| Militarization of Swine Flu Preparations | | Print | |
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Earlier this week, Republican Representative Paul Broun of Georgia warned a town hall meeting that a “socialistic elite” may be preparing to declare martial law in the United States using a pandemic disease as the pretext. “They’re trying to develop an environment where they can take over,” he told attendees according to an article in the Athens Banner-Herald. “We’ve seen that historically.” In another alarming development this week, National Guard troops are involved in a drill to take over a high school in Maine to deal with potential riots and panic over distribution of treatment for the H1N1 virus, the Maine Sun Journal reported Thursday. “The National Guardsmen will take on the roles of panicked citizens and military police and practice what they would do, such as using tear gas, in the case of a riot,” said the newspaper article entitled “National Guard Drill at High School to Prepare for Possible H1N1 Riot.” The story also noted that local law enforcement would be involved. This is all despite the fact that the Maine Center for Disease Control has reported just one death tied to the swine flu, and the man actually died from “underlying conditions complicated by H1N1,” according to Dr. Dora Mills, the center’s director. “This is just a component of moving the stuff from point A to B,” assured the director of Oxford County’s emergency management agency, Scott Parker. He told the Sun Journal that the plan would only be put in place “if needed.” Apparently concerns about panic and disorder were raised during a conference in April, so the governor and the adjutant General of the Maine National Guard decided to formulate a plan to bring in military police. But if state military police preparations weren’t bad enough, the federal government now wants to usurp state forces for domestic use under the Pentagon’s command. Though at least the states are fighting back on this issue. The National Governors Association wrote a letter to the Department of Defense last week criticizing the proposals to take control of their National Guard units for domestic disasters. “Strong potential exists for confusion in mission execution and the dilution of governors' control over situations with which they are more familiar and better capable of handling than a federal military commander," the letter stated. But no matter who retains control of the National Guard troops preparing to deal with swine flu, the federal government’s increasingly militarized “emergency preparations” for the virus are developing quickly and mostly under the radar. Just last month CNN and Fox News reported online that the U.S. military was drawing up plans to deal with a spread of the swine flu. “The Pentagon is preparing to make troops available if necessary to help the Federal Emergency Management Agency tackle a potential outbreak of the H1N1 virus,” according to a July 29 Fox News article entitled "Military Poised to Help FEMA Battle Swine Flu Outbreak." And as early as last year, reports also began to surface that federal troops were preparing for “homeland defense” missions and would be operating on American soil — in what would appear to be a violation of the Posse Comitatus Act, which prohibits the use of military forces in domestic law enforcement. “They may be called upon to help with civil unrest and crowd control,” noted the Army Times in a 2008 article entitled "Brigade homeland tours start Oct. 1." The soldiers will also be responsible for things like knowing how to set up road blocks and the use of “nonlethal” weapons normally reserved for war-zones to subdue Americans. Additionally, the Obama administration has recently resurrected the heavily criticized Bush-era proposal to “update” quarantine regulations, while the U.S. Army advertises jobs for “internment/resettlement specialists” on its website. The federal government’s health authorities operate quarantine centers from Anchorage to Miami, and in 2005 George W. Bush used an executive order to add flu that has the “potential” to create a pandemic to a list of quarantinable diseases. Will the military be used to enforce the quarantines? It is appearing increasingly possible, if it comes to that. This is all happening at a time when countless experts are warning that fears about the swine-flu virus have been blown out of proportion. In many places the disease even seems to be dissipating. “We'll probably see something that won't be that bad,” said Ontario’s former chief medical officer, Dr. Richard Schabas. “We would not expect it to be as bad as the flu year was in 2003 with the Fujian strain.” He noted that a pandemic would be expected to kill thousands just in Canada, but so far the swine flu has claimed 66 lives there. “You tell me how overblown that is.… Our preparations always have to be advised not just by the sense of possibilities, but by a sense of probabilities.” England’s chief medical officer, Liam Donaldson, recently announced plans to scale back the National Pandemic Flu Service from about 1,600 call-center workers to less than 600 as the number of cases there continues to fall. He warned of the potential for a “second wave,” but so far the disease has been less deadly than even the regular seasonal flu. Australian National University microbiologist Peter Collignon told ABC News the H1N1 virus was no worse than annual influenza strains. “My major concern about what's happening is the fear is out of proportion to what the data shows," he said, adding that the use of the word “pandemic” was creating unnecessary concern. But here in the United States, the emergency preparations continue to expand along with the power of the federal government. There has already been discussion of forced vaccinations. And an inspection of so-called “executive orders” issued by past presidents and continuing under Obama reveals that the executive branch already claims sweeping “emergency” powers to deal with health concerns. Unless Americans start demanding some transparency and accountability, the trend towards bigger and more aggressive government will likely continue. This time the excuse happens to be swine flu, but there will always be some “crisis” not to be “wasted,” as Obama’s chief of staff Rahm Emanuel put it. The preparations currently under way to deal with swine flu are not only unconstitutional, they are probably more dangerous than the virus itself. It is time for Americans to take personal responsibility for their health and their government and to say enough is enough. Photo: AP Images
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Barry Soetoro Fraud
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The increasing militarization of preparations for an outbreak of swine flu is proceeding rapidly and without very much public debate, despite the relatively mild nature of the disease so far and the fact that many experts believe the panic has been overblown.
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Terrible implications It's all too easy to call anything "civil unrest". Why Barack Obama could even apply that to the Health Care town hall meetings to keep the dissenters in check. So far there is no indication this flu is going to be the dreaded 'Superflu' and it's all scare tactics now. |
Holly
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... It should be made public knowledge that some 36,000 people die each year in the US alone from flu virus. This whole H1N1 thing is a manufactured virus created to cause panic in order to control the public. Just do a little internet probing and you'll see it's true. Remember a while back, the army "lost" some virus samples? It was shortly after that we saw the outbreak of this so called Swine flu. That is scarier than anything else. The American public better wise up fast or we'll be living in the USSR (United States Socialist Republic)! |
JohnDenverz
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The Noose All they're doing is making sure the noose is nice and snug around your neck so that when the time comes they can simply pull the lever and be done with it. |
Thomas Paine
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Martial Law threat is real and must be turned around The threat is real. Swine Flu was most likely man made as numerous publications have claimed. Turn around the attention to the real criminals while we can: 911 facts: Barry Jennings heard explosives in Bld 7 way before it collapsed. William Rodriguez heard and felt explosions in tower before first plane hit. Dr. Steven Jones has proven that Thermate explosives were in dust from 911. Aaron Russo said in his famous interview that Nick Rockefeller told him 911 was a fraud. John O'neill, FBI agent for 30 years killed on 911. 700 Architects and Engineers believe it was controlled demolition. All above facts are verifiable on internet. The FBI will help us and are investigating as one of their own was killed. This case will bring the NWO crooks down. We must help make it public. |
neutrino
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For those who want "meaningful" or "adult" conversations May i also suggest that those who really want reasonable discussion go and read the bill. Read the bill, don't use talking points, and make your case WITH THE BILL. This isn't a right or wrong thing, it's an informed thing. If you go read the bill (right or left wingers) I think there are many things in it which you really won't like, but that's my opinion. Please go to: http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h3200/text and educate yourself in this very important issue. |
naysayer
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... While I sense more is at play when obviously fringe minded, right wing, ideologues leave posts espousing their fear of the spread socialism and communism, the idea of this kind of event happening is not outside the realm of possibility or history (remember: smallpox infested blankets given to native Americans so that their resources and land would be easier to obtain). Also, one must realize that in order for something akin to what the article is implying would take the silent cooperation of both Democrat and Republican lawmakers. The strategy: Divide the populous (Cons vs. libs). Create some kind of national wedge issue, let's say health care reform. One or the other sides would whip their followers into a fear fueled panic. While the populous is distracted by this red herring, a catastrophe looms, let's say a epidemic. The calamity occurs further inflaming an already stressed public. The environment is ripe to do exactly what the article suggest, total control and the repeal of freedoms. While everyone is focused one the constructed conflict of conservative vs. liberal the true enemy draws his plans. Wisdom and leadership is gravely needed, we are in peril. Beware the plutocracy... |
Don Adkins
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Old enough to know There seems to me over the years on any important political proposal about 15 to 20% of the population are informed as to what the consequences of such would be. 60% haven't got a clue and only know what the liberal( yes I said liberal) media tells them. They have not taken the time necesary to educate themselves on the subject. They are so uninformed it's easy for them to believe a lie as they are so ignorant they not only don't know anything about what is going on they don"t even suspect that it might be for their hurt. Please....inform youselves so that you may respond-----i-t-e-l-l-e-d-g-e-n-t-y!!!  |
Gabe
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Paranoia (they're coming to take me away!) Alex Newman, you need to see a Dr. to adjust your meds, they aren't working. |
scott vines
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Who's paranoid? Who's the paranoid one here? The media and officials who're panicking over a flu that's less deadly than the seasonal flu, or the ones who're questioning authority and take reports from the governors' association seriously? Open your minds to the possibility that your government might be very evil. It wouldn't be the first time in history. |
john drake
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SWINE FLU-1977! On November, 1977, while enlisted as a PFC in Ft. Dix, NJ, I, being only 16 and scared, was ordered to walk through a plastic-sheeted door into a medical room. As I walked through, a Spc 3 was standing to my right, and injected me with a new type of needle, like a hydraulic hypodermic of some type, and told me I had just been vaccinated for the swine-flu that Pres Ford/then carter had authorized for soldiers at Ft. Dix. The pain and flu that came upon me after that shot lasted 4 days with a fever of 104 degrees and large icepacks applied to my chest, legs and arms. I was so sick I couldn't eat or swallow for a few days and collapsed while doing PT exercises. I never forgot that incident and how the whole thing was just a scare to use up a stockpile of drugs that were to used on the guinea pigs at Dix!! |
Dennis
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Dr Just say no to the new vaccine and big pharmas profit for the NWO's population reduction. The vaccine is worse than the flu with the adjutants. Time released death camps via slow acting vaccines!! |
Mark
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Obama Prophecies This is about to turn real bad folks, read the prophecies about Obama at prophecies.org |
"Please Uncle Sam, let me do it myself."
Dennis
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A FREE PERSON Barrack (Barry) Hussein (Soetoro) OBAMA is not my President!! And his administration is as illegimate as he is!! Get the UN and WHO out of the USA and go with them. |
Diamlake2009
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Constitution Blog - Brainstorming http://constitutionalblog.ning.com/group/articlev/forum/topic/show?id=3339642:Topic:87&xgs=1 |
Eric
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Enough is Enough When will We the People stand up and tell our government enough is enough? Enough corporate powerhouses, enough government corruption, enough bankers and enough being trampled upon by unconstitutional laws. |
Paul Revere
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How you can help fight back! If you are ready to start doing something to revent the mass forced vaccine and martial law you can get started here. http://www.thehealingpraxis.com/OperationFaxtoStoptheVax.html#phase2 |
Kay
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Swine/bird flu This is the same thing that happened after WW1 I read. The war was over and the soldiers came home to a flu that started in the spring. Soldiers were vaccinated in the army and it spread. Doctors had not seen this type of flu. It was pneumonia that was rapid and deadly. They said it had to be manmade bioweapon. Google Spanish Flu and WW1. Go to www.theflucase.com A lawsuit has been filed by a Journalist named Jane Burgermeister, Austria. 60% of UK doctors say they will not take a rushed vaccine. Also www.waynemadsenreport.com Washington, DC says it is manmade virus . Criminal charges need to be filed. Also listen to Alex Jones at www.infowars.com . He has doctors on his show warning people. We need to mount a mass response. Sec. of Health Kathleen Sebelius has given vaccine makers immunity from lawsuits. Send postcards to your congressman now. WE will not take this vaccine. |
