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Obama Administration Says President Can Use Lethal Force Against Americans on US Soil
Mother Jones ^ | Tue Mar. 5, 2013 | Adam Serwer

Posted on 03/05/2013 6:13:35 PM PST by nickcarraway

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To: Albion Wilde

“The last time a president did that, we had a civil war.”

Didn’t Eisenhower nationalize the Arkansas National Guard in 1957 and use military force to enforce a court order that black students should attend a formerly white school?


21 posted on 03/05/2013 6:51:55 PM PST by KrisKrinkle (Blessed be those who know the depth and breadth of their ignorance. Cursed be those who don't.)
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To: Albion Wilde

problem is they didn’t have the tracking and ability to engage from drones in cwi.

people need to start thinking about a plan omega.


22 posted on 03/05/2013 6:55:18 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (I can neither confirm or deny that; even if I could, I couldn't - it's classified.)
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To: nickcarraway

Beware of the distraction FReepers!

He does not need the “military.” You local law enforcement will do just fine with ordered drone strikes from the DHS.


23 posted on 03/05/2013 6:58:58 PM PST by EBH ( American citizens do not negotiate with political terrorists.)
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To: cripplecreek

You weren’t supposed to notice that...


24 posted on 03/05/2013 7:00:15 PM PST by MrBambaLaMamba (I will Obey the orders of anyone appointed over me)
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To: Albion Wilde
The last time a president did that, we had a civil war. Is he trying to start one?

He does fancy himself a modern Lincoln...

25 posted on 03/05/2013 7:08:49 PM PST by null and void (Gun confiscation enables tyranny. Don't enable tyranny.)
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To: nickcarraway

Impeachment File for Benghazi-Coward B. Hussein Obama.


26 posted on 03/05/2013 7:10:18 PM PST by Graewoulf ((Traitor John Roberts' Commune Obama"care" violates Anti-Trust Laws, AND the U.S. Constitution.))
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To: nickcarraway
If that cursed Patriot Act had been seen as one of many infringements of the Constitution and failed, maybe we wouldn't have this Marxist problem today. I regrettably have to say, “It's Bush's fault.”
27 posted on 03/05/2013 7:14:03 PM PST by cashless (Obama told us he would side with Muslims if the political winds shifted in an ugly direction. Ready?)
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To: mnehring
Mother Jones would have had a hissy fit if this was under Bush

To put it mildly. The leftards would have called it treasonous and demanded Bush be impeached, convicted and stand for public execution.

28 posted on 03/05/2013 7:19:08 PM PST by Alaska Wolf (I)
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To: nickcarraway

“...but only in ‘an extraordinary circumstance......”

Then it will work both ways.

—That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed,

— That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.”


29 posted on 03/05/2013 7:20:21 PM PST by Gator113 ( ~just keep livin~)
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To: cashless
I regrettably have to say, “It's Bush's fault.”

Bush didn't reelect Obozo.

30 posted on 03/05/2013 7:23:16 PM PST by Alaska Wolf (I)
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To: nickcarraway

The first test strike target will probably be some random playground.


31 posted on 03/05/2013 7:26:19 PM PST by Wanderer99
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To: nickcarraway

Hey Eric - do we get to return the favor? Thought not...


32 posted on 03/05/2013 7:28:04 PM PST by ThunderSleeps (Stop obarma now! Stop the hussein - insane agenda!)
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To: gaijin

You forgot the thousands of drones they want. Enough to keep patrols 24x7 over all major, even minor population centers.


33 posted on 03/05/2013 7:30:00 PM PST by ThunderSleeps (Stop obarma now! Stop the hussein - insane agenda!)
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To: Albion Wilde
The last time a president did that, we had a civil war. Is he trying to start one?

Realistically, seriously? Yes, it is quite possible and believable he and his cohorts in crime are looking for any excuse to expand their power to total control.

34 posted on 03/05/2013 7:32:00 PM PST by ThunderSleeps (Stop obarma now! Stop the hussein - insane agenda!)
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To: KrisKrinkle
Didn’t Eisenhower nationalize the Arkansas National Guard in 1957 and use military force to enforce a court order that black students should attend a formerly white school?

Point taken. He sent in the 101st Airborne and "placed the Arkansas National Guard under federal control" according to Wikipedia. Sounds a bit more temporary than "nationalizing" the National Guard.

However, a few years later at Kent State, the Guard killed just one student protester, and the outcry was nearly as bad as the assassination of JFK. It's not something a president should prepare for. One gets the feeling this Admin is rubbing their hands in glee at the thought of a mass genocide of flyover people, if their enormous stockpiling of ammunition, firearms and tanks are any indication.

35 posted on 03/05/2013 7:32:02 PM PST by Albion Wilde (Liberalism: knowing you're better than everyone else because of your humility. -- Daniel Greenfield)
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36 posted on 03/05/2013 7:34:26 PM PST by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Huskrrrr; All

Domestic drones and speed cameras everywhere, “Person of Interest” too close to home.


37 posted on 03/05/2013 7:37:37 PM PST by gleeaikin
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To: KrisKrinkle

“Didn’t Eisenhower nationalize the Arkansas National Guard in 1957 and use military force to enforce a court order that black students should attend a formerly white school?”

That’s a far cry from using the military to attack and kill Americans doing no harm. Try again.


38 posted on 03/05/2013 7:37:58 PM PST by CodeToad (Liberals are bloodsucking ticks. We need to light the matchstick to burn them off.)
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To: nickcarraway

Coming soon to a neighborhood near you!


39 posted on 03/05/2013 7:39:09 PM PST by Imnidiot (This space for Rent)
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To: Imnidiot

This could well be the end of Obama. Wait until he blows up Fox News or Sarah Palin’s House or the Texas Governor’s Mansion. CW II may well be coming. Obama wants to be like Lincoln—he just better stay away from theaters if he starts a civil War.


40 posted on 03/05/2013 7:51:05 PM PST by Forward the Light Brigade (Into the Jaws of H*ll)
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