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Monday, March 19, 2012

Executive-Order Panic: Martial law in U.S.?

The White House’s late-week release of an executive order has sent the online community into an uproar, worried that President Obama had secretly provided himself means to institute martial law in America.

In the common practice of dumping government documents on a Friday afternoon, just as the news cycle is wrapping up for the week – a move critics say allows the administration to avoid widespread coverage of embarrassing actions – the White House released an executive order on “National Defense Resources Preparedness.”

Filled with language about “government-owned equipment” and a “defense executive reserve,” among other vague statements, rumors began to spread that the executive order expanded the president’s power to do everything from seizing whole industries to drafting private armies.

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7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Are there any militia's in the area? I would like to join.

Anonymous said...

5:14 you are a part of the militia. The unorganized militia. From Cornell University law department.....

10 USC § 311 - Militia: composition and classes

(a) The militia of the United States consists of all able-bodied males at least 17 years of age and, except as provided in section 313 of title 32, under 45 years of age who are, or who have made a declaration of intention to become, citizens of the United States and of female citizens of the United States who are members of the National Guard.

(b) The classes of the militia are—
(1) the organized militia, which consists of the National Guard and the Naval Militia; and

(2) the unorganized militia, which consists of the members of the militia who are not members of the National Guard or the Naval Militia.

Prepare!!

Anonymous said...

You bet your ass something is going on. Today two blackhawks over Salisbury at about 500 ft. at about 4:00 p.m., AWACS plane at about 2:30 p.m. over Salisbury at about 1500 ft. A large airplane marked "United States of America" doing "touch and go's" at the Salisbury Airport - and not the C130 that usually does it. The most military air traffic I've ever seen in my life is going on all the time here locally and others have been reporting the same other places in the country.

Anonymous said...

I'm glad to see someone else has taken notice of these military flights over us lately. I've been asking but nobody seems to know what's going on.
The other day, the jets flew over Parsonsburg and they were acting like they were dog fighting.
Like I asked here the other day, "When did we become a military training ground?"

Anonymous said...

You watch that airport. A lot of strange things going on there. It's no coincidence that the Armory is where the boot camp used to be. That place will be used to house people who need to be "re educated" by the government. Military personell have been seen coming from the airport to the armory. In class A's. Meetings of some sort. Helicopter fly ins. 7:34 is right about jets flying over. SOP for jet training is to fly over unpopulated areas. These are dry runs of sorts. Blackhawks at 500 feet? I've seen them too. And Chinooks at 2-3000 ft. Don't forget the miitary and the LAPD with joint training exercises last month. Yes something is definitely going on here.

Anonymous said...

From the article: “I’m not ruling out the possibility that this is more than it seems,” adds Jacobson, “but unless and until someone [demonstrates any expansion of powers in the order], I’ll consider this to be routine.”

I can see where people are alarmed considering some of the recent laws passed by Congress, but it sounds like this particular Executive Order was to update the previous ones (that date back to 1994).

The info given by the other commentators was interesting. I agree there's "something happening here."

Anonymous said...

What do you want to bet that this election year will be just like the 2000 elections? Obama will get the most popular vote only to lose to the electoral college = Riots in the streets, looting and burning = Martial Law!