Election Postponement: Republic or Fascism?
Jul 15 at 9:09am by Jagwire X
When I first heard about this I thought it must be joke. I thought surely this is a mistake, some foolish rumor that made it into the news. But on closer inspection I see that no - the idea is indeed being bandied about like it is something that happens every so often.
Ostensibly this is part of the whole idea of “guaranteeing” secure elections in the event of a terrorist act. It’’s bullshit.
DeForest B. Soaries Jr., chairman of the newly created U.S. Election Assistance Commission, wants Ridge to ask Congress to pass legislation giving the government power to cancel or reschedule a federal election. Seems rather counter to the ideals this country was founded on.
Currently, no federal agency has the power to cancel or reschedule a national vote. There is a reason for this, elections are about the people’s right to choose who their leaders are, not of the leaders to tell us when we can choose, or even worse who we can choose. There is no historical or constitution precedent for this.
If Bush and company want to cancel the election and we let the Bush administration do so, then how about we, the people, just hand over our rights, burn the Declaration of Independence and throw away the Bill of Rights while were at it. If we allow the federal government to control when we can have elections then we”ll be doing just that.
At this point, it’s unlikely to happen, there has been a lot of public and private outcry about it and Bush and company could not get away with it. Yet. But it would be wise to remain vigilant.
It is interesting to note that as of January 2004 the United Stated government meets all of the criteria of fascism. This is precisely why we must be aware and try to make others aware. Or we run the risk of living in a country where we no longer have a voice.
I know what you are thinking, your thinking this is the United States, we are not fascist we fight against fascism. Read this article: What is Fasism? and see for yourself.
Sources:
U.S. Mulling How to Delay Nov. Vote in Case of Attack
Whose Coup in America?
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Oregon Law Would Jail War Protesters as Terrorists
Apr 3 at 1:01pm by Jagwire X
This is truly frightening. Oregon is attempting to pass law that would equate protesting with terrorism. Obviously it hasn’t occurred to these vapid lawmakers that the point of the protests is to get their attention because something is TERRIBLY WRONG (this country is becoming more and more oppressive, it’s wages unjust wars on nation that post not real threat to us, etc., etc.) with this country and as a lawmaker YOU SHOULD DO SOMETHING to rectify it. Instead they try making it more oppressive. Bad solution.
Senate Bill 742 identifies a terrorist as an individual who “plans or participates in an act that is intended, by at least one of its participants, to disrupt” business, transportation, schools, government, or free assembly.
There is a conservative radio pundit (Lars Larson, whom you may want to contact with your opinion of his fascist views) who is promoting this bill. No doubt making protesters out to be callous, uncaring individuals who frighten grandmothers and prevent ambulances from getting where they need to go. This is unlikely to be true. And if business gets a bit snarled, well, get the point: THIS WAR IS WRONG and we want you to do something about it. No you don’t get to have business as usual, as citizens of this country our consciences dictate that we must do whatever we can to alter the course of events.
The bill carries a very heavy very immoral and very wrong automatic 25 year sentence. This is not the America I was born in. This is not the America our founders had in mind. It’s beginning to sound a lot more like the England our founders fought to be free of.
This may be the most oxymoronic bill ever introduced anywhere at any time.
This would also technically make the police and lawmakers terrorists the moment they disrupt or plan to disrupt a free assembly of individuals who are protesting.
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