chumpralph's Blogtag:www.talkingpointsmemo.com,2008:/talk/blogs/chumpralph//32332008-10-29T19:29:51ZMovable Type Pro 4.21-enIn defense of Sarah Palintag:www.talkingpointsmemo.com,2008:/talk/blogs/chumpralph//3233.2408632008-10-29T19:26:05Z2008-10-29T19:29:51Zchumpralph
I know real unsocialist Americans will consider my agreeing truths. ]]>
Did White House threaten congress?tag:tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com,2008:/talk//17.2231072008-10-09T16:40:11Z2008-10-09T16:40:11Zchumpralph Congressman Sherman says they were threatened with martial law. Please watch:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaG9d_4zij8
Despite the desperate requests from military commanders in Afghanistan for more troops, the administration has deployed an entire brigade in the US for crowd control. They have quietly squashed long establsihed precedent (posse comitatus) that prohibits use of American military against our own citizens, and can use troops in conjunctiion with "national emergency" provisions in the Patriot Act (of course) to declare martial law. What do you suppose would happen if something unfortunate were to happen to a political candidate?
Hopefully, since they have gutted our the wealth of our country and hosed another 900 billion (that we dont even have) at their pals, they will now go quietly....
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Martial Law - Reallytag:tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com,2008:/talk//17.2192932008-09-24T16:07:09Z2008-09-24T16:07:09ZMIt might be time to REALLY start worrying. The US Army has announced that it will be deploying an ENTIRE BRIGADE for duty in the United States. This is unprecedented. Here is the link to the army website. http://www.armytimes.com/news/2008/09/army_homeland_090708w/ This...chumpralph
MIt might be time to REALLY start worrying. The US Army has announced that it will be deploying an ENTIRE BRIGADE for duty in the United States. This is unprecedented.
Here is the link to the army website.
http://www.armytimes.com/news/2008/09/army_homeland_090708w/
This comes in conjunction with repeated claims that there are not currently enough active troops to adequately handle Iraq and Afghanistan.
I am not a conspiracy theorist or political radical - just an engineer with a pickup truck and a Labrador retriever – but this scares the hell out of me.
There can be only one reason for an entire combat brigade to be deployed at home, and it isn’t trash pickup.
The current administration has had eight years to lay the groundwork for martial law – the Patriot Act is the cornerstone. The current financial crisis could easily be spun into the “national emergency” that justifies the end of Constitutional government in the US.
All the fuss about Palin, Wall Street etc. is providing perfect cover, and nobody seems concerned about this. It might already be too late to do anything about it.
The Foreign oil Footballtag:tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com,2008:/talk//17.2071492008-08-05T16:53:48Z2008-08-05T16:53:48Zchumpralph ]]>
Another one bites the dusttag:tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com,2008:/talk//17.2066292008-08-01T16:38:32Z2008-08-01T16:38:32Zchumpralph
On his talk show last week, Thom Hartman explained a pet theory- it goes like this: During the orchestrated fear-fest after 9-11 the only two people in a position to stop the passage of the Patriot Act were Tom Daschle (speaker of the house) and Pat Leahey (chairman of Judicial committee). They were both leaning toward contesting it. They were the only congress members to receive anthrax envelopes. Now, a couple days after a federal judge rules that congress can indeed subpoena white house officials (Harriet Miers, Josh Bolten) the principal federal anthrax research scientist commits "apparent suicide" with no note.. It is tempting to believe that shortly after 9-11 there was a knock on his door, and a couple of agents told him- "give us some anthrax and forget this ever happened". And, as things begin to unravel, somebody wanted to be sure he forgot. Reminds me of the "apparent" suicide of Dr. David Kelly, the British weapons expert who contended that Blair et al had intentionally overblown Saddam Hussein's WMD stash. Has anybody checked to see if the last mechanic to touch Paul Wellstone's plane is still alive? I hate conspiracy theories.
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To squeal or to skate?tag:tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com,2008:/talk//17.1973172008-05-28T16:39:40Z2008-05-28T16:39:40Zchumpralph
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Hillary's determinationtag:tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com,2008:/talk//17.1960722008-05-20T19:16:35Z2008-05-20T19:16:35Zchumpralph
Election results, along with innumerable yaks and pollsters tell us her strength lies in older, rural, less educated and more "socially conservative" people - with Appalachia being the poster population for this group.
In eight, or even four more years, many of them will no longer be with us. It is a plausible assumption that new young voters in these regions - growing up with internet access and a more global perspective will not mirror the attitudes of their grandparents. Could it be she knows that regardless of how far she gets, this is her best chance to make her political statement? ]]>
It's Hers, precioustag:tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com,2008:/talk//17.1913472008-04-25T16:46:33Z2008-04-25T16:46:33Zchumpralph
In a recent re-watch of the Lord of The Rings movies I couldnt help seeing Hllary's face on Gollum. She believes the nomination is hers. Nasssty Obamas stole it and she wants it beck, oh yesss. ]]>