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Originally posted by Hefficide
reply to post by AnonLover
In my opinion I think there is currently a coup taking place. From the perspective of an average citizen, we'll not see it - everything will appear to be as it should be. Only time will begin to show the truth of it all. Coups usually signal a profound paradigm shift. I happen to think it's happened twice in the past 50 years. JFK to Johnson and Carter to Reagan. One a bloody coup, the other bloodless.
This one will likely be bloodless. Just a very vocal minority ending up in power - and few questioning any of it because the nightly news will tell us that it's all exactly as it should be and that the experts all feel that everything is OK.
What we can do is simple. Make our displeasure known in an effective and non criminal manner. The folks in power are there by our favor - we can take that favor away. We can all opt out of the game. We think we vote in the polling place. But that is an illusion. We vote with our money and with our labor. If we all banded together and withheld those things - as an expression of our lack of consent? We would win.
~Heff
Originally posted by skepticconwatcher
reply to post by Hefficide
I give up. Carry on.
I'll just say I'm not concerned and I don't see any red flags. I don't see any establishment of "Secret Police" Nor do I envision any scenario described whereby "lists of people" are generated and passed on to the authorities for whatever reason. I just don't see all of that happening based on this one EO.
Originally posted by sonnny1
Look to China's Government, to see what control is like.
They control their media, they control their economy, They control their people, regardless if a few, in China have it good, with their businesses. If that Government wants your business, it will take it. Period.
How can a Super Power compete with that? By becoming that. How does one take power "from the people"?
Think about it.
Originally posted by Wrabbit2000
His Executive Order may as well have just said a couple lines. He could have really just summed it right up and for once in his life, been succinct about something. Brevity is a word that man has NEVER grasped.
As Goober-in-Chief, I do so declare:
1. The 10th Amendment is null and void except as to where I see fit as to declare it.
2. Failure to understand, follow and Obey #1 will see you join Arizona and Texas on my enemies list....and no one wants to be Texas.
(Autopen Goes Here)
Yup. He could have made it short and sweet and said the same damn thing.
Originally posted by Hefficide
And I've just found this that sheds some light on the vague wording and the ( at least original or stated ) intent...
The Obama administration is drafting an executive order that would direct agencies to share cyber threat information with companies operating critical infrastructure, the Associated Press reported over the weekend.
A draft executive order, which was not dated, directs the Department of Homeland Security to work with the Pentagon, National Security Agency and others to develop a means by which companies could quickly be informed of known cyber threats, the AP reported. Companies could better protect against threats, based on the warnings from the government.
The draft order also includes language asking companies to share information with government about cyber threats and attacks, but it would not mandate that they do so. The draft order would also establish a voluntary program for companies to adopt better cybersecurity practices.
In August, Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., a senior member on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, pressed President Obama in a letter to “explore and employ every lever of executive power that you possess to protect this country from the cyber threat.”
Rockefeller co-sponsored the Cybersecurity Act, S 3414, which failed to pass in the Senate. The bill would have set voluntary standards for companies operating critical infrastructure, such as the electric grid, water treatment facilities and transportation systems.
“Everything that can be done in the statute ... can be done in the executive order, with the exception of three things,” Johnson said.
So that spices it up a bit.. Rockefellers and circumvention of standard lawmaking processes - all with the intent to control cyberspace.
And, hey, phrase it vaguely enough and we can get a lot of our other corporate buddies into the mix as well.
~Heff
Originally posted by buddha
Originally posted by sonnny1
Look to China's Government, to see what control is like.
They control their media, they control their economy, They control their people, regardless if a few, in China have it good, with their businesses. If that Government wants your business, it will take it. Period.
How can a Super Power compete with that? By becoming that. How does one take power "from the people"?
Think about it.
China is slowly getting freedom.
as america loses it all.
the new america will be as bad as the old Russia.
Originally posted by chiefsmom
reply to post by Hefficide
So Just for S & G's, I posted the link from the start of this thread on my face book page. ( I know, I know)
I asked, "why are we hearing nothing about this, why are we not scared?"
I got one response, and it surprised me.
"Because Obama owns the media"
There are a number of former high-level White House officials on Facebook’s staff: former Obama White House economic adviser Marne Levine heads its policy shop and former Bush administration aide Cathie Martin is also on its policy team.
Obama, meanwhile, has nurtured strong high-tech relationships throughout his tenure.Facebook’s chief operating officer, Sheryl Sandberg, joined Zuckerberg and the president at the town hall. She sits on Obama’s council of economic advisors. AOL founder Steve Case heads his Startup America initiative to help small business growth. Eric Schmidt of Google, Cisco CEO John Chambers, and Intel CEO Paul Otellini regularly attend meetings at the White House as economic advisers.
Lest we forget his first Executive Order on 1/21/2009: EO 13489- banning release of any of his records