“National Defense Resources Preparedness” executive order: Power grab or mere update? « Hot Air

http://hotair.com/archives/2012/03/18/national-defense-resources-preparedness-executive-order-power-grab-or-update/

It all sounds pretty scary, and it wasn't long before the usual
suspects were citing this as evidence of some kind of plan for martial
law, just as there were people on the left and far-right in asserting
that George Bush was going to declare martial law and cancel the
elections in 2004 and 2008. Considering who it was who was spreading
the meme that this was some kind of power grab by the Obama
Administration, I wasn't inclined to believe it to begin with.
However, once you actually look at the facts (yes, I know, how dare I
muddle up a good conspiracy theory with actual facts) it becomes
pretty clear that not only is the reaction to this wildly over the top
in some corners, but the Executive Order itself is nothing more than a
restatement of policy that has been in place in decades and grants no
authority to the President or the Cabinet that they don't already have
under existing law. …
---SPSmith