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Naomi Wolf: Give Me Liberty (must-see video)

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Who is afraid of Naomi Wolf: Sarah 'Evita' Palin to Usher in Rovian Police State

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This might be the last true American election

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Is a little part of you afraid?

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A Call to Arms: Practical and Necessary Actions in Support of Democracy

Now if I've never I talked politics with you personally before, it's important that you understand that I am not talking about partisanship, but merely our obligation as a free citizenry to hold our leaders accountable. It does not matter if a D or an R follows their name, the whole point of the Bill of Rights and our system of checks and balances was to ensure that power was dispersed. The United States was formed in order to throw off the bonds of a tyrannical and repressive system which allowed no means of criticizing its leaders. It was not formed to spread that democracy elsewhere, it was not formed to promote the will of God, it was merely a system by which ordinary people could decide if their leader was doing a good job or a bad job. The end is the means, and it in no way can come at the end of a spear.

Before I let you watch the video, I just wanna be sure that to remind everyone that Bush can declare martial law at any time under the Defense Authorization Act of 2007.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insurrection_Act

This was an actual amendment to the Insurrection Act which gives the power of the president to federalize the national guard. Here's a fun key change in what can trigger this authority. Originally, the president could only enact martial law under these conditions:

"insurrection, domestic violence, unlawful combination, or conspiracy"

Now, it's been expanded to include:
"natural disaster, epidemic, or other serious public health emergency, terrorist attack or incident, or OTHER CONDITION [emphasis mine. Yeah, that's not vague at all]"

...but don't worry, because this can only happen if:

"domestic violence has occurred to such an extent that the constituted authorities of the State or possession are incapable of maintaining public order." [hmmm, so like if all of the National Guard was stuck in Iraq this could happen, but then who would actually deal with this crisis? If only we had a privatized army run by a hardcore partisan Republican that was accountable to no one... Oh yeah, Blackwater! Whew!]

And here's the key passage for me:

"opposes or obstructs the EXECUTION OF THE LAWS of the United States or IMPEDES THE COURSE OF JUSTICE under those laws."

[Continued in the comments, damn your 4,000 character limit Current.com! And when the hell am I gonna get the HTML capabilities I deserve! Just kidding, it's all love. But seriously, someone get me some HTML capabilities, I miss my formatting!]Now if I've never I talked politics with you personally before, it's... more

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Naomi Wolf It's Time to Hold Democratic House Leaders in Contempt!

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Naomi Wolf Interview

Interview with Naomi Wolf, author of "The End of America: Letter of Warning to a... more

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Sam Seder Interviews Naomi Wolf

Talking about the blueprint for taking over nations. Riveting!

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Colbert: and Naomi Wolf discuss Fascism in America

Funny and Chilling.

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