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Originally posted by Manasseh
The term "National Emergency" has seemed to rear it's ugly head lately
The original wording of the Act required the conditions as worded in Paragraph (2), above, to be met as the result of
insurrection, domestic violence, unlawful combination, or conspiracy
The new wording of the Act, as amended, still requires the same conditions as worded in Paragraph (2), above, but those conditions could, after the changes, also be a result of
natural disaster, epidemic, or other serious public health emergency, terrorist attack or incident, or other condition
and only if
domestic violence has occurred to such an extent that the constituted authorities of the State or possession are incapable of maintaining public order.
Congress was granted the right to be informed immediately and every 14 days thereafter during the exercise of federal authority under these conditions.
That is what the federal government has done publicly. But in the uncertainty of the souring economy, a rumor has taken hold in some of the less orthodox corners of the financial world that a more shadowy government force may be at work. As the story goes, a select group, comprising the Secretary of the Treasury along with the chairmen of the Federal Reserve, Securities and Exchange Commission, and the Commodity Futures Trading Association, has been using its considerable power to manipulate the markets directly.
Meeting in the utmost secrecy, this group has coordinated the targeted buying of billions of dollars in stocks and stock index futures to blunt the force of stock-market sell-offs, to prevent slides from developing into outright crashes, and to keep the American public from learning that the economy is actually in much worse shape than any of us can imagine.
A group of conservative Republicans had held a lengthy news conference to demand that Paulson and Bernanke end the "bailout mania." And Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) complained that momentous decisions about the future of the nation's economy were being made in "secret meetings."
The Bush administration asked Congress on Saturday for $700 billion to bail out firms burdened with bad mortgage debt, seeking extraordinary authority as it tackles the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression
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U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson would have sweeping powers over the massive war chest and his decisions would not be reviewed by any court, according to a copy of the draft legislation obtained by Reuters.
A public-private partnership program on infrastructure preparedness and protection run by the Federal Bureau of Investigation allegedly has briefed its corporate members on the possibility of martial law and the use of lethal force, according to an exclusive report in the magazine The Progressive.
"One business owner in the United States tells me that InfraGard members are being advised on how to prepare for a martial law situation—and what their role might be," writes Matthew Rothschild in the Feb. 7 report, quoting an anonymous whistleblower on the program. "'Then they said when—not if—martial law is declared, it was our responsibility to protect our portion of the infrastructure, and if we had to use deadly force to protect it, we couldn’t be prosecuted,' he says."
According to the Six Sigma Academy, Black Belts save companies approximately $230,000 per project and can complete four to 6 projects per year. General Electric, one of the most successful companies implementing Six Sigma, has estimated benefits on the order of $10 billion during the first five years of implementation. GE first began Six Sigma in 1995 after Motorola and Allied Signal blazed the Six Sigma trail. Since then, thousands of companies around the world have discovered the far reaching benefits of Six Sigma.
G.I. Joe: Sigma 6 is a line of military-themed action figures and toys that appeared in the fall of 2005.
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It is also an animated series produced by the Japanese animation studio GONZO, currently airing on 4Kids TV and G4, and will start airing on YTV in the fall of 2006. It will consist of 26 episodes. It also has a 6-issue comic series published by Devil's Due Productions.
Originally posted by dgtempe
comes Bush in a huff....looking very troubled....
My dream ended there and i jumped up startled.
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Heavily-armed police wearing riot gear form a protective cordon to keep protesters away from the California State capitol building (background) in Sacramento, June 23, 2003. Thousands rallied in Sacramento today to protest against genetically-engineered foods and corporate owned farms, as a ministerial convention promoting the foods was taking place nearby. REUTERS/Tim Wimborne
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”This ministerial is about U.S. arm twisting to force feed the world corporate controlled 'free trade' and genetically engineered food. Countries around the world are rejecting genetically engineered food because it is an unnecessary, dangerous technology which has been disastrous for small farmers, consumers and the environment,” said Doyle Canning of the Institute for Social Ecology's Biotechnology Project
Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI)
Grant Details:
Amount: Varies
Application Due Date: April 2008
Description:
Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI): UASI Program funds address the unique planning, equipment, training, and exercise needs of high threat, high density Urban Areas, and assist them in building an enhanced and sustainable capacity to prevent, protect against, respond to, and recover from acts of terrorism.
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Organization: U.S. Department of Homeland Security
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