HR 1071 and HR 418...Emasculating the Judiciary

This scary bit of commentary comes from americanbadass at Daily Kos...

...All throughout the bill, they do away with the JUDICIAL portion of the government. It's true. In sec.102 Page 13, paragraph 1, lines7 to 19.

The Secretary of Homeland Security will have full authority, to construct barriers, and roads. No judicial review, no court, administrative agency, or other entity shall have jurisdiction to hear, cause or claim in full, or in part, from actions taken by, or decisions of the Secretary of Homeland Security.

Further on in the bill, it states that no Judicial Review, will be made on any cases or claims of, Torture, and other forms of cruel, inhumane or derogating treatment or punishment, under the United Nations. Ah, no wonder Bush wants Bolton.

Also in this bill, is a section that , provides provisions for a central data base, of information that will hold anything they want to know about everyone.[hey this means you] It will hold , medical records, financial transactions, shopping habits, in short EVERYTHING.

Now here is what I,and you may too find the most frightening thing of all, THEY REDEFINED THE WORD TERRORISM . It is a much wider definition of the word to include, firearm groups, anti-abortion groups, and, many others depending on who is in power at any given time.

This legislation gives authority to the Secretary of Homeland Security to expand required information on driver's licenses, potentially including such biometric information as retina scans, finger prints, DNA information, and even Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) radio tracking technology. Including such technology as RFID would mean that the federal government, as well as the governments of Canada and Mexico, would know where Americans are at all times of the day and night...

Thus, we have two more illustrations of the 14 characteristics of fascism...

#7: Obsession with National Security - Fear is used as a motivational tool by the government over the masses, and
#12 Obsession with Crime and Punishment - Under fascist regimes, the police are given almost limitless power to enforce laws. The people are often willing to overlook police abuses and even forego civil liberties in the name of patriotism. There is often a national police force with virtually unlimited power in fascist nations.