Bush Outlaws all war protest in United States

[cking88]

July 19, 2007
Bush Outlaws All War Protest In United States

In one of his most chilling moves to date against his own citizens, the American War Leader has issued a sweeping order this week outlawing all forms of protest against the Iraq war. 

President Bush enacted into US law an ‘Executive Order’ on July 17th titled “Blocking Property of Certain Persons Who Threaten Stabilization Efforts in Iraq”, http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/07/20070717-3.html and which says: 

”By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, as amended (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.)(IEEPA), the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.)(NEA), and section 301 of title 3, United States Code, 

I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of America, find that, due to the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States posed by acts of violence threatening the peace and stability of Iraq and undermining efforts to promote economic reconstruction and political reform in Iraq and to provide humanitarian assistance to the Iraqi people, it is in the interests of the United States to take additional steps with respect to the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13303 of May 22, 2003, and expanded in Executive Order 13315 of August 28, 2003, and relied upon for additional steps taken in Executive Order 13350 of July 29, 2004, and Executive Order 13364 of November 29, 2004

[SenioRose]

Motivated Consituency! G. Edward Griffin & Aaron Russo outline and recommend the following Call-to-Action:

On July 17, President Bush signed an Executive Order that authorized blocking the use of any property held by anyone he says is a threat to the "stabilization" of Iraq. This means anyone who opposes his Middle East foreign policy now is subject to loss of home, automobiles, savings, investments, and anything else considered as property. Read the document here:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/07/20070717-3.html.

This is about as serious as it gets. There have been many assaults on our freedom in the last few years, but none with such totality and finality as this. We must draw the line in the sand on this issue. The American people must rediscover their indignation, get off their couches, and send a tsunami of protest to Washington. Here are things you can do.

1) If you don't already know the name and contact information of your Congressman and Senator, look it up in Google. Send a short but explicit message to the effect that you expect them to (1) introduce or support fast-track legislation to rescind the Executive Order issued July 17 relating to blocking property of those who disagree with President Bush's policy in Iraq and (2) call for impeachment of the President NOW.

2) Make a list of every organization, publication, journalist, web-site, talk-show host, and community leader who understands the significance of this Executive Order and send it to us at ge.griffin@verizon.net (ge.griffin@verizon.net) so we can build a coalition of activists on this issue. Also send them a note or call them in person to urge them to align with the coalition and take action.

3) Send this message to everyone you know.

That's it. There is no need to explain why this is important, and there is nothing that can be said that would be more motivating than the stark possibility of a police state in which citizens lose their property if they disagree with their President.

Drop everything else and do this NOW!

Freedom Force International, G. Edward Griffin and Aaron Russo
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[Peter Oberth]

wow, how did we not see this one coming.

[garcia5]

Well one thing is for certain and that is that G. Edward Griffin and Aaron Russo are going to lose their homes, automobiles, and finances. No one goes up against Bush Boy without consequences. I wonder though. Does this mean that the next complete and totally under qualified jackass that takes the Presidential position will futher the ultimate take over of our freedoms or will they totally disregard this chapter in history and move on leaving it in place for the remainder of our time in Iraq and quite possibly retorfit it to contain and include all wars? Kind of like the war tax.

[thecerealpoet]

Whoa, hold up everybody. . .


You need to either disperse or get yourself into a First Amendment Zone:


http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d0/First_amendment_zone2.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/47/First_amendment_zone1.jpg

[Peter Oberth]

Whoa, hold up everybody. . .


You need to either disperse or get yourself into a First Amendment Zone:



love it. rep for you.

[da turkey]

Come on you guys, I am not a Bush supporter, but i still don't think anyone should jump into such a knee-jerk reaction. The part of the executive order that is particularly important in limiting it's scope, are the words: (i) to have committed, or to pose a significant risk of committing, an act or acts of violence that have the purpose or effect of: I seriously doubt that exercising your 1st Amendment Rights could be construed as an act of violence leading to further instability in Iraq.

[shereekachu]

I agree with you Turkey. Someone needs to point out the section in the amendment that talks about protesting. I just don't see it.

[garcia5]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army-McCarthy_Hearings

[cking88]

You have to read the thing as a whole, it's not going to blatantly say "If you protest you go to jail" It basically gives him the right if the protest gets out of hand or is something he doesn't agree with he "has" the right to disband it. Whether he chooses to use the power is not is up to Satan, sorry bush.

[civicryder3]

how did congress let this pass is my question. i think if someone has something negative to say about the war they should be able to, i've wrote a ton of stuff on my myspace blogs about how i'm against this war and what i truly think about bush should i be fearing jail time if i said something he doesnt like.... we need a new leader a real leader, i dont understand why he hasnt been impeached yet??

[da turkey]

how did congress let this pass is my question. i think if someone has something negative to say about the war they should be able to, i've wrote a ton of stuff on my myspace blogs about how i'm against this war and what i truly think about bush should i be fearing jail time if i said something he doesnt like.... we need a new leader a real leader, i dont understand why he hasnt been impeached yet??

Please try to be a little more informed before you make a statement like this. Executive orders are issued by the President and do not have to have Congressional approval. It is possible for executive orders to be overturned by the courts, but only in rare cases is it done. Only 2 have been I believe. Also, see what I said earlier in this thread where the order is limited by acts of violence that may lead to instability in Irag, not just for protesting. Don't be a sheep.

[civicryder3]

Please try to be a little more informed before you make a statement like this. Executive orders are issued by the President and do not have to have Congressional approval. It is possible for executive orders to be overturned by the courts, but only in rare cases is it done. Only 2 have been I believe. Also, see what I said earlier in this thread where the order is limited by acts of violence that may lead to instability in Irag, not just for protesting. Don't be a sheep.
first off i didnt think the president could pass anything without congress, so SORRY!!! and secondly he could take anything said as possible violence, are their any restrictions on what would be considered violence in that order??? i mean ive made comments on my blog on how i think bush should be attacked for all the crap he keeps sticking his noise into etc etc and how i hate the war yada yada yada he could take something i said as violent, even though it was only protest. thats my point

[da turkey]

I would call you a moron, but you have already demonstrated that yourself.

[thecerealpoet]

I would call you a moron, but you have already demonstrated that yourself.
Yowzers.

That's pretty mean, Turkey. :(

[da turkey]

She's an idiot...look at her post.

[civicryder3]

screw you! maybe i'm not as informed but i'm not a moron or an idiot you're just a punk, i think bush is wrong for what he did get over it, its my damn opinion