To those who live in the States.

[zaxZ]

I'm pretty sure, you're sick and tired of this.. but I just want to know, what do you think of all that. Honestly and neutrally.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REbuE9Ir82E

[MAGGIO]

wtf is that even about. the lady in the vid sounds crazy to me.

[Dogma]

trying to get it on my slow *** connection.

[MAGGIO]

basically saying that obama care is going to cause the military to take over the MD, DC, VA area. raid houses one by one and take people away. this is all going to happen in Oct 2013 btw.

[zaxZ]

I meant actually whats going on there? I mean for me, who lives on the other side of the world, the situation developing there, seems frighting. All that gun control. All those repressing limits? ( my English sucks since after WoW I havent used it so much). What about that event, when some guy in the States collected rainwater and then some of your agencies arrested him. What about those stories about police raiding random houses/people? And what about Monsanto?

[MAGGIO]

i dont think that is real. I live near washington dc

[L P]

Generally speaking, our political system is becoming extremely polarized. We were generally a nation of moderates but now extremism has made people take one side or the other with no middle ground. Our politicians are unwilling to compromise for the sake of making reasonable laws or budgets. This problem is made worse by the news media focusing on extremism rather than staying neutral.

As such, the average American has lost all ability to have common sense or even think for himself. Having visited 12% of the countries in the world I can understand why viewing such a video raises questions. Truth be told, there is a lot of stupid things going on right now.

The fact is that the military is prohibited from taking over anything under this federal law passed in 1978: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posse_Comitatus_Act

This law is also why we use Border Patrol agents instead of the Army to secure our borders. Additionally, when US Navy ships stop drug runners they are under the command of a US Coast Guard detachment during the operation. The scenario the woman describes would require Martial Law to be declared, which is not realistic. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martial_law

[L P]

Also, I should mention. Everything the woman talks about is routine training and preparedness for the organizations mentioned. (Schools, FEMA, National Guard, Military, and Coast Guard) While it may appear to many as a sign of impending doom it is in reality a normal occurrence. You want these organization stocked up and trained for the worse case scenario. Think of it as lessons learned from Hurricane Katrina and the World Trade Center Attacks.

The facts do not support the implied conspiracy.