Showing posts with label DNC Charlotte. Show all posts
Showing posts with label DNC Charlotte. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

HITTING THE ACCELERATOR - OBAMA SIGNS ANOTHER EXECUTIVE ORDER

As the nation was trying to get a handle on the Republican ticket, Obama signed yet another executive order to choke off your energy use.  Last Thursday, as Romney and Ryan were accepting the nomination of the Republican Party, Barack Obama did it again.  The guy can't help it.  He is a relentless obsessive / compulsive destroyer...you have to give him credit for that.

The order, which aims to increase the number of cogeneration plants in the U.S. by 50 percent by 2020 and slash carbon emissions by 150 million tons per year, is the administration’s latest effort to “deploy cleaner and more efficient energy production in the country by working around political resistance to climate change and ‘green’ energy legislation on Capitol Hill,” Reuters reports.

Notice the words, "working around political resistance to climate change and green energy."  C'mon, folks.  How long does it take to figure out what these jerks are doing to us?  Political resistance?  I wish we had "political resistance."  Where is that?  I don't see people standing up to this imperial tyrant.  Do you?  Congress?  What Congress?  Do we even have that anymore?   

No one with half a brain believes the climate change lies anymore.  And everyone with half a brain knows "green energy" is a bank busting failure and not worth one taxpayer penny spent for wind or solar. And yet we see press release after press release that our nation is borrowing more money for "green energy."  Political resistance? Where is it?    
And as Bill Clinton takes the stage tonight at the DNC, I am reminded of the executive order he signed creating the "President's Council on Sustainable Development."  To be honest, the public was out of the loop on that one.  Who knew?  Well, now we do know and we don't want that either, thank you very much.  How much damage can these guys do with executive orders?  Billions?  Try Trillions!  

Yep, 20,000 people crowding into the Bobcat Arena in Charlotte tonight to watch the Clinton buffoon pat himself on the back, all the while his nice little executive order still picks the pockets of every American for a lying boondoggle of an unconstitutional scam. The Clinton buffoon will slightly nod to the O racketeer who doubled down on the "President's Council on Sustainable Development" by creating another executive order establishing a partnership between HUD, DOT, and the EPA called "Sustainable Communities Initiative."  Two peas in a pod, these two shysters.  Soaking you and smiling to the crowds at the same time.

Adding icing to the moronic cake, the Democrat National Platform includes this lovely tribute to "Environmental Justice."  Breitbart reports:

“We know that global climate change is one of the biggest threats of this generation – an economic, environmental, and national security catastrophe in the making,” the platform reads. “We affirm the science of climate change, commit to significantly reducing the pollution that causes climate change, and know we have to meet this challenge by driving smart policies that lead to greater growth in clean energy generation and result in a range of economic and social benefits.”
According to the platform, climate change also disproportionately impacts the poor and thus more commitments to “environmental justice” are needed.

Political resistance?  Bring it on.  I haven't seen it yet.

Still waiting.

 


Friday, August 17, 2012

THE DNC IN CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA - PRACTICE FOR THE POLICE STATE

I can't help but wonder what it means when a gathering of politicians today requires a police state to protect them from citizens.  Just philosophically speaking, what has transpired to make politicians so fearful of mobs of protesters?  Could it possibly mean that there are a lot of people upset about what politicians are doing?  

You need to know, I'm not the type to hiking around a government building or stalking politicians while carrying a sign or screaming slogans at tv cameras.  Not my personality...thank you.  And I grant you there are plenty of lunatics around.  That's obvious.  That said, there is reason for protest in today's heavy handed government environment.  People need to be speaking up. But I wonder if the politicians are getting the message.  People are not happy out here.  It seems a lot of people aren't happy our here.  Many of them coming from different angles of angst.  Some want more government. Others, like myself, want a lot less government. 

I have no idea what is in store for Tampa for the Republican Convention.  Probably much the same as what is happening in Charlotte.  What is happening in Charlotte?  I've heard from a reliable source that NATO will have troops in Charlotte, but can't find proof of it yet.  Nonetheless, here are some clues:


"To prepare for the DNC, the Secret Service has requested 2 miles of concrete barriers and more than five miles of 9-foot “anti-scale” steel fence. In addition, the federal government requested nearly 8 miles of lightweight metal barriers and portable barriers designed to withstand the impact of a 15,000-pound car at 30 mph.
The planned road closures will vary during the week, but are expected to begin at 9 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 2. Some could last for four days, according to a 19-page document released Wednesday morning.
There are three vehicle checkpoints for both areas surrounding Time Warner Cable Arena and Bank of America Stadium.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg police Chief Rodney Monroe says managing traffic “is probably our biggest test” during the convention.
Perhaps the biggest inconvenience is the federal government’s plan to close the John Belk Freeway from Interstate 77 and Independence Boulevard, for Thursday Sept. 6. That section of Interstate 277 handles 80,000 vehicles a day."

This from another Site
"With the help of the federal funds, Charlotte plans to add 2,400 to 3,400 officers from outside departments to its force of more than 1,750."

And this from yet another Site
"The U.S. Secret Service dictated almost every aspect of the security plan, and will do so again in Charlotte, reports the Charlotte Observer. "

 Meanwhile, I expect to see nothing and hear nothing from media on protests.  Nothing or very little...especially at the DNC in Charlotte.  Measures have been taken to keep protesters out of sight and out of the way.  Politicians and law enforcement are busy keeping protests way out of the way.  It's most likely that the attendees of both the DNC and RNC conventions will never lay eyes on or hear protesters at all. 


"According to legal scholars, one category of restrictions has mushroomed in importance in the last decade. Known as "spatial tactics," these restrictions literally divide the city into some sections where demonstrators will be allowed to gather and march and others from which they will be barred from doing so. In some cases, the tactics also impose other legal constraints on demonstrators within certain parts of the city, such as prohibiting them from carrying certain items, or changing the process through which they may apply for permits."

"The use of spatial tactics — such as exclusion zones and euphemistically-titled "free speech zones" have been the subjects of numerous lawsuits by groups such as the American Civil Liberties Union. Broadly, however, many of these tactics have survived constitutional challenge."

Well, I guess it's nice to have "Free Speech Zones."  I thought the rule was that unless you were yelling "FIRE" in a theatre, everywhere in America was a "Free Speech Zone," (I should say within limits of polite protocols in certain settings such as classrooms and church, for instance.)  But not being able to shout at a politician or be within shouting distance sort of defeats the purpose, doesn't it?  You've heard the phrase about "speaking to an empty room?"

And that's the point.  Defeating the purpose.  The political class is fast becoming the most isolated class in the country.  They don't want to hear it from citizens, I guess. I don't know where all of this is headed, but if Charlotte and Tampa are any indication, we are more than headed to a police state.  Now that we have drones permitted to hover over us conducting surveillance and the government beefing up every agency with millions of hollow point bullets, it does make one wonder.

Actually, it doesn't make one wonder too much.  It's plain as the nose on your face.  Politicians are running scared of people and enlisting law enforcement to keep people away from them.  People are becoming afraid to speak up for fear of being labeled a "terrorist."  An environment has been created where no one is safe and all are suspect. 

We can hardly be a "Free" country when all are under threat and free speech is stifled.  A police state is definitely emerging. And we are all going to witness the latest manifestation of that through the two political conventions this year.  


Read more here: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2012/08/08/3439951/dnc-2012-security-plan-roads-closed.html#storylink=cpy