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By Jeffrey K. Radt
September 29, 2008

Before I begin this expose I want to note at the outset that I’m fairly certain that many people reading this will not finish the piece through to the end. I’ll admit that it does all seem a little “conspiracy-theorist” on the surface and I struggled with whether or not I, as a God-fearing, Bible-believing Christian, should include stuff like this on this site. I can only pray that my personal study and subsequent presentation of this topic will not characterize me as some sort of wacko.

My goal has always been to present the facts and let others decide for themselves. Of course, I’ll share my interpretation of the facts and how I see it connecting to Christianity and Bible Prophecy (why I feel this is a relevant topic for discussion here), but I am by no means an expert, a scholar, or a theologian and I hope that me merely writing about this subject matter as a Christian is not some form of heresy or blasphemy. If you disagree and feel that it is I sincerely ask my Brothers and Sisters in Christ to correct me and hold me accountable.

Simply put, I am merely one man who continues to see the many signs of Jesus Christ’s soon return all around him with increasing frequency and greater intensity, and I am examining the evidence in a formal way as my attempt to understand what I am seeing in relation to what the Bible tells me will happen in the last days.

Conspiracy theorists have always claimed they have “inside knowledge” that the federal government was preparing for Martial Law in this country citing several political sources as well as various “presidential directives” and “executive orders,” and they’ve even referenced what they claim are going to be “prison camps” (or “safe zones”) in our very near future.

Whatever your stance is on such claims, I’ve always taken them with a grain of salt - as do most people - even despite what I know is going to transpire based on what Biblical prophecy tells us. However, today while doing some research into this financial crisis that dominates the headlines I’ve come across some questionable material that is making me rethink my position on the subject for a moment.

For instance, Exhibit A is a video excerpt of an interview with Jerome Corsi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerome_Corsi). If you’re not familiar with Mr. Corsi you’re missing out because he is one of the world’s best investigative reporters and he actually backs up each and every claim he makes with some hard, undeniable evidence.

Many paint him as a “conservative” although I would argue (as we’ll see in a moment) that he’s non-partisan despite being famous for his involvement in the 2004 presidential campaign as the co-author to the book Unfit For Command (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unfit_for_Command), which was the expose on John Kerry involving the Swift Boat Veterans and he’s gained similar acclaim for his expose on Barack Obama in his book The Obama Nation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Obama_Nation).

In August 2006 he published Minutemen: The Battle to Secure America’s Borders with Minutemen founder Jim Gilchrist. This book criticizes President George W. Bush’s border protection policies, accusing him of furthering plans to create a North American Union. In March 2008 Corsi reported in WorldNetDaily that a “Muslim terrorist group with ties to criminal drug networks and al-Qaida” has given “strong support” to John McCain. In addition, Corsi has even called for the impeachment of Bush, and endorsed Constitution Party presidential candidate Chuck Baldwin.

So, needless to say, he’s hardly in the pocket of the Republicans or the Bush administration.

Today, I stumbled upon this interview (here’s a website: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ya9WnONk9Fw) from 2007 that he gave to C-SPAN. It’s about 10 minutes in length and worth every bit of your time, but the bottom line is this - he wanted to alert the public to a presidential directive enacted by President Bush in 2007 would allow for the institution of Martial Law due to an economic crisis. That’s right!

The directive gives the President extremely broad - dare I say dictatorial - powers to determine what classifies as a “national emergency” and it allows the federal government to take control over every aspect of the functioning society.

The President can declare a national emergency, and take up all national and essential functions for continuity of the government including directing all federal, state, local, territorial, and tribal governments as well as private sector organizations, which would continuing functioning under the President’s directive.

Democracy? Hardly.

Don’t think Martial Law could ever happen here? Think again. Here’s a quick summary of all the instances - 7 in total (5 within the last 100 years; 1 only 3 years ago) - of Martial Law being enforced within the borders of the continental United States:

1. During the War of 1812, General Andrew Jackson imposed martial law within his encampment at New Orleans, which he had recently liberated. Martial law was also imposed in a four mile radius around the camp. When word came of the end of the war, Jackson maintained martial law, contending that he had not gotten official word of the peace. A judge demanded habeas corpus for a man arrested for sedition. Rather than comply with the writ, Jackson had the judge arrested. After the civil authority was restored, the judge fined Jackson $1000, which he paid, and for which the Congress later reimbursed Jackson.

2. In 1892, at Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, rebellious mine workers blew up a mill and shot at strike-breaking workers. The explosion leveled a four-story building and killed one person. Mine owners asked the governor to declare martial law, which he did. At the same time, a request was made for federal troops to back guardsmen. Over 600 people were arrested. The list was whittled down to two dozen ring leaders who were tried in civil court. While in prison, the mine workers formed a new union, the Western Federation of Miners.

3. In 1914, imposition of martial law climaxed the so-called Coal Field Wars in Colorado. Dating back decades, the conflicts came to a head in Ludlow in 1913. The Colorado National Guard was called in to quell the strikers. For a time, the peace was kept, but it is reported that the make-up of the Guard stationed at the mines began to shift from impartial normal troops to companies of loyal mine guards. Clashes increased and the proclamation of martial law was made by the governor. President Wilson sent in federal troops, eventually ending the violence.

4. In 1934, California Governor Frank Merriam placed the docks of San Francisco under martial law, citing “riots and tumult” resulting from a dock worker’s strike. The Governor threatened to place the entire city under martial law. The National Guard was called in to open the docks, and a city-wide institution of martial law was averted when goods began to flow. The guardsmen were empowered to make arrests and to then try detainees or turn them over to the civil courts.

5. Martial law and San Francisco were no strangers - following the earthquake of 1906, the troops stationed in the Presidio were pressed into service. Guards were posted throughout the city, and all dynamite was confiscated. The dynamite was used to destroy buildings in the path of fires, to prevent the fires from spreading. Troops were ordered to shoot looters. Though there was never an official declaration of martial law, the event is often cited as such. However, at all times it appears the troops took their orders indirectly from the civil authority.

6. Though not a state at the time, Hawaii was placed under martial law in 1941, following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Many of the residents of Hawaii were, and are, of Asian descent, and the loyalty of these people was called into question. After the war, the federal judge for the islands condemned the conduct of martial law, saying, “Gov. Poindexter declared lawfully martial law but the Army went beyond the governor and set up that which was lawful only in conquered enemy territory namely, military government which is not bound by the Constitution. And they … threw the Constitution into the discard and set up a military dictatorship.”

7. On 8/26/2005, in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans was placed under martial law after widespread flooding rendered civil authority ineffective. The state of Louisiana does not have an actual legal construct called “martial law,” but instead something quite like it: a state of public health emergency. The state of emergency allowed the governor can suspend laws, order evacuations, and limit the sales of items such as alcohol and firearms. The governor’s order limited the state of emergency, to end on 9/25/2005, “unless terminated sooner.”

Thus, there is not only a precedent in this country for this to occur, but also a legal document in place that would allow for it to happen again.

However, the plot thickens!

There are also reports that beginning in October (this Wednesday, October 1, 2008 to be exact), the Army plans to station an active unit inside the United States for the first time to serve as an on-call federal response in times of emergency. Yes, you read that correctly. You can easily find online the press release in full from The Army Times and read it for yourself here: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2008/09/army_homeland_090708w/

From the article:

“The 3rd Infantry Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team has spent 35 of the last 60 months in Iraq patrolling in full battle rattle, helping restore essential services and escorting supply convoys. Now they’re training for the same mission — with a twist — at home. Beginning Oct. 1 for 12 months, the 1st BCT will be under the day-to-day control of U.S. Army North, the Army service component of Northern Command, as an on-call federal response force for natural or manmade emergencies and disasters, including terrorist attacks. After 1st BCT finishes its dwell-time mission, expectations are that another, as yet unnamed, active-duty brigade will take over and that the mission will be a permanent one.”

The official party line is that the threat of terrorism is prompting this unprecedented move, but others suggest that it is the country’s “deepening economic crisis” and the growing “social chasm separating the country’s working people from the obscenely wealthy financial elite” that is putting the willies up Washington.

Of course, this is all very fascinating given the other national and international reports of terrorists wanting to kick us when we’re down (here’s a website: http://www.homelandsecurityus.com/20080924RT). In other words, they know that our attention is squarely on the economy and they recognize that this is probably a good opportunity to strike our country again by carrying out an attack that would dwarf 9/11. In fact, chatter indicates that they’ve even targeted October 7, 2008 as the day make their plans a reality as evidenced by the above link.

As if that weren’t enough to get your heart racing and your blood boiling, here’s a YouTube video clip (website: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7B4laX1E70) of House Representative Michael Burgess from Texas speaking on the bailout proceedings, how the Democrats are backing Bush, and how Nancy Pelosi declared Martial Law! I wouldn’t believe it for myself unless I saw this and heard it with my own ears. This speech was given last night, and yet I can’t find anything about this in the mainstream news. Strange?

In fair and balanced reporting, however, I must concede that this is a mere coincidence and simply a case of the types of language and procedures that are used in this political arena that we are not privy to. I say this because a similar thing happened in 2006 (here’s a website: http://www.cbpp.org/7-28-06bud-stmt.htm), “The Leadership apparently intends to use a process known as ‘martial law’ to allow these bills to be brought to the floor very shortly after negotiations are completed, with the result that Members of the House are likely to have virtually no time to examine and consider the details of the legislation before they will be required to vote on it.” Apparently, the House leadership can invoke “Congressional Martial Law,” which is to say that they can force members to vote on key bills WITHOUT full knowledge of what they are voting on. In effect, this prevents the lawmakers, citizens, and media from fully reviewing a proposal and from knowing exactly what provisions are included in a proposal that could potentially be approved.

Sure, this might not be the type of martial law that results in tanks down Main Street, but it still represents an erosion of the democratic process, and that in and of itself should set off bells and whistles that something is not right here.

There are some additional interesting common threads here that I cannot deny seem to make this concern all a little more plausible. One such example is when John McCain spoke to the National Urban League in early August 2008, and an audience member asked him how he planned to reduce urban crime. His response? He praised Rudy Giuliani’s efforts as Mayor of New York City before invoking the military’s tactics in Iraq as the model for crime-fighting:

MCCAIN: “And some of those tactics - you mention the war in Iraq - are like that we use in the military. You go into neighborhoods, you clamp down, you provide a secure environment for the people that live there, and you make sure that the known criminals are kept under control. And you provide them with a stable environment and then they cooperate with law enforcement, etc, etc.” You can easily find the audio sound byte on YouTube here: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Md8MkPy7asQ

Even I have to admit that this all seems rather suspect. I mean, the timing of all these major events being so close together seems strange. Does the government know something that we don’t know? Are they expecting an attack and/or Martial Law? Isn’t this what the National Guard is supposed to do instead of the U.S. Army? On the surface, this is all absolutely absurd. Have there been any riots lately? Any civil unrest? ANYTHING that would warrant the training and deployment of an Active Duty Infantry Unit on U.S. soil?

When you combine these facts with all the other prophetically-relevant news headlines from around the world today (i.e. extreme weather; Russia’s actions; Iran-Israel conflict; world economy; CERN; increased paranormal/supernatural activity in the form of “ghosts” and “aliens/UFO’s”; recent peace conference in Venice; etc.) how can we collectively turn a blind eye to what my be on our doorstep?

I haven’t put on my tin foil hat just yet, but my tin foil antenna is certainly up and receiving transmissions. Keep your eyes and ears open and do your own investigative reporting if you don’t want to take my word for it (Google makes that quite easy these days). Examine the evidence for yourself and use your God-given brain to make your own conclusions. At the very least, you have just been given a recipe for success during another vital presidential election season.

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