In <v03007800aeb2dc721dbf@[207.167.93.63]>, on 11/15/96 at 06:59 PM, "Timothy C. May" <tcmay@got.net> said: :[snip...] :One of the things that most people don't appreciate is that these emergency :orders are essentially never repealed. (Not too surprising--if I was in :government, I wouldn't voluntarily give back any additional powers, either. :And the only consituency for rolling them back is the membership of the :evil militias, so nothing happens.) : yes, you are absolutely right. absolute power corrupts absolutely and a government given (or taking) extra powers is not likely to surrender same --they hope everyone forgets? maybe there is an analogy: militias: the only way they'll take my weapon is from my cooling, smoking hand.... prez: the only way they'll take my executive privileges is to vote me out of office --IF I consent to leave. -- without arms they do not resist; without communication they know not what to resist. -attila [snip...] :Basically, this was one of the alphabet soup of Emergency Orders, National :Security Decision Directives, and Executive Decisions passed or enacted :(sometimes in secrecy) during the last 30 years of the Continuing Emergency. :(Nixon's wage-price freezes, the oil embargo actions, the strategic :reserves, the anti-inflation measures, various Carter emergencies, and :various Reagan emergency orders, including NSDD-145, which directly affects :control of communicaitons, cryptography, etc.) :FEMA, the Federal Emergency Preparedness Agency, took over several of these :emergency orders (the running of them) in the late 70s. :Standard stuff for we conspiracy buffs. One doesn't need to invoke :historical groups like the Illuminati to see that the levers of power are :pulled by strange folks.