Executive Ordering - When armed revolution just won't do.
July 24, 2007 12:45 PM   Subscribe

Perhaps it's my tin foil hat, but I find myself spooked by some recent pronouncements from the Executive branch. An order on July 17th would seems to criminalize dissent against Messo'potamia, an order from May 9, would seem to be a rather blatant power grab in case of "national emergency", which the Executive Branch can now declare with no input from Congress or the Judiciary. [More Inside]
posted by dejah420 (4 comments total)

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Executive Order: Blocking Property of Certain Persons Who Threaten Stabilization Efforts in Iraq has taken a huge jump towards Orwell with astounding phrases like " pose a significant risk of committing" and "undermining efforts to promote economic reconstruction and political reform in Iraq". Pundits suggest that this law means that if the White House decides that you are in any way “undermining efforts” in Iraq, or related to Iraq or pretty much anything else, the Treasury Department is authorized to seize your money, property, stocks, etc, and that antiwar protesters are first against the wall.

As to the May 9th Declaration of "I Am *SO* the boss of you!", even the right wing seems a little shocked.
posted by dejah420 at 12:46 PM on July 24, 2007


Double, kind of
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 12:50 PM on July 24, 2007


If the point of your political MeFi post is basically "look at these assholes" then it's probably not a good MeFi post.
posted by Rhomboid at 12:55 PM on July 24, 2007


im ur continuity czar shitten on ur constitution!
posted by bruce at 12:57 PM on July 24, 2007


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