Bush Plans Dictatorship

[babylonsister]

http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/7599

Bush Plans Dictatorship
by Margaret Kimberley | May 21 2007

"If this were a dictatorship, it'd be a heck of a lot easier, just so long as I'm the dictator."
-- George W. Bush

Bush uttered those very unfunny words on December 18, 2000. On that day the president-elect went to capitol hill to meet with Congressional leaders and emerged from the meeting flipping them and the American people this rhetorical bird.

The president is making good on those words and there hasn't been a peep out of Congress or the press. In a document released on May 9, 2007 entitled "National Continuity Policy," Bush makes good on his sick fantasy. In case of “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” Bush will control the entire U.S. government, not just the federal branch.

It isn't really surprising. Bush decides who is an enemy combatant, a person without legal rights, and who should be spied upon.

If ever there was a moment for conspiracy theories, this is it. Will there be a phony terror attack, or a declaration of war against Iran? We don't know what the trigger will be but it is time to be afraid.

Actually it is time for impeachment. Bush's unpopularity makes him particularly dangerous. So does the acquiescence of the media and the silence of the Democrats. State legislatures have the right to begin the impeachment process but they have been smacked down by Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi.

We are screwed. The phrase may be inelegant, but it says it all. Maybe we will all end up in Guantanamo. Who knows? The National Continuity Policy contains "classified continuity annexes." WTF!? As I said, we are screwed.
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[marmar]

1. "If this were a dictatorship, it'd be a heck of a lot easier, just so long as I'm the dictator."

I knew he wasn't just kidding. K&R!

[pat_k]

2. Like squatters, Bush and Cheney are laying claim to unconstitutional power. . .

. . .through openly hostile possession. (With the emphasis on "open.")

Posted by pat_k in General Discussion
Fri Mar 30th 2007, 11:54 AM

When squatters move in, it is the property owner's responsibility to commence eviction proceedings. If the property owner fails to serve notice for long enough, squatters claim title, and Poof! -- the property owner isn't the property owner anymore.

Bush and Cheney are openly trespassing on our Constitution intentionally. It is the means by which they are grabbing and holding powers we have denied them under the Constitution. They are saying:

More. . .

[cascadiance]

3. We may need "Seven Days in May" in reverse!

I hate to say it, but perhaps at some point a military coup to get these bastards out of power might be the only thing left to us, which was the very thing that the sentiment of that movie went against! I still would hate to put the future of this country in the hands of a few generals though!

[SharonAnn]

22. You can't "fix" democracy with a military coup. Just saying.

[skorpo]

4. See this article in "The Progressive"

Bush Anoints Himself as the Insurer of Constitutional Government in Emergency
By Matthew Rothschild
May 18, 2007

With scarcely a mention in the mainstream media, President Bush has ordered up a plan for responding to a catastrophic attack.

In a new National Security Presidential Directive, Bush lays out his plans for dealing with a “catastrophic emergency.”Under that plan, he entrusts himself with leading the entire federal government, not just the Executive Branch. And he gives himself the responsibility “for ensuring constitutional government.”

He laid this all out in a document entitled “National Security Presidential Directive/NSPD 51” and “Homeland Security Presidential Directive/HSPD-20.”

The White House released it on May 9.

Other than a discussion on Daily Kos led off by a posting by Leo Fender, and a pro-forma notice in a couple of mainstream newspapers, this document has gone unremarked upon.

The subject of the document is entitled “National Continuity Policy.”

Here's the Link
http://www.progressive.org/mag_wx051807

[jgraz]

5. All we're missing are the mass casualties

Any bets on when that's gonna happen?

[Dhalgren]

17. In the Jan. 3 issue of the Boston Globe (I think - memory not so hot),

Pat Robertson said that Gawd had told him that the US would be severely attacked, with massive casualties, some time after September '07. Does that sound about right? This shit is making me ill. I feel like I am going nuts! How can everyone just sit by and watch this shit happen?!

[CGowen]

18. And FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III is dreaming of Washington and New York

....

But Mueller says though hemmed in, al-Qaida's paramount goal is clear: to detonate a nuclear device that would kill hundreds of thousands of Americans.

In contrast to homegrown terrorists, al-Qaida is far more likely to be able to pull off such an attack.

Mueller admits the nuclear threat is so real he sometimes wakes up in the middle of the night worrying about that possibility.

"I think it would be very difficult to wipe out the United States, but you'd have hundreds of thousands of casualties from a nuclear device, depending on the size of that nuclear device," Mueller tells NewsMax.

....


Mueller also has little doubt as to al-Qaida's likely targets.

"It would be someplace in the United States, in most likely Washington and or New York, depending on how many devices they have. Or both cities," Mueller says.

.........
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2007/5/14/1624...

[OneBlueSky]

6. all it needs is some kind of precipitating event . . . hmm, let's see . . .

- has to be BIG -- bigger than 9/11 at least . . .

- has to kill LOTS of people . . . and destroy LOTS of property . . .

- has to be untraceable to the orchestrators (though not necessarily the perpetrators) . . .

- has to happen well before the 2008 elections . . .

btw, I reject the notion that Bush is "planning" a dictatorship . . . the plan's are in motion, and he's well on his way (or, more precisely, THEY are on THEIR way) . . . I think it would be a good idea to stop him . . . before he does something REALLY stupid (I know, I know) . . .

[GreenEyedLefty]

7. If Bush wasn't so damned incompetent, I *might* be afraid....

But these people are complete nincompoops. They couldn't dictator their way out of a wet paper bag.

[Th1onein]

8. They managed to get us into a war based on lies, though, didn't they?

They might be stupid, but they are dangerous, nevertheless.

[GreenEyedLefty]

11. Yes, that's true.

Stupidity is very dangerous, but so is lack of backbone (on the part of Congress).

[katty]

23. yeah and today Pelosi & Dems give bush his 'no timeline' win!

COWARDS!

[greyghost]

15. True...

they are simply going to turn the reins over to someone, of either party, who is going to watch their backs as they ride off with all of their ill gotten gains.

The show will simply go on with a new set of faces.

[Prophet 451]

19. Bush is incompetant

but Cheney isn't and I'm not sure Rove is. Bush is just the mouthpiece, they're the ones you have to worry about and they're both very bright and very evil.

[StefanX]

9. Google Garden Plot Cable Splicer Rex 84

http://www.google.com.br/search?hl=pt-BR&q=cable+splice...

[bobbie]

10. I guess martial law is 'on the table' eh Nancy?

Sorry we let you down President Kennedy.

The watchdogs on the wall of world freedom fell asleep.

[ejbr]

12. Dictatorship, Schmictatorship

I will just have to use my 2nd amendment rights and channel the spirit of the revolutionaries of 18th century America. I'd rather go down fighting than tolerate this bullshit. Hear that Nancy and Harry? Some of us will not be complacent pieces of shit like you, or like you expect us to be! This shit has gone on long enough, and then some. I've never owned a gun and never shot a gun, and I do not advocate using guns, but ENOUGH!

[Viva_La_Revolution]

13. article at TruthOut...

Bush Anoints Himself as the Ensurer of Constitutional Government in Emergency
By Matthew Rothschild
The Progressive

Friday 18 May 2007

In a new National Security Presidential Directive, Bush lays out his plans for dealing with a "catastrophic emergency."
With scarcely a mention in the mainstream media, President Bush has ordered up a plan for responding to a catastrophic attack.

Under that plan, he entrusts himself with leading the entire federal government, not just the Executive Branch. And he gives himself the responsibility "for ensuring constitutional government."

He laid this all out in a document entitled "National Security Presidential Directive/NSPD 51" and "Homeland Security Presidential Directive/HSPD-20."

The White House released it on May 9.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/052107T.shtml

[madeline_con]

14. People who live near ...

nuclear plants, large dams and the like, should be on the lookout for suspicious activity, like government employees planting devices.

[ixion]

16. everybody in the MSM got such a chuckle out of that line...but I never thought it was funny at all

and it's crap like this that is the reason why. How so many people fail to connect these very clearly outlined dots is beyond me.

[Joe Bacon]

20. WHen he said that, it sent a chill down my spine

Sadly, a Christian Dictatorship seems to be in the cards

[Matilda]

21. I've been wondering what they'd do to prevent the 2008 elections.

They've taken so much time and spent so much money to put themselves in the driving seat, I can't
believe they're going to watch it all slip out of their hands next year.

I read about this in Global Research, link below. They've been right on the button about the build-
up in the Persian Gulf, which they've been predicting since before Christmas and it's all happened
just as they said. So I take notice of this.

http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArti...


I can't believe the Democrats in Congress aren't talking about this; they should be very afraid,
every last one of them.

Blair's all but gone, we have a good chance of seeing Howard off this year, but it looks as if Bush
will just go on forever.