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sulaw
Could be.... I thought it was more of a way to show the American populace that the Gooberment is lazy and doesn't give a lick about us...
opethPA
So then would that mean that the 17 other times the Govt has shutdown since 1977 were also tests for Martial Law?
The Russian troops would apparently work directly with U.S. military forces and law enforcement. Their purpose would probably to be to restore order after some sort of catastrophe. The Reagan Coalition piece suggested that the troops had been requested by Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and that they would be posted in FEMA Region III which includes the District of Columbia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, and Virginia.
These reports are hard to figure out because few details about the Russian troops are available. Although, one reason why Homeland Security might want Russian FSP troops is that they are theoretically civilians and therefore are not bound by the Posse Comitatus Act. The government could use the fiction that they are policemen and not soldiers to justify their presence.
research3300
opethPA
So then would that mean that the 17 other times the Govt has shutdown since 1977 were also tests for Martial Law?
Monuments, Oceans and private businesses have never been shutdown. Get back in tour Subaru and buzz off!
opethPA
research3300
opethPA
So then would that mean that the 17 other times the Govt has shutdown since 1977 were also tests for Martial Law?
Monuments, Oceans and private businesses have never been shutdown. Get back in tour Subaru and buzz off!
Please show me a single ocean that is shut down right now.
" About 9 million visitors were turned away from parks, museums and monuments run by the National Park Service in the mid-1990s, the last time the government shut down temporarily"
opethPA
research3300
opethPA
So then would that mean that the 17 other times the Govt has shutdown since 1977 were also tests for Martial Law?
Monuments, Oceans and private businesses have never been shutdown. Get back in tour Subaru and buzz off!
Please show me a single ocean that is shut down right now.
" About 9 million visitors were turned away from parks, museums and monuments run by the National Park Service in the mid-1990s, the last time the government shut down temporarily"