http://www.easternecho.com The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 is a bill said to strip Americans of their basic constitutional rights. en-us Gryphon 2.3.1-dsw (pewabic)/Foundry5 Thu, 15 Dec 2011 15:49:57 -0500 webmaster@easternecho.com http://www.easternecho.com/index.php/comment/view/3199 ROTC Cadet Hendley is an idiot. According to him, “It is to allow certain military intelligence services to run operations on U.S. soil.” This is patently unconstitutional and a violation of the Posse Commitatus Act unless significant legal gymnastics are employed. The law will be thrown out upon its first challenge to the Supreme Court of the US. The last thing this country needs is for the lunatics running the military to have anything to do with law enforcement at any level when it comes to US citizens and permanent residents. They are incapable of fair and equitable treatment of civilians without constant adult supervision with consequences. See the Abu Ghrab incident for details. SGT, IN, ABN, MTN, OEF 2010. Wed, 14 Dec 2011 22:45:40 -0500 http://www.easternecho.com/index.php/comment/view/3199 http://www.easternecho.com/index.php/comment/view/3203 You are absolutely right, John. But in all fairness, he is probably “average” intelligence by the standards of most of today’s youth— who quite literally have never heard of either Karl or Groucho Marx. They are “text message literate” at best. Either way, we are in one hell of a fix. We can either vote for fascist corporatist Obama in 2012, or which ever flake the Republicans wind up offering us as a supposed alternative. That or join the “occupy” forces. Some choices, eh? Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:32:03 -0500 http://www.easternecho.com/index.php/comment/view/3203 http://www.easternecho.com/index.php/comment/view/3215 After three tours in Iraq, Matt Hendley has obviously been affected by his experiences, and now thinks that he should be “the decider”. Patrick, there is not much difference between the two parties, both are beholding to the new “people” on the block, the corporations. I say join the “occupy” forces. Btw, I recently got word that the portion about citizens and perminent residences will NOT be a part of the Defense Bill, so some good news. Thu, 15 Dec 2011 15:49:57 -0500 http://www.easternecho.com/index.php/comment/view/3215