VKD posted this earlier... but her title didn't alert many to what was IN her post.
thefederalregister.com: Presidential Determination No. 2009-31 of September 29, 2009
http://www.rumormillnews.com/cgi-bin/forum.cgi?noframes;read=159103
Do we have an readers who can explain this to me? It looks like the President just gave all of his power to the Secretary of Commerce.
Who has ever HEARD of the Commerce Secretary?
Department of Commerce
Secretary Gary F. Locke
http://www.commerce.gov
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Locke
When you remember he is the ONLY Chinese American to ever serve as a governor of a large state... Washington... and now a member of the president's cabinet.
If the following Presidential Directive means what it says... and isn't some convoluted government speak that has NOTHING to do with the words on the page... then Gary Locke is the perfect person to be the head of America.
He's Chinese and China owns us!
I sincerely hope someone can explain this away as government speak!!
Presidential Determination No. 2009-31 of September 29, 2009
Presidential Determination On the Delegation of Certifications Under Section 1512 of Public Law 105-261 Memorandum for the Secretary of Commerce
By virtue of the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 301 of Title 3, United States Code, I hereby delegate to you the functions of the President under section 1512 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (NDAA). In the performance of your responsibility under this memorandum, you shall consult, as appropriate, the heads of other executive departments and agencies. You are authorized and directed to publish this determination in the Federal Register.
(Presidential Sig.)
THE WHITE HOUSE,
Washington, September 29, 2009
http://www.thefederalregister.com/d.p/2009-10-02-E9-23917
Biography of Secretary Locke
http://downloads.frcaction.org/EF/EF09B22.pdf
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