Internal Security Checkpoint aka Homeland Security

[Guest MarvinisaLunatic]

"Citizen, Can I See Your ID."

 

What has not been explained to the American people is the reason why 35,000 Army Reservists and 65,000 National Guard have been called up. It is to maintain internal checkpoints. It has nothing to do with the external "War on Terrorism." All of these people are being trained at the US Army School of Urban Control at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. CNN actually showed an urban training mock-up, what they're training on, and what the new Internal Security checkpoint is going to look like. It was mighty sinister looking.

 

     There was a barrier that went across the road. To the right was an elevated shed like structure, elevated perhaps fifteen feet in the air. It had a small second story that was open. On it was a sign that read "Homeland Security Internal Checkpoint." There were sandbags and the wooden arm that crossed the road read "100% ID Checked." Then there was a small shed to the right with a small barbed wire area behind that. On this structure was a sign, which read, "All citizens not having proper identification will be detained. All foreign nationals will be detained. All citizens who are deemed to be acting in a suspicious manner will be detained." At each of these posts there will be six armed Army or National Guard reservists with M-16's with full field kit. On top of the structure to the rear, the open structure on top, there's a man with a machine gun emplacement.

 

     They showed the actual mockup used for training purposes. They had new uniforms. They weren't in their regular uniforms. It's a new gray uniform with a gray helmet and a visor so you can't see their eyes. The only thing you can see is from their lips down because they said that's "to prevent any retribution" from people who don't like this new idea.

 

     This uniform looked exactly like the Imperial Storm Troopers from "Star Wars" except instead of white, it was gray. All the helmets have little transceivers so they can communicate with each other. There will be six guards at each internal security checkpoint. And there's another warning on the inside of the barbed wire enclosure, "Any detainees attempting to escape will be shot." It was a yellow and red sign inside the detainment area.

 

     The only person who actually spoke on camera during this story was a sergeant, an Army Reservist sergeant. You could tell that he completely disagreed with what was going on. You couldn't hear the question being asked, but he was looking at the camera and he said, "We're here to protect the people." Then he put his head down and shook his head, and you could tell he didn't believe a word of what he was saying -- like it was some big frigging joke.

 

     Then they showed the procedure they were using to train these guys. An average American car, like a Ford or a Chevy, drives up and there's supposed to be a husband and wife in the front seat and a couple of kiddies in the back. So they drive up to the checkpoint, and the corporal comes up to the car and says, "May I see your identification, citizen."

 

     They call everyone "citizen." I swear to God, I'm not making this up. Then the guy asks for his driver's license, then something else and something else. Then he says, "Very good, citizen."

 

     There's a spot on the gate that goes across the road that they had x-ed out. But you could tell what it said because the sergeant alluded to it. It said, "All citizens are required to present their National Identification Cards." But they left it blank as a black spray-painted out spot because the legislation for that hasn't happened yet.

 

     The big sign on the side of the one and half story shed with the machine gun nest on top said "Homeland Security Internal Checkpoint." And now we're all supposed to say, "Hail the Republic." That's the new mantra. They showed a bunch of guys being trained at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, probably enlisted and reservists and such. And they kept raising up their right arm saying, "Hail the Republic."

 

     The sergeant even said that they are duplicating the ancient Roman Legions salute to Caesar, using the right arm upraised with the fist. Instead of "Hail Caesar," though they say, "Hail the Republic."

 

     This is what's coming. People don't believe it or people don't understand it but when 80% of the people support whatever "security" measures are necessary.

 

     What does it all mean? We all better start worrying when George Bush starts to play the fiddle.

 

     Congress is supposed to be recessed for the rest of the year, but they will be giving the Administration extraordinary wartime authority -- pursuant to all remaining legislation. In other words, they will simply allow the Administration to act under pending statutes. They are simply going to transfer to the Administration emergency wartime power to act under bills, which are still pending, even though they haven't been passed.

 

     The implication is that we will be under a defacto state of martial law soon. There are 100,000 military being trained for these internal security checkpoints.

 

     When they were showing the lines of enlisted and reserve people being trained in this camp, with M-16s in their hands, I can tell you I don't think any of them would hesitate to shoot at American citizens. I think they're being indoctrinated. The indoctrination they're going through is obvious. The enlisted people are being told by the drill sergeant that they are being given extraordinary authority that "your job is to protect the security of the State at all costs."

 

     There is a direct parallel between the old Soviet Union and the East Bloc and what we are doing. We are establishing internal travel restrictions on the American people. We are essentially following the Soviet textbook. In the Soviet Communist Bloc, for example, there were checkpoints in every city. You had to have what's called an "internal travel visa." You had to have that visa stamped at every checkpoint in every city. Then they checked you out at every entrance to every city. Then if you checked out, they would affix a visa stamp and charge you ten marks for it. It was a real racket.

 

     What will be interesting to see is what kind of a racket is going to go along with these internal security check points. In other words, how much of a "toll" are they going to charge? They're going to have to do something to pay for all of this and one of the obvious ways to pay for it would be to charge everyone a one or two dollar "toll."

 

     And this is what we should be looking forward to - toll booths around the nation. They're not saying this yet, but obviously in an effort to pay for this, there's going to be some sort of a "security tax." Since this system is incredibly cumbersome (having to stop every single vehicle and check identification) and we've been taught to be suspicious of driver's licenses because it's so easy to obtain false driver's licenses, the implication is that national security cards are the only thing that will eventually be accepted as identification. The further implication is that in order to accommodate traffic (this will create traffic jams miles and miles long), there would be a separate line for those carrying pre-approved internal visas whose allegiance to the government has already been checked.

 

     The sergeant on the news report said that all the people involved (100,000 military people) are being forced to swear new loyalty oaths to the United States. He just mentioned the government's overall policy, which Bush talked about last week, that all federal civilian employees are going to have to take new oaths of allegiance to the "Republic." And that extends to some members of the military who will be involved in internal security.

 

     Surprisingly enough all these border checks, you would think, would be handled directly by the military - or under the auspices of the military. They're not. They're under the auspices of "Homeland Security." What it means is that you have 100,000 troops (reservists and national guards people) based in the United States, which will be seconded to the Office of Homeland Security. Their ultimate jurisdiction is being transferred from the Department of Defense to the Office of Homeland Security.

 

     In other words, the Office of Homeland Security is gaining a militarized division of 100,000 troops.

 

     It's finally getting some of the liberals nervous. But it's coming. Day after day, they're showing polls that seventy to eighty percent of the American people are prepared to approve whatever security measures are "necessary" to "fight terrorism."

 

Yes! I want to give up even more of my freedoms so that I can *feel safe* from any *terrorist threats*! And while Im at it, Im also willing to pay for the privilege to give up my freedoms so that I can *feel safe* from any *terrorist threats*. /sarcasm

 

This stuff has to stop somewhere...

[Guest NoCalMike]

Ermm, sounds like Ted Kazynski(sp?) is running this operation straight out of prison. Either him or other members of Timothy McVeigh's regimen....what a joke....I literally cracked up when I heard, "very good, citizen" and "hail to the republic" Either this is another warped idea being proposed, or this story is so completely fake it isn't even funny~!

[Guest DragonflyKid]

 

Hail to the rebublic.

[Guest Kotzenjunge]

Yeah, I'd like to see where this came from, because if it's for real, it's scary as hell.

 

Kotzenjunge

Will Leave if We Turn Into a Police State

[Guest RobJohnstone]

Just one more step towards communism.

 

--Rob

[Guest MrRant]

Just one more step towards communism.

 

--Rob

They said "citizen" not Comrade.

[Guest RobJohnstone]

When the government is given as much control as they currently have, it definitly leads to socialism or communism.

 

--Rob

[Guest MrRant]

Maybe we are headed to an Imperilistic (sp) goverment. All hail Emperor Bush!

[Guest RobJohnstone]

No, definitly socialism. Little suttle changes until we are knee deep in it. Fuck that shit.

 

--Rob

[Guest Cancer Marney]

Every one of you who professed to have taken this seriously for so much as an instant is either a shameless troll or the acme of ignorance, stupidity, and gullibility.

Or both.

[Guest MrRant]

Hey now... while Rob may be a tard don't go throwing me in with him.

[Guest RobJohnstone]

seriously or not it wouldn't surprise me at all if it were true. It wouldn't be the first socialist act our government has done, and it wouldn't be the last.

 

--Rob

[Guest RobJohnstone]

Hey now... while Rob may be a tard don't go throwing me in with him.

hey why don't you shut the fuck up. What makes you better than me? Exactly......

 

--Rob

[Guest Kotzenjunge]

Hey, I just doubted its validity and said it was a frightening prospect if it were real. Believe it or not, there are some nuts in this country who would actually endorse such a system.

 

Oh, and this would be closer to Fascism, not Communism.

 

Kotzenjunge

Doesn't Appreciate Flaming in the Current Events Folder a la Rob John Sliver.

[Guest RobJohnstone]

Hey, I just doubted its validity and said it was a frightening prospect if it were real. Believe it or not, there are some nuts in this country who would actually endorse such a system.

 

Oh, and this would be closer to Fascism, not Communism.

 

Kotzenjunge

Doesn't Appreciate Flaming in the Current Events Folder a la Rob John Sliver.

whatever dude, what I should have said is they keep taking away my freedom The government has too much power

 

--Rob

[Guest Agent of Oblivion]

He's better because he doesn't believe god turned on a magical faucet and created the grand canyon.....

[Guest The Czech Republic]

Every one of you who professed to have taken this seriously for so much as an instant is either a shameless troll or the acme of ignorance, stupidity, and gullibility.

Or both.

Marney's right: There's no source cited for this article, let alone a reliable one. Though the thought of not being able to ride my bike out of the state without being detained is rather irritating.

[Guest MarvinisaLunatic]

Oops. Silly me, I forgot to put where I got it from. The author is a guy named Al Martin, and his writing is apparently used on many websites, including his own.

 

http://www.almartinraw.com/column37.html

 

It was posted back on October 24, 2001 I do believe. Whether or not its true, I dont know.

[Guest Vern Gagne]

He's selling a conspiracy book he wrote on the same page. That should tell you the credibility of this guy.

[Guest danielisthor]

technically it wouldn't be a bad idea across the Mexican boarder, every 100 yards, set up a gun turrent like in Hogan's Heroes.

[Guest Cancer Marney]

I wouldn't be against that as a first step. Our borders should be closed. Hello liberals, there's a reason it's called ILLEGAL immigration... how about reading the first word and not just the second? I have nothing against LEGAL immigrants - as Emma Lazarus said, America is a haven for exiles, and we're proud of that - but if the very first thing some people do in this country is demonstrate a contempt for the rule of law, well, it doesn't inspire a great deal of trust.

[Guest The Czech Republic]

technically it wouldn't be a bad idea across the Mexican boarder, every 100 yards, set up a gun turrent like in Hogan's Heroes.

That's about 18 guns per mile. Reasonable, let's go for it. And string some more barbed wire places.

[Guest MrRant]

Mines... its all about mines. Make big squares in the sand with numbers where the mines may or may not be. Then you can setup towers for people to watch from and you can bet on which number will blow up when someone runs across it.

 

MrRant,

Entertainment Guru

[Guest Kotzenjunge]

I don't know about every 100 yards, how about 500 yards? Less manpower needed and not so much overkill.

 

Kotzenjunge

Humane Mexican Blocker

[Guest HecateRose]

I saw turrets every 100 yards would work, but only use about 1/3 of them at a time, make it random, that way good coverage with fewer people and it could be a bit of a game. We could set it up in Vegas, guess which ones will get to nail someone. We could increase spending, have fun, and take care of the problem, all at once

[Guest HecateRose]

I meant I say, not "I saw" oops, figured I'd should clarify that

[Guest Agent of Oblivion]

How about big pots of boiling oil and a moat?

[Guest danielisthor]

whats even worse is the guy contradicts himself.

 

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"They showed the actual mockup used for training purposes. They had new uniforms. They weren't in their regular uniforms. It's a new gray uniform with a gray helmet and a visor so you can't see their eyes. The only thing you can see is from their lips down because they said that's "to prevent any retribution" from people who don't like this new idea.

 

This uniform looked exactly like the Imperial Storm Troopers from "Star Wars" except instead of white, it was gray. All the helmets have little transceivers so they can communicate with each other. "

 

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Anybody who has seen any Episode of Star Wars can tell you that the "new" uniform looks nothing like an Imperial Storm Trooper. IDIOT.

[Guest Samurai_Goat]

I say, every 50 feet or so, we dig a little pit trap. Normal, everyday pit trap. Every morning, we grab everyone who fell in the trap, strap them to a table, force feed them beans, and then fill their ears with hydrogen peroxide. Then we send in 2-3 other illeagles. Now, in case you don't know, for some silly reason, hydrogen peroxide can be used to clear out your ears, and can be quite tickly. Also, in case you don't know, it's hard to keep your gas in when you're laughing. Think it over, it's not that complicated. While this is going on, we make'em watch a Richard Simmons video. Together, it would make anyone pause.