Here it is:
"Without fanfare, or announcement of any kind, the president recently signed a directive which states that in case of a 'catastrophic emergency' the 'President shall lead the activities of the Federal Government for ensuring constitutional government.' What is a catastrophic emergency? Well, it is anything that Bush says it is.
"The document, National Continuity Policy, was signed by the president on May 9, 2007 and unceremoniously posted on the White House website. It defines catastrophic emergency as 'any incident, regardless of location, that results in extraordinary levels of mass casualties, damage, or disruption severely affecting the U.S. population, infrastructure, environment, economy, or government function.'
"That language describes hurricanes, earthquakes, black outs, flu epidemics, terror attacks, or mass demonstrations. If location doesn't matter, the president can usurp the constitutionally guaranteed powers of Congress and the judiciary because of an attack on Iran or a surge of casualties in Iraq. L'etat c'est Bush."
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Bush IS "the state." ("L'etat c'est Bush.")
The global corporate predators who rule our land--and the toady politicians who let them do so--have long wished for these powers in the executive branch, since THEY pick who exercises them. THEY pick the President. Don't be under any illusions that we, the People, make that choice. And ever since Seattle '99, when 50,000 ordinary Americans--union leaders, workers, grass roots human rights groups and environmnental groups--rebelled against global corporate piracy ("free trade") at that World Trade Organization meeting, the corporate predators have been itching for additional power to smash such rebellions, and have been conniving in every way to achieve it. And, frankly, I don't think Bush is the only thing we have to worry about. I think a corporate hand-picked Democrat in the White House could be just as much of a menace to our freedom and sovereignty as a people.
Think about it. As the consequences of massive thievery by the rich and the corporate--a $10 trillion deficit, unto the 7th generation--comes down upon our heads, and the war for Mideast oil goes on and on, and the oil cartel adds the Andean democracies (Venezuela, Bolivia, Ecuador) to their targets, and a Draft is enacted for more cannon fodder, and their borrowing against Social Security and government pension systems comes home, and veteran's pensions and medical care dry up, and all our jobs and manufacturing capability has been "outsourced" to the cheapest labor markets abroad, and millions of American find themselves jobless, homeless and hungry, just imagine the kinds of draconian, police state measures that could be taken, to keep the people of this country from protesting massive injustice and from electing representatives who will see to our interests--the interests of the majority, the poor, the workers and the middle class.
Seattle '99 was the harbinger--that awesome protest that shut down the World Trade Organization, and was disrupted by a police riot, in order to protect CLINTON's "free trade" policies. Just WHO will be using these vastly enhanced police state powers pioneered by the Bush Junta?
Be aware, friends, and be wary. And, for godssakes, work for transparent vote counting! One thing we need to be very aware of is that the Democratic Party leadership entirely supported, and still supports, non-transparent vote counting, on electronic voting machines run on "TRADE SECRET," PROPRIETARY programming code, owned and controlled by rightwing Bushite corporations. Why?