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It’s amazing what our Congress can legislate, then get passed as law without a single complaint from the media or the people. The latest example is The National Defense Authorization Act (S.1867), the biggest attack on the civil liberties of all American citizens since the Patriot Act. It gives the US military and the Federal Government unprecedented powers to detain US citizens indefinitely and without trial under the law of war. Most argue that the government will never exercise those powers. I see. Well then, why have them?

Let’s dissect the actual bill (which can be found here in its entirety). The first troubling part of the bill has to do with “Subtitle D – Detainee Matters” in which the following excerpt can be found:

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Let me fist begin by saying I am not an conspiracy theorist and I do not think we’re going “Mad Max”. Meaning, you aren’t going to see people driving around with loin cloths and hockey masks in pursuit of gasoline and food. So please, keep that in mind as you read this post. I had to make sure my wife understood this before I started buying our supplies because I didn’t want her to think I was going nuts on her.

Having lived through the Los Angeles riots, I have seen first-hand what people are capable of when they don’t get what they want. They will burn down their own neighborhoods, loot their own stores, and shoot each other over stolen items. Although I didn’t live in New Orleans, I did see what people will do when they have no food, no shelter, and nothing better to do. Here again, they stole from private citizens, trashed stores and in some cases abandoned people in need. Here in Colorado, whenever we have a big storm forecast in advance, people tend to stock up on items as if it’s the end of the world. We’ll go to the grocery store the day after and the shelves containing the basic necessities such as milk, eggs, and bread are nearly empty.

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I think people are missing the point on this one. They shouldn’t be wondering with whether it will work or not. After all, a national test of this magnitude has never been tested, even since the inception of the Emergency Broadcast System some 60 years ago. They shouldn’t be wondering how much value it will provide. In my opinion, those are the wrong thoughts. The first thought that crossed my mind was, ‘why’?

Why are they testing this now? This seems silly to me in today’s day and age. And I’m not so sure the FCC and Department of Homeland Security intentions are being accurately portrayed.

Don’t get me wrong. I don’t think there is any danger heading our way. That’s not what I’m getting at. I’m asking myself this question; why is the Federal Government for the first time ever going to shutdown all broadcasts to test a system that for all intents and purposes, is mostly obsolete?

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Herman Cain is your non-typical presidential candidate, and an interesting one at that. When you look at his life-long achievements, they are grand and admirable. But when it comes to his political experience, he has virtually none, and he has only begun to see how brutal, conniving and dishonest politicians can be.

And this is what concerns me most. When you take a little bit of naivety and mix it with a brand new federal tax code, you are seriously exposing yourself to some very harsh unintended consequences if you don’t have a thorough understanding of how Congress works.

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A wise Chinese proverb states …

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.

But in the United States, the proverb doesn’t apply because in order to teach a man to fish, he’ll first have to …

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