By Brent Lang
Michael Moore’s “Fahrenheit 11/9” (click here) has closed a series of major international sales in the run-up to its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival. The documentary was one of the most hotly anticipated debuts at the Canadian gathering because of its subject matter: Moore, a darling of the left and favored punching bag of the right, is taking on the age of Trump in the movie — its title is a reference to the 2016 election day.
Moore delivered the fireworks on Thursday, offering up a critique of American politics that touches on everything from the water crisis in Flint, Michigan to the Parkland shootings. At the film’s post-screening Q&A, Moore was joined on stage by David Hogg and two other Parkland survivors....
The trifecta of wake up calls. There was no coordination. 11/9 was claimed for the TIFF, which had a calendar long before the op-ed or the book. I think Americans need to pay attention and make better choices.
...Moore’s film hits as the president is hitting back at the fallout from Bob Woodward’s devastating expose “Fear: Trump in the White House” and an anonymous New York Times op-ed from a senior administration official that painted the leader of the free world as amoral and incompetent. “Fahrenheit 11/9” examines how Trump came to power and also serves as a rallying cry to those who would like to see his presidency end in 2020, if not sooner....
Go see this film. In the USA it opens on September 21, 2018. The explosion in the film is real and was brought about by the USA military operating within USA borders. It is a very alarming film. There are lines crossed by the federal government like never before.
What I am hearing about this film is that it wakes people up with one surprise after another. People go into see the film and expect it to be "...just another wonderful Michael Moore film." They come out of the film stating, "...the only thing the same as Fahrenheit 911 is Michael Moore's voice."
April 9, 2018
By Robert Longley
On April 3, 2018, President Donald Trump (click here) proposed that U.S. military troops be deployed along the United States border with Mexico to help control illegal immigration and maintain civil order during construction of the secure, border-length fence recently funded by Congress. The proposal brought questions of its legality under the 1878 Posse Comitatus Act. However, in 2006 and again in 2010, Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama took similar actions.
In May 2006, President George W. Bush, in "Operation Jumpstart," ordered up to 6,000 National Guard troops to the states along the Mexican border to support the Border Patrol in controlling illegal immigration and related criminal activities on U.S. soil. On July 19, 2010, President Obama ordered an additional 1,200 Guard troops to the southern border. While this buildup was substantial and controversial, it did not require Obama to suspend the Posse Comitatus Act.
The Posse Comitatus Act limits the Guard troops to acting only in support of the U.S. Border Patrol, and state and local law enforcement officers....
...The Posse Comitatus Act, signed into law by President Rutherford B. Hayes on June 18, 1878, limits the power of the federal government in the use of federal military personnel to enforce U.S. laws and domestic policies within the borders of the United States. The law was passed as an amendment to an army appropriation bill following the end of Reconstruction and was subsequently amended in 1956 and 1981....
...It should be noted that the Posse Comitatus Act greatly limits, but does not eliminate the power of the President of the United States to declare "martial law," the assumption of all civilian police powers by the military....
Katrina occurred August 23, 2005 to August 31, 2005. The laws need to be revisited to strengthen them from allowing the USA military within the USA.
...On Oct. 25, 2005, the House of Representatives and Senate enacted a joint resolution (H. CON. RES. 274) clarifying Congress' stance on the effect of the Posse Comitatus Act on the use of the military on U.S. soil. In part, the resolution states "by its express terms, the Posse Comitatus Act is not a complete barrier to the use of the Armed Forces for a range of domestic purposes, including law enforcement functions, when the use of the Armed Forces is authorized by Act of Congress or the President determines that the use of the Armed Forces is required to fulfill the President's obligations under the Constitution to respond promptly in time of war, insurrection, or other serious emergency."
The law was passed after the USA Civil War which ended in May 13, 1865. Make sense now?
GO SEE THIS FILM. IT IS AN EYE OPENER. THERE IS NO RESPECT FOR THE USA CONSTITUTION ANYMORE.
Go see this film. In the USA it opens on September 21, 2018. The explosion in the film is real and was brought about by the USA military operating within USA borders. It is a very alarming film. There are lines crossed by the federal government like never before.
What I am hearing about this film is that it wakes people up with one surprise after another. People go into see the film and expect it to be "...just another wonderful Michael Moore film." They come out of the film stating, "...the only thing the same as Fahrenheit 911 is Michael Moore's voice."
April 9, 2018
By Robert Longley
On April 3, 2018, President Donald Trump (click here) proposed that U.S. military troops be deployed along the United States border with Mexico to help control illegal immigration and maintain civil order during construction of the secure, border-length fence recently funded by Congress. The proposal brought questions of its legality under the 1878 Posse Comitatus Act. However, in 2006 and again in 2010, Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama took similar actions.
In May 2006, President George W. Bush, in "Operation Jumpstart," ordered up to 6,000 National Guard troops to the states along the Mexican border to support the Border Patrol in controlling illegal immigration and related criminal activities on U.S. soil. On July 19, 2010, President Obama ordered an additional 1,200 Guard troops to the southern border. While this buildup was substantial and controversial, it did not require Obama to suspend the Posse Comitatus Act.
The Posse Comitatus Act limits the Guard troops to acting only in support of the U.S. Border Patrol, and state and local law enforcement officers....
...The Posse Comitatus Act, signed into law by President Rutherford B. Hayes on June 18, 1878, limits the power of the federal government in the use of federal military personnel to enforce U.S. laws and domestic policies within the borders of the United States. The law was passed as an amendment to an army appropriation bill following the end of Reconstruction and was subsequently amended in 1956 and 1981....
...It should be noted that the Posse Comitatus Act greatly limits, but does not eliminate the power of the President of the United States to declare "martial law," the assumption of all civilian police powers by the military....
Katrina occurred August 23, 2005 to August 31, 2005. The laws need to be revisited to strengthen them from allowing the USA military within the USA.
...On Oct. 25, 2005, the House of Representatives and Senate enacted a joint resolution (H. CON. RES. 274) clarifying Congress' stance on the effect of the Posse Comitatus Act on the use of the military on U.S. soil. In part, the resolution states "by its express terms, the Posse Comitatus Act is not a complete barrier to the use of the Armed Forces for a range of domestic purposes, including law enforcement functions, when the use of the Armed Forces is authorized by Act of Congress or the President determines that the use of the Armed Forces is required to fulfill the President's obligations under the Constitution to respond promptly in time of war, insurrection, or other serious emergency."
The law was passed after the USA Civil War which ended in May 13, 1865. Make sense now?
GO SEE THIS FILM. IT IS AN EYE OPENER. THERE IS NO RESPECT FOR THE USA CONSTITUTION ANYMORE.
