Tag Archives: Posse Comitatus

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.

 

Amerian Wariors Proliferate War Mentality Across America, Atlantic Ocean Warms, Fracking Protest

Posted on August 25, 2014 by Andy Hailey

Suggested Reading for Week Ending 8/24 A Former Marine Explains All the Weapons of War Being Used by Police in Ferguson One small way to measure the police violence against black people in Ferguson is to attend to its details. … Continue reading →

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The Four Fundamentalisms of America’s Authoritarian State – Threats to Our Democracy

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Andy Hailey

The excerpts below are from a recent article by Henry Giroux, author of Zombie Politics and Culture in the Age of Casino Capitalism, who discusses the major fundamentalisms of our growing authoritarian state. But first, my two cents: There is … Continue reading →

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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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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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The Authoritarian’s “Protective Squadron” – Blackwater (Xe) USA?

Posted on October 3, 2007 by Andy Hailey

Blackwater USA’s efforts may be concentrated in Iraq, but one day those services will no longer be needed. What then for this private company and its employees? Like employees of Blackwater USA, I work for a government contractor who’s contract … Continue reading →

  • Related NPR Stories: <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=14709187" target="_blank" title="The shooting deaths of Iraqi civilians in Baghdad have prompted anger at Blackwater USA">Iraq Security Firm Blackwater Under Scrutiny</a>
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The Authoritarian’s Army – Two Steps Closer To A Coup In America?

Posted on August 18, 2007 by Andy Hailey

THE END OF POSSE COMITATUS: As reported last October by Major Danby in Daily Kos, the rubber stamp 109th Congress gave President Bush the power to: – involuntarily take National Guard troops from State A and – require them to … Continue reading →

  • Related Web Site: <a href="http://www.militaryreligiousfreedom.org/Media_video/cnn_Aug/index.html" target="_blank" title="Slow loading video">Evangelicals In Charge of Our Military?</a>
  • Related WAWG Article: <a href="https://the-wawg-blog.org/?p=76" target="_blank" title="The distinction made is between those who sincerely hold to an ancient faith, and those who are deploying that faith as a political weapon">Christian is to “Christianist” as Muslim is to Islamist - Religious Believers vs Religious Political Ideologues</a>
  • Supporting Video: <a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=628728631767818729&q=FDR&hl=en" target="_blank" title="The History Channel video">The Plot to Overthrow FDR</a>
  • Supporting Articles: <a href="http://www.claytoncramer.com/amcoup.html" target="_blank" title="This appears pretty much the way it did in the November, 1995 History Today">An American Coup d'État?</a>, <a href="http://www.truth-out.org/aftermath-jesus-loves-nukes-scandal/1316010154" target="_blank" title="Schwartz said commanders and supervisors, 'must avoid the actual or apparent use of their position to promote their personal religious beliefs to their subordinates or to extend preferential treatment for any religion.'">Top Air Force Official Issues Religious Neutrality Policy</a>
  • Related Web Article: <a href="http://www.consortiumnews.com/2007/092607a.html" target="_blank" title="Daniel Ellsberg offers insights into the looming war with Iran and the loss of liberty in the United States">A Coup Has Occurred</a>
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