Interesting. I think you and jveritas must have some form of a Vulcan mind meld going on there ; )
Seriously, what year was the Bush EO. I am in the weeds at the gov. archives, and let me tell you, there are googles of them.
May God guide our course.
Tatt
When I saw the story I just took a few moments to do a bit of research rather than jump to conclusions and assume a massive conspiracy was afoot.
Ed Morrissey over at Hot Air has a good review of this:
http://hotair.com/archives/2012/03/18/national-defense-resources-preparedness-executive-order-power-grab-or-update/
The original EO dealing with national defense resources preparedness was issued in 1939 (EO 8248) according to the National Archives. It has been superseded a number of times, starting in 1951 by nearly every President through Bill Clinton, and amended twice by George W. Bush.
I remember when Bush amended this very EO some on the left started wailing that he was about to end elections and setup concentration camps. Sound silly? Some on the right are doing the same thing right now.