Posted on 02/27/2009 6:11:53 AM PST by Calpernia
From Congressman Burgess's site:
http://burgess.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=103976
News "Martial Law" In House of Representatives
Washington, Sep 28, 2008 - Under the martial law procedure, long-standing House rules that require at least one day between the unveiling of significant legislation and the House floor vote on that legislation — so that Members can learn what they are being asked to vote on — are swept away. Instead, under “martial law,” the Leadership can file legislation with tens or hundreds of pages of fine print and move immediately to debate and votes on it, before Members of Congress, the media, or the public have an opportunity to understand fully what provisions have been altered or inserted into the legislation behind closed doors. This is the procedure that the Leadership intends to use to muscle through important bills in the next two days.
http://rules-republicans.house.gov/ShortTopics/Read.aspx?id=220
From the Committee on Rules September 27, 2008
BLANKET MARTIAL LAW RULE THROUGH
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 29TH
Motion offered by: McGovern
Summary of Motion:
To report the martial law rule waiving a requirement of Clause 6(a) of Rule XIII with respect to consideration of any resolution reported from the Rules Committee, through the legislative day of September 29, 2008. It does not apply to any specific measure, but rather grants blanket authority.
Agreed to by voice vote
I’m afraid that we’ve experienced something along the lines of a coup de grace in this country, but through a financial manipulation of the stock market, banking system, mortgage system and who knows what else. The purpose was to install Obama as President - and it worked. Now we are in real trouble - things will become much much worse before it gets any better (if that is even possible now).
I don’t think it is clear that it is for one day. It can be read both ways. The original post shows the first time they did it with a clear stop date.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2195385/posts?page=127#127
Army deploys combat unit in US for possible civil unrest
goodbye democracy. it was fun while it lasted....
Exactly!!!
Thanks Calpernia. Strange times indeed.
What a wondeful world.
“I don’t remember a terroristic event.
The whole Obama administration is a terrorist event.”
Please let me know if you ever find or hear about the video from Foxnews a couple/three years ago with the imam in Britain who walked up to the camera and said, “You’ll see. We’re going to turn the White House black. We’re going to...” He was shaking his finger at the camera and full of rage, until he was motioned off and apparently told to shut up.
The other half remembers this video, too. We both thought at the time that there was ‘something’ to this, but couldn’t put our fingers on it.
I can’t find the video anywhere, but it must be somewhere. Not that it would do any good.
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On another subject, it is impossible to think that a US Constitutional lawyer could assault the Constitution repeatedly, and be cautioned by in-house counsel regarding same. Also, the ‘hope’ mantra is gone. Just plain gone, along with continuous and rapid consolidation of power
Remember, Hitler demolished his opposition within just a few months of his election. See
http://www.slideshare.net/mrjportman/hitler-chancellor-to-dictator
http://fcit.coedu.usf.edu/holocaust/timeline/nazifica.htm ).
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