Archive for the 'Dictatorship' Category
George Carlin – Conspiracy Theorists
August 26th, 2009Geithner: Auditing the Fed Is a “Line That We Don’t Want to Cross”
August 26th, 2009Via: Corbett Report: In an interview released today by Digg and the Wall Street Journal, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner was pressured about the growing popular movement to Audit the Fed spearheaded by Texas Congressman Ron Paul. A visibly uncomfortable Geithner attempts to dismiss the question by stating “I’m sure people understand that you want to […]
Fed Must Release Reports on Emergency Bank Loans, Judge Says
August 25th, 2009In other news, Obama to Nominate Bernanke for Second Term as Fed Chief. Via: Bloomberg: The Federal Reserve must make records about emergency lending to financial institutions public within five days because it failed to convince a judge the documents should be exempt from the Freedom of Information Act. Manhattan Chief U.S. District Judge Loretta […]
Massachusetts: $1,000 Fine Per Day, 30 Days Prison for Refusing to Obey State Officials During Swine Flu “Emergency”
August 24th, 2009Legislation: AN ACT RELATIVE TO PANDEMIC AND DISASTER PREPARATION AND RESPONSE IN THE COMMONWEALTH
“In America, corporations do not control the government. In America, corporations are the government.”
August 24th, 2009Via: Huffington Post: The American government — which we once called our government — has been taken over by Wall Street, the mega-corporations and the super-rich. They are the ones who decide our fate. It is this group of powerful elites, the people President Franklin D. Roosevelt called “economic royalists,” who choose our elected officials […]
The Pentagon Wants Authority to Post Almost 400,000 Military Personnel in U.S.
August 15th, 2009Via: Progressive: The Pentagon has approached Congress to grant the Secretary of Defense the authority to post almost 400,000 military personnel throughout the United States in times of emergency or a major disaster. This request has already occasioned a dispute with the nation’s governors. And it raises the prospect of U.S. military personnel patrolling the […]
National Guard Drill at High School to Prepare for Possible H1N1 Riot
August 14th, 2009Via: Sun Journal: Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School will be the site of a National Guard riot control drill Thursday morning to prepare in the event of a panic over distribution of serum to treat the swine flu. The school on Route 26 at the Paris-Norway town line has been designated by state officials as […]
FLU: U.S. GOVERNMENT PREPARING TO FEED CHILDREN IN CLOSED SCHOOLS; “REACH PEOPLE AT WORK”
August 13th, 2009What are the Secretaries of Health and Human Services, Homeland Security and Education really saying here? Our agencies are working with the Department of Agriculture to make sure children will have access to healthy meals if their schools close, and with Departments of Commerce and Labor to reach people at work. This sounds like they’re […]
Governors Oppose DoD Emergency Powers
August 10th, 2009Via: The Hill: A bipartisan pair of governors is opposing a new Defense Department proposal to handle natural and terrorism-related disasters, contending that a murky chain of command could lead to more problems than solutions. Vermont Gov. Jim Douglas (R), chairman of the National Governors Association, and Vice Chairman Gov. Joe Manchin (D) of West […]
Karzai Family’s Wealth ‘Fuelling Insurgency’
August 10th, 2009Via: Telegraph: Persistent allegations of corruption aimed at Hamid Karzai’s family are undermining Western efforts in Afghanistan and feeding the Taliban-led insurgency, Washington policy-makers have warned. The president’s brothers, Mahmoud and Ahmed Wali, are accused of having amassed millions of pounds since Mr Karzai took office even as most of Afghanistan remains poverty stricken. The […]
