Shocking Loss of Freedom in U.S.

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Shocking Loss of Freedom in U.S.

Watch this interview with Naomi Wolf -- author of “Give Me Liberty: A Handbook

for American Revolutionaries” -- to learn why the U.S. is in the midst of a coup

that you didn’t even know about.

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Dr. Mercola's Comments:

In this video, Naomi Wolf, author of Give Me Liberty: A Handbook for American

Revolutionaries, discusses some truly disturbing facts: a political coup has

occurred that few are even conscious of, and even fewer know how to deal with,

simply because we believe “it can’t happen in America.” 

Following the Blueprint for Fascism 

Give Me Liberty is the follow-up to Naomi’s book The End of America, which

details the 10 steps of fascism; chronological steps that, historically, always

take place when a would-be dictator wants to crush democracy and seize power.

For example, 

Step 1: Hyping internal or external threat

Step 2: Creating a secret prison system outside the rules of law

Step 3: Creating a paramilitary force that is not answerable to the people

Step 4: A surveillance apparatus, and so on. 

Those who have read The End of America can easily see how the “blueprint for

fascism” has been followed in the United States, set off by and increasingly

gaining momentum after 9/11. 

Understanding the Nature of the Threat to Your Freedom 

Wolf goes on to say that few people realize that on October 1, 2008, a coup took

place that has the potential to forever change our way of life in the U.S.

As reported by the Army Times, on October 1st the first brigade of the 3rd

infantry division, consisting of some 3,000-4,000 soldiers, was deployed for

active duty in the U.S.  

Not since 1807 have we had military policing American streets. 

Why should you care? 

Because with the advent of this military deployment on U.S. soil, combined with

the fine-print included in the Wall Street bailout bill that just passed, the

United States officially fit the definition of a police state. 

What is the definition of police state? 

1. The leader has his own treasury

2. The leader has his own army on the streets  

According to Wolf, the $700 billion bailout bill that just passed includes fine

print giving the U.S. President alone $100 billion dollars in discretionary

spending, without oversight. With the passing of this rushed, hyped up

“emergency bill” the President effectively acquired his own treasury. 

And, the soldiers now stationed on American soil answer to their Commander in

Chief; the President, alone. He now has his own army on the streets, and any

order to turn on American civilians would be legal.

The Army Times reports (emphasis mine):

… The force will be known for the next year as a CBRNE Consequence Management

Response Force, or CCMRF (pronounced “sea-smurf”).

… this new mission marks the first time an active unit has been given a

dedicated assignment to NorthCom, a joint command established in 2002 to provide

command and control for federal homeland defense efforts and coordinate defense

support of civil authorities.

After 1st BCT finishes its dwell-time mission, expectations are that another, as

yet unnamed, active-duty brigade will take over and that the mission will be a

permanent one.

They may becalled upon to help with civil unrest and crowd control or to deal

with potentially horrific scenarios such as massive poisoning and chaos in

response to a chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear or high-yield

explosive, or CBRNE, attack.

The 1st BCT’s soldiers also will learn how to use “the first ever nonlethal

package that the Army has fielded,” 1st BCT commander Col. Roger Cloutier said,

referring to crowd and traffic control equipment and nonlethal weapons designed

to subdue unruly or dangerous individuals without killing them.

The package is for use only in war-zone operations, not for any domestic

purpose.

“It’s a new modular package of nonlethal capabilities that they’re fielding.

They’ve been using pieces of it in Iraq, but this is the first time that these

modules were consolidated and this package fielded, and because of this mission

we’re undertaking we were the first to get it.”

The package includes equipment to stand up a hasty road block; spike strips for

slowing, stopping or controlling traffic; shields and batons; and, beanbag

bullets. 

Wolf also points out that the U.S. President and his lawyers have successfully

established legal claim on the war on terror -- the whole world is a battle

field where military law can supersede civil law. No matter where you are in the

world, including the U.S., you can be named an enemy combatant, and you can be

detained as a terrorist under the rules established under the Patriot Act.  

Additionally, the 2007 Defense Authorization Act made it legal for the U.S.

military to be deployed against its own citizens – something that has been

prohibited for more than 100 years under The Posse Comitatus Act, established at

the end of the Civil War. (Use of the military on an emergency ad hoc basis was

permitted, such as what happened after Hurricane Katrina).  

This April, 2007 article by James Bovard in The American Conservative details

how this long-standing democratic safeguard was decimated. 

The question is, why are soldiers being deployed to active duty within the

United States at this point in time, and WHY will this mission be a PERMANENT

one? 

Congress Members Threatened With Martial Law if They Didn’t Pass Bailout Bill 

In videos posted on YouTube, Representative Brad Sherman states that in private

conversations, members of Congress were threatened with Martial law within one

week should they refuse to pass the bailout bill. 

Normally, a threat like that would ring hollow, but with the deployment of

troops on American soil just days prior, the threat of Martial law was an empty

threat no longer. The problem with passing the bill, according to Wolf, is that

once you yield to the first threat of a would-be dictator, you’ll see more and

more insidious incursions. 

Writes Bovard in his American Conservative article: 

““Martial law” is a euphemism for military dictatorship. When foreign

democracies are overthrown and a junta establishes martial law, Americans

usually recognize that a fundamental change has occurred… Section 1076 is

Enabling Act-type legislation – something that purports to preserve

law-and-order while formally empowering the President to rule by decree.” 

How Can Liberty be Regained? 

It’s important to remember that the philosophy of liberty is based on

self-ownership. The U.S. was formed on the belief that we have a right to life,

liberty, and the property we create -- and a responsibility to think, speak and

act on that behalf.

 

It is easier, though, to do nothing, and to let those in power have all of the

control. But when that happens, you often lose your liberty and your freedom of

personal choice -- and may even end up inadvertently supporting something evil. 

Although my current focus is on the health care front, trying to educate and

convince you that you have the right and the ability to take control of your own

health, I believe we must support the spirit of freedom and justice upon which

not only America was founded, but which also sits at the very core of humanity,

at all times. 

The website www.MyAmericaProject.org has more information on what you can do,

and how to join the My America Project.