Thanks for posting this. I feel that more people need to become aware of how the Bush administration has granted itself powers far exceeding those explicitly allowed in the United States Constitution.

It goes well beyond the details of this video clip, as disturbing as this is. While many of us focus on the slight-of-hand squabbles of partisan politics (oversimplified red state vs blue state ideologies) and inane pop culture nonsense, the constitutional foundations and principles of the U.S. are being trampled upon by a small group of highly motivated individuals who do not appear to hold traditional Republican values.

The Bush presidency has recently and with little media attention, granted itself extraordinary authority without congressional approval or oversight. The "National Security and Homeland Security Presidential Directive" was signed May 9th, 2007. It contains the following directives:
National Security Presidential Directive/NSPD-51
Homeland Security Presidential Directive/HSPD-20

Combine this grab for power with George W. Bush's extensive, unparalleled and unchecked use of signing statements, his administration's history of disregarding outside intelligence sources in favor of its own sources, and tendency for absolutist world views, and I feel there is a frightening possibility that we will see a dramatic event orchestrated by the administration to avoid relinquishing the presidency via democratic elections in 2008. I suspect that our best hope for avoiding such an outcome will come primarily from Republicans who have grown weary of the neo-conservative agenda.

My intention is not to inflame. Please consider reading as much as you can about these issues from as many sources as possible.

what scares me is the fact that centers like these aren't old (as stated in the video) and aren't necessarily just for illegal aliens.

for more information on your friendly neighborhood citizen detention center see

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rex_84

as well as
http://www.abovetopsecret.com/pages/camps.html

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