It is relevant that in 2002, Attorney General John Ashcroft announced his desire to see camps for U.S. citizens deemed to be "enemy combatants." On Feb. 17 of this year, in a speech to the Council on Foreign Relations, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld spoke of the harm being done to the country's security, not just by the enemy, but also by what he called "news informers" who needed to be combated in "a contest of wills." Two days earlier, citing speeches critical of Bush by Al Gore, John Kerry, and Howard Dean, conservative columnist Ben Shapiro called for "legislation to prosecute such sedition."The Immigration and Customs Enforcement website discusses ENDGAME purely in terms of illegal immigration; not a word about rounding up liberals. Interestingly, Oliver North has contributed to a new book called "Endgame," in which he blames all of America's ills, including terrorism, on Democrats. Peter Dale Scott argues that the ENDGAME plan derives from North's own notorious REX 84, drawn up during the Reagan administration, pursuant to which protestors of a Central American war would have found themselves in camps. If memory serves, a Miami Herald story published in 1987 revealed that North drew up these plans at a secret meeting open only to officers wearing a small red cross, used as a recognition sign. (Quite a few web sites reference this article, although I'm relying on unreliable memory for the "cross" detail. Perhaps a reader has a copy of the piece...?)
Y'know what's really cute? As older observers of odd politics will recall, at the same time Ollie went about his evil work, rumors circulated within the religious right that the "gummint" had drawn up plans to incarcerate Christians. You may be reminded of those cartoons Julius Streicher used to publish -- the ones which depicted Jews using Giftgas on Germans. I believe psychologists call this phenomenon "projection."
...egh.
ReplyDeleteWhile I'll admit that I don't have the same degree of pessimism that some do about the coming year, this development has been making me very uneasy for a while now. It's sickening.
I want to go on record as predicting that there will not be a faked terror attack linked to Iran, that the United States will not attack Iran, and that Bush will not declare martial law and round up dissidents in concentration camps. Now, I just hope that I'm right and not just being optimistic.
ReplyDeleteMe too, Gary. But one good thing about having the prediction on the record: If it all goes down, more people than otherwise will know what is REALLY going down.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, I'm surprised you haven't offered more in-depth investigative reporting on the Mary Carey-GOP connection.
Gary,
ReplyDeleteyou're funny. I hope you're right, that nothing happens this year, that we hold actual elections in November 2006 which results in voting out the Rethugs.
I promise to buy everyone a beverage of their choice (within $5.00) if you're right and Joseph and myself are wrong at the end of 2006. (OK, let's play it safe, a year from today, march 20, 2007)
Let it stand for the record that my gut tells me to look for some event of "national significance" to occur in late July/August such that by the end of September/October we declare war on Iran and are at war with Iran and the draft gets reinstituted.
This "event" could be anything from an outbreak of the stupid avian flu to a small dirty nuclear suitcase device hitting a major city with a heavy majority of minority/democratic voters in the US like Chicago or even conveniently LA which would result in millions being dislocated and thus qualify for that "population upheaval" and a perfect time to also round up anti-war protestors and other liberals, intelligentsia, etc.
My gut tells me that martial law will be declared and that November 2006 elections will not be held except for local offices, not federal.
hope I'm wrong and Gary is right!
If I'm right, then hey, I'll see you this time next year at the camps down in Southern California which are the biggest (they are expanding the camps already built in Palmdale, and near the military bases in the desert near 29 Palms:
http://www.29palms.usmc.mil/
So dear Halliburton: please stock plenty of SPF 30 sunscreen if you plan on having us white liberals doing manual labor in the hot desert sun along with floppy hats and long sleeved shirts.
29 Palms? In the summer?
ReplyDeleteYeesh. Is it too late for me to sell out to the other side?
How's this? (Ahem!)
"Michael Moore looks like a pig because his mother was a pig and his father was a pig and that is why he is a pig and everything is his fault and he is partners with Osama Bin Laden and all I want to know is why Michael Moore hates America, in closing I would like to say John 3:19 in the Bible and God bless George Bush and the entire Bush family."
29 Palms. The horror. The horror.
Ok, Joseph, I have added some coverage of Mary Carey to my blog.
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