http://www.congress.org/congressorg/bio/userletter/?letter_id=4537853451
The above is a letter from a Republican senator from MO. which he wrote to the governor in Jan. of this year. In the letter, the senator references one of the links I have in my comment about the Governors Council and he also quotes a poster from Free Republic!
After reading the letter, my understanding is that the Feds now have the right under declared martial law to command the national guard - if there is a “catastrophic event”. This right was obtained through legislation passed by Congress under Bush. Obama inherited that power and he has expanded it by executive order the bottom line of which is he now has the ability to declare martial law without a catastrophic event requirement.
With regard to the National Guard therefore, it looks like Obama thinks he can command them directly if martial law is declared but the power to command them is still also with the Governor. If the Governor does not agree with Obama and countermands his orders to the Guard, I guess it would ultimately be up to the guard itself to decide who has the superior authority. I believe the guard would stand with the Governor.
Thank you for that link! Greisheimer is my state rep. He’s always been considered a rino but I have to say, I’m impressed that he was on this. Yes, this was initiated under Bush in case of a ‘catostrophic event’. The fact that they were so secretive about it and would not allow the order to be reviewed is disturbing, but jmo...I do not believe or will ever believe that Pres Bush’s intentions were nefarious. It probably resulted in the thinking post Katrina whereby the gov of LA refused to act and Bush somehow got the blame. Whatever the reason though what started out as most likely a logical thought got hijacked (as with all laws) and further expanded for insidious reasons.
All that said, the Guard is effectively nationalized now. I truly hope you are right that the Guard will follow the Governors should a ‘conflict’ in orders happens. Our gov is on the council of governors and a democrat; I have little hope he will do anything to shore up our rights as a state or even attempt to call up the Guard to protect us from a major domestic conflict with the federal government.
Connecting the dots on what is going on is not hard to do and imo there is preparation being made against us. There are things going on in my own town, which I won’t address here..but things that have caught my attention.
Thanks again NB. May God intervene in this situation and free us from what is coming.
(that is terrific about the FReeper being quoted! There are some extremely impressive members here)