Fascism in America: What has it been like?
Mosaic theory is an excuse to rationalize RNC fascism.
Fascism under the RNC needs to be subjected to 42 USC 1983 claims. The National Security Letters need to be called what they are: Unconstitutional.
See: Pozen, David E., "The Mosaic Theory, National Security, and the Freedom of Information Act" . Yale Law Journal, Vol. 115, No. 3, 2005 http://ssrn.com/abstract=820326
Many days from now, when memories are short, some will wonder what it was like to live under fascism.
In short, it’s non-sense. Logic goes out the window.
The original constitution [OC] is one that observes the following assumptions:
The OC also had the following assumptions, which were called Amendments, but were long ignored:
The fascists threw all this away with the national security letters. We no longer have an original constitution.
42 USC 1983 Claims are contingent upon the individual proving that the rights were clearly established.
It remains to be understood how many people who have been issued a national security letter will bring 42 USC 1983 claims against the specific law enforcement agents, corporate management, and government officials.
Arguably, those who are issuing National Security Letters are doing so in a manner that violates the constitution. Yet, the public has no information to maintain confidence in the fascists.
We see no evidence before us that states that a “promise to keep quiet about a national security letter” is enforceable – rather, it does nothing but ensure that arguably unlawful violations of the constitution continue.
We see no evidence that a “promise to keep quiet about arguably unlawful, unconstitutional conduct” is enforceable.
We see no difference between the “public discussions of the Bush-Blair discussion of bombing Al Jazeera.” Why would the UK court submit to US pressure, and not permit a public airing of the transcripts?
Why are Americans required to follow a “requirement” that they keep quiet about government, corporate, and law enforcement conduct that arguably:
No answer from the fascists.
The important thing to remember about the original Constitution -- that still exists, although it is ignored – was the idea that we would be free from tyranny and a police state.
In theory, there would be a reasonable check on power; and that the public was presumed to be innocent until proven guilty.
The problem with living in a fascist state is that the public is currently presumed to be guilty:
If people are to “not be informed of what they are or are not doing” and how that relates to the law, then what basis is there to assert they are free?
Nobody is free if they are monitored, but their conduct is not publicly compared to a clear standard that is understandable. That is arbitrary.
A police state exists when all are presumed guilty and “not worthy” of being informed of the laws, rules, and indicators that would subject them to increased police intrusions.
The courts state that one cannot rely on speculative damages or future harm in order for the court to act. Yet, the National Security Letters and government intrusions are conditioned on that very premise: Speculation.
No answers from the fascists.
Have you ever heard of a corporation being tortured?
That’s absurd. Yet, the corporations, despite it not being an individual, asserts it has the right “as an individual” to be free from government intrusion.
No answers from the fascists.
The idea of the laws is to provide guides. Then we can live in harmony. It is a separate issue whether others follow those laws.
What is curious, living under fascism in the United States is how the state, in its desire to impose order, fails to communicate what the rules are.
National Security Letters get issued, but the fascists state that they cannot “give away” the information that might “tip off” others.
No answer from the fascists.
The idea of the rules is to inform people of what are appropriate ways to behave.
No answer from the fascists.
One of the ideas of “publishing the rules” is so that people can follow them.
But the fascists like to have secret rules; then detain people and issue national security letters without letting them know what is wrong.
The fascists answer: “We don’t want to let the terrorists know. . . “
So, let’s consider this: What exactly do the fascists not want the public to know?
At one point, there were allegedly 10,000 AlQueda running around; but they’ve issued over 30,000 National Security Letters. That means that there are at least three-times as many NSLs out than there are specifically identified-accused-assumed people linked.
This means that the number of NSLs is unrelated to a specific number which the government has admitted is speculation.
That is arbitrary.
That is arguably not constitutional.
If someone says, “We can’t talk about the indicators related to that activity,” how is anyone supposed to learn “what is the right thing to do?”
The fascists counter, “We can’t tell you want the indicators are, because that would tip off the bad people.”
This incorrect presumes that only bad-people read the statutes with the intent to ignore them; yet what about the innocent people who are simply hoping to go about their lawful business “without having unreasonable intrusions?”
No answer from the fascists.
The idea of the law is to inform people of what they are supposed to do, not do, or how to help them stay out of trouble.
In short, the law is there to guide people.
But what use is a government, when it fails to inform people of what they need to do to “not get into trouble”?
The fascists have no answer.
They want to communicate to the public saying, “We are here to protect you,” but they cannot be specific with:
These are the conditions that are no different than for the Iraqis. The American approach, to the same problems facing America, has failed in Iraq.
Why should we believe that the fascist approach, which self-evidently doesn’t work in Iraq, should be believed as something ‘that works” under equally dubious information:
A government which fails to communicate fails to govern.
No answers form the fascists.
One of the ideas of the rule of law is to ensure that people live in harmony; and that the benefits of living under that system self-evidently justify public support for that system.
Yet, today, we are asked to be quiet about the national security letters.
It makes no sense to assert, without proof, that there are speculative benefits related to unconstitutional conduct.
But the fascists have no other option. They cannot point to specifics. They can only point to a speculative threat.
This is the very system which the Iraqis have been subjected, and that approach has failed in Iraq.
Why is America worried about “ensuring the rule of law prevails in Iraq” yet the rule of law, when practiced at home, is the basis to detain someone?
No answer from the fascists.
The idea of the rule of law is to guide behavior.
Now the fascists want to keep the rules secret. “We can’t talk about the National Security Letters.”
On the contrary, what lawful foundation exists to justify secrecy about conduct that is arguably unlawful?
The fascist have no answer; they have not proven that the law mandating secrecy is constitutional.
It is one thing to argue for secrecy about a grand jury proceeding.
But it is a separate matter to demand there be absolutely no discussion about the fruits of those proceedings:
We have no information from the fascists.
But we are supposed to remain confident in the system that imposes silence, but demands loyalty.
Why are we loyalty to fascists?
There is a difference between the Original constitution – which these fascists ignore, and are arguably subject to under 42 USC 1983 – and the existing non-sense prattled around as if it were constitutional.
The idea of the rule of law is to tell people, in advance, what the rules are.
The fascists argue that we can’t talk about indicators.
If the innocent are doing something that is potentially unlawful, but it is not actually unlawful, why can’t we talk about that?
One cannot simply assert there is a list of indicators, but no crime.
Yet, the fascists want to point to their list of indicators as the excuse to be silent.
To argue that this nation “cannot have a public trial” as it would “give away the information to someone else that we can’t point to” is an excuse for a police state.
The “enemy” [whoever they are, if they exist] already know what they’re doing.
It is clear the fascist know what they’re doing: Ignoring the constitution.
Why is it not OK to talk about what is actually going on:
But the fascists don’t want to talk about that.
Why?
The fascists don’t trust the people.
They treat the public with more disdain than the enemy.
The fascists have no answer.
The idea of the rule of law is to let people know what the rules are.
Then they can stay out of trouble. Then we have a more peaceful society.
That is harmony.
But what happens when the government denies people the chance to “not do” what leads to “reasonable suspicion”?
The fascists argue, “That would tip people off, and let them commit crimes.”
This incorrectly presumes that all people are presumed to be guilty, so long as they meet a number of indicators – which they won’t tell us what they are.
Wouldn’t it save a lot of time if they let the public know what the problems were so that the innocent would “not do” what is theoretically “wasting” the law enforcement’s time?
Self-evidently, they have 30,000 NSL issued against 10,000 people; but nothing to show for it.
If we are in this “big war against whatever you want to call it this week” – wouldn’t it do more to rally the people to the side of the forces of good . . . If the public knew what to look out for, what not to do.
Then, when the people get an idea of what the government is proposing, we could have a debate, and discuss whether we like those rules, or disagree with how that system is operating.
You know, it might be something like this:
The frustration of living in fascism is that no matter what you do, you are liable to step on someone’s toes, but not be given fair notice:
Rather, what it appears is the opposite:
That’s not simply “unfair.” That’s stupid. It’s a waste of time.
That’s kind of like being told, “You can trust the American constitutional system – just don’t rely on any of the participants in that system because: . . .
In short, fascism is based on one idea: That the state, not the individual, is the source of all logic.
Yet, the state is actually illogical: It does nothing to inspire based on reality or logic.
Its sole goal is to inspire confidence in the State, without regard to logic, reason, self-esteem, or the rule of law.
Rather, it relies on games, keeping people in the dark, and making people believe, without proof, that they are in a fine system.
Yet, self-evidently, look at the failed results in re Katrina and Iraq:
The fascists are focused on one goal: Serving the state, without regard to the constitution.
They use perverse logic to justify more non-sense.
It is a cancer.
And they use threats against the public and the media to compel compliance with that absurdity.
Some say that the government is free to issue National Security Letters in silence.
No answer from the fascists.
Living under fascism has been curious.
We are told the public must be quiet, but the law enforcement is free to spread lies.
No answers from the fascists.
It is a curious thing living under fascism.
The public is denied the right to talk about National Security Letters.
But government is free to accuse based on non-sense.
National Security letters are facts.
No answer from the fascists.
We are free people. Allowed to talk about reality.
We have not assented to have the constitution ignored.
Nor have we assented to permit unreasonable searches and seizures.
DoJ’s numbers do not add up. They say there are 10,000 AlQueda; yet they’ve issued 30,000 National Security Letters.
This does not include the number of National Security Letters DoD has issued.
And they want more: To let DoD Counter Intelligence Field Activity engages in “counter-economic espionage.”
Nothing.
No answer from the fascists.
Living under fascism is interesting. The state justifies tipping the scale against the constitution.
The state points to a speculative benefit to deny the protections.
Yet, the speculative benefit is the foundation of fascism.
More fascism.
No answer from the fascists.
No answer from the fascists.
Living under fascism is absurd. We hear more excuses to ignore the constitution.
The fascists use more excuses to tip the scale to the advantage of the fascists.
They tip the scale to:
We are free people. We have the right to come and go without explanation.
To go about our business. To be free from unreasonable searches.
It is a ruse to assert, without proof, that because someone has an indicator, that they are guilty, or required to explain.
No, the government still has the duty to prove the basis for that detention; not simply assert that someone is possibly associated with something, and then detain them hoping to find the evidence.
We can remain silent.
Yet, a “lack of explanation” is not a presumption of guilt.
However, the fascists demand the public explain; but the fascists want to “exercise their individual right to silence.”
No answer from the fascists.
Fascists have been running this country. They have trashed the constitution.
They have created non-sense arguments to justify ignoring those Amendments.
The fascists need to brought to account under 42 USC 1983.
The rights were clearly established, but those rights were ignored.
The rights were outlined in the constitution, but the fascists have said those Amendments are not to be followed.
No answer from the fascists.
The fascists have overstayed their welcome.
They fail to give fair notice.
Their training is worthless.
They ignore the constitution.
They are no help, simply offering excuse and lies.
They are not to be trusted.
They deserve to be challenged, scrutinized, and subjected to the intrusions of checks and balances.
No answers from the fascists.
There is a pattern: The fascists have no answers.
Yet, they are in power.
We have a constitution.
It still exists.
That the fascists are ignoring it doesn’t mean the constitution is gone.
No answer from the fascists inside the ABA.
The idea of a system of checks and balances is to do just that: Check and balance power.
Yet, the fascists within the Senior Executive Service have turned this on its head.
They assert, without proof, that the checks and balances is right of government to check the population from:
Arguably, any law that mandates silence bout unconstitutional conduct is not enforceable.
Yet, the fascists want silence about the CIA torchture in Eistorn Yurop.
No answer from the fascist.
It is time to subject the fascists to lawful intrusions.
42 USC 1983 claims.
Let’s get the evidence from the national decertification base.
Let’s have a public hearing about the abuses.
No answers from the fascists.
The only thing the fascists know how to do is tell more lies. But that is not government. That is just fascism.
America has a problem. It is called fascism. It will either be stopped, or it will get worse.
The abuses are already self-evident.
But the fascism continues.
Clearly, the nation, through inaction, wants the level of evidence required for 42 USC 1983 claims to be higher.
This means that there are people who know what is going on, but remaining silent. They are gathering evidence.
Yet, what do the fascists do:
This is unreasonable.
For fascism will only continue if the opposition assents to this non-sense.
The burden rests on the fascists to explain:
The fascists have failed. Their only option is to shift the burden of governance to those they have tormented, ignored, and intruded upon.
This is absurd, and this is what fascism is all about.
David Broder, Washington Post columnist, wrote an editorial, “Dems close to having an Iraq Policy.”
Perhaps a better title would have been, "RNC still has no solution.”
We should applaud Broder for falling into the fascist trap: Of shifting the burden of governance from the ruling party, the RNC, onto those who are in the opposition.
It remains to be understood why the burden of “making positions” and “ensuring consensus” falls on the minority.
Rather, self-evidently, the RNC has failed to make their positions known: They want silence and have no consensus other than, “Let’s have more fascism.”
The responsibility for leadership falls on the fascists. They have failed. We have ineffectual people in the RNC.
The responsibility for ensuring there are reasonable mechanisms for debate fall on the fascists. They have failed. We have rubber stamping legislation based on fear, imprudence.
The burden for standards, accountability, and consistency fall on the fascists: The RNC. Self-evidently they have failed. The fascists ignore the constitution, are unresponsive, and are inconsistent with the rule of law.
Broder has done one thing: Correctly asserted the standards which should be applied to the fascists in the RNC:
We see nothing before us to suggest Broder has imposed this standard on the fascists in the RNC.
Broader speaks of the “emotional” and “not carefully reasoned analysis” of Murtha. Yet, Broder fails to discuss Murtha’s reasoned approach: To have a force in place, and a phased withdrawal. Fascists like to change the argument of their opponent, then argue the wrong point. Broder is an honorable man.
Fascists skillfully shifts the burden to those who have been ignored. Broder is an honorable man.
There is no responsibility for Democrats, in 2005, to provide any leadership. But, despite the fascists in the RNC still being in charge, it appears the only ones capable of providing any leadership is the DNC.
This is not something to be applauded: Rather, it is something to be worried about – it has taken the media this long to start pointing fingers of accountability, and they’ve failed to point the finger where it belongs – in the chest of the RNC fascists. But Broder is an honorable man.
Broder makes a weak case to justify confidence that the DNC has or has not done something in a timely manner. Rather, it is the fascists in the RNC who have timely trashed the constitution, and the media failed to stand up. But Border is an honorable man.
Broder makes a weak case in asserting the DNC has a deadline to achieve some sort of common ground”. Rather, it is the fascists within the RNC who asserted, without proof, that “everyone agreed” there was WMD, yet we were not given the full story. But Broder is an honorable man.
Broder fails to capture the real problem. The DNC does not have the burden to be consistent under fascism. Rather, the burden is on the RNC to justify why it should ever hold power. The RNC is at odds with the rule of law. The fascists in the RNC flouted their positions of power despite the public concerns about the basis for war. But Broder is an honorable man.
Broader uses flamboyant language to mischaracterize Congressman Murtha. It is absurd for Broader to assert, without proof, that Murtha relies on “gut-level instincts” while admitting that Murtha makes trips to Walter Reed – to make an informed decision about the war, one must visit those who have served, not simply write about it from the protection of the green zone. But Broder is an honorable man.
Broder misstates Murtha’s position. Broder incorrectly asserts, without proof, that Murtha called for the immediate withdrawal. This is incorrect. Murtha called for a phase withdrawal, and wants a regional task force in the Middle East. There is little difference between Obama, Biden, and Murtha. But Broder is an honorable man.
The burden of proof does not rest with the DNC. It rests with the RNC.
The fascists in the RNC have successfully encouraged some to shift the burden from whether the White House staff should be indicted for war crimes; to whether the DNC should be trusted with power.
Self-evidently, the fascists have shown that they cannot be trusted.
The DNC, still in 2005, have not been given a chance.
The time limit is on the fascist.
The requirement for “sensible common ground” rests with the fascists.
The fascists in the RNC have not understood why, despite the reasonable public concerns in Iraq, why a change was not warranted earlier. We should not be surprised why the RNC has ignored the American public – they ignore their own party members, keeping them out of the information loop.
The problem with “gut-level instincts” is a failing of the RNC fascists.
The problem with “emotional protest” falls on the RNC fascists.
The burden of consistency between the rule of law and actions is a burden that falls on the RNC fascists.
The issue of what is or is not “out of the question” is something that should have been debated in 2002, not in hindsight, argued as a burden on the minority or public. But the fascists did not want that.
The issue of “what can or cannot be embraced” is a matter of constitutional law: Why should the 42 USC 1983 claims not be imposed swiftly without fear of interference by the government, fascists, or law enforcement?
The fascists have no answers. Only excuses.
The goal of free people is to remain free. And enjoy the blessings of that liberty.
This nation under fascism has convoluted thinking.
The goal of the fascists has been to mobilized the masses and stupid law enforcement and buffoons in the military to act without regard to the Constitution or laws of war.
The Geneva Conventions are real. As are the UN Charter against human rights abuses.
42 USC 1983 is the law. As are the clearly established rights in the Constitution.
It remains to be understood, as the cloud of fascism is heated away, to what extent the American civilian population has been manipulated to assent to lawlessness merely because they chose to do what the Iraqis want – to live in freedom.
The fascists in the RNC have trashed the American society and constitution. They have used every hint of free thinking as an excuse to trod down the American population.
A free people simply wants to know what it needs to do to remain free. Self-evidently, it cannot rely on the fascists or the RNC.
The fascists want to keep the rules vague. To keep things in the dark. To justify conduct that violates the law. To justify National Security Letters despite their arguably unconstitutional status.
An informed, free citizenry should know
Yet, these fascists in the RNC do what is arguably a violation of the Constitution and warrants 42 USC 1983 action:
The fascists in the RNC have no answers.
And the media has failed to ask the pointed questions.
The fascists have convinced the nation that asking questions is dangerous.
Yet, it is only when we have people like Congressman Murtha asking questions and saying what is self-evident that the fascists then run around and pretend “they were the ones who thought of it.”
Broder got it right: The Democrats have a vision and a voice.
The RNC fascists have got it wrong: They have no vision, and they have no solutions.
Their only goal is to perpetuate more fascism, more non-sense, and more excuses.
It is time to bring the fascists to justice. To have 42 USC 1983 claims. And to have a full accounting of what non-sense the fascists in the RNC have done under these National Security Letters.
Nothing adds up, just as nothing in the RNC party adds up.
They are fascists. They can only rely on illusions, not facts, as the basis for their power.
Innocent people should not have to explain themselves. Nor should they have to change their behavior simply so as to “not upset the fascists.”
Bluntly, the problem is law enforcement is stupid: They rely on simple checklists and indicators, but do not understand what happens when free people simply go about their business:
IT is curious that law enforcement spends so much time training their own on the laws, but they do so much to justify violating those laws and testilying. They lie all the time. It is, on the stand in court, called testilying. They fabricate evidence.
Because someone has an “indicator” of something, it doesn’t mean that they are guilty; rather, the burden of proof rests on law enforcement.
Yet, the problem with the national security letter is, unlike the constitutional requirement that mandates a warrant only be issued upon evidence, law enforcement is given a green light to do “what they think is best.”
Self-evidently, we’ve seen what law enforcement “things is best” in Guantanamo, Abu Ghraib, and Eastern Europe.
It remains to be understood how many national security letters have been issued to keep the public quiet about the misconduct within the RNC or abuses by law enforcement against a civilian population.
It would save a lot of time if people were told “what they need to do to obey the law,” as opposed to keeping this secret.
The fascists have no answers.
It’s time they get some: And present those to the court during the 42 USC 1983 actions.
It’s been four years since 9-11. That’s the same time after Pearl Harbor.
Four years after 1941, they were imposing surrender terms on the Japanese and Germans.
Today, it appears as though the White House is surrendering, finally, to the rule of law.
What took so long?
If this nation is fighting an “evil ideology” what is being done to inspire with something else?
The fascists have no answers.
They just want to talk about freedom, but jail anyone who exercises it.
And they wonder why the Iraqis are fighting.
One of Senator McCain’s children got it right: “Duh.”
What is the US going to do to “win”? For starters: Do what you preach at home:
But the fascists don’t want facts. They want silence, fear, and ascension to what is absurd.
Self-evidently, American wants more disasters so that it will be self-evident that the RNC fascists have failed.
Self-evidently, the DNC has done the right thing: Remaining silent and letting the RNC fascists make a mess of things to the point where the RNC fascists cannot get out of, unless they rely on the DNC.
The RNC has failed. It is fascism. It is nothing else.
If America wants more absurdity and non-sense, embrace the RNC fascists. Protect them. Put them above the law. Do nothing about the violations of the Constitution.
If America wants prudence, as is the objective of the Constitution, then rely on reason and the rule of law.
No party or religion has a monopoly on the rule of law.
But all people can trust that the rule of law will ultimately prevail.
Let’s hear it for the 42 USC 1983 actions against the Senior Executive Service, the fascist in the RNC, the alleged war criminals in DoD and the Joint Staff, and the reckless law enforcement that ignores the American Constitution.
When the rule of law is asserted over those who have trashed the Constitution, then American will have leadership.
Then America will have something to be proud of.
Then America will, by example, show that the rule of law, and strict enforcement of those standards, is something which Americans, not just Muslims, should be willing to fight for at home, not simply impose abroad.
What rules and laws you make is a separate matter.
But it must fall under the umbrella of the American Constitution, not some RNC fascist non-sense that justifies everything other than the equal application of the rule of law for all.
The fight must be for the rule of law, prudence, and debates based on facts, not silence, fear, or favor.
The RNC fascists know only silence, fear, intimidation, and favors. They must be retrained on the rule of law.
Let them suffer the full wrath of 42 USC 1983 claims, and violations of the laws of war. Yes, Nuremburg was about imposing the rule of law on civilians.
As it should be: On the civilian fascists in the RNC who show contempt for the American Constitution.
Show them the respect they deserve: The full American justice system, with investigations, public fact finding and trials so the entire world can see they are brought to account under the fine American system of justice.
Let them pay the price, according to the law, for their alleged war crimes and let them suffer for their alleged violations of the US Constitution, as can be found under 42 USC 1983 claims.
It is time for lawful justice.
As has been woefully absent under these past four years of fascism in America.
posted by Constant @ 4:20 PM
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