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[Guest darkskyabove]

For anyone still undecided about whether the United States Empire is a tyrannical dictatorship:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/03/16/executive-order-national-defense-resources-preparedness

I searched but could not find mention of this at FDR.

Synopsis:

The President has the power to take control of, essentially, every facet of the country, in war or peacetime.

Here's a slice of slave pie for your consumption:

Sec. 201.  Priorities and Allocations Authorities. 
(a)  The authority of the President conferred by section 101 of the
Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 2071, to require acceptance and priority performance
of contracts or orders (other than contracts of employment) to promote
the national defense over performance of any other contracts or orders,
and to allocate materials, services, and facilities as deemed necessary
or appropriate to promote the national defense, is delegated to the
following agency heads:

(1)  the Secretary of Agriculture with respect to food resources, food
resource facilities, livestock resources, veterinary resources, plant
health resources, and the domestic distribution of farm equipment and
commercial fertilizer;

(2)  the Secretary of Energy with respect to all forms of energy;

(3)  the Secretary of Health and Human Services with respect to health resources;

(4)  the Secretary of Transportation with respect to all forms of civil transportation;

(5)  the Secretary of Defense with respect to water resources; and

(6)  the Secretary of Commerce with respect to all other materials, services, and facilities, including construction materials.

[Steinhauser]

[View:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUx9fArlqig:640:385]

[Guest darkskyabove]

Great addition Steinhauser.

First comes the words from the horse-ass's mouth. Then comes the interpretation of what this means for you.