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> Keep Your Powder Dry
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> The current edition of Insight magazine has a revealing article about the
> manner in which Bill Clinton has abused the power of his office. Since
> becoming president, Clinton has issues no less than 300 Executive Orders
>
> and, according to many constitutional scholars, has done so for the
> express
> purpose of circumventing congress when they wouldn’t give him what he
> wanted. In other words, Bill Clinton has assumed king-like powers and few
> people seem to notice.
>
> The article quotes Tom DeWeese of the American Policy Center as giving the
> following examples of Clinton’s abuse of power:
>
> *Executive Order 13112, which prevents the introduction of "invasive
> species to public property." DeWeese warns that the definition of "alien
>
> species" could include "a farmer’s cattle or even the family dog."
> Imagine
> federal police enforcing that one.
>
> *Executive Order 13107 calls on the US government to implement
> human-rights
> treaties even though they have not been ratified by the Senate as
> required
> in the Constitution. This EO is a blatant and overt maneuver to ignore the
> rule of law and establish rule by dictatorial fiat.
>
> *Executive Order 13061 which designated 14 rivers as federal property.
> This is a massive federal land grab of state, local, even private
> property, which is being done even though funds have never been approved
> by congress.
>
> *Executive Order 13083 which "established federal jurisdiction over
> states
> in matters not enumerated in the Constitution." Clinton suspended this EO
> after much public outcry but has recently reintroduced the same EO using
>
> different language.
>
> *Executive Order 12852 requires American citizens (subjects) to "sustain
>
> the environment." Things viewed as not sustaining the environment
> include
> "air conditioning, high meat intake, frozen and convenience foods,
> fossil
> fuels and kitchen appliances." Can you imagine federal bureaucrats
> enforcing this one?
> Beyond these tyrannical Executive Orders, Bill Clinton has issued no
> less
> than 14 states of emergency. One such declaration was based upon
> "Burma’s
> oppression of democracy." You will recall that Abraham Lincoln used
> Executive Orders twice to declare martial law. You might also be
> interested
> to learn that the United States has been ruled under emergency authority
>
> since FDR declared a state of emergency in 1933.
>
> A 1974 special Senate Committee on National Emergencies and Delegated
> Emergency Powers found that these emergency powers could be used by a US
>
> president to "seize property, control production, restrict travel and
> institute martial law." Co-chairman of that committee, Sen. Frank Church
> of Idaho is reported as saying, "It is distressingly clear that our
> constitutional government has been weakened by 41 years of emergency
> rule." Church wrote, "Presidents could manage every aspect of the lives of
> all American citizens."
>
> Rep. Jack Metcalf of Washington said, "The usurpation of power started
> quietly and has gained respect over time." Insight quotes Rep. Roscoe
> Bartlett as warning that "if something doesn’t change soon the executive
>
> branch will continue to expand by executive order and ‘we’ll need
> another
> revolution.’"
>
> Too much power in the hands of any one man, even an honorable one, is
> always risky business. In the hands of a corrupt man, like Bill Clinton,
>
> too much power can lead to disaster. Congress had the opportunity to be
> faithful to its constitutional obligation and remove this corrupt
> president from office. They failed. As a result, it is logical to assume
> that Bill
>
> Clinton feels that he is untouchable. Therefore, his worst may be yet to
>
> come.
>
> History is replete with the consequences of what happens when any
> national
> leader believes that he is above the law. It is obvious that our
> congress
> is too weak and incompetent to hold Clinton in check. Rep. Bartlett
> might
> be right; it may yet be up to us. I’m keeping my powder dry, just in
> case.
>
>
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