Elliot D. Cohen: Impeach Bush and Cheney Now, Before They Declare Martial Law

[demobabe]

A BUZZFLASH GUEST CONTRIBUTION

There is presently a serious possibility that America will come under martial law before the 2008 presidential election and be irretrievably turned into a totalitarian state. If this happens there won't even be a free election in 2008. We can and should eliminate this ominous threat to national security by impeaching Bush and Cheney now. But the man in charge, John Conyers, is afraid of what Fox News might say about him.

In my recent article, This Summer, will America Officially Become a Totalitarian State?" I presented the following facts:

In May 2007, Bush posted a national continuity policy to the White House Web site that bypasses Congress and puts him in charge of all three branches of the federal government if there is a "catastrophic emergency" -- vaguely defined to include anything from a destructive hurricane to a terrorist attack. This leaves democracy in America dangling on a thin thread of chance that such a "catastrophe" doesn't happen.

On Wednesday , Michael Chertoff, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, said he has a "gut" feeling that Al Qaeda will launch another terrorist attack on the U.S. mainland sometime this summer. Chertoff's "gut feeling" comes on the heels of the latest National Intelligence Estimate , which maintains that in the past year, Al Qaeda has reconstituted its core structure and has grown stronger along the Pakistan/Afghanistan border.

Curiously, the story about Bush's national continuity policy received (virtually) no mainstream media coverage, and its significance in light of the recent NIE report was not broached. Yet, these facts point to a serious and disturbing possibility that a "catastrophic emergency" in the form of a terrorist attack on the homeland will occur before the next presidential election, giving the Bush administration the green light to turn the United States into a totalitarian state. Notice that this is not based on speculation or groundless conspiracy theory. It is based only on the facts: With the posting of the current national continuity policy, Bush has ipso facto announced his intention to take over all three branches of the federal government in the event of another serious terrorist attack. And the NIE does "judge that the United States is currently in a heightened threat environment."

Full article here: http://www.buzzflash.com/articles/contributors/1196

[AndyA]

1. My question is this: Does Bush really have the "power" to claim he will be in charge

of all branches of government if a catastrophic emergency occurs?

The Constitution limits the power any one arm of government has, so it would seem contrary to this statement that Bush could claim such far-reaching power and have others recognize it.

Bush can sign anything he wants to, but if it's illegal or unconstitutional, it won't stick.

[onenote]

2. No. And the executive order he signed doesn't purport to do so.

[aquart]

3. Uh huh. And how does Georgie plan to enforce this crap?

I don't doubt he'd love to do it. I really don't. It's the how that's a just a wee bit fuzzy.

[CJCRANE]

4. He just seems to go ahead

and do what he wants anyway and no one stops him.

Just like the '06 election results seemed like a resounding victory for anti-war sentiment but what does Shrub do...he sends even more troops!

The surge was the biggest f*** you to America he could have done and he did it.

[SoonerPride]

6. Blackwater?

maybe?

[niyad]

5. well, that's one way to get the troops back from iraq--because he is going to need each and every

one of them when he does this.

[Ezlivin]

7. Actually they've got sufficient troops stateside to do with as they wish

They've been brainwashing training Americans to think that liberal equals traitor. They've got their media assets working fulltime to bring enough patriotic citizens around to this point of view.

It won't be hard to get lots of volunteers to join the "new" National Guard, particularly in areas with high unemployment. And like the NG at Kent State, they won't have a problem firing upon other Americans.

[demobabe]

8. kick

:kick:

[blues90]

9. Part of my concern is this

People talk about martial law in such an event and feel this can't happen . Well it won't be an over night massive sweep , all they need to do is gather up people who they consider any sort of threat to their policy and haul them away to their many containment camps and then go after more .

I always visioned this as some ,mass pickup but when I think about how they would do this without a enormous army even considering blackwater this would most likely be the way it would work . You or I may be missed by those who know us but the rest of the country won't know or care until they come for them .

All I want to do is try to live out whats let of my life even if I just make it by and have nothing , that's all , I don't want to have to think about this shit but then I can't ignore it either , not in light of all these freaks have done and gotten away with .