all fearmongering, all it is.
tell me when it happens
Well it may be a whole bunch of hoopla for nothing, but are you comfortable knowing that this order was signed, making martial law both legal and very easy to put into place at the whim of this or any future President? I'm not. I'm not comfortable with that at all.
So much of our Liberty is taken away and justified by the use of fearmongering, so generally fearmongering tends to be a negative thing because it's used as a tool against the best interests of the people, to erode the rights and protections of the Constitution. So for that reason, because of the almost automatic negative connotation we give to the word "fearmongering," personally I don't think that's an appropriate word to use here. Because when our Liberty is being chipped away at, day after day, and then they knock off huge chunks of it with horrible "legislation" like this Executive order, well, frankly somebody better start sounding some damn alarms.
If you want to call it fearmongering, fine, but if fearmongering means trying to motivate people into action by speculating about possible negative future events, then let's recognize that then perhaps fearmongering isn't always a bad thing. Because people DO need to be aware of this Executive Order 13603 and we DO need to do something about it. When we allow the government to grow and expand its own power over us, or potential for unchecked power over us, if We the People don't do a damn thing about it, then we are basically consenting to our own rights and freedoms being stripped from us.
And someday when the shit hits the fan, if we look back and say, "Gosh, I sure wish I had done something about that when I had the chance..." Well then we deserve what we get. So instead of telling you when it happens, I have a better idea. Let's do what we can to make sure it never does. (If that is even possible before it's too late.)