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Directive outlines Obama’s policy to use the military against citizens
Posted by: DarthVader || 05/28/2014 19:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:

#1  The policy is from 2010, but I'm not going crazy here right? This is truly scary, right?

A U.S. official said the Obama administration considered but rejected deploying military force under the directive during the recent standoff with Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy and his armed supporters.

He would have had a civil war had he done that.
Posted by: DarthVader || 05/28/2014 19:02 Comments || Top||

#2  Other agencies with SWAT teams reportedly include the Department of Agriculture, the Railroad Retirement Board, the Tennessee Valley Authority, the Office of Personnel Management, the Consumer Product Safety Commission, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Education Department.

So for the time being, we're safe from the Bureau of Weights and Measures.
Posted by: Matt || 05/28/2014 19:39 Comments || Top||

#3  Matt, they certainly can be heavy handed as well.
Posted by: Dale || 05/28/2014 19:47 Comments || Top||

#4  LOL -- that took me a couple of beats to catch up with
Posted by: Matt || 05/28/2014 20:32 Comments || Top||

#5  A U.S. official said the Obama administration considered but rejected deploying military force under the directive during the recent standoff with Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy and his armed supporters.

Still too early in getting enough officers to blindly obey orders? Real nasty if there was significant resistance or, worse, like in Moscow with Yeltsin the military going over to the other side upon arrival.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 05/28/2014 21:44 Comments || Top||

#6  7 Mile backup of people trying to get into Bunkerville from all over the western US to support the rancher. The militia allowed only the first 1,000 people into the standoff. If the tyrant in the oval office had pulled the trigger, he would have been the first President charged, sentenced and given life in prison for murder. Something that should still be done in regards to Benghazi and the Veteran Administration death list.
Posted by: Goober Hatrack3179 || 05/28/2014 22:02 Comments || Top||

#7  Looking at the conditions: prevent wanton loss of life and property or to secure federal property if the locals are unable.

Bundy Ranch should not have even been a question.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 05/28/2014 22:12 Comments || Top||

#8  As per #2, I'd be LOL iff the issue or threat to domestic liberties wasn't so real.
Posted by: JosephMendiola || 05/28/2014 22:43 Comments || Top||


Government
Fed financial agency ditches employee performance ratings after union members & minorities consistently perform worse
[DAILYMAIL.CO.UK]
  • Consumer Financial Protection Bureau staff ratings showed racial disparities and other unequal results
  • Whites consistently outscored blacks and unionized workers trailed their nonunion counterparts
  • The agency has scrapped the system instead of examining why the data came out skewed, awarding everyone the top rating on a scale of 1 to 5
  • 'Our performance ratings system did not meet our own objectives and expectations,' read an internal report released this month to reporters
  • Annual performance reviews affect salary raises, bonuses and career advancement
  • Congress has subpoenaed CFPB officials over accusations of discrimination
Posted by: Fred || 05/28/2014 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  This POS agency needs to die...
Posted by: Raj || 05/28/2014 0:25 Comments || Top||

#2  It is amazing how people perform when they are held accountable and only their hard work will grant them higher pay and positions instead of expecting it to be handed to them.

Get rid of the unions and make it so race isn't a guarantee for safety from criticism or a guarantee for promotion and you'll see the scores even out.
Posted by: DarthVader || 05/28/2014 0:47 Comments || Top||

#3  Sounds like the agency did examined the system, did not find a problem and so decided to scrap it because it reflected reality instead of fantasy.

Not because it didn't work - but because it worked too well. Can't have that!

Read some of the comments. People aren't stupid.

Posted by: CrazyFool || 05/28/2014 1:19 Comments || Top||

#4  Any organization spawned from the mindcrotch of Elizabeth Warren needs to be wiped off the face of the earth.
Posted by: Raj || 05/28/2014 1:22 Comments || Top||

#5  I love watching a leftist explode with faux rage when you dare to say out loud that a guaranteed magic check promotes laziness and complacency.

Without authentic metrics and the possibility of losing your job if you do not meet them about 2/3 of people will, to one extent or another, kick back and be less hard-working and productive. That's the reality of human nature. Deal with it, leftists, even if it means your crappy little narrative is wrong.
Posted by: no mo uro || 05/28/2014 4:44 Comments || Top||

#6  I am shocked, shocked to find incompetence going on here. Merge them with TSA; they'd have more power, but wouldn't be able to find their way to work.
Posted by: ed in texas || 05/28/2014 7:37 Comments || Top||

#7  The performance system doesn't fit the liberal narrative, so they get rid of the performance system? Where's the surprise meter?
Posted by: JohnQC || 05/28/2014 10:31 Comments || Top||

#8  Our idiot-in-chief is now speaking at West Point--another reflection of rampant idiocracy in our government.
Posted by: JohnQC || 05/28/2014 10:37 Comments || Top||

#9  I'm sure they will blame racist and biased against union reviewers and root them out at the first opportunity.
Posted by: rjschwarz || 05/28/2014 14:40 Comments || Top||



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