| Executive Orders are interesting, They bypass | | | | peaceful Vietnam War protestors at Kent State, in |
| Congress and override established laws. | | | | Ohio. A very famous song was written about it. It was |
| I am thinking of three that were recently signed. In May, | | | | also one of the turning points against President Richard |
| an Executive Order was signed stating that any | | | | Nixon, for ordering this to happen. |
| natural or unnatural disaster that occurs, either in the | | | | The third, recently signed - in July - states any two or |
| States or world wide, which effects the economy of | | | | more people, that discuss and/or protest the handling |
| the United States, the President can take over | | | | of the Iraqi invasion, can and will have all their assets |
| Congress. This was written in conjunction with the | | | | seized by the government. I believethis is a very broad, |
| Patriot Act, which very few members of Congress | | | | albeit deliberate misinterpretation, of the Sedition Act. |
| bothered to read. I wonder if Congress realizes, by | | | | Our media did not feel these Executive Orders were |
| rubber stamping the Patriot Act, they were, in effect, | | | | important enough to mention to the public in general. I |
| signing away their children's and grand children's rights. | | | | feel they are. I wonder what Executive Order will be |
| The next one I am thinking of, which I believe was | | | | issued in August. |
| signed in June, rescinds the law that forbids soldiers or | | | | I wrote a fictitious story called - What If. This was a |
| National Guard from firing on American Citizens. In | | | | figment of my imagination. There are things I wrote |
| case anyone does not remember, this law was | | | | about which are now coming true. I hope the rest of |
| violated when National Guard fired on, and killed, four | | | | the story does not. |