The Above is a speculative map of known ICE DRO, FEMA, and Military personnel holding facilities in the United States, either Completed, Empty, In Use, or under construction in the United States. Click the image for a clearer view. My apologies for not having a link to the original interactive map.
The more precise among you will no doubt notice that it is in fact a bit pessimistic, some would even say paranoid. Its contents include every Federal Airfield and Military Base that has land that could be requestioned, according to existing domestic emergency procedure and regulation, into holding facilities. So to call every blip on this map a "Prison Camp" is a bit inflammatory. However, its not the facilities currently being used for other things that should concern you. Its the dozens of new projects, the hundreds of ICE DRO processing facilities that are being built, or have been built to expand the governments holding capabilities far beyond the capacity currently allowed for in emergency plans. The idea that an emergency plan allowing for the detention and processing of humans in hundreds of existing facilities is not enough, this is what should concern you. The rapid expansion of a prison system that is not connected directly to a court system, this should concern you.
Its true, not every one of these facilities are directly earmarked as holding and processing facilities, but now, there are nearly an equal number of permanent facilities that serve no other purpose. These facilities are not to be used only for emergencies, they are to stand as a permanent place in American life, with full time administration, and full time guards.
The less suspicious of you will note that the stated purpose of these facilities is not to wontonly round up millions of Americans and intern them. You would be correct, the stated purpose is to act to "protect the continuity of government" in times of emergency, and to assist in the removal of all removable aliens. (who is removable is simply a matter for lawyers to figure out im sure, Illegal, legal, who's to say...) So, as long as you not an illegal alien, or active dissident or insurectionist, or supporter of terrorism, you should have nothing to worry about right?
Ask yourself, how would you prove that you are an American Citizen in good standing, with no alliance to any insurrection or rebellion, when they come to arrest you and put you on a train to take you to one of what may be close to 600 known and marked prison camps, without charge, evidence, or trial? How will you PROVE it to them, and who will insure they accept your proof? No lawyers, no judges, just you, and the end of a gun.
Its true, it might never come to this dreadful "Endgame" (their term, not mine) and American civilians may not be rounded up en mass and shoved in processing facilities around the country. the government may well have no intention of suspending Habeus Corpus universally, targeting specific groups, placing them in large scale transports, and shipping them to holding facilities to remove their threat to the state, but then, why would you not be upset with the spending of millions upon millions of dollars on a program that would be best used in that exact manner? If you are not mad at the threat of a government deciding the necessity of throwing Americans into reprocessing camps to stabilize the government, shouldn't you be mad at a government that is wasting so much money and resources planning for exactly that scenario?
Suppose you have figured out how you would prove that you are an American Citizen in good standing, with no alliance to any insurrection or rebellion, and will be waiting for the teams, papers in hand.
Now ask yourself, how could you NOT ally yourself with ANY rebellion or insurrection in the face of a government that would think nothing of raiding, seizing and putting 11-15 million people on trains and shuttling them to "processing facilities"?
How many of those people do you think will leave? If you think its 11-15 million, you are either naive or id guess, illiterate. Read a book.
History is on repeat.
Word of advice, if you get nothing else out of this, remember this: Dont get on the train.
"Never again!!" only applies to Jews. None of them uttered a peep as Mao slaughtered 10's of millions of his own, no Jew said a disparaging word as the commies from North Viet Nam purged a "reunified" Viet Nam. No, Jews only bellow out their self-righteous "Never again!!" when it involves Jews. The goyim are of no importance to Jews.
"Surrender means that the history of this heroic struggle will be written by the enemy, that our youth will be trained by Northern school teachers; learn from Northern school books their version of the war; and taught to regard our gallant dead as traitors and our maimed veterans as fit subjects of derision." Gen. Patrick Cleburne, C.S.A.
Sudan: Why Jews Must Break the Silence Sermon given August 27, 2004, by Rabbi Barry H. Block
You must not remain indifferent. These words, in this weeks Torah portion, may be the most haunting in all of Scripture.
The context, of course, is the fallen donkey or ox, something most of us never see. The closest analogue in our own daily lives is the person on the side of the road with the broken down car. Some of us may be extraordinarily empathetic, stopping to help whenever possible. Almost all of us would offer assistance under some circumstances. For most of us, most of the time, we are in too much of a hurry, or we have concerns for our own safety, or we have problems of our own, or......
You must not remain indifferent. The Torah makes itself clear. We do give tzedakah, righteous chairty. We may even become politically active. But how can we become involved in every iota of the overwhelming human suffering that surrounds us? We can care for a sick relative or friend; we can work to alleviate poverty in our community; we can dedicate ourselves to the security of our Jewish people in Israel; we can struggle for peace in Iraq. But can we do it all? How never to become indifferent? We are comforted by the ancient Rabbis limitations on Gods expectation of us: You are not required to complete the task. But we must finish the sentence: Nor are you permitted to escape Gods work.
Most difficult, without a doubt, is to shake off our indifference about problems we do not see, suffering that does not affect us directly, people with whom we seem to have little connection.
Pastor Martin Niemoeller put it best during World War II: I was not a Jew, so when they came for the Jews, I did not speak. I was not a trade unionist, so when they came for the trade unionists, I did not speak... He continued in a similar vein, finally saying, and then they came for me, and there was nobody left to speak up for me.
Tonight, we concentrate on the tragedy of Sudan. In sixth grade, I had an exacting geography teacher. I can therefore locate Sudan on a map and tell you that the capital is Khartoum, but I would venture to assert that most Americans know far less about Sudan than I, and I knew precious little, until recent months.
Untold violence has raged in Sudan for decades. The victims are Christians, Muslims, and Animists. I am a Jew. My own people have problems. Is this one mine? My own nation is at war, engaged in a great conflict against the evils of terror. Does the conflict in Sudan merit my great concern?
Two months ago, the Central Conference of American Rabbis resolved: The affirmation of all people, which flows from being created in Gods image, is entrenched in Judaism at its very foundation. As a people intimately acquainted with the horrors of genocide, we are obligated to speak out and take action when other peoples are similarly threatened with annihilation. As Jews, we cannot remain silent. As our Torah teaches: You must not remain indifferent.
So what exactly is happening in Sudan? Our member, Jonathan Gurwitz, who has written extensively on the matter for the San Antonio Express News, and who is an expert on international politics, could surely explain better than I, a Rabbi. Here, through, are some facts: Civil war has continued in the Sudan for more than two decades. Lighter skin northern Sudanese Muslims, dominating the government, have oppressed darker-skinned southern Sudanese Christians and Animists. Then, as the world caught on to that particular problem, the Sudanese government in Khartoum and its violent allies turned their deadly ire on darker skinned Muslims in the western province of Darfur. Millions have been displaced. Tens of thousands have died, with hundreds of thousands at risk of death. The number killed over the years exceeds the tolls of Rwanda, Bosnia and Kosovo combined.
The human level of the tragedy is heart-wrenching. In our minds eye, let us see the villages and towns burned to the ground for no reason except that the residents have dark skin. Let our hearts feel the pain of the mother, starving herself, powerless to feed her child, to keep the baby alive until she can reach a refugee camp in neighboring Chad. Let us be mindful that the degradation includes withholding food and water, enslavement, rape and slaughter, with interment in mass graves.
Yet still, the world knows too little of the atrocities of the Sudan.
The world must not remain silent. America must not remain silent. Above all, the Jewish people must not remain silent.
The most obvious reference, of course, is to the Holocaust, so let me take a moment to describe my divergent reactions upon visiting the worlds two most significant Holocaust memorials, Yad vaShem in Jerusalem and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. At Yad vaShem, each time I visit, I am filled with sadness. In the Washington museum, my primary reaction is anger. Moving from one level to the next, we are struck by the newspaper articles displayed on the museums walls. In the early 1940s, the press was reporting the facts of Jewish genocide in Hitlers Europe. And yet, the world did not take notice. America, at war, did not, for the most part, take action. Even the American Jewish community barely paid attention. The anger rises as we realize that knowledge of the atrocities against our people was available, but the world paid no heed. Yes, we are angry.
Todays world is much smaller. The globe has shrunk. We do know what is happening in the Sudan, just as we knew about the genocide in Rwanda ten years ago, when 800,000 people of the Tutsi minority were murdered in 100 days.
The words of the Torah haunt us: You must not remain indifferent.
In our own small way, our congregation has not been indifferent. This spring, we allocated a generous grant from out Temples Landsman Family Relief Fund to the American Jewish World Service, which struggles mightily to alleviate human suffering in Sudan. Just this week, we hosted an interfaith worship experience, organized by Judy Lackritz of the Jewish Community Relations Council, to bring attention to this far-off tragedy.
But the Torah commands each of us, every single person, not just our collective congregation: You must not remain indifferent.
In your Orders of Service tonight, you will find a Congregational Bulletin, supplied by The American Jewish World Service. On the back page, you will find ten actions items for each and every one of us. Let us join our voices to those who refuse to be indifferent about the suffering in Sudan.
We Jews know, all too well, what can happen when the world ignores murder and expulsion and degradation. We have been strangers in this world, marked for death and destruction. Countless times, our Torah commands us: Remember the heart of the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt. Today, the worlds strangers are the dark-skinned peoples of Sudan, Christians and Animists in the South and Muslims in Darfur, in the west. Let us remember them, and let us never forget. Let us intervene in todays attempted genocide, before it must be called another Holocaust, before it is too late.
I don't recall ever seeing so much as ONE jew get up and protest the slaying of non-jews by non-jews on a scale that meets the definition of genocide. I rest my case....
"Surrender means that the history of this heroic struggle will be written by the enemy, that our youth will be trained by Northern school teachers; learn from Northern school books their version of the war; and taught to regard our gallant dead as traitors and our maimed veterans as fit subjects of derision." Gen. Patrick Cleburne, C.S.A.
Why? If they want to be fixated on something that isn't going to happen, let 'em.
Jazmyn Singleton, a black Duke senior agrees. After living in a predominantly white dorm freshman year, she lives with five African-American women in an all-black dormitory. Both communities tend to be very judgmental, says Ms. Singleton, ruefully. There is pressure to be black. The black community can be harsh. People will say there are 600 blacks on campus but only two-thirds are black because you cant count blacks who hang out with white people.
We Jews know, all too well, what can happen when the world ignores murder and expulsion and degradation. We have been strangers in this world, marked for death and destruction. Countless times, our Torah commands us: Remember the heart of the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt. Today, the worlds strangers are the dark-skinned peoples of Sudan, Christians and Animists in the South and Muslims in Darfur, in the west. Let us remember them, and let us never forget. Let us intervene in todays attempted genocide, before it must be called another Holocaust, before it is too late.
Above all, the Jewish people must not remain silent.
Thank goodness for local noise ordinances.
Jazmyn Singleton, a black Duke senior agrees. After living in a predominantly white dorm freshman year, she lives with five African-American women in an all-black dormitory. Both communities tend to be very judgmental, says Ms. Singleton, ruefully. There is pressure to be black. The black community can be harsh. People will say there are 600 blacks on campus but only two-thirds are black because you cant count blacks who hang out with white people.
Let us intervene in todays attempted genocide, before it must be called another Holocaust, before it is too late.
Remember the White Caucasians of South Africa and Zimbabwe, as well as the JEWS of South Africa and Zimbabwe, who are ALL being slaughtered by the marxist attack-dogs.
Who is mourning for them? Abraham Foxman?? The Simon Wiesenthal Center??? Morris Seligman Dees/Joseph Levin and the SPLC?????
"Surrender means that the history of this heroic struggle will be written by the enemy, that our youth will be trained by Northern school teachers; learn from Northern school books their version of the war; and taught to regard our gallant dead as traitors and our maimed veterans as fit subjects of derision." Gen. Patrick Cleburne, C.S.A.
Way back in high school I had high hopes for Philosophy-with-a-capital-P. When I figured out solipsism could not be disproved in the solipsist's own terms, I became distressed.
My dad said to me that anybody seriously worried about that needs a job digging a ditch.
Jazmyn Singleton, a black Duke senior agrees. After living in a predominantly white dorm freshman year, she lives with five African-American women in an all-black dormitory. Both communities tend to be very judgmental, says Ms. Singleton, ruefully. There is pressure to be black. The black community can be harsh. People will say there are 600 blacks on campus but only two-thirds are black because you cant count blacks who hang out with white people.
Who is mourning for them? Abraham Foxman?? The Simon Wiesenthal Center??? Morris Seligman Dees/Joseph Levin and the SPLC?????
True, but it's not really the point. Those guys aren't mourning because that's not where the money is.
I don't care that Abe doesn't care. It's not reasonable to expect him to, as long as most whites have their heads up their asses. I care moderately about South Africa and Zimbabwe, for my reasons, which have nothing to do with Abe.
The more people don't whether Abe cares, the more the arb shifts. And then Abe moves too. Abe's really not the problem. He's the tail, not the dog.
Jazmyn Singleton, a black Duke senior agrees. After living in a predominantly white dorm freshman year, she lives with five African-American women in an all-black dormitory. Both communities tend to be very judgmental, says Ms. Singleton, ruefully. There is pressure to be black. The black community can be harsh. People will say there are 600 blacks on campus but only two-thirds are black because you cant count blacks who hang out with white people.
What caliber is your 2nd Amendment ... it looks like my Colt Sporter with a modified stock ! (Mines 7.62 X 39 }
"I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. Already they have raised up a monied aristocracy that has set the government at defiance. The issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people to whom it properly belongs."
"the principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding, is but swindling futurity on a large scale."