Federal powers over all US resources cause stir in new Executive Order
On Friday, March 16, 2012, Barack Obama signed an executive orderthat reiterates federal government control over all the nation’s resources, production, and technology. While merely updating already-existing powers, the Order has served as an eye-opener for many people as to how vast the federal government’s control really is.
While the shocking powers were reported in a few outlets—here and here, for example—and then widely repeated on social media, the reality is that these powers are not new and the order merely updates older orders to account for the existence of the department of homeland security.
HotAir.com has done a good job showing why major media outlets did not pick up this story: the order expands no powers, but merely modernizes them.
Nevertheless, the order comes as a wake-up call to just how much power the federal governmentalready has, and has had for over sixty years.
Specifically, the government has control over the “domestic industrial and technological base” including “the most critical resource and production sources, including subcontractors and suppliers, materials, skilled labor, and professional and technical personnel.”
And although this order is written ostensibly in the name of national security, entitled “National Defense Resources Preparedness”—indeed it is built on the back of the 1950 Defense Production Act—it nevertheless applies “in peacetime and in times of national emergency.”
The order delegates authority to and directs the heads of major government agencies to create detailed plans and implementation procedures “to ensure that critical components, critical technology items, essential materials, and industrial resources are available from reliable sources when needed to meet defense requirements during peacetime, graduated mobilization, and national emergency.”
Agencies are to be prepared “to promote the national defense over performance of any other contracts or orders, and to allocate materials, services, and facilities as deemed necessary or appropriate to promote the national defense.”
Buried in the Order are umbrella definitions like this: ”‘Civil transportation’ also shall include direction, control, and coordination of civil transportation capacity regardless of ownership.” And,
“Food resources” means all commodities and products, (simple, mixed, or compound), or complements to such commodities or products, that are capable of being ingested by either human beings or animals, irrespective of other uses to which such commodities or products may be put, at all stages of processing from the raw commodity to the products thereof in vendible form for human or animal consumption. “Food resources” also means potable water packaged in commercially marketable containers, all starches, sugars, vegetable and animal or marine fats and oils, seed, cotton, hemp, and flax fiber, but does not mean any such material after it loses its identity as an agricultural commodity or agricultural product.
These vast powers can be implemented “to promote the national defense, under both emergency and non-emergency conditions.”
In short, whether during peace or war, in time of emergency or not, as long as it is in the name of “national defense,” everything within the jurisdiction of the U.S. government is public sector.
The real issue here is not some new Obama martial-law conspiracy. The real question is, Why have Americans tolerated such massive levels of Federal control over their life, liberty, and property for so long?
The HotAir.com article cites OutsideTheBeltway.com blogger Doug Mataconis:
The fact that the President of the United States is still exercising authority granted during the Korean War and the height of the Cold War is yet another reflection of how power, once assumed by the Imperial Presidency, is never surrendered.
The fact that an Executive Order like this was released on a Friday afternoon and has been largely ignored by the traditional media is an indication of just how easy it is for politicians to manipulate the news cycle.
And the idea that the government has authority like that described in this document, even only in theory, and that most Americans aren’t even aware of it, is a reflection of just how little we know about the things that are done in our name.
Those are all legitimate issues, but they go far deeper than this one relatively innocuous Executive Order.
Granted. So let’s get busy studying the whole area of Executive Orders, their history, and what we can do about them.
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So, basically, it's not all Obama's fault nor is he the main problem. Nor, getting rid of him is going to rid, or even lessen, our problems.
There is nothing to question or figure out here; this Marxist is making his final push to destabilize the nation; he is now trying to buy the disgruntle "native Americans" by allowing them to hunt and kill America's national bird symbol. THE BALD EAGLE. This bastard is the DEVIL.
But, Ducky, he doesn't belong in office, and why would we want another 4 years of reckless spending and more loss of our Constitutional freedom that this man in the oval office has given us already?! He is a HUGE problem!!!!
This is absolutely outrageous! Why haven't we seen any speeches to college kids on national TV about this? It's time for America to ask what is he hiding? VOTE 2012!! ANYBODY but Obummer!
First of all, Federal law only applies to Federal territories, unless the state governors and local sheriffs agree to let
them in. Second, where was this law being applied when all the globalist rich-brats were packing up in crates and
movingAmerica's factories / machines / industrial base, to India, China, Mexico, etc? Sure they could still get draconian
about what's left, but most of our technological base is already gone, the horse is out of the barn.
them in. Second, where was this law being applied when all the globalist rich-brats were packing up in crates and
movingAmerica's factories / machines / industrial base, to India, China, Mexico, etc? Sure they could still get draconian
about what's left, but most of our technological base is already gone, the horse is out of the barn.
this man has finally shown who he really is,a marxist in the hugo chavez mold.
THE TRILOGY HAS BEGUN; the apostle [barack hussein obama] , the anti-Christ [barack hussein obama], the six headed beast [barack husssein obama. Evil constantly reinvents itself, so it takes on many physical appearances , some to disarm, some to glorify and some to destroy. He is upon this EARTH.
The problem in this country is that most people don't care enough to study Federal Government Jurisdiction. The Constitution, according to my research, only gives the federal government 17 points of jurisdiction. All others are taken against our Constitution. We all need to be very careful about who we elect to office. All federal politicians take the oath to support our Constitution but very few live up to their oath. We all need to pay closer attention to The Tea Party and it's agenda.
America Please wake up & Realize that we need the Lord Jesus Christ living in us We all fall short of the Goal
repent every one of u in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ He say's If my people will hear my voice and repent and humble
Yourselves I WILLHEAL YOUR LAND
repent every one of u in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ He say's If my people will hear my voice and repent and humble
Yourselves I WILLHEAL YOUR LAND
If we all would only study, and then force implementation of, the Federal Government Jurisdiction we could take our country back. How many do you know who would take this challenge?
What I can make of this giant t**d is all included in the articles of agenda 21 , look it up, check it out and as far back as 74 they have slowly been selling us out to the UN. What to do about it I won't fully know until a later time but we must move quickly because the difference this time is Onumnuts can call martial law at anytime. We are being thrown into S**T creek with no boat, no paddle. I can't see at the moment who is yanking O's chain but beware if the election goes Romney's way he is from the same club according to Sorro's. Section502 pt 5 of" the act" says they can grab you up make you work in forced labor and NO compensation is required. I am just a country boy with no law degree but I will tell you folks you are looking at a form of Communism, so stock up get out of debt and be prepared is all I can say at the moment.
This guy has ridden the "executive order" horse into the ground. He still states that anything he can't get by Congress he will just use an executive order for. There is suppose to be a balance of power in Washington. Where is it?
Again I will remind you all - Be it republican or democrats- The are NOT going to freely give up their SELF VOTED IN ENTITILEMENTS! If you had them which at one time we did( social secuirity, medicare etc.) All solvent accounts until the democrats used it up for vietnam , ( JOhnson) ANY ONE OVER SIXTY FIVE including illegal aliens can have social secuirity (CARTER)lets pay down the national debt and improve on some of the free bees in government (CLINTON Tapped it twice making it a weekly check) would you so willingly give up what they have! I think not.We either have to get a good honest country loving people loving constitution loving group in there , OR TAKE IT BACK THE SAME WAY THE FOUNDING FATHERS DID! LOCK AND LOAD !
We are all screwed, all we have left is what we are willing to fight for and take back from this communist government!
I like the tenor of the crowd;; judgement day is at hand ; this will not be a soft peaceful revolution WE ARE AMERICANS and by damn we will fight to the end. The first incident of a man being murdered [BREITBART] or an incident involving the fed trying to disarm us [ they will try to cover it up with their media minions ];; will be the sounding alarm. If you are like me i have a plan to notify [2] conservative media outlets if they kill me and burn my truck;; watch the conservatives news outlets for the alarm.
Before this gets any more extreme than it is, can't someone do something about stopping this dictator? He's causing all kinds of mayhem and it's been quite obvious for years. I think he's losing it, knowing he will not be re-elected. Desperation makes people do desperate things. I cannot understand why impeachment proceedings have not been brought against him.
National defense can better be promoted at the ballot box: remove the Obama administration ASAP!
It should be clear to all by now what obama and his henchmen are planning. They don’t need the conservatives to rise up and start a fight, the left will do it themselves. Consequently they will be providing the problem and the solution. When the violence starts people will be begging the government to do something and they now pretty much have everything in place to declare marshall law. Then our weapons will be first to go. But of course it will all be for our own good. Every take over that has ever happened has happened for the citizens own good. Folks better start organizing if you haven’t already. Very carefully!
I am praying for God's help everyday. I hope all believers will. Pray for Congress to come out of their stupor. Pray for the people to see this destruction of our nation. Pray that we all vote for leaders that God will approve. But the nation's rescue will not happen unless we all turn to Him who protected America before we turned our backs on HIm. If anyone doesn't belive me, they can. But turning away from God hasn't worked has it. We get deeper and deeper into trouble by taking the course that we are taking. Has anyone noticed what is happening to America? Ddeeper and deeper into moral deparavity, political corruption, and national debt that any sane person knows is an anchor around our necks. How do you think the Lord looks at us in our un-repentant state?
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