As this is a rather long diary I will make the introduction brief. What is considered fiction by many is happening right now and though the story in this diary is no great literary masterpiece like Orwell's 1984 what is today fiction will soon be reality. The final act to destroy this nation and republic has been introduced by a so called "blue dog Democrat" (those are her words on her web site) and sadly not only unoppossed by our so called ActBlue dems but in some cases supported by them.
Scary bedtime reading so make sure the lights are on.....
In a small nameless town somewhere in America's heartland Joe Patriot, 15 years old walked home from the bus stop after a long day of classes, and a frustrating run in with his high school civics's teacher. Not to mention he had just found out Mary Changealot, his girl friend of two months had been kissing one of the linebackers on the school's football team. So much for never ending love. Needless to say, it hadn't been a Hallmark day. So caught up in his sulking, Joe failed to notice the dark blue sedan and three black SUV's with tinted windows parked along the street next to his house. Mindless of his enviorment like so many teens caught in the throws of teenage rejected love, Joe tossed his book bag towards the sofa as he made his way to the kitchen, not noticing the fellow in a bush jacket and kakee pants. Nor did he hear the rapid scraping of chairs and hushed voices coming from the kitchen. He heard his mother call out to him her voice noticeably strained, and upon entering the kitchen he found himself slamed face first to the cold linoleum floor, his hands and arms painfully twisted behind his back as handcuffs are clamped about both wrists. Somewhere he hears his mothers voice "my boy ain't one of those, he's a good boy and an Honor Roll student. Let him go!"
As he's lifted to his feet the first words out of his mouth are "what the fuck?" "See just like I told you, damn revolutionary and dangerous too! Almost hit me with his book bag!" This voice Joe knew to well as the kakkee pants strode into the kitchen. "Mr. Doowrong what are you doing here?" "As if you didn't know" the high school civics's teacher responded. "Your threats today in class led to this just as I warned you they would, and you still wouldn't retract those threats against this government. I warned you!"
Joe's mother wailed mournfully from the corner, "Oh Joe honey did you really say that? Tell them you are sorry, I know you didn't mean that!" Thinking back through a jumble of flash memories of that day Joe tried to pin point something but all thoughts seem to elude him. "Joe" his mother softly said between sobs, "did you really advocate the revolutionary over throw of this government certified lawfully by our Supreme Court?" Suddenly like a blaze of lightening illuminating the darkest cloud filled night Joe saw what this was all about. Turning to his civics's teacher Joe said, "what the hell are you claiming Mr. Doowrong? This isn't Nazi Germany or Stalin's Russia you really are a dumb ass, you can't do this to an American citizen". His teacher smiled grimly, "ahh Joe I'm afraid you are wrong, guess that's why I am the teacher and you the student. Besides, I am on the Commission createdby the passage of HR 1955back in 2007 and it is my duty to this country to seek out revolutionaries like you for the good of our nation."
"How am I a revolutionary? shouts Joe. "Quoting our Founding Fathers get's me detained and whatever? That's why I mentioned those quotes from Thomas Jeffersonin the first place! Because of crap like this happening all over this country, just because a few Saudi terrorists crashed a couple of planes into a building?" "They won was all I said looking at the way people have reacted since that and now the government so concerned about protecting us it now controls us? That's what Jefferson meant. I thought you knew civics Mr. Doowrong, that's how you got your job isn't it?" Mr. Doowrong looks coldly at young Joe and remarks, "yes son I DO know civics and because of that I was appointed to our local Commission".
"So quoting Thomas Jefferson's opinion on government that suppresses people's rights makes me dangerous? All I did was try to support my argument in what I thought was a learning enviorment and my right to free speech guarunteed." Thomas Jefferson did say that;
"Single acts of tyranny may be ascribed to the accidental opinion of a day; but a series of oppressions, begun at a distinguished period and pursued unalterably through every change of ministers, too plainly prove a deliberate, systematic plan of reducing [a people] to slavery." --Thomas Jefferson: Rights of British America, 1774. (*) ME 1:193, Papers 1:125
and then he said;
"If ever there was a holy war, it was that which saved our liberties and gave us independence." --Thomas Jefferson to John Wayles Eppes, 1813. ME 13:430
"See there you go twisting the words of one of our Founding Father's into something only a radical jihadist would say!" Joe slowly sags in the arms of two burly men wear a Blackwater patch. "It's on the internet you can check it out Mr. Doowrong, I didn't twist anything". "The internet! Everybody knows that the internet gives folks"access to broad and constant streams of terrorist-related propaganda" ! "Take him away" Mr. Doowrong orders. Joe cries out his final plea to his mother as he is dragged harshly to the nearest SUV, "But mom, you said it couldn't happen here! You said dad died in Iraq and grandad died in Vietnam so we could speak freely!" The door of the SUV slams shut and Joe is unable to hear his mother's whispered reply, "our republic died there to with your father".
This is a long post I realize, obviously, and my story though no great literary masterpiece is obviously fictional. Or is it? HR-1955 passed October 27, 2007 quietly and under the radar with no publicity, no commentary, no fanfare. The rules were suspended to cut debate short (and avoid public scrutiny), it needed a two thirds majority vote and passed easily 404 yeas, 6 nays. There are those today that may not have heard of Sen. Joseph McCarthy and the infamous McCarthy hearingsof the 1950's. What is so relevant to today is an interesting parable. Sen. McCarthy was a Republican from the state of Wisconsin. His tirade that destroyed many innocent Americans was born out of fear just like today with the bill introduced by a Democratic Congress woman from California, Jane Harmon. The bill has not yet passed the Senate, but it has been introduced as SR 1959, sponsored by none other then Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME).
I first heard about this legislation tonight on the Randi Rhodes Show and did my research. Randi has a good portion of her web page devoted to this bill with the key nightmare provisions set aside. Read it! Then phone and write your Senator's. You can get that contact information here. With the passage of the Patriot Act and Protect America Act which soon may be passed into law, coupled with this Administration's numerous violation of the Constitution and resolutions signed by George Bush that give him dictator's powers are out of control. Needless to say the Democratic Congress voted in November 2006 has failed to follow any mandate given to them by the voters. Instead they have further eroded the Bill of Rights and Constitution, which I am sure none of them have read or if they did, failed to understand it. If they do understand it then their betrayal of Office is that much worse. What I find alarming and causes me more grief then anything is that many so called ActBlue dems supported this bill or failed to try to ing it into the open. Folks it can and has happened here. At this point I am hoping tat both Republicans and Independents will catch wind of this and express their outrage too. We all most. What the hell does it take to open this Nation's eyes?
Crossposted from idealthoughts