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by car1edb | February 2, 2009 at 11:20 pm
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National Emergency Centers Act or HR 645 is currently being pushed in congress that authorizes the Department of Homeland Security to set up a network of FEMA camp facilities to be used to house U.S. citizens in the event of a national emergency.
Currently have at least 6 centers around the US operational for this purpose - one is near the mexican border is currently being used for illegal immigrants.
Martial law anyone? - hope you've been a good citizen.
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at 01:42 on February 3rd, 2009
The bill also appears to expand the president's emergency power, much as the executive order signed by President Bush on May 9, 2008, that, as WND reported, gave the president the authority to declare an emergency and take over the direction of all federal, state, local, territorial and tribal governments without even consulting Congress.
As WND also reported, DHS has awarded a $385 million contract to Houston-based KBR, Halliburton's former engineering and construction subsidiary, to build temporary detention centers on an "as-needed" basis in national emergency situations. From World Net Daily.
According to the text of the proposed bill, the purpose of the National Emergency Centers is "to provide temporary housing, medical, and humanitarian assistance to individuals and families dislocated due to an emergency or major disaster.
Last June President Bush signed a dual Presidential directive. It was issued with the designation of NSPD-51, as a National Security Presidential Directive, and HSPD-20, as a Homeland Security Presidential Directive.Three additional purposes are specified in the text of the proposed legislation:
To provide centralized locations for the purposes of training and ensuring the coordination of federal, state and local first responders;
To provide centralized locations to improve the coordination of preparedness, response and recovery efforts of government, private, not-for-profit entities and faith-based organizations;
To meet other appropriate needs, as defined by the secretary of homeland security.
The broad specifications of the bill's language, however, contribute to concern that the "national emergency" purpose could be utilized by the secretary of homeland security to include any kind of situation the government wants to contain or otherwise control.
The directive establishes under the office of the president a new national continuity coordinator whose job is to make plans for "National Essential Functions" of all federal, state, local, territorial and tribal governments, as well as private sector organizations to continue functioning under the president's directives in the event of a national emergency.
"Catastrophic emergency" is loosely defined as "any incident, regardless of location, that results in extraordinary levels of mass casualties, damage, or disruption severely affecting the U.S. population, infrastructure, environment, economy, or government functions."
at 23:41 on February 3rd, 2009
This of course is a world wide problem governments unfortunately are not working on behalf of the people but themselves and the elite that pull the strings. let a government get to much power and they will always attempt to stop any activism against their political party and aims.
But of course the war on terror now gives an opening to broaden the list of terror organizations even though and organization is not a terrorist one.
But are we really seeing whats being presented in the right light well the proof will always be in the pudding and as yet the pudding has not been cooked. Hopefully the ingredient is more palatable than you expect or simply is not placed on the menu.
However at this point its good that the idea is open to public and media view. Its early days let see what brews
at 07:22 on May 22nd, 2009
What I found quite troubling was the recent military excercises by the U.S. Army's 160th SOAR Aviation "Nightstalkers" out of Ft. Campbell, Kentucky in Burton, Michigan during the second week of May, 2009. They had some streets blocked off with concertina wire and were using the "little bird" helicopters. The Flint Journal stated that it was an excercise to assist in the development of our military and urban combat overseas. What do you think? Especially with Flints and Detroits Metro areas collapse of the auto industry.
at 09:13 on February 3rd, 2009
Thanks for the additional info KP. Wonder if anyone in the the mainstream media cares pickup the story.
at 09:28 on February 3rd, 2009
The more we change, the more we stay the same.
The paranoia of the more eccentric and home-grown right that worries about "black helicopters" and the like gets verified periodically so much that I have taken to checking out the latest rumors.
In substance, they are almost always wrong. In predicting tendencies, they are almost always correct.
Listen to the canary birds in the mine. Truth is not always, or even usually, delivered to us by those we trust, respect and admire. Sometimes it comes packaged and delivered by people who seem strange and off.
at 09:32 on February 3rd, 2009
car1edb, thank you for this story! I think it is important to note the referenced regions. For example, Region I serves the New England States, Region II serves New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands, and so on. There are X (10) Regions total.
at 17:12 on February 3rd, 2009
I have work along side FEMA for the last 4 years and I can say without a doubt, that FEMA could never pull off a concentration type camp. They cannot even come up with solutions to the parking delimas at their own facilities.
at 17:18 on February 3rd, 2009
Fair point.
But how about when you get haliburton/KBR and homeland security running the project in a military base environment?
at 17:22 on February 3rd, 2009
Now I agree that a contractor could pull it off, but no way with FEMA they have too many department heads that spend most their time fighting amongst each other.
at 00:14 on February 12th, 2009
I have been following the threads on this for some time. Coverage for this is a poison pill and frankly the educated public has no idea of what is going on. I had to force feed the University of Texas Political Science Department at Arlington and all were uninformed. This is either ignored or worse forced from public credibility and being place on the famous looney bin catagory.
Jim Marrs of the Fort Worth Star Telegram has responded to my inquiries, that is all. Jim wrote the difinitive book on the Kennedy assasination and JimMarrs.com is an informitive site from one of Texas best reporters.
at 00:18 on February 12th, 2009
This is a KBR construction program with Halliburtion oversite. This is also connected to a regiment of US Army personel being trained in domestic control. A unconstitutional act. The guns must always point out not in. Unconfirmed 3rd Army.
at 01:11 on February 12th, 2009
speaking of which - bailout $ is going towards such a force/militarizing police forces...which is nice.
at 16:06 on May 22nd, 2009
Sounds like the civilian national security force training... I heard they were training the home guard, boy scouts, etc for such roles. Bet it acts like a show of force in those severely downturned places too.
at 11:25 on June 17th, 2009
This was brought to my attention by a movie about Obama on YouTube. Check it out.
Just search Obama Movie on YouTube.
at 11:30 on June 17th, 2009
It's how Hitler started the Nazi order and then had soldiers on the ground in Germany reporting people who didn't conform to his NEW WORLD ORDER.
Look out America it's your new homes and maybe your graves too.