well there's the "this is only for emergencies" theory but I don't really buy that. Look at the way the Patriot act got subverted . On the other hand... disaster preparedness is indeed the job of the government. Maybe, when I take another look, the key to this will be how it gets triggered.
On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 10:23 AM, LRS Scout <[email protected]> wrote: > > To be honest I heard about it from a less than reliable source so I wanted > to read it myself and see what I thought. > > It really seems like this has the power of law, and would allow the > president to completely control every aspect of the economy and private > property. > > I'm not surprised no one is talking about it, look at how little fanfare > there was over the NDAA. > > On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 6:06 AM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > all the google hits are for blogs. Not sure what that means or which of > the > > first four pages of results I'd believe. But yeah, I agree that that text > > is scary. > > > > On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 2:40 AM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > even scarier to me is that I've spent the last couple of days in Google > > > News and haven't seen a thing about it. Essentially this seems to be > > saying > > > that any time the president thinks it's important enough he can take > over > > > whatever. Is that really what I am reading here? I've got to finish > > > something but I'll see if I can't find some credible commentary later > > on. I > > > did a little more than a fast but this looks like the sort of legal > > > instrument that needs to be filtered through a good legal mind for > > sensible > > > analysis to occur. > > > > > > For instance, I'd be fascinated to know what Ron Wyden thinks of this, > > > because he keeps saying that there's a secret legal opinion about the > > reach > > > of the Patriot Act that would scare the hell out of anyone that could > > read > > > it. Maybe you have to be a US Senator to say that sort of thing with > > > impunity; in any case given his committee seats that there sounds like > a > > > pretty informed opinion to me. > > > > > > On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 12:21 AM, LRS Scout <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > >> > > >> Ok so I haven't read the whole thing, only skimmed it, but this is > scary > > >> as > > >> hell to me, especially when taken in combination with the NDAA and the > > >> Patriot act. > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/03/16/executive-order-national-defense-resources-preparedness > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:348736 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
