Can someone quickly find out what state each of these govs are from?

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On January 11, President Obama issued an executive order to formally establish the Council. Its membership includes:

Ø Governor James H. Douglas, Co-Chair

Ø Governor Chris Gregoire, Co-Chair

Ø Governor Janice K. Brewer

Ø Governor Luis G. Fortuño

Ø Governor Brad Henry, Member

Ø Governor Robert F. McDonnell

Ø Governor Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon

Ø Governor Martin O’Malley

Ø Governor Beverly Eaves Perdue

Ø Governor M. Michael Rounds

Ø Secretary of Defense

Ø Secretary of Homeland Security

Ø Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism

Ø Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Affairs and Public Engagement

Ø Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and Americas ’ Security Affairs

Ø Commander, U.S. Northern Command

Ø Chief, National Guard Bureau

Ø Commandant , U.S. Coast Guard

via Douglas Appointed By the President to Co-Chair Council of Governors | Vtdigger.org.

I think its time we get some answers.

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President appoints Missouri Governor Jay Nixon to a new governor's council on national securityFebruary 5, 7:53 PMKansas City Progressive ExaminerLuke HerringtonPreviousComment Print Email RSS SubscribeSubscribeGet alerts when there is a new article from the Kansas City Progressive Examiner. Read Examiner.com's terms of use.Email Address Include other special offers from Examiner.comTerms of Use Governor Jay Nixon D-MO Office of the Missouri Governor.Related Articles President Appoints Nixon to Council of Governors Mo. Gov. Nixon named to national defense council Gregoire leading governors security council President Obama creates Governors Council Obama stealth executive order creating firestormAccording to the Governor’s Office, Missouri’s chief executive officer, Jeremiah “Jay” Nixon D-MO, was tapped last night by President Barack Obama to serve on a new bipartisan Council of Governors.Last month, President Obama signed an executive order establishing the council. The White House says this will give an opportunity for the nation’s governors to advise the Departments of Defense and Homeland Security, and the White House.The president says the “bipartisan team strengthens the partnership between our state governments and the federal government when it comes to ensuring our national preparedness and homeland defense.”The council was established on January 11th, when President Obama signed an executive order creating the new group.Advocating a strengthened relationship between federal, state, and local governments, the White House also stated that the new body would review issues “involving the National Guard of the various States; homeland defense; civil support; synchronization and integration of State and Federal military activities in the United States; and other matters of mutual interest pertaining to National Guard, homeland defense, and civil support activities.”Brigadier General Stephen L. Danner, the Adjutant General of the Missouri National Guard, said “Gov. Nixon [as the state’s Commander-in-Chief] has repeatedly demonstrated his full support of our Citizen-Soldiers and Airmen, both in our home state and deployed overseas.” Danner, like others, believes this means that Nixon is well suited to the task.Larry D. Kay, the executive director of the Missouri Veterans Commission agrees: “Gov. Nixon's appointment to the Council shows his strong support of the National Guard and Reserves, as well as Missouri's military and veteran population.”A Violation of States’ Rights?On January 13th, Lake County Independent Examiner Robert Rule reported that a number of watch groups are concerned that the creation of the Governor’s Council violates the Posse Comitatus Act.If by watch groups, Rule meant the blogosphere, then yes, there are some concerned about this possible violation of states’ rights. A writer with PrisonPlanet.com, a website created by conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, says that the president is engaging in an active attempt to federalize the states. The report at PrisonPlanet.com accuses the president of violating the Posse Comitatus Act by trying to federalize the National Guard.Apparently, some, including Chuck Baldwin, the former conservative presidential candidate for the Constitution Party, argue that this new council could empower the military to exercise domestic police powers, which is clearly prohibited by Posse Comitatus.

via President appoints Missouri Governor Jay Nixon to a new governor’s council on national security.

Oh my…..

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No joke: South Carolina now requires ’subversives’ to registerBy Daniel TencerFriday, February 5th, 2010 — 11:49 amShare on Facebook Stumble This!8 tweets retweetsouthcarolinacapitol No joke: South Carolina now requires subversives to registerFive-dollar registration fee for persons planning to overthrow US governmentTerrorists who want to overthrow the United States government must now register with South Carolina's Secretary of State and declare their intentions — or face a $25,000 fine and up to 10 years in prison.The state's "Subversive Activities Registration Act," passed last year and now officially on the books, states that "every member of a subversive organization, or an organization subject to foreign control, every foreign agent and every person who advocates, teaches, advises or practices the duty, necessity or propriety of controlling, conducting, seizing or overthrowing the government of the United States … shall register with the Secretary of State."There's even a $5 filing fee.By "subversive organization," the law means "every corporation, society, association, camp, group, bund, political party, assembly, body or organization, composed of two or more persons, which directly or indirectly advocates, advises, teaches or practices the duty, necessity or propriety of controlling, conducting, seizing or overthrowing the government of the United States [or] of this State."Story continues below…A PDF of the registration form can be found here, courtesy of FitsNews.The law also gives subversive organizations "subject to foreign control" 30 days to register with the state after setting up shop in South Carolina.While the intention of the law is apparently aimed at Islamic terrorists, it's unclear in the law's wording whether it can be applied to right-wing militias, some of whom have reputedly called for the overthrow of the US government. The law states that "fraternal" and "patriotic" groups are exempt from the law, but only if they don't "contemplate the overthrow of the government."While the law is clearly redundant — there are plenty of statutes at the state and federal level through which terrorists can be prosecuted — it reflects a not-uncommon pattern in some states of "doubling down" against particular crimes.For instance, South Carolina is among those states which require drug dealers to declare their illegal income, or face additional criminal penalties on top of the already established penalties for buying, possessing and selling drugs.The South Carolina blog FitsNews describes the new law as "bureaucracy for terrorists.""In the long and storied history of utterly retarded legislation in South Carolina, we may have finally found the legal statute that takes the cake for sheer stupidity, which we think you’ll agree is saying something," the unsigned blog posting scathingly commented.

via No joke: South Carolina now requires ’subversives’ to register | Raw Story.

Here is my speech @ the APD gun rally – notice the lawyer before me declines to speak so he doesn’t have to shout over Alex Jones. Sad This is after Alex followed us to the other side of the building (he was shouting down our first speakers, too)

Cory DoctorowPOSTED AT 11:45 PM January 22, 2010

Activist ejected from "public" meeting on secret copyright treaty for tweetingThe latest round of negotiations over the Anti Counterfeiting Trade Agreement ACTA — a secret treaty that contains provisions requiring nations to wiretap the Internet, force ISPs to spy on users, search laptops at the border, and disconnect whole households from the net on the basis of mere accusation of copyright infringement is just kicking off in Mexico, and activists from around Mexico and the world have converged on the meeting to demand transparent, public negotiations of this critical treaty.True to the secretive, crony-capitalist nature of this treaty, the organizers have done everything they can to harass and intimidate observers. Attendees at the so-called "public meeting" were booed by representatives from big business, and they ejected an activist for using Twitter to post updates on what was being said in the room.There was even an effort to force members of the public who attended the meeting to sign non-disclosure agreements, though outrage forced them to reconsider.This is not how the world makes its copyright laws. In years gone by, copyright treaties were made by the UN, in full sight of NGOs, the public and the press. Now that copyright touches everything we do on the Internet — from political organizing to health care to basic education and communication — we need more transparency and due process, not a retreat to smoke-filled rooms where lobbyists from privileged industry groups do an end-run around democratic process.

via Activist ejected from “public” meeting on secret copyright treaty for tweeting Boing Boing.

Tony’s Kansas City Covers the Red Light Cam Protest

Have I mentioned how proud I am of Tracy? I have been on the road for a month and have not gotten my official announcement out, but if you haven’t noticed the WAVES OF LIBERTY rippling through KC this past month, you must be blind. Tracy has stepped up as the new KC area director and is going 90 mph. I am so proud of her. I’ll do the formal announcement when I’m off the road for a bit

Tracy, LRP KC, I love ya’ll!

Tony, THANK YOU FOR COVERING THE REAL NEWS!

<3 Catherine

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Saturday, January 23, 2010

THE TKC SATURDAY NIGHT PLAYLIST!!! GRASSROOTS PROTEST AND THE FUTURE OF LOCAL POLITICS!!!

Today I stopped by the Liberty Restoration Project Red Light Camera Protest and I was impressed.

Over the past few years I’ve noticed a lot more people organizing through the Internets and even old school grass roots methods because local politicos haven’t offered much in the way of leadership. This dedicated group is a great example of a few pissed off locals rallying on a subject that is evoking the ire of quite a few locals.

More importantly, I think grass roots organizing via the Internet is only going to grow more important as (by and large) the current crop of politicos in power (still) seem to be disconnected with what the vast majority of people on the street are thinking. I was talking with a rather well-connected professional working for a bit of change in his community today and he spoke of his efforts to simply, “bypass the leadership and go straight to the people.” That’s a sentiment I’m hearing more often nowadays and I can’t help but think that the local Internet is going to play some role . . . Don’t get me wrong, it’s not going to be all sunshine and flowers . . . Local politics moving to the Internets definitely means more fighting, nastiness and divisive content online but it also puts more hands into individuals and small time operators who also want to aggregate and congregate online like so many recent political campaigns.

via Tony’s Kansas City.

via The Liberty Restoration Project » Blog Archive » Tony’s Kansas City Covers the Red Light Cam Protest.

Friday, January 22, 2010

KANSAS CITY RED LIGHT CAMERA PROTEST THIS SATURDAY!!!

Interesting . . . The Liberty Restoration Project takes on Kansas City&apos;s Red Light Cameras this weekend.

This group has a pretty solid list of complaints with local Red-Light Camera efforts.

Protest Details:

Date: Saturday, January 23, 2010

Time: 11:30am – 3:00pm

Location: 39th and Southwest Trafficway, Kansas City, MO

Protesters are encouraged to meet first at Westport Coffee House to distribute supplies among the group, the group will then move to 39th and Southwest Trafficway.

Double Bonus Points, the group will have fliers available to educate drivers on how to fight their tickets.

via Tony’s Kansas City: KANSAS CITY RED LIGHT CAMERA PROTEST THIS SATURDAY!!!.

Movement In Favor of Neo-Con Lamar Smith&apos;s Endorsement for His Re-election Campaign

Dr. Ron Paul, who has been elected to office 10 times in the 14th District of Texas for his ardent defense of individual liberty and Austrian economics, opposition to the Federal Reserve, his opposition to the rising control of Neocons and their support for the Iraq war, and his opposition to a foreign policy of interventionism (namely his opposition to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq), has come out in support of Lamar Smith, a conservative Republican congresscritter in the 21st District.

Here&apos;s a YouTube of anarcho-capitalist John Bush at the C4L Regional Conference in Atlanta, Georgia last night, asking why Ron is supporting a Neo-Con:

Katie Wilhite Brewer&apos;s quote from Ron Paul&apos;s answer to Bush is of the following:

I&apos;m a republican, I made a commitment to support the Republican incumbents in texas. I&apos;m the most independent republican in the GOP but you can only get away with so much independence.

She then replied to that quote with the following:

Wow! There you have it folks. YouTube video will be out soon.

Smith, a Neo-Con who has voted for a resolution calling for the "Use of Military of Force" against Iraq on October 10, 2002 and voted for the bailout for the banks last fall, has a deal with Paul, saying that he will endorse and support Ron&apos;s campaign for re-election if Paul returns the favor. The idea is that Ron needs Smith&apos;s support, because if he doesn&apos;t, then he will lose his seat to a progressive Democratic challenger in the U.S. congressional race. Another reason is that, if Paul doesn&apos;t do it, then he will be forced out of the GOP, thus losing his seat on the Finances Services and his seat as a Ranking Member of the Domestic Policy Sub Committee.

A Ron Paul sycophant by the name of Brandon Trent (who sounds more like a GOP loyalist and stalwart in his responses to the irate pro-Liberty activists who were disheartened and disappointed by Ron&apos;s statement quoted Katie&apos;s Facebook page) tries to justify and rationalizes Paul&apos;s decision with the following quote in the comments section of the thread:

Brandon Trent

here&apos;s the thing; think rationally for a moment; how much good could Ron Paul do if he is expelled from the party; he would lose his status as a senior member of the Financial Services Committee; including his position as Ranking member of the Domestic Policy Sub Committee…..I&apos;d rather have him in the Republican Party with some clout than out of the Republican Party with absolutely no clout what so ever. Politics is a dirty game; and Im sure Lamar Alexander will in some way return the favor

4 hours ago

via Let Liberty Ring: Ron Paul Caught Selling Out The Liberty Movement In Favor of Neo-Con Lamar Smith’s Endorsement for His Re-election Campaign.

Boone County Sheriff&apos;s Department to receive new investigative device

Tuesday, January 12, 2010 | 6:06 p.m. CST

The Universal Forensics Extraction Device, or UFED, is manufactured by CelleBrite, a leading company in the transfer and backup of mobile content. The Mid-Missouri Internet Crimes Task Force will use the device to copy cell phone data that might be useful in its investigations. ¦ Photo courtesy of CelleBrite

BY Jonathan Stephanoff

COLUMBIA — The ability to peer deep into cellular phones and other mobile devices soon will become part of the Boone County Sheriff’s Department investigatory arsenal.

The department will spend $3,999 on a gizmo that carries an extravagant name. The Universal Forensics Extraction Device, or UFED, is manufactured by CelleBrite, a leading company in the transfer and backup of mobile content. It also sells UFEDs to law enforcement agencies worldwide, according to CelleBrite’s Web site.

The Boone County Commission approved the purchase Tuesday morning. The Mid-Missouri Internet Crimes Task Force will use the device to copy cell phone data — including phone numbers, contacts, pictures, videos, text messages, call logs and even some information the phone owner thinks has been deleted — that might be useful in its investigations.

The UFED is a “known device in forensics investigation tools,” Detective Tracy Perkins of the task force said.

The Mid-Missouri Internet Crimes Task Force focuses much of its resources on child exploitation, serving Boone and the seven surrounding counties. Perkins said the device will be used by the task force lab in a wide variety of investigations.

Having their own UFED will “save a lot of time and travel for the officers involved,” Perkins said. Until now, the task force has had to travel elsewhere to borrow another agency’s UFED.

The ability to extract data from mobile devices raises some privacy concerns.

“Cell phone privacy issues all depend on the case,” Perkins said. With written permission of the user, investigators can access the phone; without it, they would have to get permission from the courts.

The UFED is about the size of a desk phone. Operating as a stand-alone unit or tethered to a computer, the device comes with a host of cables to plug into nearly 2,000 mobile devices, or 95 percent of all marketed cell phones, according to CelleBrite’s Web site.

The purchase is part of requirements for the Multi-Jurisdiction Cyber Crime Grant, which provides federal money through the Missouri Department of Public Safety, according to the county purchase request.

via Boone County Sheriff’s Department to receive new investigative device – Columbia Missourian.