Category Archives: Obsession with Punishment

Is there a police state? Has law enforcement been granted new powers that used to require court approved justification? Can they shoot first and ask questions later? Can they arrest suspects without just cause? Can they hold the ‘enemy’ incommunicado? Is it easier to overlook abuse of rights as long as the enemy is the victim? Are patriotism and fear becoming the basis of foregoing civil liberties? When will the enemy be executed in the public square? When will enemies be pitted against one another in sports arenas? When will mass executions be broadcast on government controlled mass media? How far is too far?

Tracking the Growth of American Authoritarianism

“Can There Really Be Fascist People In A Democracy?”
Libertarians are stealthily taking over America.
Since the 1971 Powell Memo, America has moved closer and closer to Fascism.

 

America’s Growing Authoritarian Police State Revealed by Response to OWS

Posted on November 29, 2011 by Andy Hailey

In three previous articles, I have discussed the growing American police state. This police state is supported by an authoritarian worldview and is promoted by the “bad barrel” structure of today’s police departments. In a recent article by former Police … Continue reading →

  • Supporting Articles: <a href="http://www.lucifereffect.com/" target="_blank" title="Understanding How Good People Turn Evil">The Lucifer Effect</a>, <a href="http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~altemey/" target="_blank" title="Authoritarians in American Society - Policeman are a part.">The AUthoritarians</a>
  • Related Web Article: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/program-1033-military-equipment-police-2011-12#ixzz1gIDZ7OSi" target="_blank" title="The "1033 program" that gave more than $500 million of military gear to u.s. police forces in 2011 alone">The Pentagon Is Offering Free Military Hardware To Every Police Department In The US</a>
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The Problem with Illegal Immigration – Us

Posted on May 21, 2010 by Andy Hailey

The problem with illegal immigration is US consumers and employers. Consumers want cheap stuff and employers hire cheap labor to give consumers what they want. We get what we pay for, including trashy side effects in the deserts of Arizona. … Continue reading →

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Bad Deeds for 4/26/2010

Posted on April 26, 2010 by Jim Vogas

  Spill, Baby, Spill; Oil May Affect Louisiana Coast – Oil is leaking from the ruptured well of a large rig that exploded, burnt and sank in the Gulf of Mexico earlier this week, the US Coast Guard said Saturday. … Continue reading →

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Bad Deeds for 2/17/2010

Posted on February 17, 2010 by Jim Vogas

  Texas Triumph of Ignorance (Texas, Meet the Flintstones) – Nearly a third of Texans believe humans and dinosaurs roamed the earth at the same time, and more than half disagree with the theory that humans developed from earlier species … Continue reading →

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Bad Deeds for 2/2/2010

Posted on February 2, 2010 by Jim Vogas

  Neocon’s Idea of Successful Leadership: Bomb Someone Today – Neoconservative scholar Daniel Pipes references 9/11’s catalyzing impact on voter enthusiasm for former President George W. Bush, and says Obama could get the same boost by starting a new conflict … Continue reading →

  • Related WAWG Article: <a href="https://the-wawg-blog.org/?p=172" target="_blank" title="According to Dr. Shadia Drury the neocon movement started with Leo Strauss, a refugee from Nazi Germany">230 Years of Fascination with Liberty – Are We About to Lose Her?</a>
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Mr. President: Put Action to Your Words – Pardon Sgt. Frederick

Posted on April 22, 2009 by Andy Hailey

RE: Recently Released Bush II Torture Memos Mr. President, I agree with not prosecuting the lower level CIA employees for their part in implementing bad policies produced by Bush II and company. These torture policies built a bad barrel that … Continue reading →

  • Related Web Article: <a href="http://www.opednews.com/articles/Then-Pardon-The-Abu-Ghraib-by-Robert-Arend-090420-450.html" target="_blank" title="If you pardon the CIA, pardon those they ordered to torture.">Then Pardon The Abu Ghraib 11, Too, Mr. President</a>
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From The Occupation of Iraq to The Occupation of the US – Is Our Police State Getting Closer?

Posted on October 7, 2008 by Andy Hailey

Don’t be surprised if there is something else to come that would give GWB an opportunity to do what he wants – declare marshall law, suspend the election and deploy the 3rd Infantry Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team to keep us under control.

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  • Supporting Articles: <a href="http://www.northcom.mil/about/index.html" target="_blank" title="About">U.S. Northern Command (USNORTHCOM)</a>, <a href="http://www.armytimes.com/news/2008/09/army_homeland_090708w/" target="_blank" title="By Gina Cavallaro - Staff writer, Sep 30, 2008">Brigade homeland tours start Oct. 1</a>, <a href="http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=28317" target="_blank" title="By Donna Miles American Forces Press Service, Oct 15, 2003">Teamwork, Planning Behind NORTHCOM Stand-up</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insurrection_Act#Repeal_of_amendments" target="_blank" title="Set of laws that govern the President of the United States of America's ability to deploy troops within the United States.">Insurrection Act</a>
  • Related Web Article: <a href="http://www.times-standard.com/davestancliff/ci_10643629" target="_blank" title="By Dave Stancliff - As It Stands/For the Times-Standard, 10/5/08">America in Crisis: Are we preparing for martial law?</a>, <a href="http://www.infowars.com/?p=4803" target="_blank" title="Paul Joseph Watson Prison Planet Wednesday, September 24, 2008">U.S. Troops In Homeland “Crowd Control” Patrols From October 1st</a>, <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/10/20061017-9.html" target="_blank" title="in a manner consistent with the President's constitutional authorities ... to supervise the unitary executive branch.">President's Unitary Executive Signing Statement on H.R. 5122, the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007"</a>, <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/01/20080128-10.html" target="_blank" title="The executive branch shall construe such provisions in a manner consistent with the constitutional authority of the President">Presidents Signing Statement for H.R. H.R. 4986, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008</a>, <a href="http://www.infowars.com/?p=5463" target="_blank" title="Al-Qaida then will succeed in exhausting America till its last year in it.">ACLU Files FOIA On Brigade Deployed in U.S.</a>
  • Related WAWG Article: <a href="https://the-wawg-blog.org/?p=334" target="_blank" title="THE END OF POSSE COMITATUS">The Authoritarian’s Army - Two Steps Closer To A Coup In America?</a>, <a href="https://the-wawg-blog.org/?p=367" target="_blank" title="The President has a backup to maintain control - Blackwater USA.">The Authoritarian’s “Protective Squadron” - Blackwater USA?</a>
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Bad Deeds for 4-23-2008

Posted on April 23, 2008 by Jim Vogas

U.S. Incarceration Rate is Six Times the World Average – The United States has less than 5 percent of the world’s population. But it has almost a quarter of the world’s prisoners. Indeed, the United States leads the world in … Continue reading →

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Republican Detainee Treatment Compromise – Does It Have a Chance Against International Law?

Posted on October 2, 2006 by Andy Hailey

On September 22, Professor Jordan Paust of the University of Houston Law Center provided the guest column for JURIST: “Unsafe Harbor: The GOP ‘Compromise’ on Detainee Treatment” Professor Paust teaches the following courses: U.S. Constitution and Foreign Affairs International Criminal … Continue reading →

  • Related NPR Stories: <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6165648" target="_blank" title="A version of the bill won House approval Wednesday, on a 253-168 vote. ">Detainee Legislation Gives President New Powers</a>
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Female Incarceration Growth is Five Times USA Population Growth

Posted on November 20, 2005 by Andy Hailey

This 10 year growth in population is 10.3 percent. That’s one half the rate of prisoner growth, one third the rate of prisoners plus those on parole or probation, and one fifth the rate of growth for female prisoners!!! Continue reading →

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