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COMMENTS:
It's a terrible idea. We don't need more federal government control, we need less. This is one more lit match thrown on the Constitution by the Bush Administration.
It's sad. Remember when Republicans believed in the concept of states rights?
Voted : This is a bad idea
Have to agree -- the Guard has an established purpose. Allowing the Federal government to poach/ usurp that is not a good idea.
I asked this before on another ballot. There are already a number of laws on the books that allow the federal government to do this in certain situations. No one has been able to give me the specifics of exactly what is being proposed.
I think it's REALLY generic and broad, Fiddle, that's what scares the shit out of me. It's bad enough that the guard has been brought out of their traditional role to serve in a variety of missions overseas, but I and others have dealt with that.
What this does is doesn't seem to provide any real limits on what the Guard can be activated for. That's rather scary.
Voted : This is a bad idea
Being controlled by the feds is just the next step to being controlled by...
Yes, you guessed it. Take it away, Mel! 
I asked this before on another ballot. There are already a number of laws on the books that allow the federal government to do this in certain situations. No one has been able to give me the specifics of exactly what is being proposed.
by FiddleFaddleOnLSD on Aug 09, 2006 8:50am
I did give you specifics. The laws on the books you reference all stipulate that the President CAN federalize the National Guard in an emergency, but those laws have checks and balances in place, such as the requirement that he notify the State Governors and seek their approval. If given, then those National Guard would fall under the President's commnand.
What he is proposing now is that he want to be able to federalize them and put them unders his command with NO approval needed from anyone. See the distinction?
Yes, Jappy, it is VERY scary, as Bush also wants to be able to determine what is and what is not an emergency. So he basically wants the power to delcar _________is an emergency and he wants to be able to take control of the National Guard under his terms. You should be afraid.
No, I don't think the guard should be nationalized.
Voted : This is a bad idea
Try horrible idea. The Guv'mint has enough trouble managing and deploying the conventional forces it has. I could see them revamping the system to put more Guardsmen overseas, to fill the holes left by recruitment shortages.
Bubba- *shhhhhhh*! They's a-listenin'!
patch- at first, you have to have a government willing to accept checks and balances on itself. We don't have one of those right now. At the rate things are going, we won't for a long time.
If the present government gets direct control of the National Guard, membership in the Guard could become a lifetime sentence.
How, ironic, then that Bush used the Guard to avoid service to his country and to get drunk and stoned for several years.
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