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To: KLP who wrote (477392)	3/19/2012 9:00:32 AM
From: ManyMoose	2 Recommendations Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 793964

Obama just keeps getting scarier and scarier.

To: KLP who wrote (477392)	3/19/2012 9:14:34 AM
From: simplicity	6 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793964

Thanks for posting this, Karen. Interesting. Many of us ask ourselves, whenever this president takes time out from golfing and vacationing to actually do something, 'Exactly how is this going to increase the power of the federal government?' -- simply because, despite his rhetoric, that seems to be the over-riding goal of his administration. This EO is so nebulous that it takes a hint of a diabolical mind to envision how it might be used in a negative way, but I am afraid the average citizen has to learn to view most of this president's policies with a cynical -- even suspicious -- eye. Obama, and the progressives in general, have contributed to many of the major crises this country has faced over the past few years, and have used those crises as opportunities to ride in on a white horse and declare that the federal government needs to save us from ourselves, and, in the process, usurp irrevocable power from private industry, the states, and citizens themselves. The banking and housing crises are just two of countless examples. If we look at this EO with the assumption that it was written with a diabolical set of motives, it does leave room for the government to dictate to private enterprise, and to generally wrest enormous power not entitled under the constitution, if the government itself deems the situation to be serious enough to threaten national security. There is too much wiggle room left to this administration for this to be interpreted as a rational, Constitutional piece of presidential policymaking that has the good of the country at its core. I believe there is a very good chance that this president is going to make use of the bad economic conditions (high and rising gas prices especially) to do something unprecedented before November 6th. It may involve invoking this EO, and therefore having the government step in with an iron hand, in order to keep the country afloat during an economic crisis. Or it may involve running the government printing presses even more feverishly than they're now being run in order to issue a check (or the equivalent) to every American family so that they can offset the cost of filling their tank. Whatever the method (very possibly one we haven't even envisioned), this administration is going to ride in on a white horse sometime between now and November, banking on the fact that a sufficient number of American voters will see its actions as those of a commanding leader who cares about the people -- and in that way he plans to win a sufficient number of votes to insure a second term. Creating crises, and then using them to one's political advantage, is the cornerstone of the progressive theology. And this EO may be a piece of that puzzle, whose place in the big picture the average American (including you and I) simply does not yet recognize.