THE U.S. GOVERNMENT'S POWERS!
(Aljazeera/Frazer Chronicle)
Some people sit and watch and listen, but they
never see and they never hear, I call it the "the blind and deaf baby on
board syndrome." These people are a curious breed of "kitty
cat," at least to me; their devotion to the United States federal
government is uncanny. It's as if they believe all the crap that “the fed” dumps
on us, as if they, "the fed", can do no wrong.
Actually they’re called conservatives, right
wingers, tea baggers.....Republicans, and as Bill Maher calls them,
"bubble people." These people really do live in a bubble, in some
cases they have absolutely no contact with the world around them.....you know,
"the real world."
Every president acquires some new powers
during his term(s) in office, some make sense, others might be "out there,"
making our president resemble a king, rather than a representative elected by
the people, mandated by our constitution to basically do our bidding.
This attitude of a monarchy in America isn't new,
hasn't started over the past few presidential campaigns or administrations. And
it, "the attitude" doesn't usually come from a sitting president, it
comes from key people within an administration, advisors who have misguided
ideas or flawed thinking about what a democracy is and how it operates.
I don't need my government guarding my safety, I'm
perfectly capable of doing that all on my own, we have a standing armed force
for any and all of my personal needs with regards to my safety. We have local,
regional, state and national law enforcement, we have the Federal Bureau of
Investigation and we also have all of the other layers of "law dogs"
to protect my rights, so I feel quite safe in my everyday life.
However to give you a bit of an idea of what I'm
talking about, in Wisconsin, where I currently reside, there are 14 state
enforcement agencies, 72 county, 78 city and 14 college and university law
enforcement agencies.
Oh ya, let’s not forget the Department of
Homeland Security, the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco & Firearms, the DEA, U.S.
Coast Guard, Treasury Bureau Security, the USPS Postal Inspectors, Immigration
& Customs and the U.S. Border Patrol. Any and all of these people can cross
a state border at any time.....for whatever reason that they say.
As a FREE people we seem to be
covered with law enforcement people.....falling over one another. I say
"falling over one another" because those usually do not cooperate
with each other. Each tentacle of law enforcement seems to have their own
agenda, and seem to be keeping their own win-loss record for their own
political gain.
Now we come down to United States surveillance
powers, where the fed watches and listens to everybody's conversations,
e-mails, faxes and letters from certain people to other people. This action
comes from my ‘favorite’ ex-President, George W. Bush and his mentor, Dick
"please have another heart attack" Cheney.
It's the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act,
(FISA which was enacted in 1978 following revelations that the government, our
government, had been spying on millions of Americans. For decades, J. Edger
Hoover and his "boys" had targeted legitimate political oppositions
and civil rights activists in the name of defending the country against
communism and other security threats.
The FISA act required that the government obtain
a warrant before engaging in foreign intelligence-related surveillance of
Americans and created a special court and procedures to regulate government
activity in this activity. The act was somewhat of a compromise, it provided
lenient rules for foreign intelligence gathering and surveillance, and protected
individual freedoms through careful limitations on the government's domestic
surveillance powers.
In 2008, the Bush administration gutted the
compromise act of 1978, why, because we were at war. It's like the 1940's all
over again when Japanese, Germans and other foreign peoples were herded into
zones where they could be watched, or more easily monitored.
It seems as if, as a people, we are in an almost
continual fight to either protect our rights, or our freedoms. And do you know
why we have this continual fight.....because as a people, living here in the
greatest country on the face of the earth, we don't get involved.....and stay
involved.
Don't rely on talk radio, don't watch MSNBC or
Fox News Network, read conservative newspapers or publications, read liberal
newspapers and publications, listen to people talking, read blogs like
mine.....and many others that are out there. Get involved.....and stay
involved, don't let some other joker do your fighting. You do your own
fighting.
I’m tired.....OVER AND
OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
