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Welcome to Call to Decision
Police Begin Seizing Guns of Civilians
By ALEX BERENSON and JOHN M. BRODER
Published: September 9, 2005
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 8 - Local police officers began confiscating
weapons from civilians in preparation for a forced evacuation of the
last holdouts still living here, as President Bush steeled the nation
for the grisly scenes of recovering the dead that will unfold in
coming days.
[...]
Mr. Compass, the police superintendent, said that after a week of
near anarchy in the city, no civilians in New Orleans will be allowed
to carry pistols, shotguns, or other firearms of any kind. "Only law
enforcement are allowed to have weapons," he said.
That order apparently does not apply to the hundreds of security
guards whom businesses and some wealthy individuals have hired to
protect their property. The guards, who are civilians working for
private security firms like Blackwater, are openly carrying M-16s and
other assault rifles.
Mr. Compass said that he was aware of the private guards but that the
police had no plans to make them give up their weapons.
New Orleans has turned into an armed camp, patrolled by thousands of
local, state, and federal law enforcement officers, as well as
National Guard troops and active-duty soldiers. While armed looters
roamed unchecked last week, the city is now calm.
[...]
Mr. Compass said he could not disclose when residents might be forced
to leave en masse. The city's police department and federal law
enforcement officers from agencies like United States Marshals
Service will lead the evacuation, he said. Officers will search
houses in both dry and flooded neighborhoods, and no one will be
allowed to stay, he said.
Many of the residents still in the city said they did not understand
why the city remained intent on forcing them out.
Total Gun Confiscation of Law Abiding Citizens Begins
Federal forces lead criminal gangs of police is America-killing gun grabHmmm isn't this what they did in Germany after Hitler took over... round up the guns! Interesting that the founding fathers thought that is was so important to have guns in the hands of the people that they made it the second most important amendment to the consitution and not the 7th, 8th, 9th or 10th amendment. I thought our public servants are supposed to uphold the constitution. Maybe they should be able to read, understand first. Lets give them dictionary's so they can study it before we put them out in the field and decide that with he shiny badge, clipboard, (and of course GUN) gives them the ability to create law at will.A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.emphasis addedMain Entry: 2right
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English riht, from riht, adjective
1 : qualities (as adherence to duty or obedience to lawful authority) that together constitute the ideal of moral propriety or merit moral approval
2 : something to which one has a just claim: as a : the power or privilege to which one is justly entitled b (1) : the interest that one has in a piece of property -- often used in plural <mineral rights> (2) plural : the property interest possessed under law or custom and agreement in an intangible thing especially of a literary and artistic nature <film rights of the novel>
3 : something that one may properly claim as due
4 : the cause of truth or justice- right·most /-"mOst/ adjective
- by rights : with reason or justice : PROPERLY
- in one's own right : by virtue of one's own qualifications or properties
- of right 1 : as an absolute right 2 : legally or morally exactable
- to rights : into proper orderMain Entry: in·fringe
Pronunciation: in-'frinj
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): in·fringed; in·fring·ing
Etymology: Medieval Latin infringere, from Latin, to break, crush, from in- + frangere to break -- more at BREAK
transitive senses
1 : to encroach upon in a way that violates law or the rights of another <infringe a patent>
2 obsolete : DEFEAT, FRUSTRATE
intransitive senses : ENCROACH -- used with on or upon <infringe on our rights>Total Gun Confiscation of Law Abiding Citizens Begins
Federal forces lead criminal gangs of police is America-killing gun grabAlex Jones/Infowars.com | September 9 2005"The balloon has gone up, the shoe has dropped. Anyone doubting the
criminal intentions of the social engineer control-freaks in Washington
need only look at middle-class neighborhoods being stormed by
black-masked wearing jackboots on a mission to steal guns.This is a precedent setting case for national gun confiscation. This is
a clear declaration of war by the Federal Government against the
American people. This is exactly how Lexington and Concord started the
Revolutionary War in 1775."- Alex JonesThe federal government has been chomping at the bit for decades to
disarm the American people, and now an amalgamation of state and local
police led by the BATF are having their deepest desire fulfilled in New
Orleans.Major newspapers are reporting that in middle-class neighborhoods
undamaged by floodwaters paramilitary police are going door-to-door
demanding citizens' firearms.The New York Times even admitted that this is so that the citizenry
cannot resist when they are physically forced to leave their homes.Most of the residents are contentious nurses and power plant employees
who are currently working in key areas of infrastructure. Others refuse
to leave because early on they were told they would have to break up
their families to do so. Still more refuse to leave and give up beloved
family pets.Hold outs, many of whom have a year's supply of food and water filters,
tell the police, "We're the people who stopped the looters when you
guys were nowhere to be seen in the first six days."So the Federal Government does a horrible job delivering food and water
to people they told to go to the Superdome, and now, almost two weeks
later, they say the city is under their control. Their main mission:
going door-to-door and confiscating American citizens' lawfully owned
firearms. This is treason. This is sedition against the Constitution and
the Bill of Rights and our way of life.I have been to over 10 urban warfare training drills where the military
and the police work together. The national news always reports that
it's disaster relief training, when the truth is that they greedily train
to subdue peaceful populations, disarm them and break up families.Remember back in 1993, when Bill Clinton announced weapon sweeps of
public housing without warrants. They did it to the disadvantaged then,
and most people didn't care. Now, they are doing it to the middle-class
in plain view of the world.They're setting a precedent to take your property, to take your
children, to take your guns. The courts have ruled over and over again that
the police have no obligation to protect the public. At the same time,
police have been trained that there really isn't a Second Amendment and
that Americans really don't have a right to protect themselves.This unfolding gun confiscation tragedy stands as a monument to the
true intentions of this parasitic government. It wants you disarmed and
under heel. It wants slaves - subjects, not citizens.The law-abiding gun owning citizens of New Orleans are having their
life line severed and the American people are witnessing a giant gun
confiscation drill.There should be a howling, screaming the likes of which has never been
heard against the Bush administration that is in control of New
Orleans. If we let them legitimize gun confiscation for security, they are
going to use this all over the country.Lord Bush is already licking his lips and talking about making
Gonzalez, a person who is adamantly anti-gun, his pick to succeed Rehnquist.All Americans can now count on this: when you're in trouble or when
you're in crisis, the "authorities" aren't going to come with aid. They're
going to send a squad of goons to take advantage of the situation, take
your guns and drag you off to a FEMA camp. This is what we pay taxes
for.Related: New Orleans Begins Confiscating Firearms as Water RecedesThomas "Rocky" Costanzo
Forced Evacuation of a Battered New Orleans Begins
By ALEX BERENSON and SEWELL CHAN
Officials said that the hazards posed by fires and diseases
had left the city with no choice but to use force on those who resisted.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/08/national/nationalspecial/08storm.html?th&emc=th
NEW ORLEANS - Authorities said their sweep of this deluged city for the last voluntary evacuees was nearly complete, with officers ready to carry out the mayor's order to forcibly remove the thousands who remain in their homes.New World Orleans: Microcosm for the "New America"B08737 / Thu, 8 Sep 2005 06:29:09 / "War on Terror"*Federal Protective Services officer Dan Fisher guards a checkpoint leading into a temporary morgue site for Hurricane Katrina victims as a police officer drives into the site, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2005, in St. Gabriel, La. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)Police were caught LOOTING too !!Some seek national stoppage to protest gas prices September 8, 2005
http://globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle
The changes that are taking place within the military under the deceptive name of "transformation" have nothing to do with national defense or preparedness for terrorist attack. Rather, the military is being converted into a taxpayer subsidized security apparatus for multinational corporations that will seize foreign resources through force of arms and then crush the indigenous elements that resist US aggression. On the home front, the changes are equally dramatic. "Transformation" is a conspicuous attempt to weaken traditional defenses provided by the National Guard so that the Pentagon can insert itself into domestic affairs and establish an ongoing military presence within the United States. Donald Rumsfeld has already suggested that the military will play a greater role in dealing with the aftereffects of any future attack. There's no doubt that he will honor that commitment.
Katrina
http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/09/07/katrina.impact/index.html
New Orleans mayor orders holdouts removed
Poll: Most believe city will never fully recover
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (CNN) -- New Orleans' mayor has ordered law
enforcement agencies to remove everyone from the city who is not
involved in cleaning up after Hurricane Katrina, whether they want to
go or not.
Mayor Ray Nagin instructed all public safety officers "to compel the
evacuation of all persons ... regardless of whether such persons are
on private property or do not desire to leave," according to a
written statement from his office.
The order did not apply to people in Algiers on the West Bank side of
Orleans Parish.
Freedom America NOW E-List - News and Views >From New Babylon
The beast is loose in Bethlehem and the rats are in the corn.
Look up... for your redemption draweth nigh!
++++++Jesus Christ is the Answer, Check it out.++++++"Shut the eyes of the dead not to embarrass anyone."'Farewell Angelina' - by Bob Dylan - 1965~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~FEMA Blocks Photos of New Orleans Dead
NEW YORK Forced to defend what some critics consider its slow response to the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina, the Federal Emergency Management Agency said on Tuesday it does not want the news media to take photographs of the dead as they are recovered from New Orleans.
FEMA, which is leading the rescue efforts, rejected requests from journalists to accompany rescue boats as they went out to search for storm victims, Reuters reported.
A FEMA spokeswoman told the wire service that space was need on the rescue boats and assured Reuters that "the recovery of the victims is being treated with dignity and the utmost respect."
"We have requested that no photographs of the deceased be made by the media," the spokeswoman told Reuters via e-mail.
Katrina: A SUPER WEAPON !!!
Why would they do that to US ?
Lots and Lots of OIL under New Orleans !
10 years from now Halliburton Oil will have Oil and Gas Refineries, Oil
ports, Oil depots, Oil wells all over New Orleans.
Don't let them steal your land.
PS. Back in the sixties when I was a Hippy at WoodStock the military
seeded the clouds and made WoodStock one big mud puddle. What do you think
they can do now of days ?
Weather Weapons - A Present Reality
http://worldvisionportal.org/wvpforum/viewtopic.php?t=296
Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2005 12:57 PMSubject: FEMA's Blocking Relief Efforts - An Amazing List
The contents of this list will live in infamy, in hundreds of books and investigations to follow, on hurricane Katrina and the human and ecological toll. Anyone who believes this was all pure bungling, big goverment at its very clumsy worst, is very forgiving and naive. We have more sorry reasons than we can count for never ever leaving our fate up to or placing our faith into, government, for anything.http://www.rense.com/general67/femwont.htm
FEMA's Blocking Relief Efforts - An Amazing List9-8-5
FEMA won't accept Amtrak's help in evacuations http://news.ft.com/cms/s/84aa35cc-1da8-11da-b40b-00000e.. FEMA turns away experienced firefighters http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2005/9/5/105538/7048 FEMA turns back Wal-Mart supply trucks http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/05/national/nationalspec.. FEMA prevents Coast Guard from delivering diesel fuel http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/05/national/nationalspec.. FEMA won't let Red Cross deliver food http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05246/565143.stm FEMA bars morticians from entering New Orleans http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=15147862&BRD=... FEMA blocks 500-boat citizen flotilla from delivering aid http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2005/9/3/171718/0826 FEMA fails to utilize Navy ship with 600-bed hospital on board http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0509.. FEMA to Chicago: Send just one truck http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-050902dale.. FEMA turns away generators http://www.wwltv.com/local/stories/WWLBLOG.ac3fcea.html FEMA: "First Responders Urged Not To Respond" http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=18470 That last one is real -- not satire but straight from FEMA's website.
Reporter held at gunpoint by cops
New Orleans -- I did not actually count the number of
automatic weapons pointed at me, but there were at
least five, and I was certain they were all locked and
loaded, or whatever that military phrase is signifying
that a gun is ready to blow a hole in somebody.
"Step out!" commanded the black-helmeted man in the
middle of what appeared to be a tactical formation. He
was pointing a laser-like flashlight attached to his
machine gun at me.
I must have been quite a sight alone out there on the
darkened New Orleans street wearing a headlamp and
holding a cell phone at an odd right angle, the only
way I could get it to work. I had just been placed on
hold.
"I'm a journalist working for The San Francisco
Chronicle," I said quickly, trying to remain calm.
"I'm out here because the signal ...."
"Step out here!" he interrupted, and his tone
suggested that the consequences for not stepping out
into the street would be dire. I stepped out.
The encounter was a sobering look into the
post-hurricane reality of New Orleans. The city has
been evacuated, and a 6 p.m. curfew imposed. The
citizens who remain are presumed to be up to no good,
especially if they are out past dark.
There are National Guard, police and Army checkpoints
every few blocks. SWAT teams, soldiers and military
squads from as far away as Puerto Rico patrol the
downtown streets, stopping anyone they see. The units
often do not appear to know what the others are doing.
It is essentially martial law in the Big Easy, and
being outside without a press pass can be dangerous,
if not deadly.
I was among 17 journalists from Hearst Corp.-owned
newspapers staying at a house in an upscale
neighborhood on 6016 St. Charles Place, an area that
was spared by the flood.
Hearst Corp. hired six armed military contractors, led
by former Navy SEAL Chris White, to protect the house
and journalists, presumably from looters, but also
from arrest by police or the military.
There is no electricity, only sparse telephone service
in the city, and the water supply is assumed to be
contaminated. The journalists tramp around the flooded
city by day and work by flashlight on their laptops at
night, slapping at mosquitoes in the heat and sleeping
on the floor.
Cell phone service is sporadic, requiring writers to
move from place to place on the lawn, deck and
sidewalk to find a connection. That explains my
location out on the sidewalk sometime after 9 p.m.
Wednesday.
As I waited, headlight shining on my notes, for the
person on the line to return, I saw out of the corner
of my eye shadowy figures in crouching positions
moving across the street toward me.
As I looked up, they seemed to be taking firing
positions, men on either flank, two more behind cars
and the man in the middle shining the light. They were
a New Orleans police SWAT team, and their guns were
pointed directly at me. I made the decision not to
slap at the mosquito that was siphoning blood out of
my arm.
"Do you have ID?" I was asked. I tried to explain that
it was in the car and the keys were in the house. "Do
you live here? What are you doing here?" The questions
came rapid fire, under the threat of a bullet.
Just then, White and his compatriots rushed out of the
house, without their guns. The SWAT team turned toward
them, rushing down the street for the expected
confrontation.
"Don't point your f -- gun at me!" White shouted, and
an already tense situation turned into a hair-raising
standoff.
I slipped back into the house while the two sides
worked out their differences without, thankfully, any
gunfire.
"That was totally unprofessional, pointing their guns
at us like that," White complained when he returned.
"The Army has been patrolling this street for a week,
and they know what's going on here. All the police had
to do was ask them, and they would have known
everything they needed to know about this street."
Then, as we journalists prepared for another fitful
night of sleep, White commanded everyone's attention
for an announcement.
"I'm asking that nobody go out in front anymore after
dark," he said. "It's just too dangerous."
E-mail Peter Fimrite at pfimrite@sfchronicle.com.
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/09/09/MNGIJEKPNJ1.DTL
Bush launches inquiry and puts himself in charge of it!
President George Bush's political agenda - indeed his very standing as his country's leader - was on the line as Congress returned yesterday with anger and embarrassment at the botched response to Hurricane Katrina stretching across normal party divides on Capitol Hill.
The next three months, political analysts say, could decide whether Mr Bush acquires premature "lame duck" status. It is essential he shows he is in command of the storm relief effort. Otherwise, they warn, his legislative plans, including further tax cuts, a contentious reform of immigration rules, and cuts in the Medicaid healthcare programme, will be in ruins.
As the country went back to work after the Labor Day holiday which traditionally signals the end of summer, the President was everywhere visible at the helm. After chairing a cabinet session, Mr Bush held talks with congressional leaders on the hurricane crisis, before meeting representatives of charities leading the relief effort.
The White House also announced that Vice-President Dick Cheney would travel to the region tomorrow - the latest in a procession of leading officials to inspect the devastation.
Mr Bush tried to distance himself from the blame game already in progress. "I'll lead an investigation of what went right and what went wrong," he insisted.
Even so, the President faces an uphill climb at best. Even before the hurricane struck, his approval ratings had slumped to under 45 per cent, the lowest of his presidency. New polls show that two-thirds of Americans believe the federal government, which he heads, was at fault, both before and after the disaster.
Senator Hillary Clinton, a probable presidential candidate for the Democrats in 2008, has urged the creation of a bipartisan blue-riband commission, similar to the bipartisan 9/11 panel, to examine the handling of the hurricane tragedy.
The petrol price increase in the wake of Katrina, from an average national level of $2.30 to more than $3 (£1.60) a gallon, is also menacing for the White House. Unless swiftly reversed, higher petrol costs will feed into prices across the economy. Most economists expect at least a temporary faltering in growth in the final quarter of the year.
"We must ensure that the national nightmare that was Katrina never happens again," said Joe Lieberman, the senior Democrat on the Senate's Government Affairs Committee which is planning hearings on the disaster. "My feelings went from concern to grief to anger, and then to embarrassment," Mr Lieberman said, expressing a sentiment shared by Republicans as well as Democrats.
The debacle has made a mockery of claims that a new and efficient system had been put in place after the 9/11 attacks to tackle national emergencies - of which a hurricane-provoked flood of New Orleans was near the top of every list.
Indeed, such is the frustration and anger on Capitol Hill that Mr Leiberman's inquiry will be only one of several to be held into the calamity. All are bound to bring fierce criticism of the government.
Barbara: 'Victims poor anyway'
Barbara Bush, the former first lady, courted controversy by pointing out that many of the people forced out of their homes by Hurricane Katrina "were underprivileged anyway". Mrs Bush, who joined her husband, George, on a tour of the Houston Astrodome, said: "And so many of the people in the arena here were underprivileged anyway, so this is working very well for them. What I'm hearing, which is sort of scary, is they all want to stay in Texas. Everyone is so overwhelmed by the hospitality."
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"Bureaucracy has murdered people in the greater New Orleans area.
And bureaucracy needs to stand trial before Congress today. So I'm
asking Congress, please investigate this now. Take whatever idiot
they have at the top of whatever agency and give me a better idiot.
Give me a caring idiot. Give me a sensitive idiot.
Just don't give me the same idiot."
...Aaron Broussard, president of Jefferson Parish, New Orleans
on CBS' "The Early Show."IDIOT AT THE TOP? HmmmmMOLON LABE!