How The US Government Forged A Surveillance Society

NewsWithViews.com
February 22, 2011
by Tom DeWeese

On September 12, 2001, President George W. Bush invited members of Congress and the media for a meeting in the cabinet room of the White House. The mood was understandably anxious, somber: The World Trade Center lay in rubble, the Pentagon had a hole gouged into it and shock and awe had settled over the United States. One of the most extraordinary periods of American history – what would come to be known as the “Post 9-11 Era” – was beginning.

The president gravely laid out the situation and the steps his administration would take to secure the homeland, but during the course of the meeting he also made this significant declaration: “We will not allow this enemy to win the war by changing our way of life or restricting our freedoms.”

Those were heroic words of principle and patriotism in a traumatic time, but history would show that government’s reaction to the terrorist threat was the exact opposite than the protection of freedoms. Instead, government rushed in with a massive plan to create a surveillance society, intending to watch and document every action by the American people as a means of ultimate security.

First, Congress passed the Patriot Act, giving law enforcement powers to circumvent many Constitutional guarantees to personal privacy and home security. Then Congress created the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The department immediately became an army of more than 170,000 employees by combining twenty two existing federal agencies, including the

Border Patrol, Coast Guard, Secret Service, FEMA, Immigration and Naturalization Service, Customs Service, Animal and Plant Health Inspection, Federal Protective Service, FBI’s Computer Incident Response Center and several more lesser agencies of the same type. In the middle of this rush for security, Congress created the Transportation Security Agency (TSA). Also born in this Post 9/11 era were state fusion centers with the intention of combining federal, state and local law enforcement agencies into instant response teams, intending to eliminate bureaucratic overlap and red tape, in case of another terrorist attack or Hurricane Katrina-type disasters.

Finally, Congress passed the REAL ID Act, promoted as an attempt to standardize the process and format for creation of all state drivers’ licenses to achieve increased security. Proponents argued that, under REAL ID, we will know that anyone carrying a drivers’ license is legal in this country and therefore not a threat.

What most Americans do not know is that the blue print for REAL ID did not originate in the United States, but in the backrooms of a United Nations organization called the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). That organization is tasked with the goal of creating a once-size fits all international identification system using massive data banks that contain individual biometric information on nearly everyone in the world. Biometrics is defined as measurement of the body. One might correctly think of fingerprinting, iris scans and facial recognition as biometrics.  Read More

Barack Hussein Alinsky

It's All So Obvious

Patrick J. Buchanan
2/22/2011

As a large and furious demonstration was under way outside and inside the Capitol in Madison last week, Barack Obama invited in a TV camera crew from Milwaukee and proceeded to fan the flames.

Dropping the mask of The Great Compromiser, Obama reverted to his role as South Chicago community organizer, charging Gov. Scott Walker and the Wisconsin legislature with an “assault on unions.”

As the late Saul Alinsky admonished in his “Rules for Radicals,” “the community organizer … must first rub raw the resentments of the people; fan the latent hostilities to the point of overt expression.”

After Obama goaded the demonstrators, the protests swelled. All 14 Democratic state senators fled to Illinois to paralyze the upper chamber by denying it a quorum. Teachers went on strike, left kids in the classroom and came to Madison. Schools shut down.

Jesse Jackson arrived. The White House political machine went into overdrive to sustain the crowds in Madison and other capitals and use street pressure to break governments seeking to peel back the pay, perks, privileges and power of public employee unions that are the taxpayer-subsidized armies of the Democratic Party.

Marin County millionairess Nancy Pelosi, doing a poor imitation of Emma Goldman, announced, “I stand in solidarity with the Wisconsin workers fighting for their rights, especially for all the students and young people leading the charge.”

Is this not the same lady who called Tea Partiers “un-American” for “drowning out opposing views”? Is not drowning out opposing views exactly what those scores of thousands are doing in Madison, banging drums inside the state Capitol?  Read More

Rush: All that’s going wrong in America

Posted by The Right Scoop on Feb 22, 2011

Rush: Literalville ain’t lookin so good right now

"Rush gives a very realistic view of  and in the world as it relates to America. It’s rather eye opening to hear him enumerate from a big picture perspective what he sees as some of our biggest problems. Talk about a dose of reality. But not only is it that, but it is also a stark reminder of why we must win in 2012 and get these nasty Democrats out of power."

To Listen

Rush to Democrats: America doesn’t want what you have to offer

"Rush delivers a great monologue just after a grumbly caller had accused him of not participating in this joint sacrifice. Rush tells the Democrats that America has rejected liberalism and then proceeds to expose the lie that Democrats hide behind, that they are actually siding with the rich and powerful while claiming to be on the side of the little people. This is why they are so upset about Wisconsin, because they may lose their power structure that exploits the little people to keep themselves elected. They don’t want people to be able to voluntarily join a union, they want people enslaved to the union so they can continue to enslave America with their liberal ideas."

To Listen 

Scott Walker talks about his fight with the unions

"Gov. Scott Walker as he talks about the reasoning behind why he is now in the fight of Wisconsin’s life, trying to free people from the stronghold of the unions.

As Wisconsin Goes…

The showdown in Madison represents a tipping point in national politics

February 21 2011
by Rich Trzupek

The clash between the state’s teachers union and Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker raged on through the weekend, with both sides digging in their heels. Madison has become the symbolic focal point of a national conflict between conservatives who want to reduce the size and expense of government and leftists who want to retain all of the tools necessary to continue the expansion of big government into the future. Thus, Wisconsin’s capital increasingly seems be turning into America’s ideological battleground, as troops and leaders from both sides pour into the city. The longer it goes on, the more is at stake for taxpayers and government employees throughout America.  Read More

Photos From the Front…Most Americans have not forgotten you. God Bless!

May God bless and protect.


U.S. Marines from the First Battalion Eighth Marines Alpha Company patrol through the town of Kunjak in southern Afghanistan’s Helmand province, February 20, 2011. (REUTERS/Finbarr O’Reilly)


A US Marine from 2nd Batallion, 1st Marines Regiment talks to a child during a patrol in Gamser on February 20, 2011. There are around 140,000 international troops, two-thirds of them from the United States in Afghanistan fighting the militant Islamist Taliban. (AFP PHOTO / ADEK BERRY


A U.S. Marine from the First Battalion Eighth Marines Alpha Company negotiates a muddy slope during a patrol through the town of Kunjak in southern Afghanistan’s Helmand province February 19, 2011. (REUTERS/Finbarr O’Reilly)


An Afghan policeman (L) patrols with U.S. Marines from the First Battalion Eighth Marines Alpha Company through the town of Kunjak in southern Afghanistan’s Helmand province February 19, 2011. (REUTERS/Finbarr O’Reilly)


A disabled boy walks towards a US Marines 2nd Batallion, 1st Marines Regiment as the take action after finding a Rocket-propelled Grenade (RPG) during a patrol at a market in Gamser, southern Afghanistan on February 19, 2011. There are around 140,000 international troops, two-thirds of them from the United States in Afghanistan fighting the militant Islamist Taliban insurgents. (AFP PHOTO / ADEK BERRY)


US Marines 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines Regiment members and Afghan National Police (back) secure the area after finding a Rocket-propelled Grenade (RPG) during a patrol in Garmser, Southern Afghanistan on February 19, 2011. There are around 140,000 international troops, two-thirds of them from the United States in Afghanistan fighting the militant Islamist Taliban insurgents. (AFP PHOTO / ADEK BERRY)


A U.S. Marine from the First Battalion Eighth Marines Alpha Company patrols through the town of Nabuk in southern Afghanistan’s Helmand province, February 18, 2011. (REUTERS/Finbarr O’Reilly)


Marines from the First Battalion Eighth Marines Alpha Company watch a video on a computer in their living quarters at an outpost in Kunjak in southern Afghanistan’s Helmand province, February 18, 2011. (REUTERS/Finbarr O’Reilly)

Posted by ZIP on Sunday, February 20, 2011

Israel: White House not reliable

Israeli MK: We Can No Longer Rely on the White House, Obama Doesn’t Lead, He Follows…

WorldNetDaily
February 20, 2011

Israel can no longer rely on the White House and must trust only itself due to a lack of leadership on the part of President Obama, declared a Knesset member from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ruling Likud party.

“We have to understand that if, God forbid, we will be in the case of trouble, we can trust only ourselves because we see a lack of leadership coming from the U.S. today,” said Likud Knesset Member Danny Danon.

“And we should be worried about it, because we always think, well, we have a friend in the White House, we can call them when we are in need, and we see that is not the case,” said Danon, the deputy speaker of Israel’s parliament.

Danon was speaking in an interview with reporter Aaron Klein in the latter’s investigative program on New York’s WABC Radio.

The Israeli politician took the occasion to slam Obama’s treatment of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.

Following weeks of unrest targeting Mubarak’s regime, Obama called for the U.S. ally to allow for the immediate transition to democracy, leading to Mubarak’s resignation.

“We don’t see a leadership role of the American president and actually they (the Obama administration) are following what is happening in the Middle East. On the one hand, they support Mubarak; the next day they are against him.”

Danon added, “Frankly speaking, unfortunately we see a lack of leadership coming from Washington. They don’t actually take decisions. They follow, and they look at the news and then they deliver statements to the media.”  Read More

Obama's Political Machine "Mobilizing On The Ground In Wisconsin"

Are There Traitors in Wisconsin, and is Obama Among Them?

February 18, 2011
By Sharon Rondeau

The Politico is reporting that Obama’s campaign organization, Organizing for America, issued a statement late yesterday which said that it “is mobilizing on the ground in Wisconsin to defend the rights of public employees from an attempt by the governor to take away their right to organize.” While Politico did not provide a link to the quoted statement from Organizing for America, The Post & Email has located it here.

Organizing for America is urging visitors to its site to “Join the Fight” and gives an email address for contacting “your local organizer.” An article linked on Organizing for America states, “Organizing for America is mobilizing on the ground in Wisconsin to defend the rights of public employees from an attempt by the governor to take away their right to organize.”

One writer has asked, “Is it legal for a president to lobby a state legislature?”

This writer is asking, “Is it legal or constitutional for Obama’s Organizing for America to plan ‘similar protests in other state capitals’”?  Read More

Violation of states’ rights and the Constitution

Obama Wants Control Over Each State AND the Country – What State’s Rights? What Constitution?

Violation of states’ rights and the Constitution
2/19/2011
by Jerry McConnell

This country is becoming one big pot for our usurper president and imminent dictator. He shows his ignorance and unfamiliarity with the United States Constitution when he starts telling state Governors how to run their provinces which THEY were duly elected to govern.

This man who stole his way into the highest office in this land is either the most brazen, or the most stupid, or perhaps equal parts of each, iconoclast or rule breaker.

His position and statements against the elected authority of the Governor of the State of Wisconsin, Scott Walker, are a violation of states’ rights and the Constitution and are absolutely out of order; a brazen attempt to coddle labor unions as payback for the many millions of dollars of their members’ dues money that they used to get this charlatan elected in 2008.

Unions have outlived their usefulness and have become rotten and corrupt to the core by stealing the dues money their members pay for their illicit activities not the least of which is currying favor with highly elected officials in return for favorable assistance from those officials to gain added advantages in the union workplace through strong-arm and illegal tactics.  Read More

The US Constitution is being intentionally destroyed

Final Days of the USA: Destruction by Engineered Crises

February 19, 2011
By Nick Howard

The US Constitution is being intentionally destroyed along with the United States’ currency, economy, and the liberty of its people. This is generally being accomplished through the manipulations of our own national leadership elite along with an elite international cartel. You may very well recognize the Players.

The New World Order Plot
Here is the Helicopter View of 6 forces pushing for World Government (WG). The US, the US Constitution, and the American People are all that prevent the implementation of a WG and therefore all three must be destroyed.  Read More

Herman Cain rallies tea party in Madison

Breitbart: America will be community organized no more!

Sophomoric behavior on the floor of the House of Representatives

Disgusted Allen West: "I have never seen a greater assembly of petulance and sophomoric behavior!"

After serving over a month in Congress, Representative Allen West, a Tea Party favorite is less than impressed with democrats from the other side of the aisle.

February 18, 2011
Posted by: cubachi

He wrote his sentiments in a press release. After watching the week of debates on the fiscal problems the nation is facing, lack of jobs, and a huge deficit, he claims that he never heard such empty rhetoric and ineptitude as he has heard from democrats.

Although he is pleased with being granted the opportunity to have the debate, he sees a lack of clarity from democrats on the failure of their policies. He even went after democrats for creating the Greece-like atmosphere in Wisconsin.  Read More

Obama Hoisted by Own Petard on Israeli-Palestinian Front

Obama now is left with a major wreckage of his Mideast diplomacy.

February 19, 2011
By Leo Rennert

From the start of his administration, President Obama demonstrated his animus against a Likud-led government by pouncing on Israeli settlement construction in the West Bank and on new housing for Jews in East Jerusalem. He abdicated the U.S. role as an honest broker, tilting the scales against the Jewish state. It was bound to backfire.

And backfire it did -- big-time -- as Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas rejected personal Obama pleas not to push for a UN Security Council resolution condemning Israeli settlement construction and demanding a building freeze for Jews in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. Obama vainly begged Abbas to support instead a watered-down "statement" rejecting the legitimacy of settlements. Abbas, however, wouldn't play.
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The movie Iranium...their apocalyptic mindset

Iran's Ticking Time Bomb 

February 19, 2011
By Mladen Andrijasevic

After years of silence finally we see Iran's intentions exposed to the American audience. The movie Iranium is now being shown all around the US.

Two days in a row Fox News had broadcasted programs about Iran. On Thursday there was Glenn Beck with Who Is the 12th Imam? and last night Sean Hannity with Iran's Ticking Time Bomb on the documentary Iranium.

In Iranium Bernard Lewis says:

What makes this particularly alarming is the whole question of nuclear weapons. During the Cold War both the United States and the Soviet Union had nuclear weapons. That they did not use them, and they knew they we not going to use them, because of what we used to call at that time MAD - Mutual Assured Destruction. Each side knew that if they used nuclear weapons the others would respond in kind and this would obliterate everybody.

With these people, with their apocalyptic mindset, mutual assured destruction is not a deterrent, it is an inducement.  Read More