I told you he would sign it.

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  1. Evan G Rogers profile image61
    Evan G Rogersposted 12 years ago

    Obama announced he'll sign it, just like I told you he would.

    http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-250_162-573 … -suspects/

    We will soon be living in on a battlefield that stretches the whole globe.

    Get yer guns.

    1. habee profile image93
      habeeposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      After he vowed to veto the bill?? Looks like he's p.o.'d the ACLU. Wonder how Obama fans feel about this?

      1. livelonger profile image86
        livelongerposted 12 years agoin reply to this

        This one's upset. mad

        1. habee profile image93
          habeeposted 12 years agoin reply to this

          I was going to vote for him if Gingrich got the GOP nod. Now I'm thinking if it's between those two, I'll just write in Huntsman or Hillary.

          1. Evan G Rogers profile image61
            Evan G Rogersposted 12 years agoin reply to this

            Ron Paul

        2. K9keystrokes profile image83
          K9keystrokesposted 12 years agoin reply to this

          +1

      2. Pcunix profile image92
        Pcunixposted 12 years agoin reply to this

        As I'm more of a "I'll vote for him because the Republicans are killing us" person than a fan, I'm sad.

        It won't change my vote, though.  It just means I have to pinch my nose that much harder.  Unfortunately, not voting for him just gives more chance that one of the GOP people will land in the office and then our goose is truly cooked.

        1. habee profile image93
          habeeposted 12 years agoin reply to this

          Wouldn't it be great to vote for someone you really, really like - instead of voting for the "lesser of two evils," like we usually do?

          1. Pcunix profile image92
            Pcunixposted 12 years agoin reply to this

            Yeah, that would be great.  It won't happen as long as money rules politics.

            1. uncorrectedvision profile image60
              uncorrectedvisionposted 12 years agoin reply to this

              Yeah that would be great but it won't happen as long as politics rules money.

              1. Pcunix profile image92
                Pcunixposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                Yes, that's true too.  It's all incestuous.

                1. uncorrectedvision profile image60
                  uncorrectedvisionposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                  It is less insidious and more complicated than merely incestuous.  The flow of power is one direction and in order to mitigate that flow the lesser party seeks some aspect of control, not over government itself but rather over the amount of damage that government will cause.

        2. Evan G Rogers profile image61
          Evan G Rogersposted 12 years agoin reply to this

          How can "declaring the entire Earth as a battlefield, and thus subject to wartime idiocy" not be enough to change your vote?

          1. Pcunix profile image92
            Pcunixposted 12 years agoin reply to this

            BECAUSE THERE IS NOBODY ELSE TO VOTE FOR!

            The Republican candidates would all make things even worse.   If some third party candidate with a brain somehow managed to get on the ticket, my protest vote for them would only increase the chances of one of the crazies winning.

            Obama has been a great disappointment, but disappointment beats tragedy.

            1. Evan G Rogers profile image61
              Evan G Rogersposted 12 years agoin reply to this

              What are you talking about Ron Paul was the only candidate up there who voted against the legislation.

              Vote for freedom! You probably won't get another chance.

              1. Pcunix profile image92
                Pcunixposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                Sigh.  We've been down this road before.  Nobody with any sense will vote for Ron Paul or any Libertarian candidate.

                1. Reality Bytes profile image75
                  Reality Bytesposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                  This should bring back memories:

                  The Times They Are A-Changin'

                  Come gather ’round people
                  Wherever you roam
                  And admit that the waters
                  Around you have grown
                  And accept it that soon
                  You’ll be drenched to the bone
                  If your time to you is worth savin’
                  Then you better start swimmin’ or you’ll sink like a stone
                  For the times they are a-changin’

                  Come writers and critics
                  Who prophesize with your pen
                  And keep your eyes wide
                  The chance won’t come again
                  And don’t speak too soon
                  For the wheel’s still in spin
                  And there’s no tellin’ who that it’s namin’
                  For the loser now will be later to win
                  For the times they are a-changin’

                  Come senators, congressmen
                  Please heed the call
                  Don’t stand in the doorway
                  Don’t block up the hall
                  For he that gets hurt
                  Will be he who has stalled
                  There’s a battle outside and it is ragin’
                  It’ll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls
                  For the times they are a-changin’

                  Come mothers and fathers
                  Throughout the land
                  And don’t criticize
                  What you can’t understand
                  Your sons and your daughters
                  Are beyond your command
                  Your old road is rapidly agin’
                  Please get out of the new one if you can’t lend your hand
                  For the times they are a-changin’

                  The line it is drawn
                  The curse it is cast
                  The slow one now
                  Will later be fast
                  As the present now
                  Will later be past
                  The order is rapidly fadin’
                  And the first one now will later be last
                  For the times they are a-changin’

                  Bob Dylan

      3. uncorrectedvision profile image60
        uncorrectedvisionposted 12 years agoin reply to this

        Does Obama have a "D" after his name?  They will be fine with it.  How many other things have they swallowed - that is if they even informed themselves about them?  As for offending the ACLU, he has continued or expanded nearly every "abuse" the ACLU objected to when a "R" was POTUS.

        1. Evan G Rogers profile image61
          Evan G Rogersposted 12 years agoin reply to this

          True dat.

          Just to point out some R idiocy: They've been *cough* demanding spending cuts for some X number of years, but now they're asking for $1 trillion more.

          http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/12/ … MK20111215

          1. Don Crowson profile image60
            Don Crowsonposted 12 years agoin reply to this

            So you think that keeping the government is big spending by the Repoublicans? Want the government to shut down?

            1. Evan G Rogers profile image61
              Evan G Rogersposted 12 years agoin reply to this

              yes. actually i do.

              This spending needs to end.

              Remember when we were worried about $14 trillion debt? It's about to be $16 trillion.

            2. Evan G Rogers profile image61
              Evan G Rogersposted 12 years agoin reply to this

              When a government steals my money to pay for things that I don't want them to pay for, then closing them is the best first step to a solution.

          2. uncorrectedvision profile image60
            uncorrectedvisionposted 12 years agoin reply to this

            There is a small rebellion with in the Republicans but they are labeled, by liberals and their pets in the press, racist, radical, etc.  The recently elected TEA party people object to the old line Republican and Democrat deal making and spending.  Currently their numbers are too small in the House and almost none existent in the Senate.

      4. wordscribe43 profile image91
        wordscribe43posted 12 years agoin reply to this

        Well, I for one am not pleased by this debacle, that's for sure.  hmm

    2. Ron Montgomery profile image61
      Ron Montgomeryposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Yes, by all means get some guns....

      roll

      Brilliant.

      It's a muddy mess of legislation, but IT DOES NOT PUT AMERICAN CITIZENS AT RISK OF INDEFINITE DETENTION.

      http://www.politico.com/blogs/under-the … 07514.html

      1. habee profile image93
        habeeposted 12 years agoin reply to this

        Ron, that's the way I read it, too, but ACLU lawyers say American citizens ARE at risk. ??

        1. Evan G Rogers profile image61
          Evan G Rogersposted 12 years agoin reply to this

          Habee - they were torturing people for 10 years, and they got away with it.

          Our paper money is unconstitutional, and they got away with it.

          They're about to declare the entire earth as a battle zone... do you really think that anything is going to stop them at this point?

          "Excuse me, Mr. Benevolent Tyrant, I wanted to point out that in this one piece of legislation that was highly and insanely unconstitutional, it says that we can't really throw people who disagree with us into a gulag.  Now, I know that we've been murdering US citizens across the globe without trial, and I know that Lincoln even threw dissenters into prison, and I also know that Adams made it illegal to speak out against him, and I am also aware of the fact that we've taxed our countrymen into bankruptcy... but... this one single word right here prevents it!"

          Give me a f**king break. Clinton showed us that the most important word in every language -"is" - can actually be re-defined; Bush showed us that torture is constitutional; and Obama is showing us that, so long as your name has a D in front of it, no one cares wtf you do with liberties.

          There are no benevolent tyrants, there are no good-willed humanitarians. This is 1984, chapter and verse.

        2. Ron Montgomery profile image61
          Ron Montgomeryposted 12 years agoin reply to this

          The ACLU didn't get everything they wanted and they're trying a last minute blitz to pressure Obama into vetoing it.  If a PLAUSIBLE case can be made that you are an enemy combatant and an American citizen, you are already in danger of long-term military incarceration, "enhanced interrogation", and a denial of your right to an attorney.  This law doesn't change that.

          Keep your powder dry, there are a lot of remedies available before deciding to follow Evan's violent revolution.

          1. Evan G Rogers profile image61
            Evan G Rogersposted 12 years agoin reply to this

            A man was tried as a terrorist for using silver coins. He got a trial.

            Now, he'll be thrown in a gulag.

            Deal with it, Ron. "Fair Trial" is relative.

            1. Evan G Rogers profile image61
              Evan G Rogersposted 12 years agoin reply to this

              No reply?

        3. Ron Montgomery profile image61
          Ron Montgomeryposted 12 years agoin reply to this
      2. Evan G Rogers profile image61
        Evan G Rogersposted 12 years agoin reply to this

        They're about to declare the whole earth a battle field.

        I think I don't really care what some political pundit thinks.

        Remember when "torturing people" wasn't REALLY "torturing people"? Yeah. Deal with that.

      3. Jeff Berndt profile image74
        Jeff Berndtposted 12 years agoin reply to this

        It doesn't? I know there's a passage that says "(e) Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect existing law or authorities, relating to the detention of United States citizens, lawful resident aliens of the United States or any other persons who are captured or arrested in the United States." But both Bush and Obama have claimed and exercised authority outside the Constitution.

        Further, a later section reads: "UNITED STATES CITIZENS- The requirement to detain a person in military custody under this section does not extend to citizens of the United States." (emphasis mine)

        So, I'm a linguist not a lawyer, but I'd feel a lot more comfortable if the word "requirement" were replaced with the word "authority" in that section, as in "UNITED STATES CITIZENS- The authority to detain a person in military custody under this section does not extend to citizens of the United States."

        See, the way it's worded in the bill, they aren't required to detain US citizens, but that doesn't mean they aren't allowed to.

        No, we ought to be concerned about this.

        1. Reality Bytes profile image75
          Reality Bytesposted 12 years agoin reply to this

          Could the President revoke a person's citizenship?  Genuine question, I do not know?


          The U.S. Constitution does not name treason nor an endless declaration of war as grounds to revoke citizenship or remove due process rights at the President’s whim.  This is all I got: 
          http://brokentelegraph.com/2011/10/04/t … questions/

        2. Ron Montgomery profile image61
          Ron Montgomeryposted 12 years agoin reply to this



          That's part of my point.  The current hodgepodge of rules and precedents makes it easier for an administration's lawyers to keep a case involving military detention from reaching the Supreme Court.  This bill consolidates and codifies the mess and makes it easier to attack.

          An American citizen who can plausibly be charged as a terrorist or with significantly aiding terrorists is already in jeopardy of long-term military detention.  This law doesn't change or enhance that.  The wildly speculated cases such as the one involving a person being detained simply for opposing the president, aren't realistic.

          Diane Feinstein proposed an ammendment that is worded pretty much the way you would want it.  It was defeated by a 55-45 vote.

          1. Jeff Berndt profile image74
            Jeff Berndtposted 12 years agoin reply to this

            "The wildly speculated cases such as the one involving a person being detained simply for opposing the president, aren't realistic."

            But all they have to do is accuse you of "terrorism," whatever that means, and boom, you qualify.

            Will It happen? Not realistically. Could it happen? Yes. That's enough to make me angry.

            1. Ron Montgomery profile image61
              Ron Montgomeryposted 12 years agoin reply to this

              In Indiana you "can" be arrested for not carrying a gun to church on Sunday.  It's a law leftover from the 19th century reaffirming every white man's duty to protect his community against Indian attacks.

              Writing and passing bad law is one thing; enforcing it in a real world situation is a bit tougher. 

              I'm not for any of this.  I've yet to hear a persuasive argument for denying anyone-regardless of nationality access to a lawyer or due process when charged with a crime.

              I only commented on the matter when people started posting that we should all arm ourselves and take action.  I think we're an awfully long way from that being a reasonable course of action.

              1. Evan G Rogers profile image61
                Evan G Rogersposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                So, your argument is:

                "Sure, the president COULD throw you into a gulag if a judge that one of his friends appointed agrees... but, like THAT would ever happen! LOL, AMIRITE?!"

                ... I'd like a bit more reassurance than this...

        3. Evan G Rogers profile image61
          Evan G Rogersposted 12 years agoin reply to this

          It doesn't even matter what the words mean - Clinton proved to us all that the most important word in every single language, "is", is relative.

          Our government doesn't care what these "minor details" mean. They're openly declaring war on Americans and every country in one piece of legislation. And here we're saying "well, the legislation says that they PROBABLY won't throw US CITIZENS in jail without a trial... but... "

          This is disgusting.

    3. TLMinut profile image59
      TLMinutposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      I never really thought it would go through, i thought for sure it was some nonsense like we often hear about where we later shake our heads and say, "Can you believe back in so and so year, they tried this? Bet he feels like an idiot now wishing he didn't have a hangover when he proposed that!"

      But this happened.
      I can't believe it happened.

  2. calpol25 profile image59
    calpol25posted 12 years ago

    David Cameron does it all the time to us, we have kind of got used to him doing it here in Britain sad So sad that Obama is doing it there....sad

  3. AshtonFirefly profile image70
    AshtonFireflyposted 12 years ago

    And so it begins...goodbye United States. I think I'm going to move to a remote island in the middle of no where which no one has discovered yet. I'm sick of politicians.

    1. calpol25 profile image59
      calpol25posted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Can I come too??

      1. AshtonFirefly profile image70
        AshtonFireflyposted 12 years agoin reply to this

        Sure! The more the merrier.

        1. calpol25 profile image59
          calpol25posted 12 years agoin reply to this

          Awesome we can start our own country smile

          1. AshtonFirefly profile image70
            AshtonFireflyposted 12 years agoin reply to this

            Sweet!
            What will we call our country? I know. Ashton's Island. That works smile (Since it was my idea and everything tongue  )

            1. calpol25 profile image59
              calpol25posted 12 years agoin reply to this

              Ashtons Island is really good I like it, and state law is everyone has to watch Mary Poppins, and our national anthem is a spoon full of sugar? what do you think? smile

              1. AshtonFirefly profile image70
                AshtonFireflyposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                Splendid! I'm liking this idea.

                1. calpol25 profile image59
                  calpol25posted 12 years agoin reply to this

                  Me too smile And we have a national holiday dedicated to hubpages? big_smile

                  1. AshtonFirefly profile image70
                    AshtonFireflyposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                    That's right! You're brilliant! This Hubpages day shall fall on....um..today. The founding day of our country. December 14th. smile
                    We hereby do establish the free and independent country of Ashton's Island. Land of the Awesome. Home of the Hubbers.

    2. Evan G Rogers profile image61
      Evan G Rogersposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Vote libertarian - get Ron Paul in office.

      1. chuckbl profile image69
        chuckblposted 12 years agoin reply to this

        why out of interest? What do the libertarians have to offer that you believe with truly be for the benefit of our country? That isn't sarcastic - I genuinely want to know.

        1. Evan G Rogers profile image61
          Evan G Rogersposted 12 years agoin reply to this

          if you look at the congressmen who voted no, all libertarian congressmen voted no.

          any voluntary contract is allowed so long as it does not infringe on anyone's property rights - this is the libertarian Creed. Most government action is a violation of property rights, and thus minimal government is strived for.

  4. calpol25 profile image59
    calpol25posted 12 years ago

    They even hav T-Shirts http://image.spreadshirt.com/image-server/image/product/16355946/view/1/type/png/width/280/height/280/supercalifragilisticexpialidocious-t-shirt-for-women-388.png

    1. AshtonFirefly profile image70
      AshtonFireflyposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      hahahaha you're awesome smile)

  5. Wesman Todd Shaw profile image82
    Wesman Todd Shawposted 12 years ago
    1. Evan G Rogers profile image61
      Evan G Rogersposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Ron Paul predicted all of this - the economic collapse, the war on freedoms, and many other major events of the decade.

      1. Jeff Berndt profile image74
        Jeff Berndtposted 12 years agoin reply to this

        That's another reason the GOP won't nominate him: he's clearly a witch or a sorcerer of some kind. tongue

        1. habee profile image93
          habeeposted 12 years agoin reply to this

          lol

          Maybe we need a psychic as POTUS!

      2. Pcunix profile image92
        Pcunixposted 12 years agoin reply to this

        Yeah, he and a hundred other doomsday crackpots.

        1. Evan G Rogers profile image61
          Evan G Rogersposted 12 years agoin reply to this

          Ron Paul predicted it with ACCURACY.

          I'm not going to let you dismiss this, so just admit defeat.

          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnuoHx9BINc

          He highlighted Fannie and Freddie, the Housing Market, and the fallout of the burst therein.

          I'll let you get away with THIS one: Ron Paul pretty much predicted the Middle Eastern uprising against the US.

          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hJTisov … re=related

          Notice, in this video, the exact idiotic questions being asked Paul about Iraq as were asked in the most recent debate about Iran.

          1. uncorrectedvision profile image60
            uncorrectedvisionposted 12 years agoin reply to this

            The movement of a society from liberty to tyranny is not some magical or even especially difficult to predict.  The history of the world is the history of tyrants.  The rarity is the few moments of liberty that dot the historical record.  Ours is just the latest and greatest.  It too will fade, out of necessity.  Liberty is messy, tyranny is not. 

            The liberal courts tyranny because through the assertion of a powerful state he believes utopia is attainable.  Ironically, liberal atheists like to mock believers for their "silly" faith when there is nothing more absurd than a vision of earthly utopia.

            It isn't doomsday one foresees it is a return to the normal course of history.

            1. Evan G Rogers profile image61
              Evan G Rogersposted 12 years agoin reply to this

              Sure sure sure, it's easy to predict the tyranny - but the housing crisis? Fannie AND Freddie?

              Come on , that's outstanding.

              You'd probably love this article:
              "The Humanitarian with the Guillotine"
              http://mises.org/daily/2739

              1. uncorrectedvision profile image60
                uncorrectedvisionposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                The particulars are equally easy to predict, after all GWB(the  idiot) sought a revision in lending rules and action by Congress to  rein in FM/FM.

                A friend of mine, a real estate appraiser, said, and I quote, "It is just a matter of time before this all causes trouble."  He was referring to the real estate bubble, that was in 1999.

                Ron Paul is not a genius or a sage.  in fact, especially in regard to foreign policy, he is a kook.  It is still troubling that he has accepted and excused contributions from white supremacist groups.

                By white supremacists, I mean the real ones, not the ones liberal refer to like the Chamber of Commerce or the Club for Growth.

                1. Evan G Rogers profile image61
                  Evan G Rogersposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                  I'm sure you've accepted money from racists before. I know I have. It doesn't make you racist, nor does it change your own views on racism.

                  and if you actually think 'not bombing other countries' is kooky, then our country is seriously doomed.

                  1. uncorrectedvision profile image60
                    uncorrectedvisionposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                    If you seriously think that being bombed or allowing a mad ideology to acquire a nuclear weapon in an already unstable region is not kooky than we are doomed. 

                    Paulniacs and liberal like to think that the Iranian government is reasonable and innocent.  Americans(not just Americans) have been murdered for decades through Iranian agency. 

                    Paulniacs and liberals fall back on the default position that is terrorists(many of whom have been Iranian agents) murder Americans because of support for Israel or the Shah or pick a reason.  It is always America's fault first.  Despite the goal expressed in the Iranian constitution that a global caliphate be established with Islam as the worlds one faith.

                    This desire is expressed by groups friendly to Iran, like the Brotherhood or Al Qaeda.  There are two spheres the sphere of Islam and the sphere of the infidels.  The desire is that there be only one sphere, that of Islam.

                    Paulniacs and liberals would adhere to the silly notion that borders don't really count.  Ignoring that the world is a dangerous place for the kind of civil society and democracy we have come to take for granted in the US, Europe, Japan, South Korea, Australia, etc.... Rather than that realizing these societies are exceptions and that there is a vast array of others who would remove that kind of liberty from the globe, the Paulniacs and liberals would clear the way for their destruction.

                    Paulniacs and liberals look at a vigorous and well armed and trained defense as imperialistic.  When Europe lay in shambles with little industry left, a whole generation of men killed and no defensive capability to resist any Soviet aggression the US established a massive military presence in Europe.  Where is America's European empire?

                    Paulniacs and liberals would see their country as greedy, corrupt, aggressive, grasping and imperialistic - first and not self sacrificing, generous and supportive.

                    I guess I am wrong.  We have en empire purchased with the blood of our war dead.  Wars fought for the peoples of Germany, Japan, France, Britain, Poland, Australia, South Korea, etc....  And empire of military cemeteries.

                    We are doomed anyway.  The weight of history is against us and it is making its bulk known more each day with the burgeoning state and the drive for isolationism.  Before long we will be scraping a living from the soil and the Departments of Agriculture and Commerce will be claiming its share of our meager harvest for the Imperial Government of the United States.

            2. profile image0
              EmpressFelicityposted 12 years agoin reply to this

              Dear UCV

              In your first paragraph, you say that liberty will fade "out of necessity". Then you go on to say that liberals court tyranny because they believe in having a powerful state.

              Does that mean you're actually a liberal after all?

              Yours sincerely

              Confused of Kent

              1. uncorrectedvision profile image60
                uncorrectedvisionposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                It is necessity of  the liberal state for liberty to fade.  It is the history of the world.  Powerful central states eclipse free ones because those who live in liberty come, as modern American liberals have, to expect that liberty is the natural order for human societies.  It is not the natural order for human society is tyranny. 

                It is this that makes the current historical pageant the exception.   Liberty will fade as those who crave order will surrender their liberty in the false notion that a powerful central authority, a tyrant, will bring order.  They will and at the cost of liberty, prosperity and the means of tossing off the tyrant.

                The condition of liberty require eternal vigilance and the willingness to fight with arms to preserve it.  The liberal acquiesces to the tyrant and surrenders his means of preserving his own liberty.  The least accountable agencies of government become the most powerful and the liberal hands over his wealth, his property and his arms to the courts and the administrative state.  He insists that those who do not wish to join him be forced or imprisoned or destroyed.

                The liberal aids the zoo keeper by submitting to him.  He guards the gate against those who would reassert their natural liberty by fleeing to the wild and he kills those who would fight.  Though violence is not always used, economic, political, societal destruction are widely used.

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                  EmpressFelicityposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                  You are right in what you say - the more power a government has, the more it will abuse those powers. But I think you're too caught up in that false "liberal versus conservative" polarity to really see the wood for the trees.

                  Many conservatives are also only too happy to give governments more power.

                  1. Evan G Rogers profile image61
                    Evan G Rogersposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                    "It isn't Right vs. Left, it's the State vs. You"

                    This is a bumper sticker that adorns my laptop.

  6. Dakota-brown profile image61
    Dakota-brownposted 12 years ago

    This is bad stuff.
    As I always say on my Hub "The Truth Will Come Out!"

  7. profile image0
    oldandwiseposted 12 years ago

    A bill can be interpreted any way either party wants it to look like. Such is the case here. Nothing but more fear tactics to get votes if you ask me.

    1. Reality Bytes profile image75
      Reality Bytesposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Votes?   Who do you think is going to vote for anyone that supports this bill?

  8. maxoxam41 profile image64
    maxoxam41posted 12 years ago

    Since when a president has full power? It is the perfect example of a dichotomic government.

  9. knolyourself profile image61
    knolyourselfposted 12 years ago

    "dichotomic" government. That's a new one. Dichotomy of what?

  10. knolyourself profile image61
    knolyourselfposted 12 years ago

    Still it authorizes the president to designate who is al-Qaeda, Taliban or any supporting organizations. Since any evidence is secret, no lawyers, no trial and indefinite detention, there is no way to ever know if the charges are real or just made up as political expediency. Great way for thieves to get rid of their accusers.

  11. Druid Dude profile image60
    Druid Dudeposted 12 years ago

    What is really disturbing is the fact that two years ago, supplies held in retail stores of ammunition were removed from the shelves and replaced by "new" ammo, which has only a six month shelf life. Not that I would promote armed resistance...resistance may be futile. This really happened, check it out. Anyone who hunts regulary will have noticed or heard. This goes beyond this admin. The FEMA camps were ordered and set up by Geo. Bush 43

  12. knolyourself profile image61
    knolyourselfposted 12 years ago

    "supplies held in retail stores of ammunition were removed from the shelves and replaced by "new" ammo, which has only a six month shelf life." Kind of like genetically engineered crops that produce no seeds. Have to buy new ammunition every six months. How wonderful for the bullet makers.

  13. chuckbl profile image69
    chuckblposted 12 years ago

    The question I would like to ask is not what will the result of this legislation be but rather WHY have they passed it?

    As cynical as we would all like to be - Obama isn't about to go all Hitlery on us. On the surface, the aim of this is to deal with terrorism more effectively... Most people will argue that it is one step closer to dictatorship, or rather taking away of human rights. I would agree it is taking away human rights. But why then has Obama passed this? There must be a more prominent, more immediate reason for it?

    I would have expected, if anyone, the republicans to do something like this, and unlike most of you I would, if I were American vote for the republicans and the reason for that is that Obama has failed to do pretty much anything to aggressively help the economic situation. He has tiptoed around issues and hid behind his (very) good rhetoric. Unfortunately, his rhetoric will keep him popular, whatever he passes, but that is a different situation.

    Still, perhaps there is something that we do NOT know? I imagine there are lots of things, perhaps a pressing reason why Obama has done a U-turn, secret information which would necessitate a law such as this to come through. I almost hope that this is the case rather than an actual belief that this law should be in place. It violates human rights that have been in place since Ancient Greek times 2500 years ago - the right to a trial.

    So, apart from answers such as "they want more power", "dictatorship" "1984" etc. etc. etc. why do you think he has passed this bill?

  14. TLMinut profile image59
    TLMinutposted 12 years ago

    Perhaps there's intel showing a group of terrorists have American citizenship or faked documents even and they need a way to keep them under lock and key.

    I still don't understand the "without trial" aspect. It takes us decades to bring trials for normal americans, why not these?

  15. knolyourself profile image61
    knolyourselfposted 12 years ago

    Iran is evil because they have the nerve to be sitting on our gas and oil and they want to sell it outside the US/Britain banking and energy cartels.

  16. suzettenaples profile image88
    suzettenaplesposted 12 years ago

    Well, you got to say "I told you so."  Does that make you happy?  I am saddened that Obama would sign even a watered down version of this bill.  This is not democracy and what out country stands for. 

    The only defense I have for him is that he is the President and perhaps he knows something the rest of us don't.  There is a lot that goes on in this world that we have no knowledge of. 

    I used to live in Europe, and all kinds of things went on that were never reported on here in the U.S.  I hate to say this, but the world is a dangerous place, in reality.  Perhaps he is protecting us - who knows??

    1. Reality Bytes profile image75
      Reality Bytesposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      He is kowtowing to his global financier puppeteers.  Do not pay attention to the marionette as he dances only the dance of his controller!

      Just like the rest of them!!!


      No more left/right paradigm, now it is a people/government Reality!!

  17. knolyourself profile image61
    knolyourselfposted 12 years ago

    The only people Obama is protecting is the thieves that run America. Everything else is smoke and mirrors.

  18. profile image0
    madmilkerposted 12 years ago

    He read it on the two teleprompters..."Sign the dang thing"

 
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