The Muslims didn't create any violence, until they did. Yesterday anarchists broke windows and set fires. How did they get past this big bad dragnet?
clean out these douchebags now before they hurt someone. ************************************************************************ Right Wing Mike http://www.cafepress.com/rightwingmike Bigfoot Hates Obama http://www.cafepress.com/rightwingmike/5690856 I Wish Hillary had married OJ http://www.cafepress.com/rightwingmike/4236924 --- On Tue, 9/2/08, Ed Leafe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Ed Leafe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [OT] More on the rising Police State in the US > To: "ProFox Email List" <[email protected]> > Date: Tuesday, September 2, 2008, 10:56 AM > On Aug 31, 2008, at 3:00 PM, John wrote: > > > Nah, we really are. I lied. We have meetings and talk > about new > > tactics we > > can use to deprive people of their rights. . . . > > > Yes, you do. These plans are coordinated by the FBI, and > are the > result of the domestic spying program: > > http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/08/31/raids/index.html > ( -or- http://tinyurl.com/6rpt7x ) > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > - - - - - - > So here we have a massive assault led by Federal Government > law > enforcement agencies on left-wing dissidents and protesters > who have > committed no acts of violence or illegality whatsoever, > preceded by > months-long espionage efforts to track what they do. And as > > extraordinary as that conduct is, more extraordinary is the > fact that > they have received virtually no attention from the national > media and > little outcry from anyone. And it's not difficult to > see why. As the > recent "overhaul" of the 30-year-old FISA law > illustrated -- preceded > by the endless expansion of surveillance state powers, > justified first > by the War on Drugs and then the War on Terror -- we've > essentially > decided that we want our Government to spy on us without > limits. There > is literally no police power that the state can exercise > that will > cause much protest from the political and media class and, > therefore, > from the citizenry. > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > - - - - - - > > They go on to compare these actions with those by the > Chinese > government during the recent Olympics: > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > - - - - - - > On August 2, The Post gravely warned:Behind the gray walls > and barbed > wire of the prison here, eight Chinese farmers with a > grievance > against the government have been consigned to Olympic > limbo. > Their indefinite detainment, relatives and neighbors said, > is the > price they are paying for stirring up trouble as China > prepares to > host the Beijing Games. Trouble, the Communist Party has > made clear, > will not be permitted. > Would The Washington Post ever use such dark and accusatory > tones to > describe what the U.S. Government does? Of course it > wouldn't. Yet how > is our own Government's behavior in Minnesota any > different than what > the Chinese did to its protesters during the Olympics > (other than the > fact that we actually have a Constitution that prohibits > such behavior)? > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > - - - - - > - - > > And we have this extraordinary item about a group being > held captive > by police *before* they had a warrant: > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > - - - - - - > Heres is the extraordinary blog item I linked to yesterday > from Eileen > Clancy, one of the founders of I-Witness Video -- a > NYC-based video > collective which is in St. Paul to document the policing of > the > protests around this week's Republican National > Convention, just as > they did at the 2004 GOP Convention in New York. Clancy > wrote this as > a plea for help, as the Police surrounded her house and > (before they > had a search warrant) told everyone inside that they'd > be arrested if > they exited the home: > > This is Eileen Clancy . . . The house where I-Witness Video > is staying > in St. Paul has been surrounded by police. We have locked > all the > doors. We have been told that if we leave we will be > detained. One of > our people who was caught outside is being detained in > handcuffs in > front of the house. The police say that they are waiting to > get a > search warrant. More than a dozen police are wielding > firearms, > including one St. Paul officer with a long gun, which > someone told me > is an M-16. > > We are suffering a preemptive video arrest. For those that > don't know, > I-Witness Video was remarkably successful in exposing > police > misconduct and outright perjury by police during the 2004 > RNC. Out of > 1800 arrests, at least 400 were overturned based solely on > video > evidence which contradicted sworn statements which were > fabricated by > police officers. It seems that the house arrest we are now > under and > the possible threat of the seizure of our computers and > video cameras > is a result of the 2004 success. > > [snip] > > That sounds like what it was: a cry for help from a > hostage. Hours > later, the Police finally obtained a search warrant -- for > the wrong > house, one adjacent to the house where they were being > detained -- and > nonetheless broke in, pointing guns, forced them to lay on > the floor > and handcuffed everyone inside (and handcuffed a National > Lawyers > Guild attorney outside). They searched the house, arrested > nobody, and > then left. > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > - - - - - - > > The Police State is here and is running unchecked. None of > you "good > ol' boy" folksy "aw shucks" quips change > that fact. > > > -- Ed Leafe > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Post Messages to: [email protected] > Subscription Maintenance: > http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox > OT-free version of this list: > http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech > Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox > This message: > http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are > the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or > medical advice. 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