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Scribbler1 · Dec 3, 2003, 12:28 pm

</span><blockquote><span class="smallfont">Quote:</span><hr size="1" />Originally Posted by (white rice,)
During the Civil War, Lincoln supended the right to due process. FDR rounded up Japanese Americans, took away their property and sent them to concentration camps.

The government has always had this power, but it's inconcievable that President would willingly shred the Constitution and become the next Hitler.<hr size="1" /></blockquote><span class='postcolor'>

That's actually out of context here, as FEMA was not around then. And the internment of Japanese in WW2 was essentially illegal, but since we were at war FDR would be supported by the majority of the country anyway. FEMA makes it perfectly legal, and all a president has to do is invoke what is already law now.
As for the second part of your quote, personally I don't find ANYTHING regarding the government inconcievable nowadays. Also, I'm not saying it WOULD happen, but if the administrations since Johnson, it stands to reason THEY didn't find it unnessecary to create it. They just need the proper time to implement it, that's all, because they KNOW they have only one shot at using the FEMA, as afterwards, IF the Constitution is restored, the people will scrap the present government in a heartbeat and replace it with who knows what. Or is very well COULD spark an armed conflict with the government.
I think they've wised up these days and what they'll do is slip it to us a little at a time, starting with the partiot act, for instance.

To Impenitent: Sarcasm aside, if you think bringing up FEMA is playing "Chicken Little" then ask yourself WHY they would enact it in the first place if it were never meant to be used?

Dec 3, 2003, 12:28 pm	#8 (permalink) (top)
Scribbler1 Skeptical Patriot Posts: 7,746	</span><blockquote><span class="smallfont">Quote:</span><hr size="1" />Originally Posted by (white rice,) During the Civil War, Lincoln supended the right to due process. FDR rounded up Japanese Americans, took away their property and sent them to concentration camps. The government has always had this power, but it's inconcievable that President would willingly shred the Constitution and become the next Hitler.<hr size="1" /></blockquote><span class='postcolor'> That's actually out of context here, as FEMA was not around then. And the internment of Japanese in WW2 was essentially illegal, but since we were at war FDR would be supported by the majority of the country anyway. FEMA makes it perfectly legal, and all a president has to do is invoke what is already law now. As for the second part of your quote, personally I don't find ANYTHING regarding the government inconcievable nowadays. Also, I'm not saying it WOULD happen, but if the administrations since Johnson, it stands to reason THEY didn't find it unnessecary to create it. They just need the proper time to implement it, that's all, because they KNOW they have only one shot at using the FEMA, as afterwards, IF the Constitution is restored, the people will scrap the present government in a heartbeat and replace it with who knows what. Or is very well COULD spark an armed conflict with the government. I think they've wised up these days and what they'll do is slip it to us a little at a time, starting with the partiot act, for instance. To Impenitent: Sarcasm aside, if you think bringing up FEMA is playing "Chicken Little" then ask yourself WHY they would enact it in the first place if it were never meant to be used? Not a day goes by that I don't see something that reinforces my belief that people are idiots.