"Most importantly, prior congressional approval is not needed for such directives - they are instantly effective once the National Emergency is declared:"

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.

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. [2]

Old news, but still a good list you've composed. Mad props for putting them all together.

I've always been a fan of EO 11921, that one sounds like it would be a real bastard to deal with.

We are so totally screwed!

To the best of my knowledge, the definition of "national emergency" is never actually given so anything could be termed a national emergency, allowing these Orders to take effect.

Originally posted by goose
We are so totally screwed!

yes we are...welcome to your future united states..

----land of the free and the home of the brave----{land of the free??brave?? then why are people so willing to give up their rights for a little safety...if you give up your rights you are no longer free..if you give up your rights for a little temporary safety..you are no longer brave my friend} god bless america

im sure you all have read this but to me..this is important to remember...

They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
Benjamin Franklin

That is just a small part of the total Executive Orders. Throughout my research on the "Omega Agency"(Foreign Relations and COG), it has become clear that between Congress and the EOs, we have been screwed for some time now.

"All Experience hath shown, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, when Evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the Forms to which they are accustomed."
--Thomas Jefferson

I serched it on google but didn't find anything. But there was a lot under the keywords martial law.

too bad nobody knows who is REALLY behind this and WHY it is really happening.

Don't forget, everything that Hitler did was legal.

Our executive orders have been in the plan books for years now... we're lucky they didn't go into effect on 9/11. No worries, the next terrorist attack will put us right into a cozy Police State. Welcome to the land of the.. slaves.

Well, there goes our freedom(or at least what's left of it).

Originally posted by THENEO
too bad nobody knows who is REALLY behind this and WHY it is really happening.

Everybody knows, no one believes ! that's the difference.

*blinks* I'm moving to Canada! I belong there! America is full of lunatics, though not all of them are... *growls and flattens her ears* I bite! Nobody screws up my freedom! (see grace get arrested...) don't jinx yourself now!

There are executive orders for almost any possible situation...doesnt mean that they are going to be used anytime soon.

i think they came up with that in the case the US was indaved.

I'm happy I'm not American! How many of you plan on comming north of the border?

I want to, I love Canada, I'm 60% French-Canadian anyway... I'll blend

Originally posted by goose
We are so totally screwed!

Aw, for crying out farkin' loud!
Everyone rub your temples and think really hard. What mechansim did the Founding Fathers set in place to insure the government would not want to attempt tyranny or arbitrary rule, and if it did, the citizenry would be able to snatch a knot in their arse and a rope around their neck?
Ding-ding-ding, what do we have for the winner, Johnny?
Yes, you want to send a message to the baffoons? Go buy a good long rifle, a bunch of ammo, and talk friends into doing the same.

lol... no... I don't want a civil war.... if they have biger weapons we're screwed. ^__^ I'm moving to Canada! That's the plan all... big migration now!

No, Grace, it doesn't work that way. Bigger and better doesn't insure victory, and running for the border only means one less citizen to stand strong. Besides, once the international Agenda takes down the U.S., how long would Canada last?
How many Americans of the age to keep and bear arms are there? What is the ratio to soldier? Now, how many soldiers will follow orders involving the mass killing of fellow citizens?
The best that can be hoped for is an armed citizenry. It wasn't even a Founding Father's words, they belonged to Abe Lincoln.