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| 60 Day Executive Order To Assume Full Authority Over All Communications Systems |
| 2012-07-09 |
...(h) within 60 days of the date of this order, in consultation with the Executive Committee where appropriate, develop and submit to the President, through the Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, a detailed plan that describes the Department of Homeland Security's organization and management structure for its NS/EP communications functions, including the Government Emergency Telecommunications Service, Wireless Priority Service, Telecommunications Service Priority program, Next Generation Network Priority program, the Executive Committee JPO, and relevant supporting entities. Sec. 5.6. The Federal Communications Commission performs such functions as are required by law, including: (a) with respect to all entities licensed or regulated by the Federal Communications Commission: the extension, discontinuance, or reduction of common carrier facilities or services; the control of common carrier rates, charges, practices, and classifications; the construction, authorization, activation, deactivation, or closing of radio stations, services, and facilities; the assignment of radio frequencies to Federal Communications Commission licensees; the investigation of violations of pertinent law; and the assessment of communications service provider emergency needs and resources;... |
| Posted by:Angolunter Elmilet3039 |
| #17 lotp__ It's a matter of trust. This may have been around for a while, but given O's track record, this IS a cause for concern.... |
| Posted by: Andy Sforza5096 2012-07-09 16:41 |
| #16 Packet radio if your friend |
| Posted by: mojo 2012-07-09 16:02 |
| #15 WE THE PEOPLE own the infrastructure that supports our free speech rights. Not the Executive Branch. The Executive Branch/FCC WILL adhere to the Constitution, whether they like it or not, BECAUSE WE THE PEOPLE WILL SEE TO IT. |
| Posted by: Zorba Dark Lord of the Hemps4813 2012-07-09 15:34 |
| #14 Ima calling dibs on a bottom bunk, down on the end by the head. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2012-07-09 15:06 |
| #13 Well, if we do have FEMA camps, I call dibs on the top bunk. |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2012-07-09 14:32 |
| #12 Just don't go voluntarily into the FEMA camps. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2012-07-09 13:35 |
| #11 He should be working on jobs, not this shtuff. People distrust him enough already. |
| Posted by: gorb 2012-07-09 12:59 |
| #10 Okay, people, calm down on this one. The law calling on the executive branch to draw up this sort of plan has been around since IIRC the 1930s. Getting panicked about this is similar to those who claim Pentagon war contingency plans for e.g. NoWheristan means the President intends to launch a secret attack. Sorry. Goodness knows there is lots to be concerned about in this administration. This isn't one of them. |
| Posted by: lotp 2012-07-09 12:51 |
| #9 With all of the economic challenges we face, this is a priority ?Yup, ANYTHING to stay IN office, legal or not. (My bet is NOT) |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2012-07-09 11:55 |
| #8 I'm with you, Besoeker. DROP THE DAMNED SHOE ALREADY! |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2012-07-09 10:51 |
| #7 Guillain-Barré syndrome or paralytic polio finally removed Roosevelt from office in his fourth term in office. [In June 1944, the Republican Party nominated Governor Thomas E. Dewey of New York for president. At that point, President Franklin D. Roosevelt had not announced if he would run for a fourth term. He finally declared that he wanted to retire — but felt it was his obligation to run again. The president explained that he desired to preclude a wartime leadership change.] Interestingly, Roosevelt appears to have contracted the illness while on holiday. My late father loathed the man, believing all government interventions and hand-outs could be traced to the "New Deal". He reserved his greater fear and loathing however, for the more enduring danger of the feckless lemmings who followed Roosevelt. The parallels are striking, to include the taboos of Roosevelt's mysterious illness and Obama's shrouded background; both carefully guarded by the government and the media. I wish it were November, and finally over....or just beginning. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2012-07-09 09:07 |
| #6 Now he can ban Romney ads. |
| Posted by: Greash Unoluque3538 2012-07-09 09:00 |
| #5 I still believe Tyrant Obama, Lord High Assmonkey, intends to remain in office with or without an election. The question os does congress have the balls to stop him |
| Posted by: Silentbrick - Halliburton Lost Drill Bit Division 2012-07-09 08:21 |
| #4 I thought they were talking about North Korea. Who needs congress anyway. |
| Posted by: Dale 2012-07-09 06:46 |
| #3 Depends on what your final goal is. |
| Posted by: gorb 2012-07-09 04:14 |
| #2 With all of the economic challenges we face, this is a priority ? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2012-07-09 03:35 |
| #1 A Poster-Blogger had this to say - either the Fed knows something about the Sun that its deliberately hiding or suppressing; or they know that something B-I-G is coming [ditto also being kept secret]??? Be it real dead Space Alien Aliens, or crashed time-traveling Space Rod Kidz from Earth's future - WHAT DID THEY REALLY REALLY R-E-A-L-L-Y FIND AT "ROSWELL"? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2012-07-09 00:25 |