Posted on 07/08/2009 9:30:37 AM PDT by Daffynition
Nancy Pelosi was unable to install disgraced former judge Alcee Hastings — who was impeached for bribery and perjury, and then hit a further low by cochairing Shrillary's presidential campaign — as Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee. But that doesn't mean this felonious Congresscritter (D-FL) hasn't been busily participating in the destruction of our country.
An amendment to a bill swiftly moving through the US Congress will allow the Obama Administration's Attorney General to classify Americans as domestic terrorists if they are pro-life, pro-gun and anti-big government.
Impeached Florida judge — now a Democrat Party member of the House of Representatives — Rep. Alcee Hastings introduced what some claim is a disturbing piece of legislation. Hasting's amendment calls for the Attorney General to have discretion over who is called a terrorist and what groups will be treated as terrorist groups.
Imagine the irony of patriots being denounced as terrorists by the scuttling cockroach Holder, the best friend of any real terrorist.
"This is arguably one of the worst pieces of legislation to come down the pike in a long, long time. In essence Attorney General Eric Holder — a Bill Clinton retread — will have the discretion to label Americans terrorists. Hastings is a dangerous man and should be forced to resign from congress. He's also proposed the creation of "emergency camps" that are nothing more than prisons," warns political strategist Mike Baker.
"This amendment is part and parcel of the trend in this country to suppress dissent by patriots by calling them domestic terrorists," he added.
The trend was given a major boost by Comrade Obama's preposterous choice for head of Homeland Security:
In an unclassified report entitled "Rightwing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment," Secretary for Homeland Security Janet Napolitano and her agency included the following description of "extremists:"
"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."
If "terrorists" are defined as those who believe in states rights, border defense, the Second Amendment, and/or the sanctity of human life, the government will need new facilities to house them all. Hastings is on top of it:
Rep. Alcee Hastings also introduced what many say is another disturbing piece of legislation. That new bill calls for the Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano to build at least six facilities that can be designated as "emergency centers. Hastings' rationale for such facilities is to gather and "house" civilians on what are basically detention centers guarded by armed soldiers or paramilitary troops.
The House bill (HR 645) — National Emergency Centers Establishment Act — is not even on the radar of members of the elite media. According to critics of the plan, if passed the government will create camps or centers that by their nature restrict the activities of US citizens herded into them.
In the near future, voicing opposition to the radical left agenda being rammed down our country's throat could land you in a concentration camp. Now's a good time to start resisting what liberals are doing to this country, because it won't be getting any easier.
I recall Congressman John Bryan as the prosecutor at the impeachment trial. He was a Democrat. The vote (and the evidence) was overwhelming to impeach, including Democrats.
Deviancy has apparently been defined waaaaay down in the “oppressed” African-American community.
Here is the beginning of the end of free speech and the First Amendment. We can only hope that SCOTUS might strike this down.
Read it again, more closely. They are for dislocated people from an "emergency or natural disaster". OK the natural disaster could be like Katrina, but what about the emergency? Well, it could be anything the Secretary of Homeland Security says, as is detailed in section 4 (posted below).
The current Sec. of Homeland Security is you-know-who, Janet Napalitino, She is the same lady who said domestic terrorists may be single issue voters concerned about immigration or abortiion, or people with Ron Paul stickers on their trucks. She will get to decide what other "emergencies" require firing up the camps. How about and "emergency assault weapon confiscation" ?
here it is, the text..
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL EMERGENCY CENTERS.
(a) In General- In accordance with the requirements of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall establish not fewer than 6 national emergency centers on military installations.
(b) Purpose of National Emergency Centers- The purpose of a national emergency center shall be to use existing infrastructure--
(1) to provide temporary housing, medical, and humanitarian assistance to individuals and families dislocated due to an emergency or major disaster;
(2) to provide centralized locations for the purposes of training and ensuring the coordination of Federal, State, and local first responders;
(3) to provide centralized locations to improve the coordination of preparedness, response, and recovery efforts of government, private, and not-for-profit entities and faith-based organizations; and
(4) to meet other appropriate needs, as determined by the Secretary of Homeland Security.
I believe the scenario is the President declares a "National Emergency", and promulgates rules and regulations as executive orders. Various federal agencies are told to take certain steps. Some of these may include incarceration of entire groups of people, and internment in these camps.
Presumably Eric Holder (fascist, idiot) will have prepared the list of "Terror Watch List Suspects" and some combination of DHS, BATF, FBI, Marshall's Service, EPA Goons, and whoever else is a happy little fascist Jack Booted Thug will get in on the round-up of political prisoners.
But it could never happen here. (Isn't that what my relatives on Poland said?) ....
Thanks.
What disturbs me is the fact that Alcee Hastings is in congress at all.
Exactly. Many of Homeland Security's biggest boosters are going to be very surprised when they are targeted under Obama’s new definition of what a terrorist is. Welcome to the gulag comrades.
If this comes to pass, we will see Henry Bowman x 10,000.
You’re absolutely right, it all hangs on the definition of emergency.
RATS would have to decide if they want to pull a stunt like that for whatever kicks it would give them knowing that their days in office would be numbered if they did.
I dont see it happening, but like you say, anything is possible.
You and me both!
#4 is pretty broad.
The Judicial Qualifications Committee was started by Republican Richard T. Earle, Jr. - and without his guidance, courage and wisdom, Hastings would still be on the bench ( IMHO)
Let's just skip that step and move on to Rope and Tree.
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An amendment to a bill swiftly moving through the US Congress will allow the Obama Administration's Attorney General to classify Americans as domestic terrorists if they are pro-life, pro-gun and anti-big government.
To be precise, the bill allows the Attorney General to declare anyone an adherent of a terrorist organization.
Yes, certain philosophies could be the basis for that declaration - and so can others. It's not limited to conservatism. The far Left, being nearly as terrified of BHO as we are and nearly as unacceptable thereto, should be just as concerned.
“Concentration moon
Over the camp in the valley
Concentration moon
Wish I was back in the alley”
FZ&MOI
It occurs to me that -5bama and his cronies have trampled on more civil liberties in 5 1/2 months than Dubya did in 8 years.
But I’m probably just being a racist hate-monger in point out something like that.
Thank goodness, criminals are certain to comply. /s
I looked it up and skimmed though it quickly. It didn’t SAY anything about political prisoners or newly declared ‘terrorists’ but when I consider the author and the times we are living in, I have no doubt such clauses could be slipped in just prior to passage.
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