Phoenix –The Senate Committee on Border Security, Federalism and State’s Sovereignty voted on Thursday, January 26th to send two bills and a resolution to the legislature for a vote.
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.
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The recent passage of NDAA has caused suspicion for liberty groups as to the intent of the bill with Section 1301 not specifically exempting American citizens from possible incarceration by the military and prosecution by court-martial. A handful of Republicans and Democrats attempted amendments to the bill to correct the language. All of them failed to pass the Senate. Montana has recently launched recall efforts against their representatives who voted for the bill.
Opponents of the legislation are jumping on the recently announced plans by the Los Angeles police department for a “routine training” exercise conducted by military personnel similar to on held in Boston last year (See video below). The brief press release reads:
Los Angeles: Multi-agency tactical exercises are to be conducted during evening hours around the downtown area January 22-26, 2012.
The Los Angeles Police Department will be providing support for a joint military training exercise in and around the great Los Angeles area. This will be routine training conducted by military personnel, designed to ensure the military’s ability to operate in urban environments, prepare forces for upcoming overseas deployments, and meet mandatory training certification requirements.
This training has been coordinated with local authorities and owners of the training sites. The training sites have been carefully selected to ensure the event does not negatively impact the citizens of Los Angeles and their daily routines.
Lastly, safety precautions have been taken to prevent risk to the general public and the military personnel involved.
As such, this training is not open to the public.
Liberty proponents contend that the NDAA makes void the nearly 134-year old Posse Comitatus act passed by Congress on June 18, 1878. Major Craig T. Trebilcock claims that it should not present a significant barrier to utilizing the military in “law enforcement” anyway. He notes, “In the past five years, the erosion of the Posse Comitatus Act has continued with the increasingly common use of military forces as security for essentially civilian events. During the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, over ten thousand U.S. troops were deployed under the partial rationale that they were present to deter terrorism.”
The training exercises in Boston, of course, occurred before NDAA passed and shows that exercises of this sort has been going on for some time.
Even if the exercises have nothing to do with the passage of NDAA with the controversial Section 1301, it certainly should evoke Orwellian images of police looking inside your apartment. This concept was used in the movie Blue Thunder. In the 1983 movie about a high-tech helicopter, the officers were upset when an official call interrupted their viewing of a woman undressing. Ironically, over LA.
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Here is a rerun of a video we did last election cycle.
Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn (R-7th, Tennessee) has submitted a bill, “To direct the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration) to prohibit certain employees of the Transportation Security Administration from using the title of `officer’ and from wearing uniforms and carrying badges resembling those of law enforcement officers.”
The short H.R. 3608, the ‘Stop TSA’s Reach In Policy Act’ or the ‘STRIP Act’ would direct the Assistant Director of Homeland Security to prohibit Transportation Security Administration personnel from wearing metal badges resembling police badges and uniforms that make them appear to be federal officers. They would not even be allowed to use the term “officer.”
She voted for H.R. 1540—the House version of S. 1867, NDAA—which many allege would allow the military to round up American citizens against any of the many wars the government is involving us in and place them in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba or a number of foreign prisons. In the Senate version, Sections 1301 and 1302—which have become known as the “indefinite detention articles”—do not exempt U.S. citizens from imprisonment without trial while most of the other provisions do.
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New policy. Homeland Security. You will not pick up anymore illegal aliens from the Sheriff’s office. You will do it for other agencies, but not the Sheriff’s office. … I’m not going to stop enforcing the illegal immigration laws.—Sheriff Joe Arpaio
MCSO: ICE Refused to Book Admitted Illegals: MyFoxPHOENIX.com
Published : Wednesday, 21 Dec 2011, 9:57 PM MST
PHOENIX – The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday night that ICE refused to take custody of 10 admitted illegal immigrants — 2 of whom are children.
The subjects allegedly told deputies they were in the country illegally and were on their way to New York.
When deputies contacted ICE to turn them over, they reportedly refused. MCSO contacted Border Patrol, which agreed to take custody.
However, deputies have to drive the subjects down to Casa Grande.
Sheriff Joe Arpaio says he’s concerned.
More at FOX10 News
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.
You might have noticed that the corporate entities have skipped right over this holiday moving from Halloween to Christmas without so much as a mention of the Mayflower Compact. Perhaps it might be a good time to also ask God if he’ll stick around.
We cannot invite you all to our house for the holidays, so we simply offer the following videos for your enjoyment.
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The question in the political arena, today, seems to be whether or not Ron Paul is “electable” in his occupy White House campaign. Let us examine the mechanics of an election in our Republic.
During an election, people are supposed to cast a ballot for whom they consider the best candidate for the job of President. The people are you. If you can look beyond political partisanship, as George Washington suggested, and are not dependent on welfare, corporate bailouts, “green” technology handouts to build wind generators that destroy wildlife and are not part of the Federal Reserve system, you might want to vote for him. So you go in and cast your ballot marking the block for Ron Paul.
In an election, if Ron Paul receives a whole lot of votes—preferably more than the opponents—he is electable. If more of the people on the above list vote than thinking people, then he will not receive more votes than his opponent and will be unelectable.
Go figure.
The caveat, of course, is the Electoral College—a group of individuals who do not have to cast their ballots in the manner that the popular vote dictates. If they decide to vote their own way against him, again he is unelectable. Most seem to forget that the Electoral College still exists and they can vote anyway they desire. If the Federal Reserve doesn’t want him elected, it’s a simple matter to buy off those voters.
(November 8th)
Almost unbelievable. Holder actually faces Congress and blames them for Fast and Furious.
“But beyond identifying where errors occurred and ensuring that they never occur again, we must be careful not to loose sight of the critical problem that this flawed investigation has highlighted,” he said in this clip.
Yea, Congress. What’s up with that? It should be illegal for government agencies to order gun dealers to sell guns to the Mexican drug cartel that most Americans can’t afford to buy. It makes the Americans outgunned by a hostile enemy force. Not to mention getting Mexican citizens and border patrol agents killed.
Oh, yea. That is illegal.
It just so happens that Americans buying multiple guns is not the problem. The problem is government agencies running interference for gun sales and non-enforcement at the border. I thought the border was secure, Janet.
Dr. Pepper’s new product is targeted toward men. Their advertisement includes the phrase “no women allowed” for the “10 bold calorie” product.
“In our test markets, Dr Pepper TEN became a go-to drink for men, providing the full-flavor, low-calorie experience they have been looking for,” said [Dave] Fleming. “We’re excited to roll out the product on a national level and give guys across the country a taste of our latest beverage innovation,” according to Packaging Digest.
Fox News Live Online said that the product contains sugar and is designed for taste. Apparently, Diet Dr. Pepper does not taste like regular Dr. Pepper enough. The problem is that the “sugar” included is high fructose corn syrup—which is alleged to have health problems of its own—and it still contains aspartame. It is difficult to find any product, today, that does not use high fructose corn syrup or aspartame instead of pure cane sugar. Even gums not labeled as sugar-free use the offensive chemical.
Recently, Pepsi has release what it calls “throwback” products which claims to use real sugar. Beverage Review, however, reveals that it is not made of pure cane sugar, but a combination of pure cane sugar and beet sugar. There are other alternatives that use pure cane sugar such as Jones and Boylan sodas. And they still use glass bottles.
While the product contains the problematic chemicals, the biggest attack on the product is the advertising targeting men. The product advertising “no women allowed” will probably draw in women who want to prove that they can handle it.
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