The NDAA and the Death of the Democratic State
source: http://www.worldwidehippies.com/2013/02/12/the-ndaa-and-the-death-of-the-democratic-state/
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- joeeddy
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On Wednesday a few hundred activists crowded into the courtroom of the Second Circuit, the spillover room with its faulty audio feed and dearth of chairs, and Foley Square outside the Thurgood Marshall U.S. Courthouse in Manhattan where many huddled in the cold. The fate of the nation, we understood, could be decided by the three judges who will rule on our lawsuit against President Barack Obama for signing into law Section 1021(b)(2) of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).-
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mrpuma2u
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I did not vote for ol Barry Bamz, just because of this sort of garbage, and drone strikes, and his "all of the above" frack and drill away energy policy. This is not the change I can believe in.
- 3 months ago
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mrpuma2u
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Vic_Romano
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mrpuma2u:
Me neither.
I fail to understand why people aren't taking this seriously.
I mean, there's no real political opposition to this. The "other" political tribe is rallying behind idiots like Ted Nugent, Sarah Palin and Orly Taitz. The people who do oppose this seem to be marginalized as communists.
It's down right Orwellian.
"If we lose in Hedges v. Obama—and it seems certain that no matter the outcome of the appeal this case will reach the Supreme Court—electoral politics and our rights as citizens will be as empty as those of Nero’s Rome. If we lose, the power of the military to detain citizens, strip them of due process and hold them indefinitely in military prisons will become a terrifying reality. Democrat or Republican. Occupy activist or libertarian. Socialist or tea party stalwart. It does not matter. This is not a partisan fight. Once the state seizes this unchecked power, it will inevitably create a secret, lawless world of indiscriminate violence, terror and gulags. I lived under several military dictatorships during the two decades I was a foreign correspondent. I know the beast."
- 3 months ago
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Vic_Romano
