| Steve McAlexander on Fri, 2 Nov 2001 17:27:01 +0100 (CET) |
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Taken from a SF town meeting. Zig Heil Citizen...... > > "Citizen, Can I See Your ID." > > What has not been explained to the American people is the reason why 35,000 Army Reservists and 65,000 > National Guard have been called up. It is to maintain internal checkpoints. It has nothing to do with the external > "War on Terrorism." All of these people are being trained at the US Army School of Urban Control at Fort > Campbell, Kentucky. CNN actually showed an urban training mock-up, what they're training on, and what the new > Internal Security checkpoint is going to look like. It was mighty sinister looking. > > There was a barrier that went across the road. To the right was an elevated shed like structure, elevated > perhaps fifteen feet in the air. It had a small second story that was open. On it was a sign that read "Homeland > Security Internal Checkpoint." There were sandbags and the wooden arm that crossed the road read "100% ID > Checked." Then there was a small shed to the right with a small barbed wire area behind that. On this structure > was a sign, which read, "All citizens not having proper identification will be detained. All foreign nationals will be > detained. All citizens who are deemed to be acting in a suspicious manner will be detained." At each of these posts > there will be six armed Army or National Guard reservists with M-16's with full field kit. On top of the structure to > the rear, the open structure on top, there's a man with a machine gun emplacement. > > They showed the actual mockup used for training purposes. They had new uniforms. They weren't in their > regular uniforms. It's a new gray uniform with a gray helmet and a visor so you can't see their eyes. The only thing > you can see is from their lips down because they said that's "to prevent any retribution" from people who don't like > this new idea. > > This uniform looked exactly like the Imperial Storm Troopers from "Star Wars" except instead of white, it was > gray. All the helmets have little transceivers so they can communicate with each other. There will be six guards at > each internal security checkpoint. And there's another warning on the inside of the barbed wire enclosure, "Any > detainees attempting to escape will be shot." It was a yellow and red sign inside the detainment area. > > The only person who actually spoke on camera during this story was a sergeant, an Army Reservist sergeant. > You could tell that he completely disagreed with what was going on. You couldn't hear the question being asked, but > he was looking at the camera and he said, "We're here to protect the people." Then he put his head down and > shook his head, and you could tell he didn't believe a word of what he was saying -- like it was some big frigging > joke. > > Then they showed the procedure they were using to train these guys. An average American car, like a Ford or > a Chevy, drives up and there's supposed to be a husband and wife in the front seat and a couple of kiddies in the > back. So they drive up to the checkpoint, and the corporal comes up to the car and says, "May I see your > identification, citizen." > > They call everyone "citizen." I swear to God, I'm not making this up. Then the guy asks for his driver's license, > then something else and something else. Then he says, "Very good, citizen." > > There's a spot on the gate that goes across the road that they had x-ed out. But you could tell what it said > because the sergeant alluded to it. It said, "All citizens are required to present their National Identification > Cards." But they left it blank as a black spray-painted out spot because the legislation for that hasn't happened > yet. > > The big sign on the side of the one and half story shed with the machine gun nest on top said "Homeland > Security Internal Checkpoint." And now we're all supposed to say, "Hail the Republic." That's the new mantra. > They showed a bunch of guys being trained at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, probably enlisted and reservists and such. > And they kept raising up their right arm saying, "Hail the Republic." > > The sergeant even said that they are duplicating the ancient Roman Legions salute to Caesar, using the right > arm upraised with the fist. Instead of "Hail Caesar," though they say, "Hail the Republic." > > This is what's coming. People don't believe it or people don't understand it but when 80% of the people support > whatever "security" measures are necessary. > > What does it all mean? We all better start worrying when George Bush starts to play the fiddle. > > Congress is supposed to be recessed for the rest of the year, but they will be giving the Administration > extraordinary wartime authority -- pursuant to all remaining legislation. In other words, they will simply allow the > Administration to act under pending statutes. They are simply going to transfer to the Administration emergency > wartime power to act under bills, which are still pending, even though they haven't been passed. > > The implication is that we will be under a defacto state of martial law soon. There are 100,000 military being > trained for these internal security checkpoints. > > When they were showing the lines of enlisted and reserve people being trained in this camp, with M-16s in their > hands, I can tell you I don't think any of them would hesitate to shoot at American citizens. I think they're being > indoctrinated. The indoctrination they're going through is obvious. The enlisted people are being told by the drill > sergeant that they are being given extraordinary authority that "your job is to protect the security of the State at > all costs." > > There is a direct parallel between the old Soviet Union and the East Bloc and what we are doing. We are > establishing internal travel restrictions on the American people. We are essentially following the Soviet textbook. > In the Soviet Communist Bloc, for example, there were checkpoints in every city. You had to have what's called an > "internal travel visa." You had to have that visa stamped at every checkpoint in every city. Then they checked you > out at every entrance to every city. Then if you checked out, they would affix a visa stamp and charge you ten > marks for it. It was a real racket. > > What will be interesting to see is what kind of a racket is going to go along with these internal security check > points. In other words, how much of a "toll" are they going to charge? They're going to have to do something to > pay for all of this and one of the obvious ways to pay for it would be to charge everyone a one or two dollar "toll." > > And this is what we should be looking forward to - toll booths around the nation. They're not saying this yet, but > obviously in an effort to pay for this, there's going to be some sort of a "security tax." Since this system is > incredibly cumbersome (having to stop every single vehicle and check identification) and we've been taught to be > suspicious of driver's licenses because it's so easy to obtain false driver's licenses, the implication is that national > security cards are the only thing that will eventually be accepted as identification. The further implication is that in > order to accommodate traffic (this will create traffic jams miles and miles long), there would be a separate line for > those carrying pre-approved internal visas whose allegiance to the government has already been checked. > > The sergeant on the news report said that all the people involved (100,000 military people) are being forced to > swear new loyalty oaths to the United States. He just mentioned the government's overall policy, which Bush > talked about last week, that all federal civilian employees are going to have to take new oaths of allegiance to the > "Republic." And that extends to some members of the military who will be involved in internal security. > > Surprisingly enough all these border checks, you would think, would be handled directly by the military - or > under the auspices of the military. They're not. They're under the auspices of "Homeland Security." What it > means is that you have 100,000 troops (reservists and national guards people) based in the United States, which > will be seconded to the Office of Homeland Security. Their ultimate jurisdiction is being transferred from the > Department of Defense to the Office of Homeland Security. > > In other words, the Office of Homeland Security is gaining a militarized division of 100,000 troops. > > It's finally getting some of the liberals nervous. But it's coming. Day after day, they're showing polls that > seventy to eighty percent of the American people are prepared to approve whatever security measures are > "necessary" to "fight terrorism." > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > ..................................................................... > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list: > <[email protected]> (mailto:[email protected] to post a message) > > Use "Reply All" in your mailer to send a response to the entire list. > > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[email protected]> (mailto:[email protected]) > > For other functions and for the archive of discussions, go to: > http://911peace.net:8100/Lists/townhall-discuss/List.html > > Send administrative queries to [email protected]. > _______________________________________________ Nettime-bold mailing list [email protected] http://amsterdam.nettime.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nettime-bold