Following the successful (at least temporarily) Wikiprotest against the SOPA/PIPA legislations in the United States Congress, others are trying to form protests against the equally disturbing National Defense Authorization Act.
Opponents of the NDAA have pointed to Section 1301 of the bill as giving the government power to send the military to arrest American citizens who are deemed to have materially supported Al-Qaeda. The question is who deems that a person has done so since the judge and jury is the military. George Mason worried about just such types of legislation. At the ratifying convention in June of 1788, he said, “I humbly conceive there is extreme danger of establishing cruel martial regulations. If at any time our rulers should have unjust and iniquitous designs against our liberties, and should wish to establish a standing army, the first attempt would be to render the service and use of militia odious to the people themselves; subjecting them to unnecessary severity of discipline in time of peace, confining them under martial law, and disgusting them so much, as to make them cry out, give us a standing army. I would wish to have some check to exclude this danger; as, that the militia should never be subject to martial law, but in time of war.”
The public event was started on Facebook By Suzanne Noel and is planned for February 3rd. Her event description reads, “Americans across the country will gather outside congressional offices Feb. 3rd from noon to 7 p.m. to protest NDAA 2012 (H.R. 1540). You will find your protest location by looking to see how your congressmen voted.” She adds links to the offices and votes of your senators and representatives.
SCR 1008 and SB 1081, allowing counties to declare emergencies and clean up forested areas, passed the committee with a vote of six yes and two not voting.
SB 1083 passed with six yeas, one nay and one not voting.
A Navy construction crew passing by the scene of a horrific wreck joined forces with emergency rescue workers to keep a mangled BMW carrying a California mother, her 10-year-old daughter and 10-week baby from slipping off a bridge and plunging into a 100-foot deep ravine.
The vehicle dangled off the bridge Thursday after being rear-ended by a tractor-trailer, which broke through the concrete barriers and fell into the creek bed. The truck driver was killed.
Santa Barbara County, Calif., Fire Department rescue workers had been trying to pry Kelli Lynne Groves and her children out the car when the Navy Seabees were driving by with their equipment.
On this day in 1941, Pearl Harbor was bombed killing thousands of Army, Navy troops and civilians. The rallying cry “Remember Pearl Harbor” was used to unite the populace into fighting World War II. Among the wreckage was the USS ARIZONA which stands as a monument to those who fought and died in that war. The USS NEVADA, attempting to break out into the Pacific is attacked. Her commander, realizing that the ship will block the only entrance into the harbor if she sinks, intentionally runs her aground clear of the channel.
Fellow entrepreneurs, Americans, anyone who still cares about this country at all — this is a must read: By the end of this week, the US government very likely will have the power to lock up US citizens for life at Guantanamo Bay or other military prisons — without charge and without trial. This means that, in the near future, a controversial Twitter post, attending a peaceful protest, or publishing an anti-Congress critique or anti-TSA rant on Google+ could land you “indefinite detention” for life, in the wording of the bill. No access to a lawyer, no access to trial.
Yes, you read that right. This would target American citizens, on American soil. Military personnel would be able to come into your house like something out of a Tom Clancy novel and chopper your innocent self down to Guantanamo Bay for life.
Wind farms, along with solar power and other alternative energy sources, are supposed to produce the energy of tomorrow. Evidence indicates that their countless whirring fan blades produce something else: “blank spots” that distort radar readings.
Now government agencies that depend on radar — such as the Department of Defense and the National Weather Service — are spending millions in a scramble to preserve their detection capabilities. A four-star Air Force general recently spelled out the problem to Dave Beloite, the director of the Department of Defense’s Energy Siting Clearinghouse.
“Look there’s a radar here — one of our network of Homeland surveillance radars — and [if you build this wind farm] you essentially are going to put my eyes out in the Northwestern corner of the United States,” Beloite related during a web conference in April.
Spinning wind turbines make it hard to detect incoming planes. To avoid that problem, military officials have blocked wind farm construction near their radars — and in some cases later allowed them after politicians protested.
111013-N-QF368-102 WASHINGTON, D.C. (Oct. 13, 2011) Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) the Honorable Ray Mabus, center, shares a laugh with Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert after singing "Anchors Aweigh" during the Navy's 236th birthday celebration at the Pentagon. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class David Danals/Released)
By Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class (SW) David Danals, Defense Media Activity Public Affairs
ARLINGTON, Va. (NNS) — U.S. Navy personnel attended a birthday celebration honoring the Navy’s 236th year of establishment at the Pentagon, Oct. 13.
Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus and Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Jonathan Greenert were also in attendance.
“We’ll continue shaping events overseas and at home like we have for 236 years,” said Greenert. “It is our heritage, it’s in our DNA. Happy birthday.”
The Navy was established by the Continental Congress after votes were made to fit out two sailing vessels with the intent to send them out on a cruise of three months to intercept transport vessels carrying munitions and stores to the British army in America.
“We have challenges, but we have people who can meet those challenges,” said Mabus. “The people that you [the Sailors] represent, the people who are today standing the watch, [are here] so that the rest of this country can sleep well every single night; so Navy, happy 236th birthday.”
Following the formal ceremony, a cake-cutting was held which included Mabus, Greenert, and the youngest Sailor from the Office of the Chief of Naval Operation’s Staff.
No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.
This amendment is probably the easiest to dispense with, in our discussion because it has been the least litigated of the Amendments. The United States Military billets their personnel on base or pays for their housing off-base if they are qualified. It was meant to prevent the habit that British soldiers developed of kicking people out of their houses and taking them over temporarily. This Amendment was meant to prevent U.S. forces from doing the same.
Engblom v. Carey, 677 F. 2d 957 (2d Cir. 1982) was the only major case which directly confronted this Amendment when National Guard troops were housed in residences of striking corrections officers. Courts have noted, however, its distinction between time of war and time of peace.
There were some cases that convoluted this Amendment, amazingly enough, “such as that Army reservists ordered to march in a parade had a Third Amendment right to sit it out instead. Jones v. United States Secretary of Defense, 346 F. Supp. 97 (D. Minn. 1972).”
It is mentioned in only one Supreme Court case, that I know of, and only in passing. In Griswold v. Connecticut 381 U.S. 479, 484 (1965), which was a case against Planned Parenthood in Connecticut. It seems, though, that Mr. Justice Douglas was trying to simply take the time to reinforce this idiotic notion of whether the Bill of Rights is “incorporated” to the States by the Fourteenth Amendment. He and Justice Black were nominated to the Supreme Court by the same man; Franklin Delano Roosevelt. So we know their leaning.
There was no call for “sensible” or “reasonable” gun control in this shooting. No call to limit the capacity of magazines and no call to end the vitriol of talk radio. Actually, there might be another call for that last item.
According to Pima County Attorney’s office, the shooting of former Marine and Afghanistan war veteran Jose Guerena was justified.
After the May 5th shooting, the Pima County Sheriff’s office revealed multiple arrest warrants and alleged involvement in a home invasion and murder.
Pima County Deputies did, according to reports, knock and give warning that they were Sheriff’s Deputies. According to new accounts that are only now surfacing, one can agree that action was probably justified.
One might wonder, however, if 70 rounds in thirty-seconds is wise. Most citizens agree that police have a right to defend themselves as much as you do. If they were confronted with a weapon after knocking and identifying themselves, that right certainly applies.
The problem today is that, in many situation, the police are given virtually the same powers as the British Army that was a partial cause of the War of Independence. Search warrants issued far exceed the wording of the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution with the full blessing of the Supreme Court. Search warrants are supposed to be specific in what is to be seized and its location. Search warrants today are little more than fishing expeditions.
Another problem is the “prohibition” factor figured into this whole “illicit” drug trade. The Ninth Amendment makes the drug ban unconstitutional. It can be regulated, however, much as we do alcohol. The only thing this prohibition has done is to return us to the days of alcohol prohibition when politicians, government agencies and mobsters made money off of the trade.
Remember when Obama said he wanted a national security force? Not the national guard, but a civilian one that has not sworn to uphold the Constitution? On July 2, 2008 in a speech in Colorado Springs, Barack Obama called for a police state. Obama just got his private army And no one seems to have noticed. It is buried in the Senate revisions to the health care bill. Subtitle CIncreasing the Supply of the Health Care Workforce Sec. 5201. Federally supported student loan funds. Sec. 5202. Nursing student loan program. Sec. 5203. Health care workforce loan repayment programs. Sec. 5204. Public health workforce recruitment and retention programs. Sec. 5205. Allied health workforce recruitment and retention programs. Sec. 5206. Grants for State and local programs. Sec. 5207. Funding for National Health Service Corps. Sec. 5208. Nurse-managed health clinics. Sec. 5209. Elimination of cap on commissioned corps. Sec. 5210. Establishing a Ready Reserve Corps. Subtitle DEnhancing Health Care Workforce Education and Training See the Patient Protection Affordable Care Act, page 1312: SEC. 5210. ESTABLISHING A READY RESERVE CORPS. Section 203 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 204) is amended to read as follows: SEC. 203. COMMISSIONED CORPS AND READY RESERVE CORPS. (a) ESTABLISHMENT (1) IN GENERAL.here shall be in the Service a commissioned Regular Corps and a Ready Reserve Corps for service in time of national emergency. (2) REQUIREMENT.All commissioned officers shall be citizens of the United States and shall be appointed without regard to the civil-service laws and compensated without regard to the Classification Act 2 of 1923, as amended. (3) APPOINTMENT.Commissioned officers of the Ready Reserve Corps shall be appointed by the President and commissioned officers of the Regular Corps shall be appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. (4) ACTIVE DUTY.Commissioned officers of the Ready Reserve Corps shall at all times be subject to call to active duty by the Surgeon General, including active duty for the purpose of training. (5) WARRANT OFFICERS.Warrant officers may be appointed to the Service for the purpose of providing support to the health and delivery systems maintained by the Service and any warrant officer appointed to the Service shall be considered for purposes of this Act and title 37, United States Code, to be a commissioned officer within the Commissioned Corps of the Service. (b) ASSIMILATING RESERVE CORP OFFICERS INTO THE REGULAR CORPS.—Effective on the date of enactment of the Affordable Health Choices Act, all individuals classified as officers in the Reserve Corps under this section (as such section existed on the day before the date of enactment of such Act) and serving on active duty shall be deemed to be commissioned officers of the Regular Corps. [Note here that those personally appointed by BO -- without advice and consent of the Senate -- automatically become a part of the Regular Corps. Ed.] (c) PURPOSE AND USE OF READY RESERVE. (1) PURPOSE.The purpose of the Ready Reserve Corps is to fulfill the need to have additional Commissioned Corps personnel available on short notice (similar to the uniformed services reserve program) to assist regular Commissioned Corps personnel to meet both routine public health and emergency response missions. (2) USES.The Ready Reserve Corps shall (A) participate in routine training to meet the general and specific needs of the Commissioned Corps; (B) be available and ready for involuntary calls to active duty during national emergencies and public health crises, similar to the uniformed service reserve personnel; (C) be available for backfilling critical positions left vacant during deployment of active duty Commissioned Corps members, as well as for deployment to respond to public health emergencies, both foreign and domestic; and (D) be available for service assignment in isolated, hardship, and medically underserved communities (as defined in section 399SS) to improve access to health services. (d) FUNDING.—For the purpose of carrying out the duties and responsibilities of the Commissioned Corps under this section, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to the Office of the Surgeon General for each of fiscal years 2010 through 2014. Funds appropriated under this subsection shall be used for recruitment and training of Commissioned Corps Officers. How many of you, dear readers, were aware of the fact that the health care bill created another army?
DU, a low-level radioactive heavy metal, is a byproduct of the process used to enrich uranium.
The density of depleted uranium is such that it is an excellent material to produce ammunition to penetrate heavy armor plating and is used for such purpose. The web site Dark Government states, “In military applications, when alloyed, Depleted Uranium [DU] is ideal for use in armor penetrators.”
Some fear, however, that the deleted uranium may not be as low-level as previously believed. Dr. Doug Rokke (SEE VIDEO BELOW) contends that it is responsible for many health risks to our own troops during the Gulf Wars. Depleted uranium has been used extensively in the Navy; for example in the 20 mm CIWS Gatling gun system. He granted an extensive interview to Alex Jones on the subject last year. Dr. Rokke and his team, according to the interview, wrote the training manuals and instruction 700-48 (PDF) on the proper handling of the material.
“No event in American history is more misunderstood than the Vietnam War. It was misreported then, and it is misremembered now. Rarely have so many people been so wrong about so much. Never have the consequences of their misunderstanding been so tragic.” — Richard Nixon from his book, “No More Vietnams”
Earlier this month, the House of Representatives and Senate passed resolutions declaring March 30 as Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day. We could not agree more and thank them for their service.
Our hearts and prayers go out to the families of those servicemembers who did not return on March 30, 1973.
Yet we know this is little tribute for the tremendous sacrifice you made at home and abroad during those turbulent years and the years after.
Democrat Bob Filner, of the 51st district of California, has introduced H.R. 540, the “In Memory Medal for Forgotten Veterans Act.”
The medal, to be known as the “Jesus (Chuchi) Salgado Medal,” to be designed and issued by the Secretary of Defense to honor each veteran of the Armed Forces who served in the Vietnam war or who died as a result of service in the war–as determined by the Secretary of Defense–and whose name is not eligible for placement on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington.
The medal is named after Sgt. Salgado of California who is given credit for getting the act introduced in 2005 to the 109th Congress.
Reporting from Ensenada—The immigrants heard the engine slow as the pilot steered through breakers. Twelve hours earlier, they had shoved off from a beach near Ensenada. Now, they were bobbing off Red Beach at Camp Pendleton. Out in the darkness, California beckoned.
“Jump out!” barked the pilot.
The 17 immigrants climbed over the side of the rickety boat, stumbling and splashing their way through the surf where U.S. Marines usually charge ashore in armored vehicles during amphibious assault exercises.
“I couldn’t run because I had been sitting in the boat for so long,” said Maribel Ruiz. “But the pilot kept yelling, ‘Run! Run! Run!’ It was terrible.”
(Reuters) – Only 17 percent of Americans see President Barack Obama as a strong and decisive military leader, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll taken after the United States and its allies began bombing Libya.
Nearly half of those polled view Obama as a cautious and consultative commander-in-chief and more than a third see him as indecisive in military matters.
Obama was widely criticized in 2009 for his months-long consultations with senior aides and military chiefs on whether to send more troops to Afghanistan. Critics called it dithering, but he said such a big decision required careful deliberation. He eventually dispatched 30,000 more troops.
But Obama is facing mounting discontent among opposition Republicans and from within his own Democratic Party over the fuzzy aims of the U.S.-led mission in Libya and the lack of a clearly spelled-out exit strategy for U.S. forces.
If the Libya mission becomes a foreign policy mess, mixed with perceptions Obama is a weak military leader, it could spell trouble for him in the 2012 presidential election.
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