Quoting from the article at the Huffington Post:
Last Friday, March 16, President Barack Obama may have quietly placed the United States on a war preparedness footing, perhaps in anticipation of an outbreak of war between Israel, the West, and Iran. A newly-propounded Executive Order, titled "National Defense Resources Preparedness," renews and updates the president's power to take control of all civil energy supplies, including oil and natural gas, control and restrict all civil transportation, which is almost 97 percent dependent upon oil; and even provides the option to re-enable a draft in order to achieve both the military and non-military demands of the country, according to a simple reading of the text.
He wants to control all energy supplies, restrict transportation (sounds like martial law), and even re-enable the draft? Bloggers, this is up to you. Spread the word about this monstrosity. The reason that you have not heard about this is because both Democrats and Republicans support our military and police state. Do not let them get away with this. We have at our hands the power to spread awareness about this. Do not let the state hide this!
Sourced at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/edwin-black/obama-national-defense-resources-preparedness_b_1359715.html - Thanks to Edwin Black
Even the Huff Post is getting a tic over this. We must be making a bit of a dent.
ReplyDeleteWell I think the executive order really is just that bad. That would explain why there is so little mention of this in the mainstream news.
ReplyDeleteWho would have thought that the ACLU and us would be on the same page.
DeleteMany of the big conservative blogs are saying this is just an update of 1994 Executive Order to install HHS in the loop which didn't exist in 1994. What worries me is the emphasis on "preparedness"; meaning before there is an emergency. It gives the president and his cabinet the power to intervene in any part of the private sector that they alone determine is not prepared for some imaginary emergency including if they believe research is not being done in areas they think are important. In the name of security, we are becoming a police state.
ReplyDeleteYes, it is an update, but that doesn't make it any less sinister. It is a shame that things like this go right past the media and are completely ignored. Have we become so apathetic that we passively accept the police state that is being built up all around us?
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