Comments on: IN THE DARK: AMERICA'S DESCENT INTO A POLICE STATE

By: SgtJmackinjersey

SgtJmackinjersey — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:45:16 +0000

Well, the plot thickens.

By: KAsdrummergirl

KAsdrummergirl — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 01:34:20 +0000

Mr Duff,

I agree with you on term limits. But you know the present administration is not going to limit terms for elected representatives. I think the public will have to impose those limits at the polls, by refusing to elect anyone who has served in Congress for more than 2 terms. The question is how do you get the voters to do this? I think you’re right it being too late for a constitutional convention. We would get rewritten into slavery. It makes me feel powerless.

By: The Blue Max

The Blue Max — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:42:39 +0000

Duff, no division has to be permanent. It has to be analyzed for common ground on which to build a bridge. Retirees include a ton of veterans, some disabled and frightened of losing both Veteran benefits AND Medicare, SS, etc. But they know that younger vets are their children and grandchildren. Conversely, younger vets know who their parents and grandparents are but in turn would be scared to death if the Government decided that $500,000,000 could be saved because of waste and inefficiency in the VA system. So the common ground is that we are FAMILY. What divides us is the power of politcians and the Media to scare either side of the Family at will. We wind up voting for the Party that we think will protect us and so we vote for the lesser of two evils. Some think Democrats; some think Republicans, and one part of the Family will always believe Evil won. And they’re right. But that doesn’t mean we have to continue attacks on the other half of the FAMILY. The uniting effort will come about when the Family works together to scare hell out of the politicians. I believe we are seeing some of that unity now and the unrest being felt in Washington, DC is because the Unity is incapable of being controlled by the politicians. It is a force of its own. It is a Famly Force.

By: Mike M.

Mike M. — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:11:24 +0000

JUAN, You need to go see Lucy, Then get the P….Y, Then she will take your peso,s away.

By: duffster

duffster — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 09:37:28 +0000

Dennis,

You might want to do some research on who is running the drug cartels that Ashcroft protected. Who appointed Ashcroft as attorney general?

How much Columbian money went into daddy's company? Check on it.

By: duffster

duffster — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 09:34:46 +0000

Term limits for certain, to take apart the committee system.

Fixing what is wrong? A constitutional convention.....except it may be too late for that. We could even get it worse.

We would be rewritten into slavery.

By: duffster

duffster — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 09:33:02 +0000

try a google search

you need to answer the question yourself

the answer would be in the articles title

perhaps you are proving my point

By: duffster

duffster — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 09:31:18 +0000

Max

We seem to have a couple of irreparable divisions:

1. retirees tend to be very conservative and work to oppose benefits for vets...seeing competition for limited government handouts

2. vets from mainstream VSOs tend to always vote republican...no matter how bad the candidate or how much they vote against veterans issues.....giving us no leverage politically, thus we are marginalized.

By: pmacdonald

pmacdonald — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 08:18:06 +0000

A police state harms veterans across the USA
Why Complain in the USA 10-5-09
Peter Macdonald 465 Packers falls Rd Lee NH 03824 603-659-6217
People complain because something is wrong. Relentless people will continue to make others aware of the wrongs committed by those willing to serve the citizens of the USA (that are called Government Officials) to make this country better for others in the future. Should the government investigate a 100% disabled Veteran’s complaint that medical care was stopped by the NH VA to stop a veteran from writing opinion letters? Should the government investigate that the NH state government used the Patriot Act to lock a 100% disabled veteran in jail to stop free speech? Should the government investigate that NH governor Lynch charged a 100% disabled veteran money to complain in person to him? Should the government investigate if Judge Peter Fauver used the Sheriff to harass a 100% disabled veteran to cover up this NH judge’s criminal acts? Should the government investigate that the NH Supreme Court covered up crimes by judge Fauver and the Madbury Selectmen to harm a 100% disabled Veteran? The facts in this case are documented in court files. Should the Secret Service fly in from DC to harass a 100% disabled Veteran because this veteran asked the President of the USA for help? Should the people of the USA be questioning the newspapers for not telling their readers the unbiased truth? The destruction of a free nation as is happening in the USA today occurs when the individual is no longer considered as a part of the whole. Our failure of hearing the voices of the public is a complaint the people must hear.
NH U.S. Rep Shea-Porter violated the trust of the American People when she harmed a 100% disabled Veteran to stop this veteran’s free speech. The newspapers write glowing stories about these politicians but they fail to tell the peoples side of the subject. The Biased newspapers just do not understand that the truth does not harm people with good reputations. The truth tells the real character of the individual. We should all be concerned that a complaint of a 100% disabled veteran is censored from the opinion page of the papers. The papers will tell you that my letters are repetitive. If my letters can repeat crimes by government officials, Judges and the NH Supreme Court so many times how can no one hear them? If these words were not the total truth and not so well documented these powerful individuals would have my head. These same people use the courts and newspapers to harm my character in the public eye, which is a constitutional crime.
I have not been violent or violated the law. I have TBI and PTSD from my military days. The newspapers and government are pushing me to be violent as a safe guard to protect their criminal acts from being made public. I have told you many times of my two worlds (here and there). Last week I lived in sheer H-ell suffering in pain and mental delusions from my Marine Corps disabilities and lack of any medical care. I wanted to die but I was too sick to even try. It is kind of like the Veterans in Texas asking for help that these U.S. Military veterans will die before even being considered by our government. Government officials adjust the records and manipulate law to win. The newspapers only print that which the government tells them is the truth. People complain but no one will listen because the government will come down on them that do NEXT!
Peter Macdonald Sgt USMC Semper Fi

By: KAsdrummergirl

KAsdrummergirl — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 02:31:50 +0000

Interesting article, Mr. Duff. I’m going to have to think on all that you wrote for a while. Being military myself, I’ve seen coverups and such swept under the rug or bogged down in bureaucracy so deep that nobody could live long enough to get to the bottom of it all. My question to you is what do we do about it now? How do we fix/change what’s wrong? I’ve written my congressmen and senators and I am a diligent, informed voter. What do you think of term limits on our elected representatives in Congress?

By: KAsdrummergirl

KAsdrummergirl — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 02:23:42 +0000

Here, here, Mr. Young. I, too believe we are already living in a police state. Big Brother has been here for a whilenow.

By: SMaj Grotto

SMaj Grotto — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 22:08:02 +0000

I find your assessment somewhat radical to the extent the military must have really p#$^%$ you off. What insight caused you to feel this way, was it that you feel the military is that corrupt. My sister has two stars and in a very delicate position in the military with access to alot of info. There are alot of good people in the military and not all quite as bitter as you are. If you were that knowledgeable about the military, you should have neglected to hold your hand up and drop out then, if you were that sharp. Thats if you were in the military.

By: philip

philip — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 21:50:44 +0000

Your’e a vet and DIDn’t know? Theyve been selling us out for years. By the time I found out its too late. Middle east vet, too late You should commit suiside. You took the pledge and then have found out You have no rights at all. Rights? yeah right. Fucked future you bet!!!!

By: The Blue Max

The Blue Max — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 19:40:13 +0000

Dear Warrant: It is not necessary for you to launch an attack on this Veteran. You are too vulnerable for your own past statements to read extraneous meaning into the statement of Mr. Rick. The article was not meant to pit Veteran against Veteran. Let Mr. Rick have his peace. You have yours. Move out and move on. The article was meant to inform
in what I believe to be a non-partisan way. Let it be.

By: Jim Doran

Jim Doran — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 18:38:32 +0000

Excuse me? My family’s been here for ever too. 375 years as a matter of fact. I’m a Native American, I was born here.

You sir, are nothing more than a bigoted, radical, moron.

By: Da_old_warrant

Da_old_warrant — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 17:46:22 +0000

When was the patriot act invoked ? when did 9/11 happen? If you say it was during Clinton then you have a calendar problem or more likely a mental problem, you are locked into a right wing thought process quit watching Faux noise for a week and it might clear up

By: Steve

Steve — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 15:06:46 +0000

I have to go over this article more than once and digest it, but as I scan it, if much of this info was so accessible, why doesn’t or haven’t the New York Times jumped on this along with several other papers. The New York Times especially, would just be overjoyed to bash Bush,….this would give their dwindling paper a big boost.

By: The Blue Max

The Blue Max — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 13:21:49 +0000

FOR ALL: It wold be helpful if you kept your replies germane to the article and its contents. Otherwise, you wind up with Veteran against Veteran in the replies, which accomplishes nothing.
By the way, for DENNIS RICK: In journalism and in English, itself, moving to italics and bold print suffices for the absence of quotation marks. And it is clear from the previous context that the following information was a direct quote from the American Conservative. No big dieal. Just thought I’d mention it. The information was quite thought-provoking. It was not mean to divide Veterans.

By: Ken Young

Ken Young — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 12:30:58 +0000

Canada and the US are basically in the same boat but I do not believe that we are descending into a police state, we have been here for some time now. The only difference is that our old politicians were better at packaging it to look like it was the right thing to do. The McCarthy years in the US and Gun control in Canada come to mind.

In the US citizens are not allowed to visit countries banned by the government, Cuban cigars are considered contraband wile in Canada the government is trying to disarm or register everybody except the Police and Army. Camera are on every street corner, you can’t even travel within our own countries without government issued photo Identification and Police no longer need probable cause to enter your home using national security as a pretext.

Guantanamo continues unchecked and the Canadian Government fights it own citizens in a court of law.

Are we falling into a police state…. No we are already there.

Cpl. Kenneth H. Young CD (ret)

By: Dennis Rick

Dennis Rick — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 12:24:34 +0000

Everyone may notice that all of these activies happen prior to Bush being elected as President..So where does that leave us? With Good Old Slick Wille whom I have mention many a time in response to Bush Bashing here by this jar head.

It also makes it more important to know what Berger stole out of the classify library for Clinton, again I bet it pointed the finger straight at clinton and his admin concerning 9/11 and other points of interest.

Also one may note the lack of ” ” around the statements this jar head posted. So it very well might not be the truth, he knows it and doesn’t want his butt sue off or get some prison time (prison time would be fine with me, for he deserves it with all his lies).

Oh am I calling you a liar? Well kinda sort of. You have either modify those so call statements to fit your needs ( why no “”) or you just flat know its not the truth and ani’t about to put your butt out there because of it. Now here I am sticking up for whom ever Lib,Dem, or Rep statements you posted here, why? Because you know it ani’t so, not the way you say it anyhow, plus you left out so much to counter what you say. Thats why you only post what you think is right and change it to fit your needs. So now Obama, YOUR MAN not mind, I didn’t vote for him, you are accusing him of 9/11 cover-up? Hmmmmmm..interesting and you are an American right? or a wannbe American.