What Emergency?

So what does a National State of Emergency mean? Possibly nothing. Maybe it is simply what it is being made out to be. A way for the government to cut through the red tape they themselves created.


But nothing is as it seems with our government these days. And a state of Emergency carries many unsettling possibilities.

The first clue that something isn't right was the original outbreak. When all the news was hundreds dying in Mexico from this new strain of H1N1. However despite the fact that the airports and borders with Mexico remained open, not one single news reporter from the US went there to get a first hand account of what was going on. Instead our news agencies relied on what now seems to have been faulty government reports. Once the “crises” was over, the death count dropped form the hundreds to the tens.

From that point on, the CDC and the WHO began what appears to be a simple scare campaign. There are only 3 centers in the US that accept samples to test for H1N1. Both centers stopped taking samples well over 2 months ago. It seems that everyone who went to the doctors with a sniffle from that point on, became a H1N1 statistic.

Over the last few months, the numbers have sky-rocketed for victims of the flu. How they know this without testing leaves me baffled.

The CDC last week said the flu has actually run it's course and is decreasing in strength. This on top of the vaccine now seeming to be in short supply. Health care workers in NY who vowed to boycott the mandatory vaccine, and the growing feeling that this was all a creation of the media and the government, and some special interest groups.

Then late Friday night, after all the news reporters went home for the weekend, President Obama signed a Presidential Proclamation declaring a National State Of Emergency because of H1N1.

Something here just doesn't smell right.

Under a State of Emergency, the Federal Government has supreme power. The people has no rights. Martial law can be imposed, cities can be quarantined. Warrant-less arrests can be made. Property can be seized. People can detained indefinitely without charges or due process. It is a bleak possibility.

The White House and the media are downplaying this aspect of the declaration. But the timing of this seems most peculiar considering the government itself is telling us the worst is over. One thing that does seem clear is this administration seems to have ulterior motives for much of what it does.

One thing is clear, they have set the stage that would enable a complete power grab, if they so desire. And here is the issue. What is the motivation for this move?

If George W had done this, it would not only be front page news. But every Democrat in the country would be screaming about this abuse of power. Oddly, once again, no one is saying anything.