...from a fan of Democracy: Your Sailboat belongs to the Department of Homeland Security

Sunday, October 7, 2007

Your Sailboat belongs to the Department of Homeland Security

Well, not yet... but here's the situation as clearly as I can put it together.

When you register your boat, be it sailboat, yacht, tugboat, or ocean liner, it is registered through the United States Coast Guard, which has traditionally been a civilian service, under the Department of Transportation. After 9/11, when the Department of Homeland Security was cobbled together, control of the Coast Guard was moved to the DHS.

What this means is that if, for instance, you are found operating your sailboat while intoxicated, your private vessel can be seized by the government, and you, a non-military citizen of the US, will be tried in a military court under the jurisdiction of a Judge Advocate General.

If you go to the Coast Guard's website it now acknowledges that it is a branch of the US military, meaning that the USCG is a military branch under the direct control of, guess who, the President of the United States. And it goes further than that, this puts ALL maritime endeavors, including the quasi-unions where seaman sign up for the Merchant Marines under the control of the President.

The full story can be found at martiallaw911.com.

The last thing I want to be seen as is a conspiracy theory alarmist wacko, but folks, this is getting serious... unfortunately, this all ties into the North American Union, which is supposed to happen by 2010. Here's a You Tube CNN story.

Do not be distracted!!! There are more important things going on than the lives of
Paris Hilton, Britney Spears and Lindsay Lohan.

The Sunday Monitor radio show, which is broadcast on Houston's KPFT, and the Monitor's website are always a good place to start.

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The 14 Points of Fascism

1.) Powerful and Continuing Nationalism - Fascist regimes tend to make constant use of patriotic mottos, slogans, symbols, songs, and other paraphernalia. Flags are seen everywhere, as are flag symbols on clothing and in public displays.
2.) Disdain for the Recognition of Human Rights - Because of fear of enemies and the need for security, the people in fascist regimes are persuaded that human rights can be ignored in certain cases because of "need." The people tend to look the other way or even approve of torture, summary executions, assassinations, long incarcerations of prisoners, etc.
3.) Identification of Enemies/Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause - The people are rallied into a unifying patriotic frenzy over the need to eliminate a perceived common threat or foe: racial, ethnic or religious minorities; liberals; communists; socialists, terrorists, etc.
4.) Supremacy of the Military - Even when there are widespread domestic problems, the military is given a disproportionate amount of government funding, and the domestic agenda is neglected. Soldiers and military service are glamorized.
5.) Rampant Sexism - The governments of fascist nations tend to be almost exclusively male-dominated. Under fascist regimes, traditional gender roles are made more rigid. Opposition to abortion is high, as is homophobia and anti-gay legislation and national policy.
6.) Controlled Mass Media - Sometimes the media is directly controlled by the government, but in other cases, the media is indirectly controlled by government regulation, or sympathetic media spokespeople and executives. Censorship, especially in war time, is very common.
7.) Obsession with National Security - Fear is used as a motivational tool by the government over the masses
8.) Religion and Government are Intertwined - Governments in fascist nations tend to use the most common religion in the nation as a tool to manipulate public opinion. Religious rhetoric and terminology is common from government leaders, even when the major tenets of the religion are diametrically opposed to the government's policies or actions.
9.) Corporate Power is Protected - The industrial and business aristocracy of a fascist nation often are the ones who put the government leaders into power, creating a mutually beneficial business/government relationship and power elite.
10.) Labor Power is Suppressed - Because the organizing power of labor is the only real threat to a fascist government, labor unions are either eliminated entirely, or are severely suppressed.
11.) Disdain for Intellectuals and the Arts - Fascist nations tend to promote and tolerate open hostility to higher education, and academia. It is not uncommon for professors and other academics to be censored or even arrested. Free _expression in the arts is openly attacked, and governments often refuse to fund the arts.
12.) Obsession with Crime and Punishment - Under fascist regimes, the police are given almost limitless power to enforce laws. The people are often willing to overlook police abuses and even forego civil liberties in the name of patriotism. There is often a national police force with virtually unlimited power in fascist nations
13.) Rampant Cronyism and Corruption - Fascist regimes almost always are governed by groups of friends and associates who appoint each other to government positions and use governmental power and authority to protect their friends from accountability. It is not uncommon in fascist regimes for national resources and even treasures to be appropriated or even outright stolen by government leaders.
14. Fraudulent Elections - Sometimes elections in fascist nations are a complete sham. Other times elections are manipulated by smear campaigns against or even assassination of opposition candidates, use of legislation to control voting numbers or political district boundaries, and manipulation of the media. Fascist nations also typically use their judiciaries to manipulate or control elections.