Posted on 10/25/2009 8:04:24 PM PDT by STARWISE
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When the Constitution of the United States was framed it placed the exclusive legislative authority in the hands of Congress and with the President. Article I, Section 1 of the United States Constitution is concise in its language:
“All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.”
That is no longer true. The Bill of Rights protected Americans against loss of freedoms. That is no longer true. The Constitution provided for a balanced separation of powers. That is no longer applicable.
Perhaps it can be summed up succinctly in the words of arch-conservative activist Howard J Ruff:
“Since the enactment of Executive Order 11490, the only thing standing between us and dictatorship is the good character of the President, and the lack of a crisis severe enough that the public would stand still for it.”
Next we will look at all legislation passed or attempted by the dishonest Socialist regardless if they call themselves Progressive, Liberal, Independent, Republican, or Democrat.
If you have a computer you can look up the legislation.
Here are just a few Executive Orders that would suspend the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. These Executive Orders have been on record for nearly 30 years and could be enacted by the stroke of a Presidential pen:
EXECUTIVE ORDER 10990 allows the government to take over all modes of transportation and control of highways and seaports.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 10995 allows the government to seize and control the communication media.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 10997 allows the government to take over all electrical power, gas, petroleum, fuels and minerals.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 10998 allows the government to take over all food resources and farms.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 11000 allows the government to mobilize civilians into work brigades under government supervision.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 11001 allows the government to take over all health, education and welfare functions.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 11002 designates the Postmaster General to operate a national registration of all persons.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 11003 allows the government to take over all airports and aircraft, including commercial aircraft.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 11004 allows the Housing and Finance Authority to relocate communities, build new housing with public funds, designate areas to be abandoned, and establish new locations for populations.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 11005 allows the government to take over railroads, inland waterways and public storage facilities.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 11051 specifies the responsibility of the Office of Emergency Planning and gives authorization to put all Executive Orders into effect in times of increased international tensions and economic or financial crisis.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 11310 grants authority to the Department of Justice to enforce the plans set out in Executive Orders, to institute industrial support, to establish judicial and legislative liaison, to control all aliens, to operate penal and correctional institutions, and to advise and assist the President.
Here are the later Executive Orders:
EXECUTIVE ORDER 11049 assigns emergency preparedness function to federal departments and agencies, consolidating 21 operative Executive Orders issued over a fifteen year period.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 11921 allows the Federal Emergency Preparedness Agency to develop plans to establish control over the mechanisms of production and distribution, of energy sources, wages, salaries, credit and the flow of money in U.S. financial institution in any undefined national emergency. It also provides that when a state of emergency is declared by the President, Congress cannot review the action for six months.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 12148 created the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) that is to interface with the Department of Defense for civil defense planning and funding. An “emergency czar” was appointed. FEMA has only spent about 6 percent of its budget on national emergencies, the bulk of their funding has been used for the construction of secret underground facilities to assure continuity of government in case of a major emergency, foreign or domestic.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 12656 appointed the National Security Council as the principal body that should consider emergency powers. This allows the government to increase domestic intelligence and surveillance of U.S. citizens and would restrict the freedom of movement within the United States and granted the government the right to isolate large groups of civilians. The National Guard could be federalized to seal all borders and take control of U.S. air space and all ports of entry. Many of the figures in the Iran-Contra scandal were part of this emergency contingent, including Marine Colonel Oliver North.
They have collected and tested 4,855 specimens, most probably swabs.
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/
* 4,855 (37.5%) specimens tested by U.S. World Health Organization (WHO) and National Respiratory and Enteric Virus Surveillance System (NREVSS) collaborating laboratories and reported to CDC/Influenza Division were positive for influenza.
* All subtyped influenza A viruses being reported to CDC were 2009 influenza A (H1N1) viruses.
* The proportion of deaths attributed to pneumonia and influenza (P&I) was above the epidemic threshold.
* Eleven influenza-associated pediatric deaths were reported. Nine of these deaths were associated with 2009 influenza A (H1N1) virus infection and two were associated with an influenza A virus for which subtype is undetermined.
* The proportion of outpatient visits for influenza-like illness (ILI) was above the national baseline. All 10 regions reported ILI above region-specific baseline levels.
* Forty-six states reported geographically widespread influenza activity, Guam and three states reported regional influenza activity, one state, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico reported local influenza activity, and the U.S. Virgin Islands did not report.
You got that feeling too huh?
How long until Obama tries to restart Bush’s Total Information Awareness office? I know it didn’t completely die - the money was moved around the the names of the organizations and titles changed, but I can just see Obama trying to fulfill Bush’s legacy of wanting to know everything possible about everybody.
Actually they have collected more than 4855! I read it wrong, more than one third have been positive for flu, and that portion adds up to 4855, so the actual number of samples is higher.
Count me in as #4. Many sleepless nights. Ugh!
“The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!”, based on the Nathaniel Benchley novel, “The Off-Islanders”?
For suspected terrorists/associates = yes.
What are you talking about ?
Good replicas of real cretins.
Bingo
10990: Reestablishing the Federal Safety Council (superceded by 11612 (which does something similar)
10995: Assigning telecommunications management functions. Ah, maybe we're on to something. Oops, it was revoked by EO 11556, which was revoked by 12046.
10997: Assigning emergency preparedness functions to the Secretary of the Interior. Revoked by EO 11490.
These are Kennedy-era EOs, and every one I check out was revoked or grossly amended. Plus, they aren't as draconian as outlined above or aren't even close to what the list says they are. The poster says "nearly 30 years" and it's well past 40, almost 50. This leads me to believe this is an old one that has been dragged around for years, still scaring gullible people.
Come on, how long have we been using the Internet? I'm half tempted to send out a scam e-mail saying Executive Order 19223 allows for Congress and the courts to be dissolved in an emergency, leaving the President in power. How many people would buy it and never bother to do a little checking?
“There’s something big about to go down.”
maybe, but maybe not...BHO is being squeezed from a lot of directions. When he makes a move, it’s always for several reasons, and usually the reasons are only tangentially related to the the reason stated.
So...taking guesses:
1) while H1N1 is here, it is a convenient reason that can easily be backed up by WHO, CDC, etc
2) while Nat’l Emergency is in effect, he has more control/power at his disposal (like an ace-in-the-hole)
3) $$$ involved - payback to big pharma
4) wonder about it being related to passing ObamaCare but not sure how that might be (unless related to #3)
5) takes the Fox debacle/humiliation right off the “front page”
IMO, it has little to do with the H1Ni flu
1) because he has taken no other corresponding actions commensurate with an epidemic
2) he put out the news over the weekend & doesn’t seem to want to talk about it -— in fact BHO didn’t seem to send out any minions to talk about anything (as one Freeper pointed out about the Sun am lineup)
I have that “icky” feeling about EVERYTHING he does because he has repeatedly and continuously proven that he cannot be trusted.
He is duplicitous in everything he says, and often his intentions are the opposite of his words.
He never has America’s best interest in mind-—we have NEVER had a president with that agenda.
YANKEES DO IT!! YAY!!
Lets face it, the US Constitution never allows the government to violate the Constitution in the name of emergency.
Friend, it is much better to self quarrantine yourself at home, where you are prepared for it, and have all you food, meds, herbs, pets, and weapons, than the government removing you and placing you into their buildings.
“There’s something big about to go down. Not sure what it is, but things just don’t feel right. Does anyone else have this feeling or am I just being paranoid?
Chairman 0bama’s declaration of a “National Emergency” gives me an uneasy feeling in the pit of my gut.”
There’s a few million of us and only a few hundred of them. Let them try. I dare them.
Yup, there is only ONE PLACE in Section 9 that says Habeus Corpus may be suspended (NOT HAVE TO, but MAY BE) in only TWO Cases: Rebellion or Invasion.
NO OTHER PARTS of the Constitution can be suspended. NOWHERE does it talk about having a SHADOW GOVERNMENT to take over if something happens. NOWHERE does it say that ANYONE has power to suspend the entire Constitution. And it could be argued that what is being talked about in Section 9 are things that have to be done in concert between the President AND the majority of Congress, NOT JUST the President.
PS to previous post. Just reading over the Executive orders and remembered that my first thought when I heard the news about the Nat’l Emergency was the media -— I wondered if the BHO would attempt to use it as a way to control the “bad” media who are exposing him.
I think they should continue to hammer away at the BHO administration, but also think it would be very unwise for them to suggest that this is a “trumped up” emergency.
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