The
White House’s late-week release of an executive order has sent the
online community into an uproar, worried that President Obama had
secretly provided himself means to institute martial law in America.
In the common practice of dumping government documents on a Friday
afternoon, just as the news cycle is wrapping up for the week – a move
critics say allows the administration to avoid widespread coverage of
embarrassing actions – the White House released an executive order on “National Defense Resources Preparedness.”
Filled with language about “government-owned equipment” and a
“defense executive reserve,” among other vague statements, rumors began
to spread that the executive order expanded the president’s power to do
everything from seizing whole industries to drafting private armies.
A Canada Free Press article titled “Obama Executive Order: Peacetime
Martial Law!” spread concerns of gasoline ration cards; while an
Examiner article declared the order would “nationalize everything” and
“allow for a civilian draft.” Facebook, email and Twitter were suddenly
abuzz, and even the extremely popular Drudge Report posted a link to the
White House release under the title “Martial Law? Obama Issues
Executive Order.”
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