Two Republican Congressmen warn of Martial Law
This is very real America- we are turning into a totalitarian police state - we must stop this madness now- before the next attack.
Former Republican Congressman Bob Barr:
“I think it’s a real danger where we have the military becoming involved in all sorts of domestic matters and we have the government being able to seize very private personal records on people without any suspicion that they’ve done anything wrong. This is a dramatic turn of events that has accelerated greatly since 9/11.”
Barr made comments very similar to those of current Republican Congressman Ron Paul in stating that natural disasters could be used by the government as a pretext to abolish posse comitatus.
“If we have the military involved whenever there’s a windstorm, rain or tornado then what we are doing is that we are undermining the entire basis on what our constitutional representative democratic form of government was founded.”
Barr said that legislation like the Patriot Act and its imminent re-authorization and expansion were more of a threat to the American way of life than any terrorist attack.
“Even when the leaders in Washington say we’re not going to let the terrorists change our way of life, they are implementing policies that do precisely that.”
Barr elaborated that the manipulation of fear was a key cornerstone in the government’s coup de ‘tat on constitutional liberties.
“They’re using people’s fear of another terrorist attack to move forward with various government programs that the government has wanted to gather and put in place for many many years. They’re using the fear which is now driving public policy in this country which is very unfortunate and very un-American. Our leaders are shamelessly playing on that fear to implement and grab power.“
Current Republican Congressman Ron Paul:
“They’re putting their back up against the wall and saying, if need be we’re going to have martial law.”
“We’ve heard all these statements by the President, by the administration, why they need more militarism at the federal government to keep people in check so nobody knows how this will turn out but I do know that the only thing we can do about it is try to alert the American people to what’s going on so they can be prepared.”
(MP3s of both Barr and Paul available, click the links then look at bottom of page)
Wouldn’t it be cool if We The People recruited 435 regular Americans to run for Congress… sure maybe Ron Paul and a few others are for real, but I still think it’d be better to simply Sweep the House.
