Posted on 02/07/2010 7:26:40 PM PST by Man50D
President Obama has picked to advise him on military actions inside the U.S. the Missouri governor whose state "Information Analysis Center" last year linked conservative organizations to domestic terrorism and said law enforcement officers should watch for suspicious individuals who may have bumper stickers from Ron Paul or Chuck Baldwin.
Missouri Gov. Jeremiah Nixon, a Democrat, is being joined on the Obama's special advisory panel by the governor of Puerto Rico, Luis Fortuno, and Arizona Gov. Janice Brewer, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano's replacement when she moved to Washington.
They are among Obama's nominations for the 10 positions on Obama's new "Council of Governors" that he will use for advice on "military activities in the United States."
(Excerpt) Read more at wnd.com ...
It’s just another do-nothing, photo-op/sound clip “commission”.
Want proof? They put our...ahem...esteemed Governor from NC on this thing. She’s dumber than a box of rocks. The only thing she knows about “defense” is that it “surrounds the back yard, I think”.
Much ado about nothing.
It doesn’t have to be a terrorist attack from abroad or from within. It can be insurrection, per exceptions in Posse Comitatus. Also, since 2008, we have part of a brigade under the control of North Command and Homeland Security to be utilized for domestic “unrest”. They were already deployed once under zero in Alabama (or was it Mississippi?), although it’s unknown how the whole thing came about. So far, FOIA requests haven’t answered that question, although supposedly the military only played an observatory, not law enforecement, role in the incident, whatever it was.
It’s clear Posse Comitatus is in jeopardy and is being whittled away at just like the constitution.
Huh? What does the 2A have to do with a snowstorm? How does a police chief suspend 2A rights?
Please do not insult a box of rocks like that! LOL.
LOL....you’re right. I stand chastened and humbled, beseeching the forgiveness of the Box of Rocks Constituency.
Guess I should have said “...dumber than a bag of hair”...
If you want to have such a council it would seem logical to have as chairman someone with a lot of experience with the military. At the very least least you would want a governor who has a lot of military personnel in his state. Obama, however, appoints Jim Douglas of Vermont to be co-chair (with Chris Gregoire).
Douglas has no military experience and Vermont has no military bases. He will also be leaving office in a year. Another great choice by the dear leader.
Citation please.
Yeah, that's what I reacted to. This SOB HAS to be stopped.
Did everyone have to turn in their guns? How was that enforced?
That, I think, is exactly the type of adviser he wants. Someone clueless that will go along with him when he does something stupid and anti-Constitutional.
THE COCKEYED WORLD OF OBAMA/INCOMPETANO: A VERY DISTURBING GOVT MINDSET Obama/Incompetano pulled out all the stops to go after American "extremists" few months back but seem "unable" to go after bombers and terrorists.
Keep in mind, Americans look at the undie bomber with fear and trepidation, and demand justice. Ohaha/Incompetano, Holder, Emanuel, Axelrod, Soros and that bunch, look at the bomber with kindness and understanding, b/c he was out to "get" those evil Americans.
No more proof is needed than Obama/Incompetano's profiling Americans as “rightwing extremists.”
On April 7, 2009, their hatred of Americans spewed full force as DHS' Office of Intelligence and Analysis sent out a nationwide alert to US L/E to act against "evil" conservatives. DHS identified “rightwing extremists” as a "danger" and defined “rightwing extremists” in a footnote, as follows.
OBAMA/INCOMPETANO ORDER L/E TO SUPPRESS AND DESTROY AMERICANS. EXCERPT DHS' Office of Intelligence and Analysis to L/E: "Rightwing extremism in the United States can be broadly divided into those groups, movements, and adherents that are primarily hate-oriented (based on hatred of particular religious, racial or ethnic groups), and those that are mainly antigovernment, rejecting federal authority in favor of state or local authority, or rejecting government authority entirely. It may include groups and individuals that are dedicated to a single issue, such as opposition to abortion or immigration."
DHS later said that the report was not an attempt to squash First Amendment Rights for conservatives----only "hate groups"---- but, there was NO attempt to exempt anyone from these broad generalizations. Obama/Incompetano's report paints EVERY ASPECT OF AMERICAN CONSERVATISM as "suspect."
This is indicative of a very disturbing government mindset. Obama/Incompetano's documented hatred of Americans, and their orders to L/E to surveil and supress Americans......contrasts sharply with their kid glove handling of terrorists bent on violence and destruction.
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Dims plot to protect Janet Napolitano: "..... the White House was working on Homeland Security Committee Chair Sen. Joe Lieberman. His hearings would grill her, but won’t call for Napolitano to resign.... Lieb could also reiterate his support for her remaining at the DHS post......"
Oh, yeah. I can't wait til the voters of Conn find out that Lieberman co-sponsored the Dodd Amendment to cut $4.5 million from airport screening operations and explosives detection systems....and instead, supported grants to firefighters (Chris Dodd's financial backers).
In July 2009, Dodd proposed an amendment reducing aviation security appropriations by $4.5M in favor of firefighter grants (a move that enriched one of Dodd's financial backers). The federal money Dodd eliminated was specifically intended "for screening operations and for explosives detection systems."
AT THE TIME I POSTED THAT ITEM DEC 2009, MY ADVICE TO DODD WAS: "Dodd should pack his bags and leave now, before he's tarred and feathered and run out of DC on a rail." Fast forward to January 2010: Dodd announces he's quitting the Senate.....Conn voters should get the tar and feathers ready.
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REFERENCE Dodd, Lieberman Amendment Cuts $4.5M for "Aviation Security" from DHS Appropriations Act
dodd.senate | July 10, 2009 / Posted by maggief
Senators Chris Dodd (D-CT), Joe Lieberman (ID-CT), and Thomas Carper (D-DE) authored an amendment to the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act that will provide $10 million more in funding for grants to local fire departments for equipment and training. The amendment, which passed unanimously last night, will ensure $390 million in funding is provided for the Assistance to Firefighters (FIRE) grant program next year. (Excerpt) Read more at dodd.senate.gov ... SOURCE http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2423013/posts
Can someone tell me when PR became a state?
The Obama Timeline: 1961-2009
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A bound paperback book form is available for purchase at
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References
http://www.colony14.net/id136.html
WHAT???
IN the US?
Just WHAT has the FOOL thought up NOW?
Not quite true; for RIGHTS cannot be suspended: only kept from being enjoyed.
It looks like our Constitution is hanging by a thread - who can save it?
OHAHA'S POWER GRAB Ohaha's Executive Order establishing a Council of Governors to (cough) "strengthen" the partnership between the Federal and State Governments to protect our Nation against all types of hazards. The Council will be reviewing matters involving state National Guards; homeland defense; civil support; synchronization and integration of State and Federal military activities; and other matters of mutual interest pertaining to National Guard, homeland defense, and civil support activities. (emphasis added)
FOR YOUR REFERENCE The phrase "to gain executive branch authority" was first heard 70 years ago, or so.....part of a package called "The Enabling Acts"......although it was written in German. The Enabling Acts granted "the executive" the authority to write new laws and change old laws without oversight.
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BACKSTORY President Obama Signs Executive Order Establishing Council of Governors
The White House | Office of Press Secretary / whitehouse.gov
FR Posted by Melissa 24
The President today signed an Executive Order (attached) establishing a Council of Governors to strengthen further the partnership between the Federal Government and State Governments to protect our Nation against all types of hazards. When appointed, the Council will be reviewing such matters as involving the National Guard of the various States; homeland defense; civil support; synchronization and integration of State and Federal military activities in the United States; and other matters of mutual interest pertaining to National Guard, homeland defense, and civil support activities.
The bipartisan Council will be composed of ten State Governors who will be selected by the President to serve two year terms. In selecting the Governors to the Council, the White House will solicit input from Governors and Governors’ associations. Once chosen, the Council will have no more than five members from the same party and represent the Nation as a whole.
Federal members of the Council include the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, the Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Affairs and Public Engagement, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and Americas’ Security Affairs, the U.S. Northern Command Commander, the Commandant of the Coast Guard, and the Chief of the National Guard Bureau. The Secretary of Defense will designate an Executive Director for the Council. (Excerpt) Read more at whitehouse.gov ...
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As Condor51 insightfully posted: Obama's Council of Governors is so illegal it's almost funny. It has all the authority of printed toilet paper, so I hope he has one on hand after a night of eating Mexican. I demand to know who took his college and law school tests because this MORON sure didn't.
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