[lit-ideas] Re: Bushism and Fascism
- From: Andy Amago <aamago@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2007 16:26:03 -0500 (GMT-05:00)
In six years we've caught no terrorists at all worth anything. It took the
British to break up that plot. The Americans are too busy looking for the pot
of gold at the end of that color coded rainbow, apparently unaware that it's
already been found by a lot of security industry contractors.
-----Original Message-----
>From: Eric Yost` <mr.eric.yost@xxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Feb 24, 2007 4:00 PM
>To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Bushism and Fascism
>
>Robert: What are the police in Dundee, Oregon supposed to do? Or the
>police in Chicago, if it comes to that.
>
>
>This from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeland_Security_Advisory_System:
>
>The specific government actions triggered by different threat levels are
>not always revealed to the public, although the government does provide
>general guidance for civilians^[2]
><http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeland_Security_Advisory_System#_note-1>
>and federal agencies.^[3]
><http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeland_Security_Advisory_System#_note-2>
>Typical actions include increasing police and other security presence at
>landmarks and other high-profile targets, more closely monitoring
>international borders and other points of entry, ensuring that emergency
>response personnel are ready, and, in some cases, deploying members of
>the National Guard
><http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_National_Guard> to assist
>local law enforcement on security details.
>
>Some actions, such as systematic forced searches of automobiles without
>probable cause near airports,^[4]
><http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeland_Security_Advisory_System#_note-3>
>^[5]
><http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeland_Security_Advisory_System#_note-4>
>are questionable under the U.S. Constitution
><http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Constitution>'s Fourth Amendment
><http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution>.
>
>No court has yet ruled on a specific search triggered by this threat
>advisory system.
>
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