Did the captured MSM report on the declaration of a national emergency by Obama on Thursday? Your savior has issued an Executive Order to do anything he chooses regarding the Ukraine. No Congressional approval needed. Obama is using dictatorial powers and can order the military into battle whenever he chooses. The American people have no say in the matter. And no one opens their mouth in dissent. The NCAA tournament is coming. American Idol is getting close to declaring a winner. Meanwhile, your freedom and liberty lessens by the day.
The White House
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
March 06, 2014
Executive Order — Blocking Property of Certain Persons Contributing to the Situation in Ukraine
EXECUTIVE ORDER
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BLOCKING PROPERTY OF CERTAIN PERSONS CONTRIBUTING TO THE SITUATION IN UKRAINE
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (IEEPA), the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) (NEA), section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (8 U.S.C. 1182(f)), and section 301 of title 3, United States Code,
I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, find that the actions and policies of persons — including persons who have asserted governmental authority in the Crimean region without the authorization of the Government of Ukraine — that undermine democratic processes and institutions in Ukraine; threaten its peace, security, stability, sovereignty, and territorial integrity; and contribute to the misappropriation of its assets, constitute an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States, and I hereby declare a national emergency to deal with that threat. I hereby order:
Section 1. (a) All property and interests in property that are in the United States, that hereafter come within the United States, or that are or hereafter come within the possession or control of any United States person (including any foreign branch) of the following persons are blocked and may not be transferred, paid, exported, withdrawn, or otherwise dealt in: any person determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State:
(i) to be responsible for or complicit in, or to have engaged in, directly or indirectly, any of the following:
(A) actions or policies that undermine democratic processes or institutions in Ukraine;
(B) actions or policies that threaten the peace, security, stability, sovereignty, or territorial integrity of Ukraine; or
(C) misappropriation of state assets of Ukraine or of an economically significant entity in Ukraine;
(ii) to have asserted governmental authority over any part or region of Ukraine without the authorization of the Government of Ukraine;
(iii) to be a leader of an entity that has, or whose members have, engaged in any activity described in subsection (a)(i) or (a)(ii) of this section or of an entity whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order;
(iv) to have materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services to or in support of, any activity described in subsection (a)(i) or (a)(ii) of this section or any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order; or
(v) to be owned or controlled by, or to have acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order.
(b) The prohibitions in subsection (a) of this section apply except to the extent provided by statutes, or in regulations, orders, directives, or licenses that may be issued pursuant to this order, and notwithstanding any contract entered into or any license or permit granted prior to the effective date of this order.
Sec. 2. I hereby find that the unrestricted immigrant and nonimmigrant entry into the United States of aliens determined to meet one or more of the criteria in subsection 1(a) of this order would be detrimental to the interests of the United States, and I hereby suspend entry into the United States, as immigrants or nonimmigrants, of such persons. Such persons shall be treated as persons covered by section 1 of Proclamation 8693 of July 24, 2011 (Suspension of Entry of Aliens Subject to United Nations Security Council Travel Bans and International Emergency Economic Powers Act Sanctions).
Sec. 3. I hereby determine that the making of donations of the type of articles specified in section 203(b)(2) of IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1702(b)(2)) by, to, or for the benefit of any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to section 1 of this order would seriously impair my ability to deal with the national emergency declared in this order, and I hereby prohibit such donations as provided by section 1 of this order.
Sec. 4. The prohibitions in section 1 of this order include but are not limited to:
(a) the making of any contribution or provision of funds, goods, or services by, to, or for the benefit of any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order; and
(b) the receipt of any contribution or provision of funds, goods, or services from any such person.
Sec. 5. (a) Any transaction that evades or avoids, has the purpose of evading or avoiding, causes a violation of, or attempts to violate any of the prohibitions set forth in this order is prohibited.
(b) Any conspiracy formed to violate any of the prohibitions set forth in this order is prohibited.
Sec. 6. For the purposes of this order:
(a) the term “person” means an individual or entity;
(b) the term “entity” means a partnership, association, trust, joint venture, corporation, group, subgroup, or other organization; and
(c) the term “United States person” means any United States citizen, permanent resident alien, entity organized under the laws of the United States or any jurisdiction within the United States (including foreign branches), or any person in the United States.
Sec. 7. For those persons whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order who might have a constitutional presence in the United States, I find that because of the ability to transfer funds or other assets instantaneously, prior notice to such persons of measures to be taken pursuant to this order would render those measures ineffectual. I therefore determine that for these measures to be effective in addressing the national emergency declared in this order, there need be no prior notice of a listing or determination made pursuant to section 1 of this order.
Sec. 8. The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, is hereby authorized to take such actions, including the promulgation of rules and regulations, and to employ all powers granted to the President by IEEPA, as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this order. The Secretary of the Treasury may redelegate any of these functions to other officers and agencies of the United States Government consistent with applicable law. All agencies of the United States Government are hereby directed to take all appropriate measures within their authority to carry out the provisions of this order.
Sec. 9. The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, is hereby authorized to submit the recurring and final reports to the Congress on the national emergency declared in this order, consistent with section 401(c) of the NEA (50 U.S.C. 1641(c)) and section 204(c) of IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1703(c)).
Sec. 10. This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
BARACK OBAMA
Fuckmedead. I just invested everything in a Ukrainian Easter Egg firm.
They do this. We do that. They counter. We counter counter. Each action gets tougher and pisses off the other side even more.
Inching towards war and, if or when it happens the HNIC will say he tried hard to stop it. Maybe they’ll give him a second Nobel Peace Prize.
“— including persons who have asserted governmental authority in the Crimean region without the authorization of the Government of Ukraine — that undermine democratic processes and institutions in Ukraine; threaten its peace, security, stability, sovereignty, and territorial integrity; and contribute to the misappropriation of its assets, constitute an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States”
I hope Obama excused himself from this dictatorial edict, because HE is the chief violator of the order. The CIA and USSA were supporting the neo-Nazis. The CIA and the USSA were trying to undermine the “democratic processes”, just like in Libya, and Egypt (both catastrophic failures). Obama, ketchup boy, and Hillary were trying to destabilize yet another sovereign nation. I get tired of saying this, but Obama needs to be impeached, immediately. He’s not even competent to be a dictator.
AWD,
Rules and laws, those are for the proles.
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If this is NOT from the Onion, it is the biggest collection of convoluted bullshit I have ever read!
It’s real:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2014/03/06/executive-order-blocking-property-certain-persons-contributing-situation
meh…..
The pres can commit American forces any where he wants to for a very small period of time (sorry – I forget what that is – maybe a month) and then he has (by law) to justify his actions to Congress and get permission to continue.
All this order does, in political lawyer speech, is cut off funding going into and out of Ukraine for anyone he doesn’t like or for any purpose he wants. It’s strictly a money thing (at the moment).
MA
Sensetti said it best, Obama should just sit the rest of this one out. Think Obama could learn something from Putin and use a little more discretion in picking his battles? No, and why not? What does this guy use for brains.
It looks like Putin is embarrassing Obama to the point that O is stumbling, with irrational responses (no news here). This could get out of hand, hopefully there’s enough cooler heads to force O to back off. But whatever happens now, this could be signaling a real shift and turning point for the US and the world.
My bad! It also limits movement of people (that are under our jurisdiction) into or out of the Ukraine to limit bad guys coming here and bad guys going there.
MA
Under fire well stated . I am real disappointed some Repubs are goading O to make a move. That’s on the same order as insisting the drunkest SOB in the bar drive you home in your car. You just know this will not end well.
Well, the idot going to start war with Russia, Russia will not take shit and nuke US, America hits back, China takes over the world!!
Fuck you Obama!!!
The Chinese and India both back the Ruskies in their efforts, and you know who holds most of our paper. This time they won’t even need to lock ‘n load, all they need do is dump those bonds and the “reserve currency” is toast along with the U.S.
The U.S. needs to mind its own business, dissolve the CIA, NSA, DIA, NRO, and DHS. They’re creating problems, not solving them.
There will be no impeachment and the Supreme Court is toothless against a determined president. He has media presstitutes and free shit army behind him 100%. Waiting for total collapse and SHTF.
Above all else be armed.
Russian central bank is currently dumping US treasuries and has taken back the funds that were still in New york. the Chinese are currently dumping the dollar too.
the US gov has put preasure on the EU to find a stupid to buy the assets dumped by the Russians, and Belgium has been chosen. in a matter of few days, Belgium has become the 4th world holder of US bonds despite the country is almost insolvent !
if nothing calms down quickly, we are heading to WW3 plain and simple.
when I think that US has invaded Kosovo, Iraq and who knows what, has attacked remote countries for years and now, denies Russia the right to take care of a strategical concern on its historic land…it’s beyond belief.
the day Russians start to deploy their wheeled missile on their territory, you can start to dig.
can someone take care of this freaking blithering idiot of Obama?
all he will do is causing the end of the christian white civilisation. maybe it’s his secret goal.
I have issued an executive order that the two really beautiful women who live the next street over have to sleep with me on alternative Friday nights and leave me fresh baked chocolate chip cookies on alternative Monday mornings. I have also determined that it is in the public interest to rip up all my parking tickets and rescind any overdue fines at the library. Now that the sugaring season has begun, I have proclaimed that old farmer Gray must leave a quart of maple syrup on my doorstep every Saturday morning
until the sap stops flowing (I do love pancakes).
1-Obummer is not a citizen of the U.S., so he has no power there. When things start heating up, the Blacks and the Chicanos, and the rest of the Dark Races, are going to remember the matter of the Birth Cert.
2-Any Emergency Orders are AGAINST the Constitution- the U.S. Bill of Rights supercedes EOs.
3-The Military is made up of recent immigrants or their offspring, they’re NOT going to follow orders to abuse THE People.
ORRIE you got it right, these Mexicans and insurgent illegal immigrants ARE FOR the USE by the US MILITARY either they will fight or they are OUT, the army even HIRES Mexican national women for $70,000.00 a year to learn to FLY HELICOPTERS !!!! BUT NO JOBS FOR AMERICANS!!!
Imagine, for a moment, If the leader of Russia or China made a similar carte blanche declaration regarding an internal matter within the domestic U.S. Maybe American citizens should appeal to the U.N. to intervene militarily to rid our country of those ‘persons’ who have “undermined our democratic processes and institutions”? It’s doubtful they could screw things up worse than the current crops of jokers in Washington.
How stupid can this community organizer be? (stop with the snide remarks)
Against Ukraine War? Obama May Seize Your Assets
Written by Daniel McAdams
Friday March 14, 2014
Do you, like 56 percent of the US population, believe that the US should “not get too involved” in the Ukraine situation? Do you think that the US administration putting us on a war footing with Russia is a bad idea? Are you concerned that the new, US-backed leaders of Ukraine — not being elected — might lack democratic legitimacy? Are you tempted to speak out against US policy in Ukraine; are you tempted to criticize the new Ukrainian regime?
Be careful what you say. Be careful what you write. President Obama has just given himself the authority to seize your assets.
According to the president’s recent Executive Order, “Blocking Property of Certain Persons Contributing to the Situation in Ukraine” (first reported by WND’s Aaron Klein), the provisions for seizure of property extend to “any United States person.” That means “any United States citizen, permanent resident alien, entity organized under the laws of the United States or any jurisdiction within the United States (including foreign branches), or any person in the United States.”
Declaring a “national emergency” over the planned referendum in Crimea to determine whether or not to join Russia, the US president asserts that asset seizure is possible for any US person “determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State”:
(i) to be responsible for or complicit in, or to have engaged in, directly or indirectly, any of the following:
(A) actions or policies that undermine democratic processes or institutions in Ukraine;
(B) actions or policies that threaten the peace, security, stability, sovereignty, or territorial integrity of Ukraine; or
(C) misappropriation of state assets of Ukraine or of an economically significant entity in Ukraine;
The Executive Order is, as usual, so broadly written that it leaves nearly everything open to interpretation.
For example, what are “direct or indirect…actions or policies that threaten the peace, security, stability, sovereignty, or territorial integrity of Ukraine”? Could that be someone writing an article that takes issue with the US policy that the Crimea referendum is illegal and illegitimate? Could it be standing up in a public meeting and expressing the view that Ukraine would be better off with nationwide referenda to determine whether other regions should become autonomous or joined to neighboring countries? What if a Polish-American appears on a radio or television program suggesting that parts of Poland incorporated into Ukraine after WWII should be returned to Polish authority?
Probably the president will not seize the assets of Americans in the scenarios above. But he says he can.
As the US government moves ever-closer to war with Russia, it is reasonable to expect these attempts to squash dissent and to remove “threats” to the administration’s position. The historical pattern is clear.
Recall Eugene V. Debs sentenced to ten years in prison for his opposition to US involvement in WWI. Recall Japanese-Americans interned in camps during WWII because their loyalty to the United States was deemed suspect.
The stage is being set to silence dissent. It sounds alarmist to read this, agreed.
Probably the president will not use his Executive Order to seize the assets of Americans who disagree with his Ukraine policy. But he says he can.
Careful what you say.
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Wow, Admin. Add another ‘chink’ in the 4T cog.
Admin hits the issue most relevant to most of us-the EO can be interpreted to allow property confiscation of anyone dissenting with O Administration policy. Setting precedent for future EOs for other (inevitable) issues. The message (to the few paying attention): Keep yer yap shut and play nice. Or else.
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Obama’s posturing defies logic, and plays directly into Putin’s hand. The stakes for the Russians are huge, far beyond Crimea. The US is fractured, broke and vulnerable, Putin holds most of the cards and knows that this is the perfect opportunity to decisively grind the US under his heel, raising Russia’s stature and lessening that of the US.
Obama has already bumbled throughout his term and into this mess, damaging US prestige, and every move he makes to pontificate is just upping the stakes and threatening greater damage to the US in terms of global clout. This is what Putin sees and he is sure to be smelling blood. He will go down in the Russian history books as a hero if he pulls this off, reversing Russia’s embarrassment over the collapse of the ’80s.
“Obama Did Not Attend The Meeting”, Or In A Moment Of Crisis The President Stands Resolute
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/15/2014 18:39 -0400
… in the sand trap.
Spot the pattern. From March 1, 2014, the day Russia announced it would send armed forces in Crimea:
President Barack Obama’s national security team met on Saturday for an update on the situation in Ukraine and to discuss potential policy options, a senior Obama administration official said. The meeting came as Ukraine asked the United States and other key members of the U.N. Security Council to help safeguard its territorial integrity after Russia announced plans to send armed forces into the country’s autonomous Crimea region.
Obama did not attend the meeting, but he has been briefed about it by his national security adviser, Susan Rice, and his national security team, an official said.
Fast forward to today, March 15, 2014, the day Russia is said to have “invaded” East Ukraine, and the day before Crimea’s critial referendum which may cement the second coming of the Cold War.
President Barack Obama’s national security team discussed the Ukraine crisis in a session at the White House on Saturday after Secretary of State John Kerry’s return from talks with his Russian counterpart in London.
Obama did not attend the meeting but was being briefed about it and other developments involving Ukraine, said Laura Lucas Magnuson, a spokeswoman for the White House National Security Council.
Because obviously there are more pressing matters at hand like pitching Obamacare to toddlers, and because there is always time for 18 holes before World War III. And let’s not forget, nobody does a better job of explaining to Vladimir Vladimirovich the “costs” of showing the world just how much of a laughing stock US foreign policy has become.