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[bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

I remember when we were young that DC had to be real careful with this.  I 
don't think even Nixon ever  abridged the PCA.  Bush (1) did during the LA 
Riots and Clinton did, and I guess Bush (2) did during Katrins, maybe it was 
Bush (1) who set the precedent ?  Either way, I don't like it a bit.  If the 
democrats really are against this, they can stop it immediatley.  They simply 
cut the funding, and it's done............

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--- On Mon, 12/1/08, Cathy <goosecreekfarm AT gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Cathy <goosecreekfarm AT gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] A bigger worry than privacy
> To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Monday, December 1, 2008, 9:56 AM
> I think the Act makes using the troops for law enforcement a
> crime without
> authorization of Congress.  The line has long since been
> crossed of using
> troops for other reasons, like 'terrorist
> deterrence' at the Olympics. These
> 20,000 are supposedly going to be available for assistance
> in times of
> natural disaster and other similar things.
> 
> "From and after the passage of this act it shall not
> be lawful to employ any
> part of the Army of the United States, as a posse
> comitatus, or otherwise,
> for the purpose of executing the laws, except in such cases
> and under such
> circumstances as such employment of said force may be
> expressly authorized
> by the Constitution or by act of Congress; "
> 
> I'm thinking that such an act of Congress is not
> unimaginable, based on the
> kind of things Congress has been up to lately.
> 
> On the other hand, I'll still need to plant potatoes
> <g>
> 
> Cathy
> 
> On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 11:31 AM, bob ford
> <bobford79 AT yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> > I saw this news in the Wash. Post this am.  I still
> don't see how this is
> > legal with the Posse Comitatus Act,.................
> >
> >
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