From: Steve Kurtz [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2011 1:22 PM To: undisclosed-recipients: Subject: Senate Bill: America Is Now Part of the Battlefield
Thanks to Bill T. Highlighting is his. Steve http://www.aclu.org/blog/national-security/senators-demand-military-lock-ame rican-citizens-battlefield-they-define-being Nov 23rd, 2011 Posted by Chris Anders, Washington Legislative Office at 10:46am Senators Demand the Military Lock Up American Citizens in a "Battlefield" They Define as Being Right Outside Your Window ***While nearly all Americans head to family and friends to celebrate Thanksgiving, the Senate is gearing up for a vote on Monday or Tuesday that goes to the very heart of who we are as Americans. The Senate will be voting on a bill that will direct American military resources not at an enemy shooting at our military in a war zone, but at American citizens and other civilians far from any battlefield--even people in the United States itself.*** * <https://secure.aclu.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&i d=3865&s_subsrc=fixNDAA> Senators need to hear from you, on whether you think your front yard is part of a "battlefield" and if any president can send the military anywhere in the world to imprison civilians without charge or trial.* [emphasis added] ***The Senate is going to vote on whether Congress will give this president---and every future president--the power to order the military to pick up and imprison without charge or trial civilians anywhere in the world.*** Even Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) raised his concerns about the NDAA detention provisions during last night's Republican debate. ***The power is so broad that even U.S. citizens could be swept up by the military and the military could be used far from any battlefield, even within the United States itself.*** ***The worldwide *indefinite detention without charge or trial* provision is in S. 1867, the National Defense Authorization Act bill, which will be on the Senate floor on Monday. <http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/congress/senate-panel-pushes-ahead-w ith-defense-bill-over-white-house-objections-on-terror-suspect-plan/2011/11/ 15/gIQAEUoYPN_story.html> The bill was drafted in secret by Sens. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.) and passed in a closed-door committee meeting, without even a single hearing.*** [emphasis added] I know it sounds incredible. New powers to use the military worldwide, even within the United States? Hasn't anyone told the Senate that Osama bin Laden is dead, that the president is pulling all of the combat troops out of Iraq and trying to figure out how to get combat troops out of Afghanistan too? And American citizens and people picked up on American or Canadian or British streets being sent to military prisons indefinitely without even being charged with a crime. Really? Does anyone think this is a good idea? And why now? The answer on why now is nothing more than election season politics. The White House, the Secretary of Defense, and the Attorney General have all said that the indefinite detention provisions in the National Defense Authorization Act are harmful and counterproductive. The White House has even threatened a veto <http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/legislative/sap/112/saps1 867s_20111117.pdf> . But Senate politics has propelled this bad legislation to the Senate floor. ***But there is a way to stop this dangerous legislation. Sen. Mark Udall (D-Colo.) is offering the Udall Amendment that will delete the harmful provisions and replace them with a requirement for an orderly Congressional review of detention power. The Udall Amendment will make sure that the bill matches up with American values.*** In support of this harmful bill, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) explained that the bill will "basically say in law for the first time that the homeland is part of the battlefield" and people can be imprisoned without charge or trial "American citizen or not." Another supporter, Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.) also declared that the bill is needed because "America is part of the battlefield." The solution is the Udall Amendment; a way for the Senate to say no to indefinite detention without charge or trial anywhere in the world where any president decides to use the military. Instead of simply going along with a bill that was drafted in secret and is being jammed through the Senate, the Udall Amendment deletes the provisions and sets up an orderly review of detention power. It tries to take the politics out and put American values back in. In response to proponents of the indefinite detention legislation who contend that the bill "applies to American citizens and designates the world as the battlefield," and that the "heart of the issue is whether or not the United States is part of the battlefield," Sen. Udall disagrees, and says that we can win this fight without worldwide war and worldwide indefinite detention. The senators pushing the indefinite detention proposal have made their goals very clear that they want an okay for a worldwide military battlefield, that even extends to your hometown. That is an extreme position that will forever change our country. ***Now is the time to stop this bad idea. <https://secure.aclu.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&i d=3865&s_subsrc=fixNDAA> Please urge your senators to vote YES on the Udall Amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act.*** Learn more about detention: <https://secure.aclu.org/site/SPageServer?pagename=UN_email_sign_up&s_su bsrc=bor_footer> Sign up for breaking news alerts, <http://www.twitter.com/aclu> follow us on Twitter, and <http://www.facebook.com/aclu.nationwide> like us on Facebook. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Selma Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2011 2:22 PM To: 'RE-DESIGNING WORK, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, EDUCATION' Subject: [Futurework] Thrive - Full Length movie - YouTube As much as I have tried to avoid knowing what is going on in the world for these last few years, I did watch this in its entirety and feel it is something that should be seen by everyone. But you must watch it through to the end or not at all, because otherwise it is just too depressing. There's little in it that most of us don't already know but it is put together in a way that gives the information a context that it needs. I hope many of you take the time to watch it. Thank you. Selma The entire movie was sent to me by my Tai chi teacher. I watched it in its entirety this a.m. Wow. It really needs to be watched from start to finish. Two hours long, so I'm warning you to have that space available to you, but you can pause it to get up ocassionally to ease your sore behinder. It deals a great deal with evolution, aliens, imaginal cells, the torus that can create free energy, etc. and also the world monetary system. This link seems to be working. Would really like to know what you think. 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