14-01-2011, 08:25 AM
David Guyatt Wrote:It's probably boringly obvious, but I think it more than likely that the war powers act (or whatever it is called?) was signed on 911 and that the Constitution and normal civilian law is suspended - and that this has not been made public.
It's the "War on Terror".
Yes, to you and I and most who are regulars here, as Ed points out to the vast majority of Americans it is not only unlikely and unthinable, but impossible....you have to understand that most Americans believe [magically or religiously] that America simply can NOT do such evil and wrong things. Period. No thinking or reading about it necessary. To them this is as immutable a fact as that the sun will rise tomorrow in the East. That is our main obstacle in America. IMO
"Let me issue and control a nation's money and I care not who writes the laws. - Mayer Rothschild
"Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience! People are obedient in the face of poverty, starvation, stupidity, war, and cruelty. Our problem is that grand thieves are running the country. That's our problem!" - Howard Zinn
"If there is no struggle there is no progress. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and never will" - Frederick Douglass
"Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience! People are obedient in the face of poverty, starvation, stupidity, war, and cruelty. Our problem is that grand thieves are running the country. That's our problem!" - Howard Zinn
"If there is no struggle there is no progress. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and never will" - Frederick Douglass