“And as I noted, Congress has a Constitutional mandate to institute procedures for calling out all able-bodied citizens for national protection. “
I think the current procedures for calling out the citizenry are adequate. For instance, FedGov does not need to call out the citizens of Alaska when there is a Florida hurricane. What problem do you foresee that would be helped by a presidential mandate for the citizens to assemble and act? As far as I know, the last time such a command was given was during the War of 1812, when Congress was in retreat from Washington.
This system will be used for far more mundane things than national emergencies, I fear. I heard mention of Amber Alerts, which by their nature are large-local or at most cover a 3-state block.
Any truly national problem, like an asteroid strike or 900 incoming thermonuclear RVs, won’t be helped much by a warning system. “Everyone on the West Coast, you have 30 days to move to Ohio (if our projections are correct) so get going!” Any national emergency will be politicized, as well. Look at BioWatch- by the time a true biowar threat is identified and checked, tens of thousands will already be ill and that number rising, the delays mostly due to political risk management.
As for future emergencies, I have seen no analysis of the inadequacies of our current systems, just a push for a new centralized one.
Do you want this system to work?
You get the government out of it and you let some public industry handle it. It’s just that simple.
Thanks Mr. H. Truman for starting it, but you should have hired a private firm. It was flawed from the get go.
You don’t let let the Feds handle something you need to work correctly. Doesn’t anyone is D.C. realize this yet???The obvious answer is N0bama...