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Originally posted at Writeindependent.org on April 19, 2012

Bill Maher said he’s not a conspiracy theorist, but… He’s noticed that the Republicans … well, let’s just take a quote from his recent show on Yahoo:

“…it looks like all these Republicans, they just want to keep the economy in the shitter until November, and then blame it on Blackie McBlackman. That’s not patriotic. You know, all their budget battles, always strangling the economy, you know: I understand why they’re doing that. I don’t understand why Obama ever goes half in on their bad ideas… When you’re having budget battles, and the Republicans want to cut from the poor, and the children, and the elderly, and the planet as they DO, it’s not the Democrats’ job (to say) ‘great, how much should we fuck them?’ That’s when the Democrats threaten their shit, threaten the oil companies, threaten the banks, threaten the Pentagon. Somebody in office, please!”

Originally posted at Writeindependent.org on April 16, 2012

Article V (five) of the Constitution is important because it explains how Amendments can be added to the Constitution. So far, we have 27 Amendments, and all of them have been passed the first of two ways:

1. Congress can amend the Constitution by 2/3 of the House and Senate approving the measure, then ¾ of the States’ legislature passing same.
2. States can bypass the congress by Constitutional Convention and 2/3 approval by the States’ legislature.

This is important to know because the Citizens United decision (giving corporations the ability to make unlimited donations to secretive organizations for the purpose of influencing elections and the candidates they support) has caused such a push-back from the populace, that a campaign called Amend 2012 is now circulating amongst the states. Here is another version of the same idea: http://cs2pr.us/28th_Amendment.html that actually hits harder on the issue of money in politics than the example legislation noted at the Amend 2012 website.

The Amendment idea is not without merit, but it is also not hitting hard enough or directly enough on the problem. Even if corporations stopped funding campaigns, they are still spending money through lobbyists to: write legislation that favors their interests (and often theirs alone), corrupt our officials to pass that legislation, and then keep them under their control by funding their next campaign, often through byzantine machinations.

All of this should be illegal and prosecuted to the full extent of the law. Why aren’t we doing that? Because we think we are powerless to do so. Nothing could be farther from the truth. It is because we are still the United States of America, a democratically elected republic, that we can exercise our voting power to fix this problem. But we have to act, and the sooner the better.

If you want to change congress this November, consider voting for those candidates who have taken the Pledge for Honest Candidates, because strong wording is needed to cause real change. Going back to the days before Citizens United is not enough, because the corruption goes back much farther than that. In fact, if we don’t pass legislation like the Pledge outlines, we may lose our republic entirely and we will become a pure democracy, run by the people. Congress will be obsolete in such a society. The pendulum always swings.

For more information about Article V, visit this link: http://www.lexisnexis.com/constitution/amendments_howitsdone.asp

Here is the text of that Article:

Article V is: “The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution, or, on the Application of the Legislatures of two thirds of the several States, shall call a Convention for proposing Amendments, which, in either Case, shall be valid to all Intents and Purposes, as part of this Constitution, when ratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the several States, or by Conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other Mode of Ratification may be proposed by the Congress; Provided that no Amendment which may be made prior to the Year One thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any Manner affect the first and fourth Clauses in the Ninth Section of the first Article; and that no State, without its Consent, shall be deprived of its equal Suffrage in the Senate.”

Originally posted at Writeindependent.org on April 13, 2012

The following article was written by Mike Adams, editor in chief at NaturalNews.com and published March 20, 2012:

On March 16, 2012, President Obama issued an executive order entitled, “NATIONAL DEFENSE RESOURCES PREPAREDNESS.” (http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/03/16/executive-order-national-defense-resources-preparedness)

This executive order states that the President alone has the authority to take over all resources in the nation (labor, food, industry, etc.) as long as it is done “to promote the national defense” — a phrase so vague that it could mean practically anything.

The power to seize control and take over these resources is delegated to the following government authorities:

(1) the Secretary of Agriculture with respect to food resources, food resource facilities, livestock resources, veterinary resources, plant health resources, and the domestic distribution of farm equipment and commercial fertilizer;

(2) the Secretary of Energy with respect to all forms of energy;

(3) the Secretary of Health and Human Services with respect to health resources;

(4) the Secretary of Transportation with respect to all forms of civil transportation;

(5) the Secretary of Defense with respect to water resources; and

(6) the Secretary of Commerce with respect to all other materials, services, and facilities, including construction materials.

This takeover is designed, in part, to “stockpile supplies” for the U.S. military. Authority for this total takeover of all national resources is granted with nothing more than the writing of a single statement that claims these actions are necessary to “promote the national defense.” As stated in the order:

the authority delegated by section 201 of this order may be used only to support programs that have been determined in writing as necessary or appropriate to promote the national defense:

(a) by the Secretary of Defense with respect to military production and construction, military assistance to foreign nations, military use of civil transportation, stockpiles managed by the Department of Defense, space, and directly related activities;

What all this means is that the U.S. government now claims the power to simply march onto your farm with guns drawn and demand all your crops, seeds, livestock and farm equipment.

Think I’m exaggerating? Read it yourself!

And for those living in denial who refuse to accept the reality of what’s happening in America, remember the following:

• When NaturalNews reported on the existence of the NDAA, we were told our reporting was misleading because Obama opposed it and wouldn’t sign it.

• When Obama betrayed America and signed the bill, we were told our reporting was misleading because “it didn’t apply to Americans.”

• When Obama admitted it did apply to Americans, he announced that he would choose “not to use it on Americans” but only by the grace of his restraint. Nobody who previously accused us of misleading the public had the integrity to offer us an apology and say, “Gee, you were right, it DOES apply to Americans!”

• Now Obama has seized control over all food, farms, livestock, water and transportation across America. How many brain-dead Americans will continue to live in denial and try to convince themselves this is not happening? Sticking your head in the sand does not make this go away…
Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/035301_Obama_executive_orders_food_supply.html#ixzz1rvgWkRvB

Obama’s executive order is nothing new. It’s essentially identical to EO 12919 issued by Clinton in 1994. In fact, the only real change Obama made to Clinton’s EO 12919, is removing several responsibilities from FEMA, and placing them under the DHS (which didn’t exist in 94). And Clinton’s EO 12919 was just an amendment to EO 10789, issued in 1958 by President Eisenhower, was later amended by EO 13286, issued in 2003 by George W. Bush.

Bottom line: It’s standard EO stuff for the last (almost) 60 years, and Obama’s executive order brings nothing new to the table. Furthermore, the text of Obama’s EO, NEVER mentions any seizure of property or martial law… not even once.

I’m not even a fan of Obama, but here you are Mike getting all kooky, making me have to defend the man from silly accusations. When the options are research vs tin-foil hat, always go for the research first.