FEMA

According to Wikipedia, the following are some of the executive orders contained within FEMA for use during a national emergency.

"EXECUTIVE ORDER 11004 allows the Housing and Finance Authority to relocate communities, build new housing with public funds, designate areas to be abandoned if contaminated beyond reasonable means of decontamination, 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 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."


Does anyone else think this might just be a liiiiittle too much power in the hands of the government?

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Yes, but you must understand that part of the problem is people that vote 'blanketly' one party... like strait ticket voting.  This is bad because in some instances, democrats support gun rights, and republicans support privacy rights, and essentially, there are occasionally libertarians on either side. 

To conclude, I say vote -intelligently- and informed.  Vote for the libertarian leaning repubs and dems when you find them, if they are worth a shit, and if there aren't any good candidates from the repubs/dems, vote libertarian. 

If you don't know shit about candidates, and don't want to take the time to become informed, voting libertarian is a safer route, since you can be pretty damn sure you won't be voting for an asshole.