If the so called "News Media" had any integrity at all, they would have presented this diabolical act as the top news every day until the people forced the government to rescind all elements of its creation.
"A Fearful Master"
October 15, 1999
A recent World Net Daily report chronicled the creation of a
brand new US military
command. It is called the US Joint Forces
Command and is
headquartered in Norfolk, Virginia. It takes the
place of the former
US Atlantic Command. Normally, this kind of
event would be
considered benign. This time, I’m not so sure.
With the assistance of Republicans in congress, changes have
been made to the
Posse Comitatus Act that will "allow a broader
use of US military
forces in a domestic law enforcement role…."
This new command
will oversee this new domestic role of our US
military forces.
Secretary of Defense, William Cohen, is reported to have told
participants at
the ceremony commemorating the new unit that
the American people
should not fear the potential of seeing US
military forces
on the streets of US cities. He said, "The
American people
should not be concerned about it. They should
welcome it." Why
do I not get a warm, fuzzy feeling?
Somehow, I cannot imagine Sam Adams and the boys welcoming a
decision by the
federal government to use military forces
against civilians.
Nor do I believe the American people today
should welcome
such a decision.
The Founding Fathers knew well the proclivity of government to
become tyrannical.
It is the nature of the beast. Washington
said, "Government
is not reason; it is not eloquence; it is
force! Like fire,
it is a dangerous servant and a fearful
master."
Without the safeguards of the Bill of Rights, the original
states would never
have ratified the US Constitution. Central
to the preservation
of individual liberty is the Second
Amendment. Jefferson
said, "The strongest reason for the people
to retain their
right to keep and bear arms is as a last resort
to protect themselves
against tyranny in government."
During the past four decades some 20,000 restrictions and
prohibitions have
been placed against the free access of
firearms. During
that same period of time, the federal
government has
created a federal police force numbering in the
hundreds of thousands.
As their size and budgets have grown so
have their abuses.
To this present hour not one federal agent
involved at Waco
has been held accountable to the American
people or to our
laws.
Now, we learn that our government is circumventing the Posse
Comitatus Act and
planning to use military forces in domestic
disturbances. This
is supposed to make us happy? I think not.
It would be far
easier for the American people to defend
themselves against
any would-be terrorist or domestic criminal
than against an
out-of-control government that is drunk with
power!
That our government is officially preparing to use US military
forces in domestic
law enforcement is nothing to celebrate. In
fact, if there
was ever a time since 1776 for states and local
communities to
jealously guard their freedom and independence,
it is now!
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