From Daily Kos: Could a recently signed pres. directive keep Bush/Cheney in power after Jan 2009? [View All]

[gauguin57]

OK ... I'm even more scared ... :scared:

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/5/29/12921/7971

Will Bush walk away in 2009?

"... Many of us have had a difficult time picturing how it's going to go in January of 2009. It's hard to imagine Bush and Cheney just walking away from their unpopular but apparently supernaturally powerful positions as the leaders of the Only Superpower On Earth. Well on May 9, Bush quietly signed a directive that may ensure that he and Tricky Dick II don't have to hand over the reigns.

It's called the National Security and Homeland Security Presidential Directive and provides Bush with everything he needs to provide "continuance" of, well, whatever he wants to "continue". ... Basically the directive states the in the case of a national Catastrophic Emergency", the President, along with the head of Homeland Security, can take over the government and do whatever they please in order to provide "continuance".

... (b) "Catastrophic Emergency" means 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 functions

Sounds innocent enough, right? But look at that phrase "regardless of location". What the hell is that supposed to mean? Stephen Pizzo at the Smirking Chimp puts it quite beautifully: Regardless of location? Would that include, say, a terrorist attack on Saudi oil fields and refineries? That would certainly "disrupt" the U.S. population and economy. ... "or government functions." Would that include mass public protests such as those during the Civil Rights and Vietnam War eras? ...