10 posts tagged “california”
The Posse Comitatus act of 1878, described in Wikipedia:
The Posse Comitatus Act is a United States federal law () passed on June 16, 1878, after the end of Reconstruction. The Act prohibits most members of the federal uniformed services (the Army, Air Force and State national Guard forces (when such are called into federal service) from exercising nominally state law enforcement, police or peace officer powers that maintain "law and order" on non-federal property (states and their counties and municipal divisions) in the former Confederate states.
The statute generally prohibits federal military personnel and units of the National Guard under federal authority from acting in a law enforcement capacity within the United States, except where expressly authorized by the Constitution or Congress. The Coast Guard is exempt from the Act.
Okay, they say they were there for "training" purposes on setting up roadblocks. C'mon they could come up with something better than that couldn't they? Is this the first step in making the public climatized to military road blocks within our borders? I don't know but the "training purposes" meme just doesn't work for me. I would think / hope that even conservative republicans would be a bit concerned about this.
The California Highway Patrol in the
High Desert and the Twentynine Palms Marine Base are receiving dozens
of calls complaining about a controversial DUI checkpoint. Military
Police joined the CHP for a recent checkpoint in Yucca Valley. The
Friday night checkpoint was in front of the Yucca Valley Home Depot on
Highway 62. What has High Desert residents confused is that they are
not used to military police so far from the Marine Base. From the local radio to internet blogs, residents were concerned the Military Police presence violated federal law. The
original California Highway Patrol news release mentioned the military
presence. One released shortly later doesn't mention the military,
arising community suspicion of a cover-up. Congress passed the
Posse Comitatus Act more than a hundred years ago forbidding the
military from enforcing civilian law such as traffic stops. Marine
Lt. Thomas Beck tells News Channel 3 the Military Police were not
arresting people. They were just watching the checkpoint to see how
they should do it on base...
Inquiry Set on Mormon Aid for California Marriage Vote
By JESSE McKINLEY
Published: November 25, 2008
SAN FRANCISCO — California officials will investigate accusations that the Mormon Church neglected to report a battery of nonmonetary contributions — including phone banks, a Web site and commercials — on behalf of a ballot measure to ban same-sex marriage.
Roman Porter, the executive director of the Fair Political Practices Commission, which oversees California campaign finance laws, signed off on the investigation after reviewing a sworn complaint filed on Nov. 13.
The complaint, filed by Fred Karger, founder of the group Californians Against Hate, asserted that the church’s reported contributions — about $5,000, according to state election filings — vastly underestimated its actual efforts in passing Proposition 8, which amended the state’s Constitution to recognize only male-female marriage.
Broadly speaking, California state law requires disclosure of any money spent or services provided to influence the outcome of an election...
The Mormon Church has spent $20 million to pass Prop 8, which would "eliminate the right of same-sex couples to marry." The Courage Campaign Issues Committee, Sen. Barack Obama, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger all agree: NO ON PROP 8!
Regulators Close Two More National Banks
By Alison Vekshin
Bloomberg News
Saturday, July 26, 2008
First National Bank of Nevada and First Heritage Bank were closed by U.S. regulators yesterday, the first institutions to fail since regulators seized IndyMac Bancorp two weeks ago following a run by depositors.
First National Bank of Nevada, with $3.4 billion in assets, and California-based First Heritage Bank, which had $254 million in assets, were undercapitalized, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency said last night in a statement. Mutual of Omaha Bank acquired their deposits, according to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., which was named the receiver.
"All depositors, including those with deposits in excess of the FDIC's insurance limits, will automatically become depositors of Mutual of Omaha Bank for the full amount of their deposits," the FDIC said. ..
Kick Bolthouse Farms Out Of Your Refrigerator
William Bolthouse, founder and 43% owner of Bolthouse Farms, a farm in California that provides organic juices, lemonades, and smoothies to places like Whole Foods and other organic market places, has just recently given a donation of $100,000 to proponents of a campaign to strip California couples of the right to marry...
...company spokespeople for Bolthouse Farms will iterate that they do not donate directly to any campaigns. But their owner, William Bolthouse, uses the profits from the sales of their organic drinks to fund his noxious political views. In addition to funding the initiative to strip Californians of their marriage rights, his foundation, the Bolthouse Foundation, is a major donor to the Alliance Defense Fund, the right's response to the ACLU...
...Please take a moment and let Bolthouse Farms and their distributors know that you will no longer be purchasing their organic products, because even though they are organic, they come with some nasty side effects...
Speak out now!
The William Bolthouse Foundation is a major donor to the Alliance Defense Fund. The Foundation receives all of its donations from William and Nora Bolthouse, i.e. money coming from the sale of their organic juice products.
William Bolthouse has given money to the campaigns of George W. Bush and Gay Bauer.
We need to just say no to Bolthouse Juices.
Click Here to join the boycott!
Edit:
You may receive an email from Bolthouse Farms that states:
Thank you for sharing your thoughts and comments with us.
The Bolthouse Foundation is a private foundation funded by some
of the former owners of Wm. Bolthouse Farms, Inc. The foundation
is a separate entity and is not connected to Bolthouse Farms in
any way. Furthermore, they do not receive financial support or
benefit from the profits of Bolthouse Farms. We appreciate your
concern and apologize for the confusion. Thank you for taking
the time to contact us, and we hope you will continue to enjoy
our products.
One problem with their explanation:
The Foundation is funded completely by William and
Nora Bolthouse, who own 43% of Bolthouse Farms. The financial
support may not be direct, but it still exists.
and
The foundation gets all of its money, according to its 990, from
William and Nora Bolthouse. And they get their money from their
family business, Bolthouse Farms.
Phyllis Lyon, 84, left, and Del Martin, 87, who have been a couple for 55 years, were among the first same-sex partners to legally exchange marriage vows in California Monday. Gay marriage licenses were officially issued after a state supreme court ruling that overturned a ban on them.
Court overturns same-sex marriage ban
By Josh Richman
OAKLAND TRIBUNE
Article Launched: 05/15/2008 08:54:28 AM PDT
California's
Supreme Court today struck down state law's same-sex marriage ban,
finding the state's constitution "properly must be interpreted to
guarantee this basic civil right to all Californians, whether gay or
heterosexual, and to same-sex couples as well as to opposite-sex
couples." In a 4-3 ruling, the majority — with a 121-page opinion
authored by Chief Justice Ronald George, joined by associate justices
Joyce Kennard, Kathryn Werdegar and Carlos Moreno — found the fact that
California law assigns a different name for the official family
relationship of same-sex couples compared with the name for the
official family relationship of opposite-sex couples "raises
constitutional concerns not only under the state constitutional right
to marry, but also under the state constitutional equal protection
clause."...
"I respect the court's decision and as governor, I will uphold its ruling," Schwarzenegger said within minutes of the ruling. "Also, as I have said in the past, I will not support an amendment to the constitution that would overturn this state Supreme Court ruling."
Good for him, not too shabby for a Republican.
Schwarzenegger will oppose same sex marriage ban
By Kevin Yamamura
Friday, April 11, 2008
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vowed Friday to oppose a new initiative that would ban gay marriage, calling any such effort "a total waste of time."
The Republican governor has twice vetoed bills to allow same sex marriage. But in front of about 170 people at the Log Cabin Republicans national convention in San Diego, he announced his opposition to a proposed constitutional amendment that would strengthen the state's ban.
"Well, first of all, I think that it will never happen in California because I think that California people are much further along on that issue, and number two, I will always be there to fight against that because it will never happen," Schwarzenegger said, according to an audio recording.
"I think we need a constitutional amendment so that foreign-born citizens can run for president, but not about gay marriage," he added. "That's a total waste of time."
These are the Democrat Party traitors/fascist who ratified the destruction of the Fourth Amendment, the Constitution, and the rule of law. IF we fail on FISA here are the ones to blame: (and no I do not think traitor / fascist are too strong of words.)
Fascist who have infilterated the Democratic Party:
Congressman Joe Baca (D-California)
http://www.house.gov/baca/
Congressman John Barrow (D-Georgia)
http://barrow.house.gov/
Congresswoman Melissa Bean (D-Illinois)
http://www.house.gov/bean/
Congressman Marion Berry (D-Arkansas)
http://www.house.gov/berry/
Congressman Dan Boren (D-Oklahoma)
http://www.house.gov/boren/
Congressman Leonard L. Boswell (D-Iowa)
http://boswell.house.gov/
Congressman Allen Boyd (D-Florida)
http://www.house.gov/boyd/
Congressman Christopher Carney (D-Pennsylvania)
http://carney.house.gov/
Congressman Jim Cooper (D-Tennessee)
http://www.cooper.house.gov/
Congressman Robert E. Cramer (D-Alabama)
http://cramer.house.gov/HoR/AL05/
Congressman Lincoln Davis (D-Tennessee)
http://www.house.gov/lincolndavis/
Congressman Brad Ellsworth (D-Indiana)
http://www.ellsworth.house.gov/
Congressman Tim Holden (D-Pennsylvania)
http://www.holden.house.gov/
Congressman Jim Matheson, (D-Utah)
http://www.house.gov/matheson/
Congressman Charlie Melancon (D-Louisiana)
http://www.melancon.house.gov/
Congressman Dennis Moore (D-Kansas)
http://www.moore.house.gov/
Congressman Earl Pomeroy (D-North Dakota)
http://www.pomeroy.house.gov/
Congressman Mike Ross (D-Arkansas)
http://ross.house.gov/
Congressman Heath Shuler (D-North Carolina)
http://shuler.house.gov/
Congressman Zack Space (D-Ohio)
http://space.house.gov/
Congressman John Tanner (D-Tennessee)
http://www.house.gov/tanner/
