Comments on: Congress Quietly Repeals Martial Law Provision http://jimbovard.com/blog/2008/04/17/congress-quietly-repeals-martial-law-provision/ Author James Bovard Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:59:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Chuck Baldwin: Antidote to Voter Discontent? - Page 4 - The Political Hotwire http://jimbovard.com/blog/2008/04/17/congress-quietly-repeals-martial-law-provision/#comment-113227 Chuck Baldwin: Antidote to Voter Discontent? - Page 4 - The Political Hotwire Wed, 04 Jun 2008 19:06:24 +0000 http://jimbovard.com/blog/2008/04/17/congress-quietly-repeals-martial-law-provision/#comment-113227 [...] Pastors for Martial Law Continuity of Government Congress repealed the Martial Law provision. BOVARD » Congress Quietly Repeals Martial Law Provision Every so often CONgress actually accomplishes something. Whether this actually means anything is [...] [...] Pastors for Martial Law Continuity of Government Congress repealed the Martial Law provision. BOVARD » Congress Quietly Repeals Martial Law Provision Every so often CONgress actually accomplishes something. Whether this actually means anything is [...]

]]> By: Jim http://jimbovard.com/blog/2008/04/17/congress-quietly-repeals-martial-law-provision/#comment-112922 Jim Tue, 22 Apr 2008 23:55:36 +0000 http://jimbovard.com/blog/2008/04/17/congress-quietly-repeals-martial-law-provision/#comment-112922 I hope you're right that someone has got their hands around the real terrorists right now. Thanks for the excellent list of what the War on Terrorism has become... I hope you’re right that someone has got their hands around the real terrorists right now.

Thanks for the excellent list of what the War on Terrorism has become…

]]> By: Dirk W. Sabin http://jimbovard.com/blog/2008/04/17/congress-quietly-repeals-martial-law-provision/#comment-112913 Dirk W. Sabin Sun, 20 Apr 2008 17:12:39 +0000 http://jimbovard.com/blog/2008/04/17/congress-quietly-repeals-martial-law-provision/#comment-112913 Maybe it's just me but I find it amazing that the most important aspects of this so called "War on Terror" here at home consist of 1. Illegal spying on American Citizens by the Executive working in cahoots with telecom corporations 2. Diluting of Posse Comitatus Laws 3. Spending vast sums of the taxpayers money on a war begun under false pretexts and with falsified intelligence , essentially, replacing a secular government with a politicized Muslim government which, in the final analysis will create a flashpoint between the Shia and Sunni and institutionalizing the historic Fault line between these two . 3.Wrecking our military preparedness through the degeneration of soldiery via extended tours as well as the destruction of vast amounts of war material and demoralization of the young officer corps. 4. Steadily increasing the money supply by the FEDS "liquidity tools", commonly known as printing presses and igniting an inflation which will continue to weaken us. 5.Co-opting the media through cant, propaganda, use of military personnel as "talking heads" and intimidation 6. Abridging the Separation of Powers, infantilizing Congress in the process and vastly increasing the power of the Executive on specious grounds. 7. Sanctioning Torture while suspending habeas corpus and turning an office of the White House into a Torture Design Boutique 8. Reinvigorating the Cold War 9. Trashing the reputation of the Government of the United States 10. Replacing the high comedy of tax and spend liberal government with the dark comedy of cut taxes and spend Compassionate Conservative government. One would think that the terrorist may still be in the mountains of the Pakistan-Afghanistan border but they are also quite at home in Washington D.C., softening the public up for the coming resource competition of the next 50 years. To paraphrase, "that terrorist you're lookin for is at the end of your own arm". Maybe it’s just me but I find it amazing that the most important aspects of this so called “War on Terror” here at home consist of
1. Illegal spying on American Citizens by the Executive working in cahoots with telecom corporations
2. Diluting of Posse Comitatus Laws
3. Spending vast sums of the taxpayers money on a war begun under false pretexts and with falsified intelligence , essentially, replacing a secular government with a politicized Muslim government which, in the final analysis will create a flashpoint between the Shia and Sunni and institutionalizing the historic Fault line between these two .
3.Wrecking our military preparedness through the degeneration of soldiery via extended tours as well as the destruction of vast amounts of war material and demoralization of the young officer corps.
4. Steadily increasing the money supply by the FEDS “liquidity tools”, commonly known as printing presses and igniting an inflation which will continue to weaken us.
5.Co-opting the media through cant, propaganda, use of military personnel as “talking heads” and intimidation
6. Abridging the Separation of Powers, infantilizing Congress in the process and vastly increasing the power of the Executive on specious grounds.
7. Sanctioning Torture while suspending habeas corpus and turning an office of the White House into a Torture Design Boutique
8. Reinvigorating the Cold War
9. Trashing the reputation of the Government of the United States
10. Replacing the high comedy of tax and spend liberal government with the dark comedy of cut taxes and spend Compassionate Conservative government.

One would think that the terrorist may still be in the mountains of the Pakistan-Afghanistan border but they are also quite at home in Washington D.C., softening the public up for the coming resource competition of the next 50 years. To paraphrase, “that terrorist you’re lookin for is at the end of your own arm”.

]]> By: Marc http://jimbovard.com/blog/2008/04/17/congress-quietly-repeals-martial-law-provision/#comment-112901 Marc Sun, 20 Apr 2008 09:13:42 +0000 http://jimbovard.com/blog/2008/04/17/congress-quietly-repeals-martial-law-provision/#comment-112901 Good, if only Congress would keep going and repeal almost every law enacted since 1913 and a few others before that. Good, if only Congress would keep going and repeal almost every law enacted since 1913 and a few others before that.

]]> By: Jim http://jimbovard.com/blog/2008/04/17/congress-quietly-repeals-martial-law-provision/#comment-112900 Jim Sun, 20 Apr 2008 03:38:12 +0000 http://jimbovard.com/blog/2008/04/17/congress-quietly-repeals-martial-law-provision/#comment-112900 Excellent point, Alpowolf. Maybe my initial blog entry should not have sounded as if folks can put their concerns on ice. I also posted this notice over at Antiwar.com blog and some folks are hammering the issue... http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2008/04/17/congress-quietly-repeals-martial-law-provision/ Excellent point, Alpowolf.

Maybe my initial blog entry should not have sounded as if folks can put their concerns on ice.

I also posted this notice over at Antiwar.com blog and some folks are hammering the issue…
http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2008/04/17/congress-quietly-repeals-martial-law-provision/

]]> By: alpowolf http://jimbovard.com/blog/2008/04/17/congress-quietly-repeals-martial-law-provision/#comment-112898 alpowolf Sat, 19 Apr 2008 22:54:55 +0000 http://jimbovard.com/blog/2008/04/17/congress-quietly-repeals-martial-law-provision/#comment-112898 Perhaps I just feel pessimistic lately, but given our recumbent Congress and courts I doubt that Bush really needs a "law" to declare martial law. I think if he declares martial law the military will obey and few in the legislative or judicial branches will try to stand in his way. Perhaps I just feel pessimistic lately, but given our recumbent Congress and courts I doubt that Bush really needs a “law” to declare martial law. I think if he declares martial law the military will obey and few in the legislative or judicial branches will try to stand in his way.

]]> By: Jim http://jimbovard.com/blog/2008/04/17/congress-quietly-repeals-martial-law-provision/#comment-112881 Jim Thu, 17 Apr 2008 19:08:19 +0000 http://jimbovard.com/blog/2008/04/17/congress-quietly-repeals-martial-law-provision/#comment-112881 Dirk, the press was saving its artillery and its newshole in case somehow else got reflected in Dick Cheney's sunglasses. "Gomer Pyle Imperialists" is a great term. Dirk, the press was saving its artillery and its newshole in case somehow else got reflected in Dick Cheney’s sunglasses.

“Gomer Pyle Imperialists” is a great term.

]]> By: Dirk W. Sabin http://jimbovard.com/blog/2008/04/17/congress-quietly-repeals-martial-law-provision/#comment-112880 Dirk W. Sabin Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:34:23 +0000 http://jimbovard.com/blog/2008/04/17/congress-quietly-repeals-martial-law-provision/#comment-112880 Gosh, I can't imagine why a newspaper might report the repeal a new sordid law that over-ruled a major civil liberties law that had been on the books for decade. Stuff like this only merits publication in the newsletter of the National Association of Librarians, about the only public group actually committed to Civil Liberties and Privacy and is willing to fight for it. There are not likely enough days in a year to repeal all the dunder-headed abridgments to longstanding civil liberty protections cooked up by these Gomer Pyle Imperialists. As to the Press, it's still good for sports stories and lifestyle reporting. Gosh, I can’t imagine why a newspaper might report the repeal a new sordid law that over-ruled a major civil liberties law that had been on the books for decade. Stuff like this only merits publication in the newsletter of the National Association of Librarians, about the only public group actually committed to Civil Liberties and Privacy and is willing to fight for it.

There are not likely enough days in a year to repeal all the dunder-headed abridgments to longstanding civil liberty protections cooked up by these Gomer Pyle Imperialists.

As to the Press, it’s still good for sports stories and lifestyle reporting.

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