I don’t make these assertions so often or so vigorously anymore – I don’t have to. They are made daily by virtually everyone in the blogosphere. My ‘wild-eyed’ hysteria is now common knowledge. Reality has sunk in. In fact, it’s far worse than even I imagined.

The Bush Family Gets Away with Crimes That Would Land Anyone Else in Jail By Robert Parry, Consortium News. Posted November 26, 2007. For decades, the Bush family has operated above the law, using powerful connections to brush aside evidence that would put lesser Americans in the slammer. Alternet

Even the slow kids are waking up to the fact that we’ve been had. (I am NOT implying that Amy Goodman is one of the slow kids – au contraire).

How the Democrats Are Aligning Themselves with Bush's Torture Policies Amy Goodman Who is speaking for the Democrats these days? A retired General accused of authorizing torture and cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment of prisoners in Iraq. Source

While the mega-hyper-hypocrites who lie to us all about everything and who so shamelessly boast of ‘supporting the troops’ are actually responsible for the gravest abuses of our service men and women to have occurred at any point in our history.

What they have done to our military is an abomination.

120 War Vets Commit Suicide Each Week Earlier this year, using the clout that only major broadcast networks seem capable of mustering, CBS News contacted the governments of all 50 states requesting their official records of death by suicide going back 12 years. They heard back from 45 of the 50. From the mountains of gathered information, they sifted out the suicides of those Americans who had served in the armed forces. What they discovered is that in 2005 alone -- and remember, this is just in 45 states -- there were at least 6,256 veteran suicides, 120 every week for a year and an average of 17 every day. Alternet

And Now, As If All the Cheap Shot Betrayals Weren’t ENOUGH, We Have This Pathetic POS - H.R. 1955

With special thanks to ben masel for sounding the alarm on this.

Thursday, October 25, 2007 Declaration of War vs. The People On October 23, 2007 the U.S. Government declared War on the American People. By a vote of 404 to 6, the U.S. House of Representatives approved HR 1955: The Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007. This act designates every American who acts -- OR PROMOTES ACTION -- against the U.S. Government to be a TERRORIST. Simply put: If you've ever said that George W. Bush should be hanged as a war criminal, you sir, are a Terrorist. Source

404 to 6. And they did this while no one was paying attention.

WHY HR 1955 WAS RAMMED THROUGH UNDER COVER OF FIRE By: Devvy October 29, 2007

© 2007 - NewsWithViews.com "Paper is poverty, .... it is only the ghost of money, and not money itself." -- Thomas Jefferson, 1788 Last week while the horrific fires were burning up Southern California and every major news network, including cable were providing non-stop coverage, a very dangerous bill to liberty and freedom was passed by 404 members of the U.S. House of Representatives. Called the 'Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007', (snip) Source

Our own government is preparing to wage war on us and it’s not even the Repubs leading the charge. This little bit of legislative treason comes to us courtesy of our beloved Democrats.

We can all thank the bill’s sponsor, Democrat Jane Harmon [CA-36], and her 14 co-sponsors only four of whom are Repubs.

H.R.1955 Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007 (Referred to Senate Committee after being Received from House) SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the `Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007'. SEC. 2. PREVENTION OF VIOLENT RADICALIZATION AND HOMEGROWN TERRORISM. (a) In General- Title VIII of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 361 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new subtitle: `Subtitle J--Prevention of Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism

`SEC. 899A. DEFINITIONS. `For purposes of this subtitle: `(1) COMMISSION- The term `Commission' means the National Commission on the Prevention of Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism established under section 899C. `(2) VIOLENT RADICALIZATION- The term `violent radicalization' means the process of adopting or promoting an extremist belief system for the purpose of facilitating ideologically based violence to advance political, religious, or social change. `(3) HOMEGROWN TERRORISM- The term `homegrown terrorism' means the use, planned use, or threatened use, of force or violence by a group or individual born, raised, or based and operating primarily within the United States or any possession of the United States to intimidate or coerce the United States government, the civilian population of the United States, or any segment thereof, in furtherance of political or social objectives. `(4) IDEOLOGICALLY BASED VIOLENCE- The term `ideologically based violence' means the use, planned use, or threatened use of force or violence by a group or individual to promote the group or individual's political, religious, or social beliefs. The Library of Congress Thomas

So who qualifies as a homegrown terrorist? Easy. You and me. Or anyone who dares oppose anything the Reich does.

Concentration camps are next.

Simply put: If you've ever said that George W. Bush should be hanged as a war criminal, you sir, are a Terrorist.

If the Senate passes this bill, a lot of us are going to have a hard way to go, and the transformation of America into a fascist police state will be complete.

See you in Gitmo.

OPOL