-Caveat Lector- Bard Visit me at: The Center for Exposing Corruption in the Federal Government http://www.xld.com/public/center/center.htm Federal Government defined: ....a benefit/subsidy protection racket! -----Original Message----- From: Cliff Hume [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, July 29, 1999 12:26 AM To: Recipient list suppressed Subject: Fw: A Very Dangerous Lame Duck >X-From_: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Jul 28 14:07:48 1999 >Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >From: "Beaver Cole" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Al" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Fw: A Very Dangerous Lame Duck >Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 16:11:29 -0500 >Organization: >X-MSMail-Priority: Normal >X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 1999 1:07 AM >Subject: A Very Dangerous Lame Duck > > >> A Very Dangerous Lame Duck >> >> by DOUG FIEDOR >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Heads Up >> >> Even most Democrats will now admit that everything (they >> can remember) Bill Clinton told us during his first >> presidential campaign was a lie. Nothing ever improved, >> either. From the inauguration on, things went >> progressively down hill with the Clinton, Clinton & Gore >> team. >> >> Lies led to a steady dose of White House treachery and >> perjury, sexual abuse, campaign fraud, money laundering, >> defamation of character, more perjury, and then an >> impeachment. And now, at long, long last we see the end of >> it all and he is a lame duck president. >> >> That's what we are all hoping for, anyway. However, like >> the old man said, "it ain't over till it's over." And >> folks, it ain't hardly over yet. >> >> Now comes Y2K. And Clinton has a whole host of >> unconstitutional presidential powers -- near limitless >> powers -- available, including all those War and Emergency >> Powers an unthinking, wayward Congress incorrectly gave to >> the administration. >> >> Asked if he thought Clinton might use those powers to >> declare martial law and stay in power, Rep. Jack Metcalf >> (R-WA) replied: "That is my fear. It seems to me that the >> only emergency that we might see coming is the Y2K. [And >> with] a power-hungry president, who knows what he might >> do." >> >> Metcalf has good reason to feel that way, too. Word on the >> street has it that financial institutions, never a group to >> worry about the rights of the American people, have already >> asked the White House for assurances of military protection >> against any Y2K ramifications -- presumably by angry >> people. >> >> Also, Senator Robert Bennett (R-UT), who chairs the Senate >> Y2K task force, has asked the Pentagon what plans it has >> "in the event of a Y2K-induced breakdown of community >> services that might call for martial law." The Pentagon >> indicated they would be ready. >> >> Bennett predicts that worldwide Y2K problems are now >> "inevitable." He fears they will lead to serious economic >> recession in some parts of the world. And even if all >> American organizations fix their own computers in time, >> Bennett said they still face disaster from likely shutdowns >> of telephones, banking and other services abroad, because >> it is not likely they will make the required fixes in time. >> >> None of that sounds like much of a bother to most American >> neighborhoods. But, that interesting fact is apparently >> not important. Bennett concludes contingency plans must be >> made. Including plans for a national emergency enforced by >> martial law. >> >> A House subcommittee also recommended that President >> Clinton consider declaring a Y2K "national emergency," >> which would give Clinton complete dictatorial power over >> the American people. >> >> So, let's take a quick look at this "national emergency" >> thing: >> >> Back in 1973, the Senate studied all the unconstitutional >> War and Emergency powers available to a president whenever >> he calls a national emergency, as some lawmakers are now >> asking him to do. Here is one very informative passage >> from Senate Report 93-549 of 1973: >> >> "This vast range of powers, taken together, confer enough >> authority to rule the country without reference to normal >> constitutional processes. Under the powers delegated by >> these statutes, the President may: seize property; organize >> and control the means of production; seize commodities; >> assign military forces abroad; institute martial law; seize >> and control all transportation and communications; regulate >> the operation of private enterprises; restrict travel; and, >> in a plethora of particular ways, control the lives of all >> American citizens." >> >> That sounds just like communism. A dictatorship. >> >> Even so, since 1973, the War and Emergency powers have been >> increased and FEMA was formed to act as a Politburo to >> implement a national emergency. FEMA would then make all >> laws, rules and regulations and direct enforcement for the >> duration of the emergency. >> >> And, if the Clinton administration is anything like the >> Roosevelt administration, the "emergency" will never go >> away. >> >> In The Federalist Papers, No. 47, James Madison labels that >> arrangement thusly: "The accumulation of all powers, >> legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, >> whether on one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, >> self appointed, or elective, may justly be pronounced the >> very definition of tyranny." >> >> Under the law, only the president may declare a national >> emergency, and only the president may end it. We should >> also remember that this same opportunity was allowed by >> Article 48 of the German Constitution in the 1930's. >> Therefore, the German President -- Hitler -- was also able >> to suspend the Constitution by presidential decree alone. >> >> So, is Clinton a lame duck president? That depends. How >> much do you trust him? Congress has given him the tools to >> stick around almost indefinitely, as a dictator. >> --------------------------------------------------------- >> Previous Editions at: >> http://www.uhuh.com/headsup.htm >> and >> http://mmc.cns.net/headsup.html >> >> --------------------------------------------- >> Enjoy a 90 day free trial subscription to the E-mail edition >> of The Vigo Examiner. You will receive up to three of our >> top stories, editorials of letters each day. Send your trial >> subscription request to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> > > DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance�not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. 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