scary, should these services even exist?

[link|http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/11/02/4982/|http://www.commondre.../2007/11/02/4982/]

HelpJet is about to get some serious competition from some much larger players. In northern Michigan, during the same week that the California fires raged, the rural community of Pellston was in the grip of an intense public debate. The village is about to become the headquarters for the first fully privatized national disaster response center. The plan is the brainchild of Sovereign Deed, a little-known start-up with links to the mercenary firm Triple Canopy. Like HelpJet, Sovereign Deed works on a \ufffdcountry-club type membership fee,\ufffd according to the company\ufffds vice president, retired Brig. Gen. Richard Mills. In exchange for a one-time fee of $50,000 followed by annual dues of $15,000, members receive \ufffdcomprehensive catastrophe response services\ufffd should their city be hit by a manmade disaster that can \ufffdcause severe threats to public health and/or well-being\ufffd (read: a terrorist attack), a disease outbreak or a natural disaster. Basic membership includes access to medicine, water and food, while those who pay for \ufffdpremium tiered services\ufffd will be eligible for VIP rescue missions.

Like so many private disaster companies, Sovereign Deed is selling escape from climate change and the failed state\ufffdby touting the security clearance and connections its executives amassed while working for that same state. So Mills, speaking recently in Pellston, explained, \ufffdThe reality of FEMA is that it has no infrastructure, and a lot of our National Guard is elsewhere.\ufffd Sovereign Deed, on the other hand, claims to have \ufffddirect access and special arrangements with several national and international information centers. These proprietary arrangements allow our Emergency Operations Center to\ufffdgive our Members that critical head start in times of crisis.\ufffd In this secular version of the Rapture, God\ufffds hand is unnecessary. Not when you have retired ex-CIA agents and ex-Special Forces lifting the chosen to safety\ufffdno need to pray, just pay. And who needs a celestial New Jerusalem when you can have Pellston, with its flexible local politicians and its surprisingly modern regional airport?

now I am all about the rich spending their mmoney how they wish but In a jam these guys should be commandeered for the local benefit of all. May be some future shootouts over this.
thanx,
bill

Post #295,663 by boxley 11/5/07 9:01:20 PM Reply	scary, should these services even exist? [link\|http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/11/02/4982/\|http://www.commondre.../2007/11/02/4982/] HelpJet is about to get some serious competition from some much larger players. In northern Michigan, during the same week that the California fires raged, the rural community of Pellston was in the grip of an intense public debate. The village is about to become the headquarters for the first fully privatized national disaster response center. The plan is the brainchild of Sovereign Deed, a little-known start-up with links to the mercenary firm Triple Canopy. Like HelpJet, Sovereign Deed works on a \ufffdcountry-club type membership fee,\ufffd according to the company\ufffds vice president, retired Brig. Gen. Richard Mills. In exchange for a one-time fee of $50,000 followed by annual dues of $15,000, members receive \ufffdcomprehensive catastrophe response services\ufffd should their city be hit by a manmade disaster that can \ufffdcause severe threats to public health and/or well-being\ufffd (read: a terrorist attack), a disease outbreak or a natural disaster. Basic membership includes access to medicine, water and food, while those who pay for \ufffdpremium tiered services\ufffd will be eligible for VIP rescue missions. Like so many private disaster companies, Sovereign Deed is selling escape from climate change and the failed state\ufffdby touting the security clearance and connections its executives amassed while working for that same state. So Mills, speaking recently in Pellston, explained, \ufffdThe reality of FEMA is that it has no infrastructure, and a lot of our National Guard is elsewhere.\ufffd Sovereign Deed, on the other hand, claims to have \ufffddirect access and special arrangements with several national and international information centers. These proprietary arrangements allow our Emergency Operations Center to\ufffdgive our Members that critical head start in times of crisis.\ufffd In this secular version of the Rapture, God\ufffds hand is unnecessary. Not when you have retired ex-CIA agents and ex-Special Forces lifting the chosen to safety\ufffdno need to pray, just pay. And who needs a celestial New Jerusalem when you can have Pellston, with its flexible local politicians and its surprisingly modern regional airport? now I am all about the rich spending their mmoney how they wish but In a jam these guys should be commandeered for the local benefit of all. May be some future shootouts over this. thanx, bill Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari? Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free american and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 51 years. meep reach me at [link\|mailto:bill.oxley@cox.net\|mailto:bill.oxley@cox.net]
Post #295,667 by Andrew Grygus 11/5/07 9:24:01 PM Reply	Warlords are setting up their fiefdoms now The Bush Administration is near completion in its program to turn the U.S. into a Third World country. It is simply incredible how much damage this administration has done to the country. [link\|http://www.aaxnet.com\|AAx]
Post #295,693 by JayMehaffey 11/6/07 10:08:55 AM Reply	Springing up all over the map Katrina made clear that 1: FEMA was screwed up totally and 2: during an emergency you can justify absurd profit margins. Needless to say, the get rich via government contract types have been all over this. Private companies to provide emergency services have been springing up all over the country. Going directly to provide high end services to the rich is just the obvious second step. It's also another prediction of the cyberpunk genre that has come to pass. Jay
Post #295,702 by warmachine 11/6/07 11:27:05 AM Reply	Re: scary, should these services even exist? In US society, can any entity commandeer the resources of an unwilling, private company? Especially when said resources are being diverted away from the rich? If this does happen anyway, will the rich clients of said company retaliate? If so, what would be the retaliation and would the commanding entity survive? Matthew Greet Choose Life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a fucking big television, choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players and electrical tin openers. Choose good health, low cholesterol, and dental insurance. Choose fixed interest mortgage repayments. Choose a starter home. Choose your friends. Choose leisurewear and matching luggage. Choose DIY and wondering who the fuck you are on a Sunday morning. Choose sitting on that couch watching mind-numbing, spirit-crushing game shows, stuffing fucking junk food into your mouth. Choose rotting away at the end of it all, pishing your last in a miserable home, nothing more than an embarrassment to the selfish, fucked up brats you spawned to replace yourself. Choose your future. Choose life... But why would I want to do a thing like that? I chose not to choose life. I chose somethin' else. And the reasons? There are no reasons. Who needs reasons when you've got heroin? - Mark Renton, Trainspotting.
Post #295,704 by boxley 11/6/07 11:28:46 AM Reply	depends on state law, it varies Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari? Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free american and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 51 years. meep reach me at [link\|mailto:bill.oxley@cox.net\|mailto:bill.oxley@cox.net]
Post #295,706 by warmachine 11/6/07 11:38:47 AM Reply	Where might it happen in an emergency? Matthew Greet Choose Life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a fucking big television, choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players and electrical tin openers. Choose good health, low cholesterol, and dental insurance. Choose fixed interest mortgage repayments. Choose a starter home. Choose your friends. Choose leisurewear and matching luggage. Choose DIY and wondering who the fuck you are on a Sunday morning. Choose sitting on that couch watching mind-numbing, spirit-crushing game shows, stuffing fucking junk food into your mouth. Choose rotting away at the end of it all, pishing your last in a miserable home, nothing more than an embarrassment to the selfish, fucked up brats you spawned to replace yourself. Choose your future. Choose life... But why would I want to do a thing like that? I chose not to choose life. I chose somethin' else. And the reasons? There are no reasons. Who needs reasons when you've got heroin? - Mark Renton, Trainspotting.
Post #295,707 by boxley 11/6/07 11:49:28 AM Reply	lets check georgia [link\|http://www.gema.state.ga.us/ohsgemaweb.nsf/72b97e7aee4095b98525711b00581aea/30c5ce607328558f8525720900627e3a/$FILE/GEOP%202006.pdf\|http://www.gema.stat...E/GEOP%202006.pdf] does not adress the issue in the plan, and the plan supercedes all previous directives. I will ask a county sherrif rep later today and ask if local authorities would be able to bind private entities thanx, bill Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari? Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free american and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 51 years. meep reach me at [link\|mailto:bill.oxley@cox.net\|mailto:bill.oxley@cox.net]
Post #295,720 by Ashton 11/6/07 4:50:39 PM Reply	supersede.. but that's a one-off Toughie.
Post #295,723 by boxley 11/6/07 5:45:05 PM Reply	dunno, http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/supercede looks all right to me? ceding to prior art, to set aside in order of preference thanx, bill Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari? Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free american and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 51 years. meep reach me at [link\|mailto:bill.oxley@cox.net\|mailto:bill.oxley@cox.net]
Post #295,725 by Ashton 11/6/07 7:12:35 PM 11/6/07 7:13:21 PM Reply	Try, http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=supersede Apparently they are pandering to the expected misspelling, but with an all-CAPS link to the correct spelling. Now why would an alleged "Reference" DO THAT, and without comment.. (This was among the first memorable 'idiomatic' words I encountered as a tyke; dunno if anything else ends in 'sede'.. Think not.) Edited by Ashton Nov. 6, 2007, 07:13:21 PM EST Expand All History
Post #295,733 by boxley 11/7/07 9:10:24 AM Reply	sesede ./me dux Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari? Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free american and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 51 years. meep reach me at [link\|mailto:bill.oxley@cox.net\|mailto:bill.oxley@cox.net]
Post #295,735 by CRConrad 11/7/07 10:56:13 AM Reply	Like you have, from the English... ...language? :-) [link\|mailto:MyUserId@MyISP.CountryCode\|Christian R. Conrad] (I live in Finland, and my e-mail in-box is at the Saunalahti company.) Ah, the Germans: Masters of Convoluted Simplification. — [link\|http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=1603\|Jehovah]

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