency. It
is an Agency of the IMF. (Diversified Metal Products
v. IRS et al. CV-93-405E-EJE U.S.D.C.D.I., Public Law
94-564, Senate Report 94-1148 pg. 5967, Reorganization
Plan No. 26, Public Law 102-391.)
WASHINGTON--The biggest problem with criticism of Adm. John Poindexter's massive spy proposal is not in the argument over the system being so darn creepy.
Of course it's creepy. This new federal agency deliberately chose the motto "knowledge is power," crafted a logo certain to inspire conspiracy theories, and is itching to assemble a detailed computerized dossier on every American. And that a figure such as Poindexter--disgraced in the Iran-Contra scandal and with a database addiction dating back to at least 1987--is running the show is a detail worthy of a Jonathan Swift satire.
No, the biggest problem with the criticism of the Total Information Awareness system is that it's too shortsighted. It's focused on what the Poindexters of the world can do with current database and information-mining technology. That includes weaving together strands of data from various sources--such as travel, credit card, bank, electronic toll and driver's license databases--with the stated purpose of identifying terrorists before they strike. But what could Poindexter and the Bush administration devise in five or 10 years, if they had the money, the power and the will?
Our commercial interests and foreign policy are no longer separate...as bad as it is that average Americans are forced to subsidize such a system, we additionally are placed in greater danger because of our arrogant policy of bombing nations that do not submit to our wishes. This generates hatred directed toward America ...and exposes us to a greater threat of terrorism, since this is the only vehicle our victims can use to retaliate against a powerful military state...the cost in terms of lost liberties and unnecessary exposure to terrorism is difficult to assess, but in time, it will become apparent to all of us that foreign interventionism is of no benefit to American citizens, but instead is a threat to our liberties.
The Nature of American Denial Corridor of the American Asylum
At the core of self delusion is the inability and/or the unwillingness of facing reality. While psychological disorders can often explain abnormal behavior in individuals, the exegesis for deviant social attitudes and accompanying conduct is reserved for society. Or so we are told! But does this make sense to you? As long as you accept that reality does exist and that it can be understood, it follows that we have the right, the ability and the obligation to comprehend it and adjust our actions accordingly.
American Gulag
No American president should have the absolute power to imprison people at will, even when the nation is at war.
That's the unfettered power President George W. Bush has claimed for himself in the war on terrorism. On his authority alone -- unchecked by courts or international convention -- 660 people from 42 nations captured in the Afghanistan war have been locked in a U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for two years. Two others -- American citizens -- have been held in military brigs almost as long, without criminal charges or access to family, lawyers or court.
Executive Order 10422 , EO 10422