Although my friends lovingly describe me on occasion as a “right-wing nut,” I’m neither an alarmist nor a conspiracy theorist. I get plenty of emails and see a lot of posts on the Internet that would send shivers down your spine and make you want to stock up on ammunition.- Not me. I know that the majority of it is balderdash and not worth my time.
Something new is afoot, though, that’s worth investigating — Executive Order 13603. Actually, it’s not all that new. President Obama signed it on March 16 of this year.
Order #13603 throws all notions of personal responsibility out the window, and it does so in a way that sets the principles of property ownership and all rights attributed to ownership on its head.
A month and a half after the order was signed, it was reported and discussed at length by Jim Powell in a Forbes magazine op-ed. Although Forbes may lean a tad to the right, it’s nurtured a well-deserved reputation for honesty and integrity since its beginnings in 1917.
According to Forbes, the order provides that, in a national emergency, the government may take over and administer “all forms of energy.” Note that it doesn’t distinguish energy manufactured by a public utility from that produced by a homeowner from a diesel, solar or wind generator.
The executive order also grants the federal government authority to take over “all forms of civil transportation.” The order’s use of the term “civil transportation” rather than “public transportation” is disturbing. If you own some form of transportation — be it a watercraft, aircraft or a motor vehicle — and the government wants it, it gets it.
“All commodities and products that are capable of being ingested by either human beings or animals,” as well as “all usable water from all sources” also come within the order’s purview. Again, it doesn’t distinguish between public and private property. Private farms, ranches, water wells and cisterns seem to be covered.
The order covers “health resources – drugs, biological products, medical devices, materials, facilities, health supplies, services and equipment.” Great. Now that the government can lay claim to your food and water, it can now abscond with your air if you require a personal oxygen supply for your survival.
The power to engage in military conscription is an integral part of the order.
Just as ominous as the power this order grants the federal government in times of national emergency is the power it affords the government to determine what constitutes a national emergency.
The order is reminiscent of a similar series of orders signed by John F. Kennedy on emergency preparedness. In essence, during times of national emergency, it gave the federal government authority to take over, well, everything.
Ironically, it was later repealed by Richard M. Nixon, someone few look to as a champion of human rights.
Speaking for myself, a week doesn’t pass without someone complaining about the National Defense Authorization Act. As far as I can tell, the act, which was passed by Congress in open session, does not grant the military the power to take any action whatsoever against American citizens. This was confirmed and has been reiterated numerous times by U.S. Rep. Allen West, R-Jupiter.
Rather than being an act of a full Congress, however, Executive Order 13603 was signed by just one person — the president. It was signed without the benefit of lively, open and unfettered debate. So much for the idea of transparency being the hallmark of the Obama administration.
Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney often says that his first act upon assuming office will be to rescind Obamacare, or at least exempt the states from it. I hope his second act will be to tear up Executive Order 13603.
There’s no question but that the notion of property ownership is polar opposite to government takeover of property and redistribution of wealth. The following recording from a speech the president made at Loyola University on Oct. 19, 1998 illustrates his thinking on that particular subject.
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Actually, EO 13603 clearly states over and over again that it covers times of National Emergency *as well as* peacetime and times of non-emergency.
So it can be invoked at any time, for any reason.
actually the national defense autherization act has already been used on american citizens a veteran to be exact a former marine named brandon something look it up
Brandon Raub and his layer ( John Whitehead, Constitutional Attorney and President of The Rutherford Institute.) spoke very loudly about other as well…Brandon Raub is just the case that has brought it to light. We are shipping Americans of shore and out sourcing our Indefinite Detention…Needs…and with today’s drone use in the states on top of data farming we are trusting this type of bureaucracy to create our envelops …Not good…No trial…no nothing…
About NDAA… “As far as I can tell, the act, which was passed by Congress in open session, does not grant the military the power to take any action whatsoever against American citizens.”
The NDAA actually has language in it that removes your citizenship if you are considered an enemy combatant…. Then you can be disappeared. If they say you are a terrorist then you are one and can be taken, no trial, no jury. Goodby constitution.
Very true…Congress did not pass…they were out of session New Years Eve when it was signed into law…
and now homeland security re-defines terrorists as pro constitutionalists and pro life type people.
“Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney often says that his first act upon assuming office will be to rescind Obamacare, or at least exempt the states from it. I hope his second act will be to tear up Executive Order 13603.”
Wont Happen…
Allen West does not know what he’s talking about. The NDAA allows for the indefinite detention of American citizens domestic or abroad, without charge, trial or even a phone call.
I think it’s all b.s! Nothing is going to stop what is already coming! It’s very unfortunate but it’s the truth
This sends chills down my back. I only hope others read executive order 13603 as I have I am going to put this page on face books
All a MOOT point…the Charlatan in Chief was re-selected by the moochers, Union goons, lefties, illegals, dead people, incarcerated felons and skin-color voters. A tipping point election between the takers and the makers and “We” the REAL People just got “tipped”. When “We” go over the fiscal cliff and become another Greece, France, Portugal, Spain, Italy etc. the takers, a moronic herd of America haters, won’t have anything either. Or when the BOGUS POTUS II evokes Executive Order aka Constitution Shredding 13603 EVERYONE except the Obamanation DC elite loyalists will be screwed. Heil O.dolph!!
do yourself a favor. read some neutral points of views. surprised you haven’t suffocated with your head buried in exaggerrated extremist bullshit.
i am not saying that the government does not have many weaknesses. i am saying that if the government was trying to censor and monitor us, THEY WOULD NOT BOTHER TO TELL USE WITH BILLS AND FUCK! you think hitler blatantly told his people he was lying to them and censoring the truth? no, because that is not how it works. that is not how america works. would you be saying any of this shit if romeny had won and decided to continue obama’s plan for a cybersecurity order?
I most certainly would because it doesn’t matter who’s taking away our freedoms or intruding in our private lives, IT’S WRONG!
You speak as though the other was any better…period
Ouestion ????? Does the coming fisczl cliff constitute a national emergency????
……./……you might not be a nut but you are incorretly informed. the bill you mentioned is one that must be signed again and again to keep it strong, since george fuckign washington. it is only for emergencies only, like if we are for some reason invaded by a foreign power.
Nothing to do with Groerge ‘fuckign’ Washnington, it was drafted during the Truman Administration. And Obama changing ‘under emergency conditions’ to ‘under both emergency and non-emergency conditions’ seems pretty significant to me.