Georgia congressman warns of Obama dictatorship

First of all, this is on the level. It’s an AP report, for cryin’ out loud.

Second, having just won an election I would have considered impossible as recently as Labor Day, I am wondering if Democrats are really this smart.

This guys needs to get out a little more. (You don’t really think Democrats are this organized, do you?)

By BEN EVANS – 4 hours ago

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Republican congressman from Georgia said Monday he fears that President-elect Obama will establish a Gestapo-like security force to impose a Marxist or fascist dictatorship.

“It may sound a bit crazy and off base, but the thing is, he’s the one who proposed this national security force,” Rep. Paul Broun said of Obama in an interview Monday with The Associated Press. “I’m just trying to bring attention to the fact that we may — may not, I hope not — but we may have a problem with that type of philosophy of radical socialism or Marxism.”

Broun cited a July speech by Obama that has circulated on the Internet in which the then-Democratic presidential candidate called for a civilian force to take some of the national security burden off the military.

“That’s exactly what Hitler did in Nazi Germany and it’s exactly what the Soviet Union did,” Broun said. “When he’s proposing to have a national security force that’s answering to him, that is as strong as the U.S. military, he’s showing me signs of being Marxist.”

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Water rescue near Clinton Library

The routine business of the day has kept me busy, but there is a rescue operation underway near the Clinton Library. There may be a body in the water. If memory serves, one of the victims of the I430 accident in which three workers were lost has never been recovered. We will see.

UPDATE 3:44 the body may have been spotted.

UPDATE 3:56 NLR has dispatched another boat. Looks like thee is a body.

UPDATE 4:06  Now I honest-to-goodness do not want to be seen as taking this lightly. I just report the facts. NLR and LR have both dispatched extra people, the sheriff is in the mix, and there has been discussion of a diver. If you are in the area, that’s what’s happening.

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The weekly column shows up this morning in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. I have some concluding remarks on the election and you might have a nice chuckle. Look for me every Monday on the Voices page in the Arkansas Section.

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And the news….

Former FEMA Director and Arkansas native James Lee Witt’s name is one of several that’s being floated as a potential Homeland Security secretary.

The value of investments for the Arkansas State Highway Employees Retirement System fell $158 million in the quarter that ended Sept. 30. They dropped to $1.058 billion.

The Arkansas Highway Commission chairman wants federal economic stimulus money – if it comes to the state for highways – to pay for a U.S. 71 bypass of Bella Vista. That’s a $225 million project.

The head of the State Republican Party, Dennis Milligan, says he will not seek another term.

The Pine Bluff Arsenal is preparing its final round of chemical weapon disposal.  Procedures to destroy one-ton containers of mustard gas may begin ahead of schedule, next month.

Six members of Tony Alamo’s organization have been arrested for distributing handbills on vehicles in Texarkana, Texas. All six members were charged with violating a city ordinance against distributing handbills on unattended vehicles.

UCA Trustees have formed a search committee as the first step in finding a new President.

The Clinton Presidential Library says retired military, veterans, and active military families will be admitted free on Tuesday, which is Veterans Day.

The Donald W. Reynolds Foundation will provide $13 million for the Northwest Arkansas Children’s Shelter.

A private donor has offered $50,000 to anyone who presents photographic proof of the ivorybilled woodpecker, hoping to rekindle enthusiasm for the bird reportedly spotted in the state in 2004. Send your photos to the Nature Conservancy.

Pine Bluff Mayor Carl A. Redus Jr. is behind the other five candidates collectively by one vote. He needs 50 percent of the vote plus one to win outright and avoid a runoff with city Treasurer Gregory Gustek, who is in second place. There are 17 overseas absentee ballots expected to be counted Friday, and Redus would need to win 10 of those votes to clinch an outright victory.

An Ashley County jury acquitted a teenager accused of burning almost 4,000 acres in January 2006 about 10 miles southeast of Hamburg. The jury acquitted Joel David “Luke” Holland, 19, on charges of felony arson, unlawful burning and causing a catastrophe after a two day trial in Hamburg. Holland quit school after fifth grade and has an IQ somewhere between 71 and 80.

North Little Rock city council will consider a plan to allow neighborhoods to form districts and make up their own rules for parking cars on street and in yards.

Classes at Crystal Hill Elementary Magnet School near Maumelle are canceled next week so officials can see whether the structure is sound.

Former Arkansas starting kicker Shay Haddock abruptly quit the team last week, a university official said Sunday after Haddock was arrested earlier in the day on two alcohol-related charges.

South Carolina  34 – U. of A. 21

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