Can someone explain to me exactly what this means(In simple terms) people are going nuts on twitter over this, saying that Obama is implementing martial law(And next Sharia Law) and that people should start stock piling weapons..I knew one day Obama would make some law making him President for life, he doesn’t want elections to take place because he knows that he would lose. The media would love having that POS for life
Simply put...
This EO is a replacing of an almost similar EO issued by Clinton in 1994. Obama’s version places all “emergency” management under Homeland Security, instead of Fema. Also, Obama’s EO changes the reporting and authority structure. And putting this under Homeland security adds a military component that Fema didn’t have as strongly. Interesting to note, Bush never made null Clinton’s EO. As far reaching as it was, Bush kept it available to himself for his 8 years in office. Obama’s is more far reaching simply because of the structure of Homeland Security. Some say this is business as usual, others find it odd given the timing of the issuing of the order.
Hope that helps!