…our civil liberties. The corporate state has used 9/11 in the same way the Nazi Party used the Reichstag Fire as a justification to strip away all of our most important Constitutional rights. Whether that is the right or the need of a court to issue a warrant before surveillance. Whether that is the right of a whistleblower to expose government crimes, including torture. We just saw the CIA official, Kiriakou, go to prison for 30 months. What he, purportedly, leaked to The New York Times, were war crimes.

And the interpretation of the Authorization to Use Military Force Act (AUMF) is giving the government the right, this is what this ‘White Paper’, that was leaked to NBC News was about giving the right to the Executive Branch to draw up kill lists, even if US citizens are on those kill lists.

So, this is a steady march forward, in terms of stripping away our most basic civil liberties. I would say the NDAA, this case, is the last in line of defence between what’s left of our anemic democracy and our transformation into a military state.

…to indefinitely detain U.S. citizens is back in federal court this week. On Wednesday, a group of academics, journalists, and activists will present oral arguments in court against a provision in the National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, authorizing the military to jail anyone it considers a terrorism suspect anywhere in the world without charge or trial.

I felt pride as an American. I thought, this is the American citizen that I fought for as a marine. This is a constitutional order, a rule of law, a judge, appointed by Obama, who’s willing to say that her boss was mistaken in claiming that this rule is compatible with our rule of law.
Well, as a law, it’s unprecedented, but as a practice what we’ve seen for the last 10 years is a systematic assault on the Constitution of the United States in every aspect in the aspects of the illegal surveillance, the warrantless surveillance, which was conducted against me 40 years ago by President Nixon and then led to his impeachment proceedings, but is now regarded as legal. That’s the way the law has changed. Efforts to assault me or kill me on the steps of the Capitol on May 3rd, 1972, a presidential hit squad of the kind that the president now takes pride in proclaiming that he runs all over the world.

On December 31st 2011, US President Barack Obama signed into law the National Defense Authorization Act of 2012 (NDAA). The Act was passed in the House of Representatives on May 26, 2011 by a vote of 322 to 96. The Act was passed in the Senate on December 15, 2011 by a vote of 86 to 13. Coming up is an excerpt from the Act, the wording of which makes it legal to incarcerate United States citizens without recourse to any form of judicial process. Essentially these words say that if the government deems any person to have committed a “belligerent act” that person can be detained indefinitely without trial. For the purposes of defining what a “belligerent act” is. with respect to a US citizen, how does the government differentiate between an act of war against the United States vs a lawful protest against the government? Prior to this act, such a distinction would have to be decided in a court of law by a jury of a citizen’s peers. With the signing of the NDAA, the government is claiming the right to decide this unilaterally, without any judicial proceedings and no legal representation afforded to the accused.

Can the US Government now proclaim that the constitutionally protected act of protest against the government is a “belligerent act” and legally lock up those who participate in such a protest?

The provisions of the NDAA are blatantly unconstitutional. The Fourth Amendment to the Constitution prohibits warrantless seizures of the person or property of US citizens. The Fifth Amendment Prohibits the depriving of US citizens of “life, liberty, or property without due process of law.” The Sixth Amendment includes the right to a “speedy and public trial by an impartial jury.”

These are the most basic, most essential protections of human liberty upon which the United States was founded. It would be no exaggeration to claim that the primary purpose of those who founded the United States was the creation of a nation where exactly these protections were guaranteed to all citizens. And with the signing of the NDAA, the present government of the United States has claimed the legal right to kill these constitutional protections.

“President Obama’s action today is a blight on his legacy because he will forever be known as the president who signed indefinite detention without charge or trial into law,” said Anthony D. Romero, ACLU executive director. “The statute is particularly dangerous because it has no temporal or geographic limitations, and can be used by this and future presidents to militarily detain people captured far from any battlefield.

“There are laws on the books now that characterize who might be a terrorist: someone missing fingers on their hands is a suspect according to the department of justice. Someone who has guns, someone who has ammunition that is weatherproofed, someone who has more than seven days of food in their house can be considered a potential terrorist. If you are suspected because of these activities, do you want the government to have the ability to send you to Guantánamo Bay for indefinite detention?” – Rand Paul

Senator Lindsey Graham, who supports this bill, says quote “the Homeland is part of the battlefield and people can be held without trial whether an American citizen or not.”

I must tell you I was utterly appalled when I saw this legislation proposed. We didn’t learn about it until last night, because the committee hearings on it were done in secret, even though the Constitution requires that Congress do these things in public. And there were no actual hearings. Just a bunch of members of the Senate who got together and wrote this thing. And it basically says the President can arrest whoever he wants anywhere in the United States of America and keep them without charging them with a crime, without letting them see a lawyer, without bringing them to a judge for as long as he wants. How is that consistent with the Constitution?

Whenever you suspend due process, which in effect suspends the rule of law, you walk down a very dangerous path and you give authority to your government that it can then wield essentially without restraint. What worries me is it will end up creating categories of people who are then subject to arbitrary arrests. And that’s dangerous because we don’t know how those categories will be defined or interpreted in the future. All in all it’s a disaster and it’s something that should should be defeated.

Suppose the President decided one of his political opponents was an enemy of the state. He could make that person disappear. Sounds fanciful? Sounds crazy? But it’s true.

Number one the CEO of BP dumped a third of his stock in the weeks before the spill. Then you have Goldman Sachs that just so happened to have its CEO, being the previous CEO of BP, you have them dumping 44% of their stock, not in other oil companies, just in BP, in the week before. Then you add to that Haliburton, buying, just two weeks before the spill, one of the biggest oil spill cleanup companies in the Gulf of Mexico, which wasn’t seen as a good buy by industry analysts at the time. So you have all of this prepositioning.

The right-left paradigm in the U.S. and U.S. politics is taken directly from the commercial world or the corporate world. In the business world you have Coke-Pepsi. You have McDonald’s-Burger King. You’ve got AT&T-Verizon. You’ve got duopolies. A duopoly gives the illusion of there being some competition and some choice. And it looks a little bit better than monopoly.

They know from previous experience and history that civilizations come and go and dwindle. They know the reasons why they come and go.
Maurice Strong is the man who said that they would never allow another country to rise up as powerful as America will never be allowed to happen again. And he said that the best thing we can do is tear down all the factories, all the top commerce of the United States and level it and give it back to nature. And that was the advice from this character who has tremendous power at the United Nations and was picked up and groomed by Rockefeller himself.
Nations rise and fall. They knew how debt could never be recuperated. They knew that disease and prolonged war could wipe out the population and future populations that pay off debt, so these guys all work together. That’s why it’s no surprise that today you have Lord Rothschild coming out pushing the latest scam or religion that we must all believe in which is global warming. Which his personal bank, his families bank in Switzerland, will be in charge of. They’ve run this system, the whole economic system of the world for the last 2 1/2 hundred years so why shouldn’t they also run the economic system for the next few hundred years.

We’re going into the greatest depression. There will be no job growth. Unemployment will continue to escalate. Along with it so too will crime, poverty, kidnappings, boss-nappings… And the more things spin out of control the harder the hammer is going to come down by the federal government to keep things in control.

To force their agenda through the elites are employing one of their favorite tools, artificial crisis creation, also known as the Hegelian dialectic of problem-reaction-solution.

It’s never been written about in any book that I’ve found as to who gave these guys the authority or permission to be the international bankers of the world. Why would you even need international bankers? Why would any government agree to use them? Why would you need to use them? Why can’t any country create its own money? It tells you there’s already an existing super structure already in existence, maybe two, three hundred years ago to give these guys permission to somehow be the overlords of all money for all countries.

What was very surprising was to hear President Obama talk about what he called “prolonged detention”, but what I think we can all safely say is preventative detention moving forward. The idea of detaining people not because they’ve committed a crime, but because of their general dangerousness or that they may commit a crime in the future. That’s something that the documents that President Obama was standing in front of, particularly the Bill of Rights and the Constitution, simply doesn’t permit.

Many people in the freedom movement have whispered, shouted, talked and warned others about the unaccounted for FEMA facilities being built around the country for several years now. Well, it seems like congress is currently facing the issue of opening these facilities and to begin using them for their intended purposes.

The bill will serve as the authorization to open and declare what these facilities can be used for and what they are preparing to do.

The Bill (H.R 645) begins with the Establishment of National Emergency Centers which will mandate that Homeland Security use no fewer than six existing military facilities, in each of the existing FEMA regions, to provide aid to individuals and families in the event of a declared emergency or natural disaster. These facilities will also be to train law enforcement entities, as well as clergy and other entities that will prepare the average citizen for a major event.

These facilities will be required to be equipped for long term stays by citizens. The bill designates an initial funding estimate at 360 Billion dollars for a period of two years.

..and is related to keep our rights to bear arms. On the table now is ammunition accountability legislation, it’s in 18 states and it requires all ammunition to be encoded by the manufacturer in a database and including all ammunition sales. They will now know how much you buy and what calibers. Remember how Obama said he wasn’t going to take your guns? Well seems that his allies in the anti-gun world have no problem with taking your ammunition. According to ammunitionaccountability.org, the driving force behind this legislation, nobody can sell any ammunition after June 30, 2009, unless the ammunition is coded. Any privately held uncoded ammunition must be destroyed by July 1st, 2011… if they can deprive you of ammo they don’t need to take your guns.

…the Obama administration is considering implementing a new fall vaccination program against the flu. A plan that would require Americans to get not one, not two, but three flu shots.

But we trusted the scientists back in 1976 with the original swine flu shot, and a lot of people got sick.

Some people died, some people were paralyzed, and people remember the swine flu vaccine as a terrible disaster…

If you are still smarting from the economic collapse in 2008, you’d better buckle your seat belt Dorothy, because Economic Armageddon is coming and the MSM (main stream media) is not talking about it.

A handful of patriots are voicing the issue, but no one is listening.

There are events unfolding and some yet to unfold that will leave you wondering how you are going to survive.

The mortgage problem, the unemployment problem, the shipping problem, the Afghanistan surge problem, etc.

A Perfect storm is brewing and nobody seems to care.

Add to it, the Biden, Powell, et. al. prophetic words of an impending or potential (almost certain) “terrorist” attack and you’ve got a complete and total Collapse (with a capital C) of the economy.

We’re talking destitute Americans in the streets. No money, no food, no homes, no employment…

California which represents 1/3 of the US GDP is talking about issuing I.O.U.’s. Imagine calling your bank and saying, hey, all I have this IOU from the state, can I pay my mortgage with it?

I’m trying to connect the dots, but you need to read the information.

Hopefully you will arrive at the same conclusion before it’s too late.

Shipping rates hit zero as trade sinks

“Freight rates for containers shipped from Asia to Europe have fallen to zero for the first time since records began, underscoring the dramatic collapse in trade since the world economy buckled in October…It has spread to core trade of finished industrial goods, the lifeblood of the wold economy.” Telegraph.co.uk Jan. 15, 2009

“A report by ING yesterday said shipping activity at US ports has suddenly dived. Outbound traffic from Long Beach and Los Angeles, America’s two top ports, has fallen by 18pc year-on-year, a far more serious decline than anything seen in recent recessions.

‘This is no regular cycle slowdown, but a complete collapse in foreign demand,’ said Lindsay Coburn, ING’s trade consultant.” Telegraph.co.uk Jan. 15, 2009

If that doesn’t make you shudder, then I suggest you go back to watching American Idol, or whatever mundane task you were doing, because you just don’t get it.

It means goods are not being shipped, think empty store shelves, because that’s what is next.

Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans

“According to Huxley Somerville, a director at Fitch Ratings, $29 billion of these loans will reset by the end of 2009 and another $67 billion in 2010. The drastic increases anticipated on each loan are expected to cause delinquencies to more than double.” Motley Fool

The Coming Tsunami

The Mortgage problems are not over yet. If “Revelation” of the Subprime mess shook the Dow from 13,028 in June to a bottom of 7,552 on Nov. 20, 2008, what kind of effect can we expect from the ARM, ALT A, Agency loans that will start resetting in 2009?

Citi exposed to $60 billion in subprime loans – may need more cash.

“I would argue that the $18.3 billion in Alt-A loans are just as suspect and dangerous to the company as the subprime loans. While many subprime loans are made to homeowners with bad credit, the Alt-A loans were made to specuvestors with little or no documentation that will be unable to afford the new mortgage payments when these Alt-A loans reset or recast in the near future.” Huliq News

And that’s just Citibank. When are Fannie & Freddie, Bank of America, Wells Fargo and others going to announce?

What about the Investment Banks that are still stuck with these loans? What about the US Government who took out interests in Fannie, Freddie and others in the bailout, or as I like to call it, the “sellout” (as in, “of America”)

And NONE of this includes commercial properties/loans. Not one word from anyone, except one person and I can’t find his information.

How much exposure do the American People have in the Commercial market? No one knows.

Unemployment at 16-year high

In December, the number of unemployed persons increased by 632,000 to 11.1 million and the unemployment rate rose to 7.2 percent. Since the start of the recession in December 2007, the number of unemployed persons has grown by 3.6 million, and the unemployment rate has risen by 2.3 percentage points. Bureau of labor statistics.

Add to that, the Federal Reserve’s audacity to deny disclosure of nearly $2 Trillion dollars. As determined by the court, and I’m paraphrasing, that (bold) We the People are not party to what the Federal Reserve (a private corporation) does with its money.

Suddenly, conspiracy theories start to play themselves out…

North American Union
Civil Unrest
Martial Law
One World Government…

Sadly, I do not have a solution. I do however subscribe to the ideas that Peter Schiff and Ron Paul and other brave patriots have stated.

*Let the economy fix itself
*Stop printing money
*Let’s return to the Gold Standard
*Merge the Fed with Treasury (an Actual Government Entity)

You’d better be ready. Start preparing and don’t get caught in the downdraft.

The fact that shipping hit Zero in Europe means you’d better start stocking up on essentials.

We conspiracists have been telling you for months.

These are my opinions.

New York, New Jersey, Michigan, MA, TN, and many other states are depleting or have depleted Unemployment funds.

States are asking the Federal Gov for a Bailout. ($1 Trillion)

Obama asked for $875 BILLION plus the $300 Billion from TARP.

“The president-elect would devote 40% of the $775 billion to give taxpayers a break, but his party is urging him to put more into roads, bridges and other projects.” L.A. Times

That’s right, Democrats don’t want you to have tax breaks, they want to give it to big companies and government to “build” our infrastructure. You know, eh hmm, their friends.

Any guesses as to who might get a lion share of the contract (s)?

Halliburton and KBR

Halliburton announced that it would relocated it’s Texas based World Headquarters from Texas to Dubai. It will still maintain a corporate US office in Texas, but the CEO is moving UAE. (ABC news 03/11/2007)

Halliburton is no longer an American company, but they will probably get the contract, along with KBR.

The Federal Reserve is Printing More Money, thereby increasing Our National Debt. If you add up all debts and liabilities, it adds to about $53 Trillion (look it up).

Yet, Executives are getting Bonuses

And Nobody is disclosing where the money is.

* AIG ‘Retention Pay’ Rises to $619 Million

* Detroit CEOs to Get $1 Per Year? Not Quite. (see story)——>

* Morgan Stanley, which has received no less than $10 billion in bailout funds, paid out $2 billion in bonuses this year, according to The New York Times.

* Goldman Sachs, another beneficiary of billions in TARP funds, reportedly rewarded some employees with $200,000 cash bonuses.

* Members of the US Congress started 2009 with a 2.8 cost of living increase ($4,700 for 535 members) which amounts to about $2.5 Million.

” ‘ All 2.7 million federal employees receive a cost of living adjustment most years, which this year has been set at 2.8 percent for members of Congress and other senior federal officials, and 3.9 percent for rank-and-file employees,’ said Congressman Mike Thompson.” Lake County News

Bank of America just got a $25 Billion infusion, on top of the $15B from October. But they still plan on FIRING 35,000 employees.

BA stock went from $38 on Oct. 1, 2008 to $7 as of Jan. 16, 2009.

Do you remember the Secret FISA meeting from Mar. 13, 2008?

What was discussed?

There are several videos, but here is the list:

1. The Imminent Collapse of the US Economy to occur sometime in Late 2008.

2. The Imminent Collapse of the US Government Finances to occur sometime in Mid 2009.

3. The Imminent possibility of Civil War inside the US as a result of the collapse.

4. The Advance Roundups of insurgent US Citizens who are likely to move against the Government.

5. The Detention of those rounded up at Rex84 camps constructed throughout the US.

6. The possibility of public retaliation against members of congress for the collapse.

7. The Location of safe facilities for members of congress and their families to reside during this massive civil unrest.

8. The Necessary and unavoidable merger of the United States with Canada and Mexico establishing the North American Union.

9. The issuance of a new currency called the Amero for all three nations as an economic solution.