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Great, now we’re all subversives. If this was the Left the cable bobbing heads of CNN and MSNBC would be howling. If this had happened during the Bush years it would have been an all out frenzy not unlike the adoration they shed on Obama who incidently would be responsible for the FBI being unleashed on law abiding, taxpaying Americans.

FBI spied on TEA Party Americans

According to this unimpeachable source, a single-page confidential directive issued by the FBI headquarters in Washington, DC (FBIHQ) was sent to each of the 56 field offices located across the United States on or about March 23, 2009, instructing the Special Agents in Charge (SACs) of those offices to verify the date, time and location of each TEA Party within their region and supply that information to FBI headquarters in Washington. The source stated this correspondence termed the TEA parties “political demonstrations,� and added that the dissemination of the directive was very tightly controlled. “Not all agents were privy to this correspondence,� stated the source, who compared the dissemination to an older “Do Not File� classification.

In addition to obtaining or confirming the location and time of each “demonstration,� each field office was instructed to obtain or confirm the identity of the individual(s) involved in the actual planning and coordination of the event in each specific region, and include the local or regional Internet web site address, if any. The information collected by region was then reportedly sent to FBI Headquarters.

The source alleges that a second directive was issued on or about April 6, 2009 that reportedly instructed each SAC to coordinate and conduct, either at the field office level and/or with the appropriate resident agency, covert video surveillance and data collection of the participants of the TEA parties. Surveillance was to be performed from “discreet fixed or mobile positions� and was to be performed “independently and outside of the purview of local law enforcement.�

This must be Obama’s way of paying back all non-Obama voters.

Obama, DHS, FBI, Tea Party surveillance

Just when you think MAYBE, just MAYBE Tennessee would be able to move away from the boot of big government, Republicans pull this kind of big brother legislation. There are too many possibilities of abuse with this kind of control.

TN Senate Approves Highway Speed Cameras

The Tennessee state Senate Transportation Committee on Tuesday voted 9-0 to authorize the use of speed cameras in so-called “work zones� on interstate highways. The vote was unusual in that state Senator Tim Burchett (R-Knoxville) presented his legislation as if it would prohibit the use of speed cameras, even though the actual legislative text has the opposite effect. “The amendment basically just says surveillance cameras shall not be permitted on federal interstate highways,� Burchett explained to the committee. “Except for department of transportation designated work zones.�

The exception grants permission to any local or state governmental entity to deploy speed cameras anywhere on an interstate highway where a sign designates construction work, regardless of whether any workers are actually present. This is not the first time that Burchett, with the support of Committee Chairman Jim Tracy (R-Shelbyville), has promoted photo enforcement while saying that he is personally opposed to it. Last year Burchett offered a bill that authorized the widespread use of red light cameras and speed cameras throughout the state. The bill became law on July 1, 2008.

In discussing the freeway camera bill in committee, Senators Mae Beavers (R-Mt. Juliet), Ken Yager (R-Harriman) and Doug Jackson (D-Dickson) expressed interest in amending the bill so that it banned speed cameras on state highways, but Burchett and Tracy blocked attempts to change the bill. Tracy said that the issue was “complicated� and that the committee would consider bills addressing the question in the near future.

“Well, point out which lobbyist is opposed,� Jackson said, jokingly.

Next Tuesday, the committee is scheduled to discuss Senate Bill 768 which, as currently written, would strike a blow to the use of red light cameras by requiring photo-enforced intersections to have a yellow time of no less than five seconds. Provisions mandating longer yellows in Georgia and Ohio have eliminated eighty percent of violations in cities that complied with the law. Senate Bill 1502 would have had the same effect before the chairman’s amendment turned the bill into an authorization of work zone cameras.

Tennessee General Assembly 2009
Senate Bill No. 1502 / House Bill No. 1202

By deleting all of the language after the enacting clause and by substituting instead the following:

SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 55-8-198, is amended by adding a new subsection thereto, as follows:

(e) Surveillance cameras shall not be permitted on federal interstate highways except for department of transportation designated work zones.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.

Let’s see, how could TN DOT abuse this legislation? Will work zones now be 100 miles long? Will this work zone fine apply when no workers are present? What private company will receive this contract? What Lobbyist is pushing for this legislation and how much and who has received donations from this lobbyist? What is going to be the percentage of revenue between the state and the private company?

Tennessee State Senate Transportation Committee

Committee Officers: Jim Tracy (R- Distr 16 Chair), Steve Southerland (R- Distr 1) (Vice Chair), Tim Barnes (D, Distr. 22 Secretary)

Committee Members: Mae Beavers (R- Distr 17), Andy Berke (D- Distr 10), Lowe Finney (D- Distr 27), Dolores Gresham (R- Distr 26), Doug Jackson (D- Distr 25), Ken Yager (R- Distr 12)

TN SB 1502, TN HB 1202, Red light cameras, Tn Sen Tim Burchett R-Knox, Tn Sen Jim Tracy R-Shelb, Tn Sen Mae Beavers R-Mt Jul, Tn Sen Ken Yager R-Harri, Tn Sen Doug Jackson D-Dicks, Tn Sen Dolores Gresham R-Somerv, Tn Sen Lowe Finney D-Jacks, Tn Sen Andy Berke D-Chatt, Tn Sen Steve Southerland R-Morris, Tn Sen Tim Barnes D-Adams

Missouri HP isn’t looking for illegal aliens, nor is it looking for terrorists. They’re looking for domestic militia based on nothing more than bumpers stickers you might have on your vehicle! Apparently some government entity did a study and came up (seems to be out of thin air) that any vehicle that has a bumper sticker for Libertarians or Ron Paul or Bob Barr points to militia involvement.

From the Libertarian Party – Missouri Libertarian Party Condemns Missouri Highway Patrol Training Document as Political Profiling

An internal document designed for law enforcement education purposes inaccurately and dangerously implies that among the indicators of possible involvement in extremist, militant militia activity is support for the Libertarian Party. This memo and its findings are potentially dangerous to both the people of Missouri and to our system of free political speech.

The memo claims that membership in, among other groups, the Libertarian Party and/or the display of what it calls “political paraphernalia� in support of the party or its 2008 presidential nominee (former US Congressman Bob Barr) could be an indicator that someone is involved in a “militant militia�.

This is a serious assault on the 1st Amendment and a free society. They start with the Libertarians and then what’s next?  These?

Bumper stickers found at Patriot Depot

I heard about this story on Rush’s show this morning.

political profiling, missouri highway patrol, libertarian, ron paul, bob barr, militias

Anybody hear anything about this? No? Didn’t think so.

U.S. Army Puts Soldiers on the Street in Alabama in Response to Shootings

From Reuters: “U.S. Army soldiers from Ft. Rucker patrol the downtown area of Samson, Alabama after a shooting spree March 10, 2009.�

The U.S. Army dispatched soldiers to patrol the streets of Samson, Alabama, a small southern town where a rampaging gunman killed 10 people on Tuesday. This obvious violation of the Posse Comitatus Act prohibiting the federal uniformed services from exercising state and local law enforcement was completely ignored by the corporate media with the exception of Reuters and the London Telegraph (see photo and video).

snip…..In early 2006, the 109th Congress passed a bill containing controversial provisions granting the president the ability to use federal troops inside the United States in emergency situations. These changes (in Section 1076) were included in the John Warner Defense Appropriation Act for Fiscal Year 2007.

In 2008, Congress restored many of the earlier limitations on the president’s ability to deploy troops within the United States, but Bush issued a signing statement indicating he was not bound by the changes.

Read how the British media is using this as an anti gun propaganda hit piece.

Samson AL, Shooting, Posse Comitatus Act, Army, John Warner Defense Appropriation Act 2007

From Texas State Senator Dan Patrick:

Texas State Senator, Dan Patrick, was on FoxNews this morning at 8:45am. He said he had some “breaking news to share�. Boy was it!!! The Texas State Legislature had been trying very hard to get the Obama Administration to respond to a critical situation on the Texas Border. The Administration had not gotten back with Texas as of last night. So the State of Texas told Washington D.C. basically they could go jump, and “we’ll take care of Texas!�. As of last night… the Texas National Guard has been put on High Alert!!! This is the first time in history! Texas tried, desperately to get Washington’s approval… but when they could not get it… they acted on their own. Which I say…. it’s about damn time!!! I personally applaud the guts it took to defy the Fed’s and act in our best interest! In case you are unaware of what the problems are …. Sen. Dan Patrick spelled it out nicely!

1) 100’s of PRO-DRUG CARTEL Mexicans were blocking the entrance to the United States, yesterday and today, banging cars, shouting and holding signs. 10 people were killed Wed. and 12 more yesterday at the border (5 of which were children!!!)
2) They aren’t sure … but they think the Drug Cartel is paying the demonstrators to do what they’re doing.
3) This will spill over into the States! Mr. Patrick, and the other State officials,. are convinced that road-side bombs and car bombs will make it across the border and WILL NOT allow that to happen!!
4) Mexico is breaking out in Civil War in the western part of the border and they expect it to spread the entire border with no end in sight.
5) The National Guard will be activated as the scenario worsens and is on Alert now and will remain so until (and IF) Washington does something to end the danger on the border (Yeah… like that’s gonna happen!).

Glenn Beck’s 2014 scenario could be happening sooner than expected! There’s more info from a Feb. 12th appearance on Fox News by Sen. Dan Patrick.

Here’s Glenn Beck’s special from Feb. 20th on Fox News:

Glenn Beck’s ‘War Room’ – Worst-Case Scenario Part 1

Glenn Beck’s ‘War Room’ – Worst-Case Scenario Part 2

Glenn Beck’s ‘War Room’ – Worst-Case Scenario Part 3

Let’s hope that DHS Secretary Napolitano get’s her head out of her butt to stop focusing on the US northern border!

Border violence, Tx Natl Guard, Glenn Beck, War Room, Mexico, drug cartels, narco state, DHS Secr Napolitano

You can see the tell tale signs of creeping Sharia Law (Islamic law)through lawsuits and demands made by Muslims in America on an almost daily basis. Whether it’s the Somali Muslim cabdrivers (Mpls.,MN) who refuse to pick up fares who have been consuming alcohol to disabled people with a service canine or it could be something like Muslims demanding foot baths in a public building, it’s the incremental creep of imposing Sharia Law in the US. (Other examples, here, here, here, here, here and here (I could go on with the links).

Last year Stephen Coughlin (a Pentagon specialist on Islamic law and extremism)was fired because of Muslim officials in the Pentagon who opposed his work. You’d think there was no threat in the US from Islamists in this country.

This week in Shelbyville, TN a man by the name of John Guandolo gave a presentation to the Bedford County EMA. Guandolo is a former FBI agent who worked in the bureau’s Counterterrorism Division and is an expert on Al Qaeda and the Muslim Brotherhood and their infiltration in the US. John Guandolo and Stephen Coughlin now work together in advising and briefing law enforcement about the Islamic threat here in the US.

From Brian Mosely at The Shelbyville Times:

Every major Muslim organization is controlled by the Muslim Brotherhood, the former FBI agent said, which he said was formed to overthrow America and establish Islamic law.

“They’re having great success of implementing Shariah law, I could give you a thousand examples,” Guandolo said.

He said small concessions like installing foot baths, and colleges forced to have separate swimming times for Islamic men and women so not to offend Muslims, are other parts of the strategy.

But Guandolo said that federal leadership is reluctant to act against these Islamic organizations due to political correctness and the threats of lawsuits.

He said that Muslim groups will demand concessions on matters by saying, “You have to do this; you have to do this or I will be offended.”

“The solution to this is you,” Guandolo said. “If you are looking to DHS, the FBI and Congress to solve this … you’re going to be woefully disappointed.”

He said that FBI agents in the field “are working good cases,” but that the FBI leadership “is unwilling to do what the agents are asking them to do, which is to pony up and use some courage and start stepping on these people.”

He also tells us that the documentary “Homegrown Jihad:The terrorist Camps Around the US” produced by the Christian Action Network (CAN) claims there is a camp near Dover,TN which is run by a group called Jamaat ul-Fuqra (aka America as Muslims of America). Responses to inquiries from Mosely to federal and local law enforcement regarding this allegation has been zilch, none, zero.

Citizens have a right to know of potential threats, ignoring or pretending that the issue doesn’t exist only promotes and emboldens these Islamists in their efforts to push Sharia Law little by little until it’s too late.

Islam, Creeping Sharia, Sharia Law, Stephen Coughlin, John Guandolo, Muslim Brotherhood, Homegrown Jihad, CAN, Jamaat ul-Fuqra, DHS, FBI, Pentagon

This story is pretty darn amazing considering 1: Wisconsin is an open carry state 2: This man was on his own property. Brad Krause was on his property planting a tree, he had his firearm holstered in sight, a neighbor saw the firearm and called the police. The police not knowing what to do (why I don’t know) approached him with their firearms directed at Mr. Krause and arrested him (while on his own property) for disorderly conduct.

The over reach of government is simply astounding here. This man had to go to court blah blah blah.

Brad Krause West Allis Wisconsin Open Carry Case – Feb 17 Hearing Results

For a quick rundown, WI is an open carry state. Brad was on his property planting a tree, and was wearing a holstered firearm in plain sight. A neighbor calle West Allis police asking about the legality of open carry. The result was two squads being dispatched and BRad being drawn on by two officers, handcuffed for 45 minutes whiel the police tried to figure out what to charge him with (as open carry is the only legal way to carry in WI). They charged him with disorderly conduct and confiscated his weapon and holster.

The trial sounds like something from Mayberry RFD even though Krause was found not guilty. Apparently additional litigation is expected. Great place to live that West Allis, WI!

Brad Krause, West Allis Wi, Municipal Judge Paul Murphy, Open Carry Case

Considering the over reach of the Democrat Congress and the Obami many states are looking to remind the Federal Government the sovereignty of individual states. The latest egregious example is the ‘punish S.C. Governor Mark Sanford Amendment’ to the just passed Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (stimuless bill). This amendment is meant to force any governors who might not want partake in the Generational Theft Act by the Dhimmicrats. In January the Dhimmicrats and the Obami reauthorized and expanded the SCHIP program which will be a burden for states with more unfunded mandates.

From Michelle Malkin:

It’s an obvious end-run around the authority of South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, the outspoken GOP fiscal conservative who has staunchly opposed the behemoth federal package.

Read it:

SEC. 1607. (a) CERTIFICATION BY GOVERNOR — Not later than 45 days after the date of enactment of this Act, for funds provided to any State or agency thereof, the Governor of the State shall certify that: 1) the State request and use funds provided by this Act , and; 2) funds be used to create jobs and promote economic growth.

(b) ACCEPTANCE BY STATE LEGISLATURE — If funds provided to any State in any division of this Act are not accepted for use by the Governor, then acceptance by the State legislature, by means of the adoption of a concurrent resolution, shall be sufficient to provide funding to such State.

A number of states are looking to reclaim the 10th Amendment of the Bill of Rights.

Redstate has a posting on The New American Revolution!

Most informed citizens know the Bill of Rights has ten amendments; nowadays, though, not much attention is paid to the Tenth Amendment. You remember, the one that says,

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

Most folks these days don’t know that’s in the Constitution—but then, to all intents and purposes, our government doesn’t either. (The same is true of the Ninth Amendment, which declares, “The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.�)

Now, however, we have the first sign in a very long time that that might be about to change. If Congress won’t recognize the proper sphere of sovereignty of the states, some of the states are thinking about standing up to claim it for themselves. States with bills on the books (From RS Comments):

* Washington – HJM4009 – 2009-10 first reading 01/30/09
* New Hampshire – HCR6 (2009) first public hearing 02/05/09
* Arizona – HCR2024 first reading 02/05/09; second reading 02/09/09; before gov’t committee 02/17/09
* Montana – HB246 (primarily relates to protection of firearms from federal regulation); introduced 01/13/09; referred to committee and first reading 01/14/09; committee hearing 01/22/09; amended bill passed committee 12-6 on 02/12/09
* Michigan – HCR0004 (2009) introduced and referred to committee 01/22/09
* Missouri – HR212 (in addition to usual declaration of sovereignty under 10th amendment, urges rejection of FOCA); offered 01/22/09; public hearing 02/04/09; bill no longer on calendar; replaced by HR294 (which is strictly a rejection of FOCA; adopted 02/11/09) and HCR 13 (sovereignty bill; last action was a public hearing on 02/10/09; may need public outcry to get it out of committee)
* Oklahoma – HJR1003 (similar to bill filed last year which passed House but was not considered in Senate); (due to an amazingly lousy government web site, I can’t find out anything more on this bill. The bill tracker has no listings for 2009; neither do the House and Senate calendars. If I were a citizen of this state I’d be making some phone calls.)
* California – SJR44 adopted in Senate 08/15/94; adopted in Assembly 08/23/94; filed with Secretary of State 08/29/94.
* Georgia – SR308 first read 03/10/95; looks like they never got this bill past the reading stage

The Republican Liberty Caucus also talks about reclamation efforts by states:

You may not have heard much about it, but there’s a quiet movement afoot to reassert state sovereignty and stop the uncontrolled expansion of federal government power. Almost half of the state legislatures are currently considering or have representatives preparing to introduce resolutions to reassert the principles of the 9th and 10th Amendments and the idea that federal power is strictly limited to specific areas detailed in the Constitution and that all other governmental authority rests with the states.

snip…..The text of the bill proposed in Arizona makes the clearest statement of the intent to block unfunded mandates:

“That this Resolution serves as notice and demand to the federal government, as our agent, to cease and desist, effective immediately, mandates that are beyond the scope of these constitutionally delegated powers.�

and

“That all compulsory federal legislation that directs states to comply under threat of civil or criminal penalties or sanctions or requires states to pass legislation or lose federal funding be prohibited or repealed.

What this movement is most similar to is the Nullification Crisis of 1832 where the State of South Carolina asserted that it had the right to nullify the authority of federal laws within its borders. In this case the states are not asserting anything as broad as the Doctrine of Nullification, but are merely reasserting the limits which the 10th Amendment places on federal authority, specifically as it applies to spending, the idea being that they don’t have to pay for federal mandates if their legislators choose not to.

Congress is even over reaching into local government policing through the Dept of Homeland Security (from Free Republic/NYT):

Members of Congress asked the Justice and Homeland Security Departments on Friday to investigate accusations that the sheriff who presides over the Phoenix metropolitan area has engaged in a pattern of racial profiling and other abuses against Latino residents.

Four members of the House Judiciary Committee, including the chairman, John Conyers Jr., Democrat of Michigan, raised of concerns about the sheriff, Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County.

Sheriff Arpaio, a publicity magnet who is a hero to those who campaign against illegal immigration and a pariah to immigration advocates, brushed off the requests as political high jinks.

To many Dhimmicrats enforcing laws is racist. Members of the committee who think they should also be governing local government are Chairman John Conyers (MI), Zoe Lofgren (CA), Jerrold Nadler (NY) and Robert Scott (VA). These crack whores of Congress who are addicted to power think arresting criminals and jailing them is racist!

Guess these states better not wait too long though, the Dhimmicrats have already plunged the country into socialism and I figure we are at about stage 6 (out of 10). Their addiction to power has overwhelmed them and they know there’s still a whole year left for them to centralize the government and plunge the country into a decade long depression.

Barack Hussein Obama, Democrats, Generational Theft Act, Recovery and Reinvestment Bill of 2009, HR1, Stimulus bill, socialism, states rights, Mark Sanford amendment, 10th Amendment, Sheriff Joe Arpaio

Coincidence that Hot Air has this story on kidnappings in Phoenix after my previous posting on the homeowner attack by Hispanic men.

According to ABC News, the use of kidnapping by Mexican drug cartels for ransom and revenge has spread beyond the Rio Grande and into Arizona — and the federal government has done nothing to stop it. Phoenix has become the second-worst city in the world for kidnappings, right behind Mexico City, with brutal dismemberments for those abductees who do not get ransomed quickly enough:

Good thing Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano (former Governor of AZ) thinks that the Canadian border is the greatest threat!

Phoenix AZ, kidnapping capital, immigration, Mexico, drug cartels, Janet Napolitano, DHS, Canada threat

Here’s a video from the homeowner’s surveillance video of an attack on his home by 4 Hispanic men. With the invasion of the United States by the Mexican drug cartels this situation could move north and east. [sarcasm on]Of course, I could just be blowing this all out of proportion, extrapolating something that’s not there. [sarcasm off]

Badass Homeowner Fires Back at M16 AR15 Wielding Robbers

A Tuscon homeowner sees several intruders armed with M-16s and AR-15s entering his property. Amazingly, he barricades himself inside, grabs a nearby weapon and gives the bastards the surprise of a lifetime.

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When is the US going to have security deployed to the southern border. And I mean US Troops to protect their own homeland.

Mexico, drug cartels, immigration, home invasion, Tuscon AZ