In a stunning move that has civil libertarians stuttering with disbelief, the U.S. Senate has just passed a bill that effectively ends the Bill of Rights in America and will turn USA into a battleground.
Text: Mike Adams | Also watch this video: The US Constitution is gone
[The article's heading re-named on Dec 4, 2011 (01:28 local time SE). The word "declares" was exchanged with "wants"]
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The National Defense Authorization Act is being called the most traitorous act ever witnessed in the Senate, and the language of the bill is cleverly designed to make you think it doesn’t apply to Americans, but toward the end of the bill it essentially says it can apply to Americans ”if we want it to.”
| Bill Summary & Status, 112th Congress (2011 – 2012) | S.1867 | Latest Title: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 | Sponsor: Sen Levin, Carl [MI] (introduced 11/15/2011) | Related Bills: H.R.1540 | Latest Major Action: 12/1/2011 Passed/agreed to in Senate. | Status: Passed Senate with amendments by Yea-Nay. 93 – 7. | Record Vote Number: 218. | Latest Action: 12/1/2011 National Defense Authorization Act | Amendment details |
This bill, passed late last night in a 93-7 vote, declares the entire USA to be a ”battleground” upon which U.S. military forces can operate with impunity, overriding Posse Comitatus and granting the military the unchecked power to arrest, detain, interrogate and even assassinate U.S. citizens with impunity.
Even WIRED magazine was outraged at this bill, reporting:
Senate Wants the Military to Lock You Up Without Trial
…the detention mandate to use indefinite military detention in terrorism cases isn’t limited to foreigners. It’s confusing, because two different sections of the bill seem to contradict each other, but in the judgment of the University of Texas’ Robert Chesney — a nonpartisan authority on military detention — “U.S. citizens are included in the grant of detention authority.” Source
The passage of this law is nothing less than an outright declaration of WAR against the American People by the military-connected power elite. If this is signed into law, it will shred the remaining tenants of the Bill of Rights and unleash upon America a total military dictatorship, complete with secret arrests, secret prisons, unlawful interrogations, indefinite detainment without ever being charged with a crime, the torture of Americans and even the ”legitimate assassination” of U.S. citizens on right here on American soil!
If you have not yet woken up to the reality of the police state we’ve been warning you about, I hope you realize we are fast running out of time. Once this becomes law, you have no rights whatsoever in America — no due process, no First Amendment speech rights, no right to remain silent, nothing.
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i knew this would happen if no one else hasnt felt it in the air i dont know where in the hell ya been the only thing left is to rebuild since our countries leaders cant budget and fix things and make things right its time we stand up america i mean there alot more of us then there is of them dont be a slave when pushed push back or be theres you make the call
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And will the American people who comprise our military forces stand to defend The Bill of Rights and The Constitution, which they are sworn to uphold and defend against all enemies foreign and domestic? Or will they believe it to be their duty to enforce fascism and a dictatorship? An act such as this simply tells me that I no longer have any government or law to answer to any longer. I did not sign up for the program that was in place for the past 50 years and I’m not about to sign up for this one. Why has humanity ever been so utterly stupid as to consent to the idea of man governing man…a preposterous concept. We can still shut them down cold, if WE THE PEOPLE, STOP BUYING AND SELLING LIFE ONE TO ANOTHER, ABANDON ALL CONCEPTS AND BELIEFS OF VALUE PERTAINING TO MONETARY SYSTEMS, GEMS AND PRECIOUS METALS, ALL OWNERSHIP OF ANY PORTION OF THE EARTH AND COME TO THE REALIZATION THAT ALL AUTHORITY IS IMAGINED, ASSUMED AND IMPOSED.
If we do not value their monies…then they are not wealthy… If we do not recognize their authority and pretend it to be valid…no such authority exists….If we do not recognize ownership… then they own no portion of this earth. Listen well, as this is the only way to disempower them overnight…anything less, will result in much loss of life. $100 Billion Dollars, is worthless, unless we the people agree to pretend that it is not. THINK…your lives, your freedoms and your future depend upon it.
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I just hope that if/when they try to pull this, that the military decideds to turn there guns on the government instead of its fellow Americans and we take the control back we once had. We killed Hitler for this very reason. Now we want to become him? ugh.. Im ready when you are guys. Say the word.
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None of the information in this article is true. Kindly verify things for yourself, people, before you start panicking.
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This is all bullshit wrote by a retarded ass occupy person. Dumbshit
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This is truly funny to hear because of a few points. First of all if it were true we would of heard about it a long time ago. Second of all about 95% of my family is either active military or retired and believe me they are the ones to have on our side. If a civil war broke out, where you think the average citizen will get the fire power to act against he government. Hell there is so many laws keeping Americans from having weapons that even come close to what the government has. So with that being said if ”shit does hit the fan” most military will supply their families to protect themselves and most military will be against the government. You have to remember military is family members our brothers,sisters, moms, dads, uncles and so on they are not robots that can be turned against the very people they love honor and protect. But it was a funny story to read.
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It would be nice to not have to read >9000 pages of funding allocations to find the article in question. Everyone scroll to Section 1041. Also read Section 1032 to see further War on Terror POW injustice. The author seems to think that 1032 also applies to American citizens but it doesn’t look that way to me.
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There are 400 idiots in the senate allowing the downfall of the worlds economy. Economically everything in the world stem’s from our countries ignorance, yet our senate decides it’s much more important to discuss our countries moto, while the greedy republicans cheer the idea for the poor in the world to fend for themselves, and the democrats don’t have a full set of balls between all of them combined to stand up for anything important.
In the media Democrats vs Republicans is essentially no different than watching two rival football teams and their fans fight over who is going to kick who’s ass, instead of listening to each other like grown up human beings thirsty for new ideas. The issues and well being of the country and world are set aside to make one another look foolish on news networks.
Obama had some great ideas on paper when he was elected, but never followed through on anything, only finished the work of George Bush (our last terrible president) by having Osama Bin’Laden killed under his term. He even had a ridiculous amount of senate seat support coming into office, and still managed to accomplish nothing internally.
It’s rather sad, you see the rich in the country demonized, yet the majority of them are philanthropists and have organizations devoted to helping people who are truly unfortunate, such as cancer patients, children with disabilities, etc. Some (not all) are okay with paying higher tax rates, and believe its necessary for our survival in this recession, but stupid shit heads that make 200-300k a year, who don’t give anything at all back to the community refer to the 99% as socialist leaches looking for handouts, when the economy is clearly in the shit and needs to get out. While the free market is ‘suppose’ to decide how things pan out in the world, it clearly isn’t working now by issuing hiring strikes.
Its going to be a whole new show when today’s younger generation moves into power once the old ignorance dies off. Because I can assure you, every last one of those college students in the United States will remember the police brutality within those peaceful protests asking for the change that this world so desperately needs. Hiring strikes on jobs will likely end up costing corporations more than they bargained for in the long run. Hate and rage fuels the kind of fires that leave scars.
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Contradicting information:
PRESSRELEASE: Rand Paul Blocks Attempt to Sneak Through Dangerous Amendment
An attempt was made to pass Amendment No. 1274 to the National Defense Authorization Act (S. 1867) by voice vote, but Senator Paul’s objection and request for a roll call vote ultimately led to the bill’s defeat by a final vote of 41-59.
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Fake article is Fake.
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i always cringe when the government wants to help protect me, it is like saying please bend over
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Dont be to sure bout the supreme court, Dont forget they did Rule in favor of Westboro Baptist church to protest military funerals
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Democracy is the same as communism, the problems lies more in the leaders themselves rather than the government. People need to realize that we are nothing more than cattle feeding the freedom of a handful of individuals, and no amount of checks and balances can protect us.
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Democracy is the same as communism. The problem lies with the leaders themselves, not the actual government. People just need to wake up and realize that we are nothing more than cattle feeding the freedom of a handful of individuals, and that no amount of checks and balances can protect us.
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If this bill passes…I will fight for my constitution, for the rights that my friends and family have, and will not sit around and let them lose everything. I am not a Christian, but the bible talks about this kind of stuff happening. I think the world is coming to an end, not literally.
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Nej knappast Steven Miller!
Kanske du vill bra saker, men det är galet. Demokrati är inte samma som kommunism
Förklara gärna mer!
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No, hardly Steven Miller!
Maybe you want good things, but it’s crazy. Democracy is not the same as communism
Explain you more!
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Sorry you is Kevin Miller.
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Honestly, I’m not saying anything against Obama, but our country was perfectly fine the way it was before even if bush took away freedoms. The reason he change the ”you are innocent until proven guilty” into pretty much guilty and to have to prove your innocence is because it’s true. People are always guilty of something but they’ll hide it for the better, but I’d they have to prove themselves then they have to start lying and eventually their lying will start getting sloppy and the courts will find this. Bush was merely protecting our freedoms. Not diminishing them. I dont care what you guys think. No matter all the stupid things bush has done in the past it all comes down to the fact that he wanted his country safe. He fought for the country. For the constitution. So if Obama passes this and let’s it slide then all HE is doing is diminishing everything we ever knew and that’s our rights. We lived for these rights, and our forefathers fought for these rights and if the senate thinks they can just throw something this old and valuable to our country away then they should be put in federal prision for corruption of justice and liberty. Honestly this would come down to another revolutionary war, but against ourselves. Against our government on which we solely trusted to do all the hard work to try and make us sayer and more secure as a country and now with this hey are basically turning their backs on us, and saying you don’t matter to us.
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Dude, no offense, but you are REALLY out of touch. There is no one who could have taken office this term who could have dodged the bullet Obama is taking right now, Republican or Democrat. And frankly, our country was NOT ”perfectly fine” as you seem to think it was. This downturn we’ve been experiencing … and is only going to get worse, FYI, for a few years … was started years and years and years ago … by politicians who saw fit to let the banks do whatever the hell they wanted to. I don’t mean to sound biased, but those politicians happened to be republican ……
And on the point of a revolutionary war against our gubment, you are 100% correct. THEY are who we should be targeting. Not Wall Street. But that’s just MHO ….
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Read the bill. It only applies to people plotting terrorist attacks.
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It doesn’t matter how much we dislike this. The government already has absolute power. Just look at the senate, where the sole job in the government is to make sure to get voted in again, or congress who can vote raises for themselves to the tune of 50-80K annual salary. They do this every year. Nobody DOES anything. We have been far too complacent since the 60′s and 70′s. There has been no safe-checks or anything in place to keep the government officials in a place where they would have enough respect to know they could be taken down by the people. This country is doomed. We the people is a thing of the past, and nothing can be changed. If we had taken initiative a decade or more ago, this may not be true. We didn’t and therefore it is true. So keep talking, because words heat only the air directly in front of your face before they fade and cool off.
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you can honestly tell me you think this is real? look how badly photoshopped the picture is first off, i think only The Onion would have been a less reputable source. and… ”The National Defense Authorization Act is the name of a United States federal law that has been enacted for each of the past 48 fiscal years to specify the budget and expenditures of the United States Department of Defense.”
just sayin.
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Okay, so I was SOOOO ready to ream you a new one. Then thought better of my initial instinct and decided to check out the picture.
You are SOOOOO right, Dude!!!
And now I’m beginning to think this might actually be propaganda by the Occupy movement. But you know what? I have real life information to add to this discussion. And if this thing goes viral, I’m okay with adding my voice to something that may or may not be legit. People need to know that they can defend themselves against these banks. People (like me … for my parents) are doing it every single day. Every. Single. Day. Period.
There.
Is.
Hope.
And if you need it, contact me. I will gladly help you.
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If anyone actually took the time to read through the bill, they would find that the bill is actually just a revision of the previous one, which more so or less, is identical to the one from last year, which is identical to the one before that.
People need to read things with a grain of salt and do their own independent research instead of allowing themselves to be subjected to any one else’s opinion. If you think that an armed struggle against the current government in this moment is appropriate, then why haven’t you done it yourselves? The day that the government actually tries any of this is the day the people will rise against it. Not everyone is a mindless sheep to a single party or organization. As the author clearly is and those that agree with him.
All talk and no action. But mostly just bullshit from people who have no clue about what they are saying.
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How long until Americans wake up and realize this is a fascist country? Next time you want to judge other cultures evils, look at this one. WE ARE the next Nazi country. its done, they may even kill me for this if they find me. That is truth, not a conspiracy, and to say so is to be no different then the Nazis that turned a blind eye.
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Wow,
I’m sorry but are we filing hundreds of thousands of peope into gas chambers or forcing them into labor? You people are nuts. I can promise you if a situation like this were to occur, the military has families too. It will be so split that it will barely be effective. Many will abandon to be home with their families and protect them. Seriously, this is a farcry from nazism. I’m sure you’re one of those in occupy who is hoping for more tax breaks and the legalization of marijuana.
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http://www.rense.com/general37/fascism.htm
The 14 Defining
Characteristics Of Fascism
1. Powerful and Continuing Nationalism – Fascist regimes tend to make constant use of patriotic mottos, slogans, symbols, songs, and other paraphernalia. Flags are seen everywhere, as are flag symbols on clothing and in public displays.
2. Disdain for the Recognition of Human Rights – Because of fear of enemies and the need for security, the people in fascist regimes are persuaded that human rights can be ignored in certain cases because of ”need.” The people tend to look the other way or even approve of torture, summary executions, assassinations, long incarcerations of prisoners, etc.
3. Identification of Enemies/Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause – The people are rallied into a unifying patriotic frenzy over the need to eliminate a perceived common threat or foe: racial , ethnic or religious minorities; liberals; communists; socialists, terrorists, etc.
4. Supremacy of the Military – Even when there are widespread domestic problems, the military is given a disproportionate amount of government funding, and the domestic agenda is neglected. Soldiers and military service are glamorized.
5. Rampant Sexism – The governments of fascist nations tend to be almost exclusively male-dominated. Under fascist regimes, traditional gender roles are made more rigid. Divorce, abortion and homosexuality are suppressed and the state is represented as the ultimate guardian of the family institution.
6. Controlled Mass Media – Sometimes to media is directly controlled by the government, but in other cases, the media is indirectly controlled by government regulation, or sympathetic media spokespeople and executives. Censorship, especially in war time, is very common.
7. Obsession with National Security – Fear is used as a motivational tool by the government over the masses.
8. Religion and Government are Intertwined – Governments in fascist nations tend to use the most common religion in the nation as a tool to manipulate public opinion. Religious rhetoric and terminology is common from government leaders, even when the major tenets of the religion are diametrically opposed
to the government’s policies or actions.
9. Corporate Power is Protected – The industrial and business aristocracy of a fascist nation often are the ones who put the government leaders into power, creating a mutually beneficial business/government relationship and power elite.
10. Labor Power is Suppressed – Because the organizing power of labor is the only real threat to a fascist government, labor unions are either eliminated entirely, or are severely suppressed.
11. Disdain for Intellectuals and the Arts – Fascist nations tend to promote and tolerate open hostility to higher education, and academia. It is not uncommon for professors and other academics to be censored or even arrested. Free expression in the arts and letters is openly attacked.
12. Obsession with Crime and Punishment – Under fascist regimes, the police are given almost limitless power to enforce laws. The people are often willing to overlook police abuses and even forego civil liberties in the name of patriotism. There is often a national police force with virtually unlimited power in fascist nations.
13. Rampant Cronyism and Corruption – Fascist regimes almost always are governed by groups of friends and associates who appoint each other to government positions and use governmental power and authority to protect their friends from accountability. It is not uncommon in fascist regimes for national resources and even treasures to be appropriated or even outright stolen by government leaders.
14. Fraudulent Elections – Sometimes elections in fascist nations are a complete sham. Other times elections are manipulated by smear campaigns against or even assassination of opposition candidates, use of legislation to control voting numbers or political district boundaries, and manipulation of the media. Fascist nations also typically use their judiciaries to manipulate or control elections.
Yep, America has all of that covered…but I will agree with concerned. People aren’t getting rounded up and gassed in chambers…..yet.
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This article is garbage. Read the bill yourself before you believe this internet bullcrap.
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I love living in this country so… I have to say, united we stand divided we fall. If by some unforeseen tragedy this bill is passed into law I am digging in. The powers that will be can kiss my American ass! I have a deep passion about the positive things that this country is suppose to stand for such as life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Just speaking my mind which is still ok isnt it! If its not then let me be the first they come and get. I promise I will not go quitely.
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Sylvia, you are the best! I wholeheartedly agree and so do many others. There are plenty of people outside protesting and complaining right now instead of working hard and living at home, preparing themselves for the future; the bad and good. I will not give up what this country was founded on. I am already sick of the lack of respect for our flag, national anthem, and pledge of allegiance. They should be mandatory to respect, punishable by law. How does one live in a place and bad mouth it every chance they get? It’s immoral. Now the government is condoning each little minority group it can and making their freedoms take precedence over those of us that have been living off of traditional values for decades. When those values were actually….valued, we were strong and prosperous. This new ”change” everyone wails about has brought nothing but unrest and degradation. We’re doomed because no one cares about what America stands for. Those of us that do, will outlast those who don’t and rebuild into a stronger nation than ever before.
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@Concerned:
No, actually the occupy movement is actually about people displaying what pitiful power they have left to call the attention to a complete lack of jobs and a failing economy they had no control over changing. The 99% argument is something like this: The rich feel like they are allowed fewer taxes because they ”create jobs” however, they have not been creating jobs they have been sitting on their money and/or frivelously spending without regard to the common good whatsoever. The point is that the wealth in this country is being weilded by the most irresponsible people humanity seems to have had the displeasure of creating. Yes, many of them are confused. yes, many of them are caught up in the heart-pounding drama of facing imprisonment and want excitement away from a college campus, and some of them do indeed expect things handed to them on the silver platter, but they are misinformed or ignorant, and marr the importance of this movement. Many of the protesters are fighting for their rights because a good number of them are acutally homeless. They have nowhere left to go so they are appealing to the politicians by their presence. However the 1% and politicians seem figuratively in bed with each other or one and the same making the process far more complicated and resulting in far less justice than it should be. Some of these protesters have even had to endure undue and unlawful behavior from ”security” forces who have abused the power they have been given by us the american people. WE have been impractically ignorant and that is what has lead us to this disaster. It is time for responsibility to be upheld. Those who are greedy will eventually find they are left to fear all those the have wronged. It is a matter of nature. This country is headed for bloodshed. I am not saying this as a threat but as a prophesy. There is too much to logically support it not to agree. I’m sorry but I too am the 99% but I am the wiser for knowing why.
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IMPORTANT!!!!!! ****THIS IS NOT REAL***THIS IS FUCKING ridiculous propaganda by a occupy wallstreet…please get a job #1 stop sitting in the streets…120,000 jobs were created this month, if u started looking for work maybe u could help show signs of economic growth and turn this country back on track. yes wallstreet was greedy in took risk, but it is impossible in a capatalist society to not have down economic times, the fact is that U the idiot people that took the lones and speculated are the reason we are in this mess. Wall street bet that u idiots would be able to pay some of ur morgages not just default, but i digress. This is a sham website none of this is true, if true what would be the purpose, beside killing terrorist on american soil, to killing normal citicizens???? NONE!!! if a president authorized this against a innocent person they would be impeached or revolution would take place. IF you truely believe this apprently ”secret” bill because u have given no facts to support this bill exist please post hte name of the bill and when they voted on it because last time i check in know 50 democrats that would never vote for the patriot act, why would they vote yes on this fucking thing. 94 votes ur a fucking nut case…
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my proof this is fake is that the bill, The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012, is comprehensive legislation which authorizes the budget authority of the Department of Defense and the national security programs of the Department of Energy. Not to make the US a battle ground its part of the new 650billion dollar defense budget.
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