Just recently, I learned a lot about a program called REX 84 (Readiness Exercise 1984). In short it is a program that was designed, in a national emergency, to suspend the U.S. Constitution, implement marshall law, place military commanders in charge of local governments, and round up citizens deemed to be a threat. Colonel Oliver North was the architect of the original REX 84 program.

Rex 84 Program at the Ready. 

Just recently, I learned a lot about a program called REX 84 (Readiness Exercise 1984). In short it is a program that was designed, in a national emergency, to suspend the U.S. Constitution, implement marshall law, place military commanders in charge of local governments, and round up citizens deemed to be a threat. Colonel Oliver North was the architect of the original REX 84 program.

This program, like Agenda 21, is not something new but something that may have tremendous impact in today’s world. What these programs have morphed into over time is what we should be aware of and concerned about

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