   Obamahood's Latest Fiat By Ernest Stewart "The right to liberty is one of the foundation rights of a free people. The idea that any US President can bypass Congress and bypass the Courts by issuing an Executive Order setting up a new legal system for indefinite detention of people should rightfully scare the Hell out of the American people." ~~~ Bill Quigley "O brave new world! That has such people in it!" ~~~ John the Savage "The future fair, an affair for all and no fair to anybody!" Well, well,
I've been wondering what all this much ado about nothing is about; it's concerning Obamahood's latest "Executive Order" a.k.a. Imperial Fiat. I mean, after that last brouhaha with his claiming the power to kill American citizens without trial, or any oversight by his word alone, I just don't get the fuss this time around? After all, all he wants to do is lock up people forever, or at least until his term ends in 2012; again, without trial, and oversight, regardless of what the Constitution and Bill of Rights clearly states, and regardless of any oath that he swore to uphold and protect them! Even the ones who have been ordered to be released by courts, as there wasn't any kind of proof of them committing any crimes, will now be locked up forever. The cover story for this new act of treason is because they have all these shop keepers, teachers and cab drivers down in Gitmo that they can't bring to trial in a court of law because their "confessions" have been tortured out of them and such confessions can't be used in a court of law. Apparently, our hand-picked Kangaroo Court down in Gitmo won't go that far! This newest power grab flies in the face of "that god-damn piece of paper" that Dubya railed against, "The US Constitution," as well as many international laws. Ah, Gitmo, the gift that keeps on giving, and will continue to keep making enemies and new terrorists around the world for apparently, if the Rethuglicans have anything to say about it, forever! As I've said on many occasions, America, if you're not scared and mad as Hell, you haven't been paying attention. Our Harvard-educated lawyer surely knows what the law is regarding this newest insult to American law, but in a power grab that is worthy of Hitler or a Caesar, he doesn't care about them or us. This is just another nail in America's coffin, so just roll over and go back to sleep, America; there's nothing to see here!
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However, as I'm sure you know, those are respectively the opening lines from George Orwell's 1984 and Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World!" Which, is more the pity, because where we are now and where we are soon to be is covered quite well by these books. Orwell was writing about what was all around him in 1948 and not some future date, he just reversed the last two numbers in that date; to avoid censorship problems. Any person who came under the thumb of the Germans and Japanese during WWII knows all too well the truth to be found in the book! In fact, I'm willing to bet that the Palestinians under Israel and the Iraqis and Afghanis under our thumb know the truth in "1984," too. The American people are about to find out for themselves, and unless you can cross several borders and hide real good, there will be absolutely nothing you can do about it! Huxley wrote what he saw coming as sci-fi, but the message is the same! Trouble is, we Americans have already been living the Brave New World for most of our lives, and this is just a prelude to the fast approaching 1984 world! I mean, haven't we always been at war with Eurasia? Most people of my generation read these books in high school, but few of them got the message; for if they had then, they'd be doing something about it! As little Wednesday Addams said, "Be afraid, be very afraid!" Which is why I've been jumping up and down, screaming and shouting to get your attention. Trying to help you unplug yourself from the Matrix, trying to warn you of the madness to come for the last ten years. I didn't start calling my fellows Sheeple to be funny; it's a just and apt description, and like lambs to the slaughter we happily follow the MSM Judas goats! History keeps repeating itself, not exactly, but close enough, which is how Huxley and Orwell could see our future and perhaps what the Mayans foresaw happening in 2012. While the tea-baggers may be the new Brown Shirts, i.e., the forerunners of America's fascist movement, they, like their old counterparts will be swept away when it hits the fan and after two years of their high jinks, we'll have the 2012 election, which I'm sure has already been decided, and Obamahood will be replaced by a real piece of work, and they'll start to fill up those new billion dollar Happy Camps that Bush and Obamahood have been building for all of us who oppose them. Have no doubt, lists have already been made, and we all may be on those lists! The army troops are ready, willing and waiting; Northern Command is chafing at the bit, and ready to rock! Oh, brave new world, indeed! I usually do this, but looking back on this year is just a bit too painful for me to do, so I'll look ahead to see what 2011 might bring.... First the tea baggers will take over the House and cause the regular Rethuglicans to follow their lead or be eliminated in 2012. Which means gridlock from the house, and a thousand new committees formed to investigate and impeach Obamahood, which the Senate won't do; so, there will be more of your money wasted in the attempt as they string this out until November 2012. Also, we can expect an attack by the right, and Obama, but I repeat myself, on programs for the poor, the hungry, the sick and the elderly. After all, we've got to pay for those trillion dollar tax breaks for the insanely wealthy and three needless, useless, war crimes in the Middle East, somehow! You can also expect the oil companies to raise their rates to new, unheard-of levels, i.e., from LOL to OMG to WTF and for Congress to do nothing about it! Soon only the rich will be driving, which is a good thing, as it might lessen the damage to America's crumbling infrastructure, which won't be repaired as it should. Remember that the tea baggers don't like those socialist roads and bridges! Cities from New York on down will continue to implode and cut services to the poor, and then for everybody else! New Yorkers found out how this works this week after their snow storm. Electing a billionaire who doesn't give a rat's ass about the regular folk may not have been such a good idea, huh, New York? Sooner or later, this year will see the economy crash even more than it already has, and perhaps the former middle class will begin to realize their jobs that were shipped off to India and China won't be coming back and that their MBA just might get them a job saying, "Would you like fries with that, Sir?" What little money's left in the Treasury will be taken out and given to the Pentagoons and other corpo-rat interests, and we'll all be asked to give up our few remaining rights for our own safety. Perhaps strips searches won't just be for the transportation sector, and will branch out into sporting events and music concerts; can't you just see ladies wearing tiaras bending over for a cavity search before Carmen? Perhaps your local mall will begin screening as well as the Walmarts and Kmarts will be frisking you, too! Oh, and don't forget to tip the inspectors if they do a good job and get you off! I always ask if this molestation comes with a dinner and a movie! As Max Frost and the Troopers once sang, "When tomorrow, is today, the bells may toll for some but nothing can change the shape of things to come!" I also realize right after the holidaze is no time to beg for alms, especially in this economy with tens of millions out of work and struggling to get by like me, this clarion call falls on many deaf ears. I can dig it, but for those of you still in the middle class and who haven't already helped the magazine out this year, how about a little help now? While I don't mind being personally poor in order to carry out my work, I still have to pay the bills to keep Issues & Alibis on the Net. About 55% of those bills are currently being paid by advertisers, as I decided long ago there would be no charge, or subscription fee! We do this as the truth is far too important to just be for those who can afford it, while those who really need to know it most are too poor; ergo, we refuse to charge any fee. Therefore, it's up to those who can afford to, to pick up the other 45% of the cost, so we can all understand what's going down and stop our own destruction. So, it's more important now-a-days for those who can help us to do so! You'll recall that first they came for the trade unionists, don't wait until they come for you! Help us stop it now! Please go to: our Donations page, follow the instructions and do whatever you can to help us continue to fight the good fight! Thank you and Happy New Year!  03-27-1921 ~ 12-22-2010 Thanks for the jams!
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