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Gus4/10/2012 5:44:39 am PDT

Mourn-Ing. Found a good one.

Florida Republicans Will Save Us From Threat of Obama Dictatorship That Doesn’t Exist

A couple of Florida’s GOP congressmen, lead by first term Rep. Sandy Adams, read some crazy conspiracy theories on the Internet about how Obama was going to enslave us all into military conscription and forced labor, and decided to file an actual resolution about it. Obviously Allen West is involved.

For 60 years the president has had powers to increase his powers “in the event of a potential threat” like times of war or natural disaster. The same version of this law has been in place since Bill Clinton’s term in office, but President Obama decided to update it to reflect the creation of the Department of Homeland Security. Otherwise, Obama didn’t give himself any powers his predecessors didn’t have.

For some reason, right-wing muckrakers wanted you to think he did. The Drudge Report posted a link to a story with the title, “Martial Law?” The right-leaning Washington Times and World News Daily also published bizarre articles about it. “EXECUTIVE-ORDER PANIC: MARTIAL LAW IN THE U.S.?,” read the WND headline in dramatic all caps…

The “good one” being this comment:

Morons 14 hours ago

Florida Republicans, leading through reading crazy conservative email forwards..

Never thought of that one.