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Bush Moves Toward Martial Law
Frank Morales
The historic and ominous re-writing of the Insurrection Act, accomplished in the dead of night, which gives Bush the legal authority to declare martial law, is now an accomplished fact.
October 26, 2006
In a stealth maneuver, President Bush has signed into law a provision which, according to Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont), will actually encourage the President to declare federal martial law (1). It does so by revising the Insurrection Act, a set of laws that limits the President’s ability to deploy troops within the United States. The Insurrection Act (10 U.S.C.331 -335) has historically, along with the Posse Comitatus Act (18 U.S.C.1385), helped to enforce strict prohibitions on military involvement in domestic law enforcement. With one cloaked swipe of his pen, Bush is seeking to undo those prohibitions.
Public Law 109-364, or the “John Warner Defense Authorization Act of 2007” (H.R.5122) (2), which was signed by the commander in chief on October 17th, 2006, in a private Oval Office ceremony, allows the President to declare a “public emergency” and station troops anywhere in America and take control of state-based National Guard units without the consent of the governor or local authorities, in order to “suppress public disorder.”
President Bush seized this unprecedented power on the very same day that he signed the equally odious Military Commissions Act of 2006. In a sense, the two laws complement one another. One allows for torture and detention abroad, while the other seeks to enforce acquiescence at home, preparing to order the military onto the streets of America. Remember, the term for putting an area under military law enforcement control is precise; the term is “martial law.”
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Tagged bush regime, government corruption, martial law, politics
Voter Information
In case you were wondering where to get information on the ballot propositions for this year’s elections, you can go to the State of Utah Elections Office Voter Information Pamphlet where you will find information on Candidates, Ballot Issues, Judges, and Instructions to Voters.
The Deseret News also has an article on ballot propositions today:
Fair Election Coverage?
The Utah Media has policies that prevent “third party” candidates’ campaigns from being covered the same way as the Democrats and Republicans.
This is not fair.
There will be a media event for third party candidates on Friday at 5:00pm at 100 South 400 West in Salt Lake City.
The media and reporters need to learn to equitably cover all candidates’ campaigns, not just those that have the most money. We want to build rappport with the media, so this will be a positive event to expose and educate.
Bring your campaign signs!
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Tagged 2006 elections, fair election coverage, politics, Utah
Where is Tom Barberi?
Last night someone claiming to be with the Tom Barberi Blog took photos of the Bush Chain Gang.
Where is that blog? I cannot find it just by searching. Well, actually I found this:
http://www.kued.org/productions/utahnow/people/tom_barberi/
but it hasn’t been updated since July.
If someone has the correct information or url, please forward it. Thanks!
Chain Gang Debut
Last night the Bush Chain Gang made its official debut in Sugarhouse. People seemed receptive and enjoyed (after double-takes) the giant figures. The Gang will be spending Halloween in Sugarhouse and each Thursday at the weekly peace vigil, 100 South State Street, Salt Lake City. The Gang will be making appearances at other venues throughout the month of November.
(Pictured below: Rice, Rove, Bush ~ Cheney decided to attend a costume party elsewhere….)
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Tagged bush regime, government corruption, impeach bush, politics, Utah
Bush Chain Gang is Visiting Salt Lake
The Bush Chain Gang is in Salt Lake and will be milling around the streets between now and the end of November. Three of the four made an appearance at a local event last night in Salt Lake:
Dick Cheney
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Speaking gigs this week
This week I spoke as a candidate at two Meet the Candidates Nights:
Millcreek Fidos (a group advocating for more open recreation space for people with companion dogs)
and
The City of West Jordan.
The Millcreek Fidos event was set up as a panel – each candidate got 3 minutes to make an introduction. While all the other candidates relayed personal stories about themselves and their dogs, I chose to make a broader statement about the Green Party and the values it represents, including preservation of open space and implementation of sustainable, walkable communities.
My good friend Eileen filled in for me at the West Jordan event until I could arrive after my parent-student-teacher conferences at my school. She made my statement for me and touched upon Green Party values also and told the audience that I advocated use of Wind Power for energy, and also touched upon my commitment to organic farming and local control of communities.
Eileen also spoke for me on the issue of the media ignoring any candidate who isn’t republican or democrat, especially in light of the recent omission of me in the article about the district 5 Salt Lake County Council race. (I have since learned from the reporter that, unbeknownst to her, the Tribune had not been covering other candidates and pulled me from the article she wrote.) After a couple of the candidates spoke of the “liberal media” tainting the elections, Eileen pointed out, on my behalf, that the “liberal media” has policies against covering candidates not in the two largest political parties (radio stations, for example, have policies that dictate that a party’s candidates will not be covered unless they garnered 5% or more of the vote in the previous election cycle – this cuts out candidates in any new party….), thereby DENYING the voters information on ALL THE CANDIDATES. Folks in the audience seemed to agree by the nods of their heads when this was addressed.
When I arrived, I was able to speak to a lot of folks in the more informal mingling and talke to this issue and other issues on my platform. It was very pleasant, positive experience.
I love the daily graphics on Project for an Old American Century. Here is today’s:
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Deanna Dee-Dee Taylor 