One official with law enforcement off the record says it is true, and that over 600 SWAT team members will be at the ready should anything go afoul.

What is really funny is the fact that the meeting, usually held in Houston was moved for the first time in over two decades to a little po-dunk town where Halliburton originated.

The thing that smells of fascism is over 60 groups have filed with the City for permits to gather, yet only one permit has been issued. Boys and girls can you say coverup/limit dissent?

you can call the city of duncan to ask at 580-252-0250 and ask for the city manager you can call the police dept at 580-255-2112
you can call the board of ed at 580-255-0686
you can call the sherriffs dept at 580-255-3131

Thanks for all your help

Unbelievable – I’ll take a shot at answering your question. We probably do have too many law enforcement and intelligence agencies but that is the fault of mostly past Congresses but somewhat past Presidents. They decided that the FBI would only deal with internal issues, the CIA could only work overseas, NSA could only do electronic surveillance, etc. Guess they thought (maybe correctly) that a single all-powerful agency would too easily “run off the rails” so to speak and become a shadow government. The down side of that is now we have a mish-mash of competing empires that don’t play together very well at all our expense.

The CIA isn’t an independent branch without checks and balances. It falls under the Executive branch and was created by President Truman with the National Security Act of 1947 and therefore very much Constitutional. It was essentially a reorganization of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) which ran spy networks in Europe during WWII. I’m guessing your inclusion of NOAA was a slip since it is neither a law enforcement or investigative agency but scientific. But back to your original “thoughts by some political scholars” statement. You know very well that it matters a great deal who these people are since there is a group opposed to pretty much anything you can name. Some people even want to ban peanut butter at my kids’ school. Go figure!

Any fool in his/her right mind should be able to see that our rights are being eroded to the point where the government could take control and we’d be like the people were under communism. Wake up fools and stop watching Fox News the official Party News Network. Remember PRAVDA under the Soviets? That’s what the Republicans are trying to do to us. Ask yourself this question; Do I have more or less freedom than I did before 9-11? History tells us that totalitrian regimes in thye past used lies to control their populations. The people of Eastern Europe under Soviet control were told that the United States wanted to invade them and that’s why they had to have the Berlin Wall and Soviet troops station in every Country of Eastern Europe. We know that was a lie and now we are being told that terrrist want to kill up unless we give up our rights. The two things are not the far apart if you stop and think about it.

I know my Republican friends want to believe in this administration, but if you look at all of the facts, you’ll concluded they are a danger to democracy as we know it. I love my Country and I wish I could trust them, but I don’t and it’s not because they are Republican, it’s because I value my FREEDOM too much to give it up so easily.

On the day of Goss’ resignation, I really thought they would look to Pete Hoekstra but they didn’t. I am not totally surprised at Hoekstra’s opposition but it’s a bombshell nevertheless

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Hey Zookeeper,

…we could get rich…

No XXL Lisa, I already have a President of my Fan Club. You can’t be it.

You’re just jealous that I get the attention and you don’t.

Putting this guy in charge of the CIA is like putting Darth Vader in charge of the kindness squad. He looks like he’d do anything the President want’s regardless of whether is was legal or not.

David,
Please don’t insult cat-lovers by putting them in the same category as Mighty Hypocrite. If my memory is correct, in an earlier thread this creature who loves to throw out hackneyed cliches about liberals/progressives while complaining that we stereotype people of his/her persuasion listed cat-loving as something typical of leftist females–or something like that. Moreover, I don’t think he/she is kind enough to take care of 20 cats–20 rats or cockroaches maybe but not cuddly kitties.

She is too batshit crazy even for the freepers.Guess we should pity her.Mighty Aphrodite’s house of cards is coming down around her and she still insists that Bush is doing a great job.You can almost see her connection to reality slipping with every post.Sad,so sad.

Some are pedophiles who will do anything to protect their own.

He’s picking a republican right?