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How has Liberia’s President Responded to Ebola? By Taking Extra Powers
Canada Free Press ^ | 10/19/14 | Alan Joel

Posted on 10/19/2014 12:29:43 PM PDT by Sean_Anthony

Powers to amend seven different articles under the constitution, including freedom of movement, speech, religion, confiscation of private property, and elections

Last week on October 7, it was reported that Liberia’s President, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, asked for more emergency powers to help contain and prevent the current Ebola crisis. Liberia is already under a state of emergency and curfew, which began in August. But according to VOA News:

“In a letter to the Plenary of the House of Representatives and the Senate, Sirleaf asked for powers to amend seven different articles under the constitution, including freedom of movement, speech, religion, confiscation of private property, and elections.”

Besides asking for extra powers, and citing the current “state of emergency”, President Sirleaf then proceeded on October 8th to suspend nationwide elections for Senate due to be held later this month.Yahoo News reported that,

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TOPICS: Government; Health/Medicine; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: ebola; elections; freedom; liberia

1 posted on 10/19/2014 12:29:43 PM PDT by Sean_Anthony
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To: Sean_Anthony

And the West African parade of kleptocrats and tyrants continues.

CC


2 posted on 10/19/2014 12:34:46 PM PDT by Celtic Conservative (tease not the dragon for thou art crunchy when roasted and taste good with ketchup)
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To: Sean_Anthony
President Sirleaf then proceeded on October 8th to suspend nationwide elections for Senate due to be held later this month.

I can just see Obama salivating at that idea.

3 posted on 10/19/2014 12:43:31 PM PDT by Hugin ("Do yourself a favor--first thing, get a firearm!",)
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To: Hugin

Salivating......and making plans now for you and I to lose most of our freedoms.......

But to do that, he has to first make sure that the epidemic is well planted in our country.

And because it will be acknowledged and accepted by most as necessary to stop the plague, few will resist. And those who do will not only find the clamp of government harsh and ruthless, the masses will support the government and say it’s necessary.

Our Marxist administrations dream scenario: diminish and weaken our people, and have a perfect reason and method for killing resistance.

Are you ready?


4 posted on 10/19/2014 1:15:36 PM PDT by Arlis
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To: Sean_Anthony

Would it be a shock to all of you to know that Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has an MPA from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard! We not only train our own lefties and future tyrants but we also educate the rest of the world’s lefties and future tyrants too!


5 posted on 10/19/2014 1:17:29 PM PDT by dowcaet
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To: Arlis

Exactly....and that is why there will never be a travel ban


6 posted on 10/19/2014 1:17:50 PM PDT by nhbob1
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To: Hugin

He’s going to do it too, you’ll see.


7 posted on 10/19/2014 4:04:59 PM PDT by Shimmer1 (Nothing says you are sad that someone died like looting local places of business!)
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To: Sean_Anthony
How has Liberia’s President Responded to Ebola? By Taking Extra Powers...which is exactly what Obama's response to Ebola has been - we now have a political operative with no special knowledge of Ebola, medicine or public health issues whatsoever in charge of the process of seeing us through this medical crisis - slowly, slowly but perceptibly politicians, "administrators" and "managers" are being worked into the system that requires medical knowledge, perspective,and judgment - the left's wet dream for a hundred years and every emergency and crisis gives them the excuse to bring it closer.....
8 posted on 10/19/2014 4:46:38 PM PDT by Intolerant in NJ
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To: Hugin

“I can just see Obama salivating at that idea”

All within his philosophy of “Never let a crisis go to waste.”


9 posted on 10/19/2014 4:54:13 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam
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To: 2ndreconmarine; Fitzcarraldo; Covenantor; Mother Abigail; EBH; Dog Gone; ...
Ping...

A link to this thread has been posted on the Ebola Surveillance Thread

10 posted on 10/20/2014 6:38:46 AM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: Sean_Anthony; neverdem; ProtectOurFreedom; Mother Abigail; EBH; vetvetdoug; Smokin' Joe; ...
Bring Out Your Dead

Post to me or FReep mail to be on/off the Bring Out Your Dead ping list.

The purpose of the “Bring Out Your Dead” ping list (formerly the “Ebola” ping list) is very early warning of emerging pandemics, as such it has a high false positive rate.

So far the false positive rate is 100%.

At some point we may well have a high mortality pandemic, and likely as not the “Bring Out Your Dead” threads will miss the beginning entirely.

*sigh* Such is life, and death...

11 posted on 10/20/2014 6:33:48 PM PDT by null and void ("Agoraphobia": fear of the marketplace; "AlGoreaphobia": fear of the marketplace of ideas.)
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To: Smokin' Joe

Thanks for the ping!


12 posted on 10/20/2014 7:36:20 PM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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