Control of National Guard Shifts From Governors To GW Bush!

By: RayH
Published On: 1/18/2007 2:09:09 PM

To the dismay of the nation's governors, the White House now will be empowered to go over a governor's head and call up National Guard troops to aid a state in time of natural disasters or other public emergencies. Up to now, governors were the sole commanders in chief of citizen soldiers in local Guard units during emergencies within the state.

This is a disturbing transfer of power from State Governors to the White House.

For the full story, see http://www.stateline...

As an outcome of the Katrina fiasco, the President's powers over the National Guard have been expanded. I wonder if it could morph into just a more expedient way for them to send troops to Iraq? Either way, it's a disturbing trend. I bet Governor Kaine hates this!


Comments



Left Behind (Josh - 1/18/2007 5:03:11 PM)
I'm amazed at how the expanding powers of the Presidency mimic the rising powers of the AntiChrist as represtned in the "Left Behind" Books.

Wouldn't it be amazing if Bush turned out to be the real AntiChrist.  How disappoining to all those Christianist zealots who thought he'd brought "God back into the White House".



Now Bush attacks the Second Amendment! NRA, where are you? (Andrea Chamblee - 1/19/2007 1:12:46 PM)
The Second Amendment says, "A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed."

Most historians agree this means the Federal government cannot infringe on a State's right to keep an army of Reserves - a National Guard.  The main controvery is whether it ALSO includes individual rights to bear arms regardless of whether such ownership was "suitable to their conditions and ... allowed by law."

Knowing that Bush only respects the Second Amendment as little as the First, Fourth, or any of the others should be no surpise.



Obviously Bush is positioning himself for a coup (JC - 1/19/2007 2:54:38 PM)
I hope the Reichstag doesn't catch fire tonight.


BTW: John Warner and Edward Kennedy sponsored this. Weird. (RayH - 1/22/2007 12:30:46 PM)