More groundwork for martial law and attendant absolute power being laid

read this carefully... the language is deceptive... you have to read between the lines before it becomes clear that "federalize" means to "militarize..."

President Bush yesterday sought to federalize hurricane-relief efforts, removing governors from the decision-making process.

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"It may require change of law," Mr. Bush said yesterday. "It's very important for us as we look at the lessons of Katrina to think about other scenarios that might require a well-planned, significant federal response -- right off the bat -- to provide stability."

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"I was speculating about was a scenario which would require federal assets to stabilize the situation -- primarily DoD assets -- and then hand back over to Department of Homeland Security," the president said.

But stabilizing a crisis might require federal troops to arrest looters and perform other law-enforcement duties, which would violate the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878. The law was passed in the wake of the Civil War and Reconstruction to prevent the use of federal troops from policing elections in former Confederate states.

The White House wants Congress to consider amending Posse Comitatus in order to grant the Pentagon greater powers.

i'm tellin' ya... bushco wants ALL the power and, step-by- careful-step, he's laying the groundwork for it to happen... now that he's wasted fema and convinced everyone it's worthless, now that he's blamed the disastrous katrina recovery response on the states, what's left but to hand it over to the military...? so goes the set-up... i'm concerned... we are on very, very thin ice in this country right now... this is from my post yesterday...

i don't view bushco's moves to militarize domestically as either impatience with complex issues or ineptness... i don't consider myself a big conspiracy theorist but i'm more and more convinced that bushco is implementing a deliberate strategy to neuter FEMA (and the federal government in general) and to lay the groundwork for declaring martial law... everything the bush administration does is focused on consolidating more power and every step they take must be viewed through that filter... they are neither impatient nor incompetent... in fact, quite the contrary... they are moving step by well-planned step to get what they want and by insuring that fema appears in disarray, they are merely laying the groundwork for their ultimate intentions... there are lots of folks out there who put this kind of thinking squarely in tin-foil hatville and, by advancing such notions, we (you, i, whoever) run the risk of being derided, chided and dismissed... so be it... i put nothing past this crowd... imho, they are flat-out dangerous...

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