HALLOWEEN'S BIGGEST SCARE

On Oct 17, George Bush quietly signed a bill allowing him to declare unfettered martial law. You can read about it here.

Though the Posse Comitatus Act has seen its effectiveness reduced over the last 20 years, the Bush administration used the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina as justification for its elimination. Nevermind that much of the human devastation was the administration's fault.

Americans in their blissful ingnorance have allowed Bush to methodically consolidate unprecedented power for the Executive Branch and weaken the foundation of our country and Constitution without meaningful comment or criticism. (The worst act, in my opinion, was the recent revocation of Habeus Corpus for select individuals.)

The Posse Comitatus Act states:

Whoever, except in cases and under circumstances expressly authorized by the Constitution or Act of Congress, willfully uses any part of the Army or Air Force as a posse comitatus or otherwise to execute the laws shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.

It was the only U.S. criminal statute to outlaw military operations directed against the American people under the cover of 'law enforcement.

"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization,

it expects what never was and never will be."

-Thomas Jefferson