When Prison Planet picked up my blog about the CFR, I felt like I had arrived. I'm still waiting for them to post this story. ;-)

But seriously, I know some people will ridicule us for perhaps reading too much into legal maneuvering like this (story above). At this point, I don't accept that criticism because what those people are really saying is, "When a dictatorship arrives in America, it will be sudden and obvious." I disagree.

The marvel of the corporate takeover is that it has taken decades to accomplish, and that it has done so by stealth and gradualism, not sudden and explicit seizure like a Third World coup d'etat. Sure, 9/11 was sudden and explicit, but 9/11 was just one part of an ongoing takeover. The rise of totalitarianism in America did not begin with 9/11; it was simply accelerated by 9/11.

It's still possible that parts of the Patriot Act and the Military Commissions Act will be repealed in the future, and that perhaps the above legislation is nothing more than a just-in-case scenario. Perhaps we will step away from the edge. But I am afraid that another 9/11-type event will convince enough Americans to accept total fascism. I am also convinced that the authoritarian psychopaths willing to go this far will have no problem going a little farther.

Vesa,

Anymore info you can share? Griffin as in DRG? What happened with Cuban?
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I was thinking about the "Mission Accomplished" banner today... They weren't lying... not at all... they accomplished THEIR mission...

Actually, it would be counter-intuitive to think that "continuity of government" and "shadow government" AREN'T one and the same. Have you seen the video clip where a senator brought up the topic to Oliver North and the chairman of the committee told him to shut up about it? It would be extremely STUPID, let alone naive to believe that these aren't interrelated.
Continuity of government is the euphemism for a Martial Law dictatorial police state no longer working in the "shadows". Let's try connecting a few dots. Shit, in this case, the dots are already connected for you!

is the term used by the Washington Post.

Maybe that's just psyops, meant to provoke. I don't know.

It goes back to Rex-84, which was exposed by the Miami Herald in the wake of the Iran-Contra scandal. It is indeed the blueprint for a martial takeover, under the auspices of FEMA (which was not formed to deal with natural disasters, etc., as the current MSM would have us believe, but rather a national security state military endeavor). Wasn't it quietly announced shortly after 9/11 that CoG had been implemented? Has it ever been reversed?

I believe "Continuity of Government" was originally called "Change of Government," by the way. Just a small Orwellian flick of the pen...

It seems doughnut and Real Truther are schilling for an obvious consolidation of government powers. For these bloggers who seem to be skeptical in other areas, it is lame to see you apologizing for another looming step toward fascism. If we are 'Real Truthers'.....why would we assume such good intentions from those leaders who have shown us that they are CRIMINALS and MURDERER'S. Like someone else said...Read Rex-84, Read the de-classified evidence, look on google maps and see the FEMA camps....Then come and talk to us. Remember the John Warner Defense Authorization.......Hello.....

"In the end the elites want stability and economic productivity that makes them wealthy."

Are You KIDDING ME??? Have you heard of Joseph Stiglitz. How about Francis Boyle? Or read Leo Strauss's On Tyranny. For the Straussian Neo-Con's at least, the goal is total economic de-stabilization and a revolution so devastating that it takes all of man-kind to a cave man era level of technology (what Strauss calls the primitive horde)....

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of these things because of course you never know, and of course some of these folks are capable of anything. My problem is that the timing of this story makes it necessary to put the brakes on too much doomsaying. Bush et al are in trouble. The dems and even reps in congress can breathe a little now because they know they have HIM on the ropes, but they also know that WE are closing in on THEM. Question is, as we apply the pressure, what is going to be the response? Are we really going to see someone go for broke and do something that might seem crazy but that we can’t discount the possibility of? I just don’t get that sense. In the end the elites want stability and economic productivity that makes them wealthy. In the end they know that they are not at risk of having their castles stormed, because, well, we’re not that kind of mob. Some might say it is pointless to make demands or even threats, but I disagree. I think we should very carefully be sending the message that we are ready for anything they might try, so that they better be careful not to overplay their hand. We aren’t a disaffected minority—we are just the first few people to wake up to something that many more are going to very soon. This story could mean anything, but I don’t think it changes anything about how we should best approach our job which is and has always been to peacefully, responsibly, and effectively continue to raise awareness. To do that we have to keep cool heads and not come across as “the end is nigh” types. Just well informed, pleasant fellow citizens doing the best in a difficult situation.

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