This was sent in by a listener and was
originally posted over at The American Thinker.
July 16, 2012
Do Obama’s Executive Orders Reveal A Pattern?
President Barack Hussein “kill list” Obama has offered over 900 Executive Orders (EO), and he is not even through his first term. He is creating a wonderland of government controls covering everything imaginable, including a list of “Emergency Powers” and martial law EOs. And while Obama is busy issuing EOs to control everything inside the US, he has been issuing EOs to force us to submit to international regulations instead of our US Constitution.
And comments by North Carolina governor Beverly Perdue and former OMB director Peter Orszag only contribute to this pattern.
Is it now time to start connecting the dots? Obama signed EO 13603 on March 22, 2012. Then he signed EO 13617 on June 25, 2012, declaring a national emergency. Then he signed EO 13618 on July 6, 2012.
In EO 13603, entitled, “National Defense Resources Preparedness,” Obama says (among other things) that [we must]:
be prepared, in the event of a potential threat to the security of the United States, to take actions necessary to ensure the availability of adequate resources and production capability, including services and critical technology, for national defense requirements;
Obama has the power, through this EO, to “nationalize” (not seize) private assets in order to protect national interests. Further, the EO effectively states that he can:
1. “identify” requirements for emergencies
2. “assess” the capability of the country’s industrial and technological base
3. “be prepared” to ensure the availability of critical resources in time of national threat
4. “improve the efficiency” of the industrial base to support national defense
5. “foster cooperation” between commercial and defense sectors
There are pundits that suggest that by signing EO 13603, Obama has given himself power to declare martial law and suspend elections.
The main problem with EO 13603 is that the words/phrases in quotes can be interpreted in many ways, including ways that favor Obama and Democrats. Wait, we can have our Supreme Court decide what they mean. But that won’t work since we know four of them to be Democrat hacks, and one justice can be influenced by the MSM.
In EO 13617, entitled “Blocking Property of the Government of the Russian Federation Relating to the Disposition of Highly Enriched Uranium Extracted From Nuclear Weapons,” Obama says (among other things)that”
the risk of nuclear proliferation created by the accumulation of a large volume of weapons-usable fissile material in the territory of the Russian Federation continues to constitute an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States, and hereby declare a national emergency to deal with that threat.
Obama, by signing this EO, actually declared a national emergency. I guess that President Theodore Roosevelt’s famous saying, “Speak softly and carry a big stick,” can’t apply in this case because we don’t want to offend the Russians by having them honor treaties they signed (the “HEU” Agreement). But what’s more important is that Obama can now “justify” any action he wants to take by citing EO 13617 since it declares a national emergency.
Then, in EO 13618, entitled, “Assignment of National Security and Emergency Preparedness Communications Functions,” Obama states (among other things) that:
The Federal Government must have the ability to communicate at all times and under all circumstances to carry out its most critical and time sensitive missions. … Such communications must be possible under all circumstances to ensure national security, effectively manage emergencies, and improve national resilience.
Obama cites “national security” in this EO. I guess Obama sees ANY excuse for declaring a national security emergency will appear better than taking over the nation’s communications assets by force
Want more examples of what Obama is doing?
- EO 10990 allows the Government to take over all modes of transportation and control of highways and seaports.
- EO 10997 allows the government to take over all electrical power, gas, petroleum, fuels, and minerals.
- EO 11000 allows the government to mobilize civilians into work brigades under government supervision
- EO 11002 designates the Postmaster General to operate a national registration of all persons.
- EO 11003 allows the government to take over all airports and aircraft, including commercial aircraft.
- EO 11004 allows the Housing and Finance Authority to relocate and establish new locations for populations.
- EO 11005 allows the government to take over railroads, inland waterways, and public storage facilities.
Are we beginning to see a pattern here? We’re being prepared for a national emergency. Then there’s taking control. I personally think that what Obama is doing goes way beyond being prepared.
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I’m probably preaching to the choir, but I think the best way to avoid the coming Government/FEMA Charlie Foxtrot is to get oneself out of the cities and be as self-suficient as possible. I know a lot of folks are worried that Gov/FEMA/(whomever) will come and steal their stuff. Unless you are a big commercial concern, I don’t think that’s likely, at least not at first.
Here’s my thinking: those that would take what is not theirs are thieves, but they are lazy, politically astute thieves. If they rip off a commercial concern, they anger only a few people and get a lot of loot. If they rip off a number of small farmers/stake holders, they get comparatively little and make a lot of people angry. While they don’t expect you to love them for stealing from you, they don’t want you so angry that you (and others) would pick up arms. Anything less than that level of anger is acceptable.
The best course of action, besides prepping, is to keep an ear open for signs that this is taking place, and to network with like-minded folks to provide alternate news to the MSM, which are likely to avoid this story. If it comes to pass that these things happen, it would be good to have plans in place for minimizing the appearance of your assets, and to have a plan for storing them in an alternate location.
One other thing, and more to the point of the article – it has been a trend since Eisenhower, that both conservative and liberal presidents have put into place draconian EOs like the ones listed above. That both parties have done this worries me, and I’m not sure what to make of that. However, what sets Obama apart is the increase in the sweeping power of his EOs, and his lowering the bar to using them. With the EOs already in place, he could do these things TODAY since he declared a National Emergency wrt the Russian nukes. What keeps this from happening is only his whim.
With just laws and a well designed government, we would not have to rely on the character of those in power, as they would not have the power to do mischief in the first place. So how do we get back to that condition?
First, I’m no Obama fan. And I know we are to be getting prepared for something because the good Lord told us to begin preparing 5 years ago.
However, I feel that truth should always be presented. Would you please do some fact checking for me? Perhaps I have misunderstood the information, however, according to this wikipedia site, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_federal_executive_orders
EOs 10990 to 11005 would have been signed by JF Kennedy in 1962. Perhaps I don’t understand how these EOs are written and I would appreciate a better understanding of this.