Think about the implications of this: Nat'l Guard in Iraq, NorthCom HERE.

[scarletwoman]

Allow me to explain. Earlier today in the break room at work I caught a bit of CNN post-Katrina disaster coverage and there was an interview with the director(?) of FEMA.

He was talking about how, under the auspices of Homeland Security, the Northern Command was mobilizing army troops to deal with the disaster relief efforts.

Not a word about the National Guard -- which, in the old days, would have been the ones in the forefront of relief mobilization.

This is what I want folks to ponder. FEMA, already a sinister entity in our pre-9/11 world (look up what sorts of powers Reagan gave the agency in regard to martial law and suspension of local government powers and the Constitution itself -- it's NOT just a nice "helping hand" agency granting loans to disaster victims, it's MUCH more.), has been rolled into the whole "Homeland Security" apparatus with more powers than ever for government control over the populace.

Add to this the establishment of the Northern Command, the military arm of Homeland Security, specifically designated for domestic deployment, and under Federal/Pentagon command.

Meanwhile, the National Guard, which is normally under the command of state governors is being effectively moved out of the picture by being deployed to fight on foreign soil. Our National Guards have always been our neighbors, folks with roots in the communities they were supposed to serve. But they've been sent away, and along with that comes the end of state control over any domestic use of the military.

Now any domestic use of the military is under the control of the Feds. The soldiers in the streets are NOT your neighbors and community members, they are the professional, permanent military. The Posse Comitatus laws have been done away with by the monster of Homeland Security.

Think about it. If crowd control is deemed necessary, the Feds will have all the say. These will not be your neighbors and community members holding their guns on you. They will not be the high school classmates of your kids, they will not be your nephews and nieces, or your neighbor's kids who might have some qualms about pulling a trigger on people they grew up around.

No, that's been neatly done away with. They've been moved out the way, sent to be cannon fodder in the imperialist wars, while the Federal government -- the national security state -- has given itself the power to use its military domestically in whatever way it deems necessary.

Anyway, these thoughts have been chilling me all day. I wish I could express this better, but I'm hoping that the gist of what I'm trying to say will come through.

sw