Would BushCo use a bird flu pandemic as an excuse for a coup? [View All]

[FormerRepublican]

I've been watching development in bird flu for quite a long time. WHO seems to think it will eventually go pandemic, we just don't know when. We don't know how bad it will be, but we do know that if it does go pandemic, it will cause disruption around the world.

That worries me with BushCo in office. The reason why it worries me is that BushCo seems to use every event as an opportunity to seize more power. That makes me wonder what BushCo might do if bird flu goes pandemic and it's bad. I do know that the Department of Homeland Security will be in charge if bird flu goes pandemic.

What do you think those whacks in Washington might do? Declare martial law? Stay in office at the end of their term despite a President-elect? Seize power and turn the US into a dictatorship? Will they quarantine everyone without food or supplies? Will they make sure BushCo gets vaccinations but no one else? Will they leave our soldiers in Iraq with bird flu rampant, or bring them home before they're infected? If bird flu causes unrest overseas, will BushCo use it as an excuse to take power in other countries?

I KNOW that BushCo can't resist the lure of more power. So, the idea of a pandemic makes me :scared: beyond the fear of the pandemic itself.