A Bush appointee wants the power to make that decision if "called for".
Exclusive: Election Day WorriesNewsweekJuly 19 issue -
American counterterrorism officials, citing what they call "alarming"
intelligence about a possible Qaeda strike inside the United States this
fall, are reviewing a proposal that could allow for the postponement of the
November presidential election in the event of such an attack, NEWSWEEK has
learned.
Entire article here:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5411741/site/newsweek/
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11 Jul 2004 11:18:26 PM |
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Nopers ! it would postpone *everything* !!!
HOOROO
uNCLE wALLY (ALL KNOWING SAGE OF THE INTERNET)
"U'z laff at me coz I am different. I laff at U'z coz U'z r all the same !"
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" John F Lemke" <jflemke@LocalLink.net> wrote in message news:<V8idne56macJGGzdRVn-jA@locallink.net>...
A Bush appointee wants the power to make that decision if "called for".
Exclusive: Election Day WorriesNewsweekJuly 19 issue -
American counterterrorism officials, citing what they call "alarming"
intelligence about a possible Qaeda strike inside the United States this
fall, are reviewing a proposal that could allow for the postponement of the
November presidential election in the event of such an attack, NEWSWEEK has
learned.
Entire article here:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5411741/site/newsweek/
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| User: "Cuan" |
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13 Jul 2004 04:57:43 AM |
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On Sun, 11 Jul 2004 14:20:23 -0400, " John F Lemke"
<jflemke@LocalLink.net> wrote:
A Bush appointee wants the power to make that decision if "called for".
Exclusive: Election Day WorriesNewsweekJuly 19 issue -
American counterterrorism officials, citing what they call "alarming"
intelligence about a possible Qaeda strike inside the United States this
fall, are reviewing a proposal that could allow for the postponement of the
November presidential election in the event of such an attack, NEWSWEEK has
learned.
Entire article here:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5411741/site/newsweek/
well. it's settled then. there will be another 'terror attack' prior
to the elections - they cannot make it any more obvious, can they?
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13 Jul 2004 06:20:02 AM |
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"Cuan" <an@nymous.co.za> wrote in message
news:vdc7f019rpofoa8u6ev6haoc10djkru1sb@4ax.com...
On Sun, 11 Jul 2004 14:20:23 -0400, " John F Lemke"
<jflemke@LocalLink.net> wrote:
A Bush appointee wants the power to make that decision if "called for".
Exclusive: Election Day WorriesNewsweekJuly 19 issue -
American counterterrorism officials, citing what they call "alarming"
intelligence about a possible Qaeda strike inside the United States this
fall, are reviewing a proposal that could allow for the postponement of
the
November presidential election in the event of such an attack, NEWSWEEK
has
learned.
Entire article here:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5411741/site/newsweek/
well. it's settled then. there will be another 'terror attack' prior
to the elections - they cannot make it any more obvious, can they?
Lotta drama down the road, eh? If the attacks are powerful enough most folks
will be willing to march straight back to 1984.
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| User: "Cuan" |
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15 Jul 2004 01:48:34 AM |
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On Tue, 13 Jul 2004 07:20:02 -0400, " John F Lemke"
<jflemke@LocalLink.net> wrote:
"Cuan" <an@nymous.co.za> wrote in message
news:vdc7f019rpofoa8u6ev6haoc10djkru1sb@4ax.com...
On Sun, 11 Jul 2004 14:20:23 -0400, " John F Lemke"
<jflemke@LocalLink.net> wrote:
A Bush appointee wants the power to make that decision if "called for".
Exclusive: Election Day WorriesNewsweekJuly 19 issue -
American counterterrorism officials, citing what they call "alarming"
intelligence about a possible Qaeda strike inside the United States this
fall, are reviewing a proposal that could allow for the postponement of
the
November presidential election in the event of such an attack, NEWSWEEK
has
learned.
Entire article here:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5411741/site/newsweek/
well. it's settled then. there will be another 'terror attack' prior
to the elections - they cannot make it any more obvious, can they?
Lotta drama down the road, eh? If the attacks are powerful enough most folks
will be willing to march straight back to 1984.
Precisely. And with Bush's failure to garner enough votes to ammend
the constitution and postpone the elections, it is almost a certainty.
Either way, Bush would get what he wants, by guts or by guile.
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| User: "Marvin The Paranoid Android" |
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13 Jul 2004 06:44:06 AM |
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On Tue, 13 Jul 2004 07:20:02 -0400, John F Lemke overjoyed me with this
news:
"Cuan" <an@nymous.co.za> wrote in message
news:vdc7f019rpofoa8u6ev6haoc10djkru1sb@4ax.com...
On Sun, 11 Jul 2004 14:20:23 -0400, " John F Lemke"
<jflemke@LocalLink.net> wrote:
A Bush appointee wants the power to make that decision if "called for".
Exclusive: Election Day WorriesNewsweekJuly 19 issue -
American counterterrorism officials, citing what they call "alarming"
intelligence about a possible Qaeda strike inside the United States this
fall, are reviewing a proposal that could allow for the postponement of
the
November presidential election in the event of such an attack, NEWSWEEK
has
learned.
Entire article here:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5411741/site/newsweek/
well. it's settled then. there will be another 'terror attack' prior
to the elections - they cannot make it any more obvious, can they?
Lotta drama down the road, eh? If the attacks are powerful enough most folks
will be willing to march straight back to 1984.
You're referring to 'Big Brother'?
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| User: " John F Lemke" |
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13 Jul 2004 07:05:51 AM |
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"Marvin The Paranoid Android" <marv@HeartOfGold.com> wrote in message
news:cd0hud02blt@news4.newsguy.com...
On Tue, 13 Jul 2004 07:20:02 -0400, John F Lemke overjoyed me with this
news:
"Cuan" <an@nymous.co.za> wrote in message
news:vdc7f019rpofoa8u6ev6haoc10djkru1sb@4ax.com...
On Sun, 11 Jul 2004 14:20:23 -0400, " John F Lemke"
<jflemke@LocalLink.net> wrote:
A Bush appointee wants the power to make that decision if "called for".
Exclusive: Election Day WorriesNewsweekJuly 19 issue -
American counterterrorism officials, citing what they call "alarming"
intelligence about a possible Qaeda strike inside the United States
this
fall, are reviewing a proposal that could allow for the postponement of
the
November presidential election in the event of such an attack, NEWSWEEK
has
learned.
Entire article here:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5411741/site/newsweek/
well. it's settled then. there will be another 'terror attack' prior
to the elections - they cannot make it any more obvious, can they?
Lotta drama down the road, eh? If the attacks are powerful enough most
folks
will be willing to march straight back to 1984.
You're referring to 'Big Brother'?
Yes, sir......
Yes indeedie do.
HOOROO!!!!!! :-)
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| User: "R. Foreman" |
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14 Jul 2004 02:02:50 PM |
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Check this out. This group, The 'John Birch Society' took out
a full page information ad (giving one of their articles, I
think it was 'Iraq-Nam') in the largest local Denver Newspaper.
I'm curious what you guys think of their ideas. It's a slightly
different angle on things. Basically they're saying the US is
stuck enforcing UN Resolutions to the detriment of it's own
national security.
http://www.jbs.org/
http://www.jbs.org/visitor/
http://www.jbs.org/visitor/focus/index.htm
http://www.thenewamerican.com/focus/iraq/index.htm
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| User: "Marvin The Paranoid Android" |
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13 Jul 2004 06:53:13 AM |
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On Tue, 13 Jul 2004 11:57:43 +0200, Cuan overjoyed me with this news:
On Sun, 11 Jul 2004 14:20:23 -0400, " John F Lemke"
<jflemke@LocalLink.net> wrote:
A Bush appointee wants the power to make that decision if "called for".
Exclusive: Election Day WorriesNewsweekJuly 19 issue -
American counterterrorism officials, citing what they call "alarming"
intelligence about a possible Qaeda strike inside the United States this
fall, are reviewing a proposal that could allow for the postponement of the
November presidential election in the event of such an attack, NEWSWEEK has
learned.
Entire article here:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5411741/site/newsweek/
well. it's settled then. there will be another 'terror attack' prior
to the elections - they cannot make it any more obvious, can they?
<bush_supporter BRAIN="off">
Another 'terror attack'? But the President said 'America is safer' because
Saddam is gone! And Saddam was behind the 9-11 attacks! I'm sure the
President and Vice-President said so several times!
If there is another attack then the President will get the evil-doers
behind it and anyone in cahoots with them, just like after Sept 11.
The President has our country's best interests at heart. He is very
patriotic. If you don't support him, then you must be an Anti-American.
</bush_supporter>
<everybody_else>
Bush is a slimeball and should be impeached before Nov. 2.
</everybody_else>
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| User: "Prince Lightwing" |
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13 Jul 2004 10:21:36 PM |
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Marvin The Paranoid Android <marv@HeartOfGold.com> wrote in message news:<cd0ifh02ct3@news4.newsguy.com>...
On Tue, 13 Jul 2004 11:57:43 +0200, Cuan overjoyed me with this news:
On Sun, 11 Jul 2004 14:20:23 -0400, " John F Lemke"
<jflemke@LocalLink.net> wrote:
A Bush appointee wants the power to make that decision if "called for".
Exclusive: Election Day WorriesNewsweekJuly 19 issue -
American counterterrorism officials, citing what they call "alarming"
intelligence about a possible Qaeda strike inside the United States this
fall, are reviewing a proposal that could allow for the postponement of the
November presidential election in the event of such an attack, NEWSWEEK has
learned.
Entire article here:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5411741/site/newsweek/
well. it's settled then. there will be another 'terror attack' prior
to the elections - they cannot make it any more obvious, can they?
<bush_supporter BRAIN="off">
Another 'terror attack'? But the President said 'America is safer' because
Saddam is gone! And Saddam was behind the 9-11 attacks! I'm sure the
President and Vice-President said so several times!
If there is another attack then the President will get the evil-doers
behind it and anyone in cahoots with them, just like after Sept 11.
The President has our country's best interests at heart. He is very
patriotic. If you don't support him, then you must be an Anti-American.
</bush_supporter>
<everybody_else>
Bush is a slimeball and should be impeached before Nov. 2.
</everybody_else>
Prince Lightwing Wrote:
Agreed! Thank *YOU* For Spreading The Truth! *HE* Truly "IS" A
Crafty Little Demon!
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| User: "Prince Lightwing" |
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13 Jul 2004 11:03:09 PM |
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Marvin The Paranoid Android <marv@HeartOfGold.com> wrote in message news:<cd0ifh02ct3@news4.newsguy.com>...
On Tue, 13 Jul 2004 11:57:43 +0200, Cuan overjoyed me with this news:
On Sun, 11 Jul 2004 14:20:23 -0400, " John F Lemke"
<jflemke@LocalLink.net> wrote:
A Bush appointee wants the power to make that decision if "called for".
Exclusive: Election Day WorriesNewsweekJuly 19 issue -
American counterterrorism officials, citing what they call "alarming"
intelligence about a possible Qaeda strike inside the United States this
fall, are reviewing a proposal that could allow for the postponement of the
November presidential election in the event of such an attack, NEWSWEEK has
learned.
Entire article here:
GOOGLE "IS" THE TRAITORS DOMAIN AND BUSH AND *HIS* DEMONS *ARE*
COWARDS... YOU ARE GOING TO BE DESTROYED BY THE *HONORABLE* JUDGE and
LORD *GOD* ALMIGHTY!
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5411741/site/newsweek/
well. it's settled then. there will be another 'terror attack' prior
to the elections - they cannot make it any more obvious, can they?
<bush_supporter BRAIN="off">
Another 'terror attack'? But the President said 'America is safer' because
Saddam is gone! And Saddam was behind the 9-11 attacks! I'm sure the
President and Vice-President said so several times!
If there is another attack then the President will get the evil-doers
behind it and anyone in cahoots with them, just like after Sept 11.
The President has our country's best interests at heart. He is very
patriotic. If you don't support him, then you must be an Anti-American.
</bush_supporter>
<everybody_else>
Bush is a slimeball and should be impeached before Nov. 2.
</everybody_else>
MONITOR THIS FOOLS>>> (+.+) /(+.+)\ BUSH and GOOGLE ARE TRAITORS!!!
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| User: "Cuan" |
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15 Jul 2004 01:53:56 AM |
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On 13 Jul 2004 21:03:09 -0700, (Prince Lightwing)
wrote:
Marvin The Paranoid Android <marv@HeartOfGold.com> wrote in message news:<cd0ifh02ct3@news4.newsguy.com>...
On Tue, 13 Jul 2004 11:57:43 +0200, Cuan overjoyed me with this news:
On Sun, 11 Jul 2004 14:20:23 -0400, " John F Lemke"
<jflemke@LocalLink.net> wrote:
A Bush appointee wants the power to make that decision if "called for".
Exclusive: Election Day WorriesNewsweekJuly 19 issue -
American counterterrorism officials, citing what they call "alarming"
intelligence about a possible Qaeda strike inside the United States this
fall, are reviewing a proposal that could allow for the postponement of the
November presidential election in the event of such an attack, NEWSWEEK has
learned.
Entire article here:
GOOGLE "IS" THE TRAITORS DOMAIN AND BUSH AND *HIS* DEMONS *ARE*
COWARDS... YOU ARE GOING TO BE DESTROYED BY THE *HONORABLE* JUDGE and
LORD *GOD* ALMIGHTY!
oh good. at least we've got 'God's messenger' on our side. how can
we possibly fail now?
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| User: "Marvin The Paranoid Android" |
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11 Jul 2004 05:27:23 PM |
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On Sun, 11 Jul 2004 14:20:23 -0400, John F Lemke overjoyed me with this
news:
A Bush appointee wants the power to make that decision if "called for".
Exclusive: Election Day WorriesNewsweekJuly 19 issue -
American counterterrorism officials, citing what they call "alarming"
intelligence about a possible Qaeda strike inside the United States this
fall, are reviewing a proposal that could allow for the postponement of the
November presidential election in the event of such an attack, NEWSWEEK has
learned.
Entire article here:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5411741/site/newsweek/
What happened to the 'checks and balances'??
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| User: " John F Lemke" |
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11 Jul 2004 05:58:34 PM |
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"Marvin The Paranoid Android" <marv@HeartOfGold.com> wrote in message
news:ccset504d7@news4.newsguy.com...
On Sun, 11 Jul 2004 14:20:23 -0400, John F Lemke overjoyed me with this
news:
A Bush appointee wants the power to make that decision if "called for".
Exclusive: Election Day WorriesNewsweekJuly 19 issue -
American counterterrorism officials, citing what they call "alarming"
intelligence about a possible Qaeda strike inside the United States this
fall, are reviewing a proposal that could allow for the postponement of
the
November presidential election in the event of such an attack, NEWSWEEK
has
learned.
Entire article here:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5411741/site/newsweek/
What happened to the 'checks and balances'??
They might only interfere with "the bottom line".
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| User: "Sam Wilson" |
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11 Jul 2004 06:08:03 PM |
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"Marvin The Paranoid Android" <marv@HeartOfGold.com> wrote in message
news:ccset504d7@news4.newsguy.com...
On Sun, 11 Jul 2004 14:20:23 -0400, John F Lemke overjoyed me with this
news:
A Bush appointee wants the power to make that decision if "called for".
Exclusive: Election Day WorriesNewsweekJuly 19 issue -
American counterterrorism officials, citing what they call "alarming"
intelligence about a possible Qaeda strike inside the United States this
fall, are reviewing a proposal that could allow for the postponement of
the
November presidential election in the event of such an attack, NEWSWEEK
has
learned.
Entire article here:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5411741/site/newsweek/
What happened to the 'checks and balances'??
They were thrown out when the Patriot Act was passed....(insert tribute to
King George here...'Sieg Heil!')
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| User: "R. Foreman" |
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12 Jul 2004 07:23:45 AM |
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You guys might find this interesting. I ran into a web-log /
forum, filled with conservative types, and they were speculating
the possibility of democrats staging a terrorist attack for
the purpose of getting Kerry into power, and of course we're
speculating on the postponement of elections as a means of
the republicans keeping Bush in power.
I tell you, it's a crazy world we live in. We can't postpone
elections or the terrorists will have won. They will have
frightened us into sacrificing our freedom and democratic
choosing of our leader.
Between the Lines
April 20, 2004
Postponing the presidential election – could it happen?
Probably not. But there sure seems to be a lot of chit-chat
about the possibility.
I noted late last year that retired Gen. Tommy Franks, who led
our troops into Iraq, was speculating that a really big terrorist
attack – a "dirty" bomb or the like – might cause "our population
to question our own Constitution and begin to militarize our
country."
Then, while browsing Billmon's blog earlier this month, I
encountered his pointer to a BuzzFlash piece that he called the
"scariest thing I've read in a good long while." And he's right
– it is scary if you're inclined to believe in conspiracy
theories. I'm not so inclined … at least most of the time.
But here are a couple of paragraphs from the long, and
link-filled BuzzFlash piece, which you should take the time
to read yourself:
"In an article entitled, 'When the War Hits Home: U.S. Plans
for Martial Law, Tele-Governance and the Suspension of Elections,'
[Wayne] Madsen and [John] Stanton delved into the more frightening
aspects of what might be in store. 'One incident, one aircraft
hijacked, a "dirty nuke" set off in a small town, may well prompt
the Bush regime, let's say during the election campaign of
2003-2004, to suspend national elections for a year while his
government ensures stability,' they wrote. 'Many closed door
meetings have been held on these subjects and the notices for
these meetings have been closely monitored by the definitive
www.cryptome.org.'
"To make matters worse, if martial law is imposed, Air Force
General Ralph E. Eberhart will be able to blast through Posse
Comitatus and deploy troops to America’s streets. Gen. Eberhart,
you might recall, is the former Commander of NORAD, which was
in charge of protecting America’s skies on Sept. 11. But
instead of being scrutinized for NORAD’s massive failures, he
was promoted and now heads the Pentagon's Northern Command. And,
as military analyst William M. Arkin explained, 'It is only in
the case of "extraordinary" domestic operations that would
enable Gen. Eberhart to bring in 'intelligence collectors,
special operators and even full combat troops' to bear. What
kind of situation would have to occur to grant Eberhart 'the
far-reaching authority that goes with 'extraordinary
operations’? Nothing. He already has that authority.'
[Los Angeles Times]
"Which brings us to the inevitable (and most important)
question. How primed is the American public to accept
suspended elections, martial law, or whatever else the
White House decides to 'market'?"
Yeah, it's somewhat overwrought. After all, it's about a
conspiracy, or rather the suspicion of one. But …
I also ran across a creepy piece in Atlantic Monthly, an
excerpt from former L.A. Times Reporter Jim Mann on Bush's
war Cabinet. Titled, "The Armageddon Plan," it details a
highly classified "shadow government" plan developed by
the Reagan administration in which ***** Cheney, now vice
president, and Donald Rumsfeld, now secretary of defense,
planned for "government continuity" in case of a nuclear
attack by the Soviet Union. Here's Mann:
"After leaving their day jobs Cheney and Rumsfeld usually
made their way to Andrews Air Force Base, outside Washington.
From there, in the middle of the night, each man—joined by
a team of forty to sixty federal officials and one member
of Ronald Reagan's Cabinet—slipped away to some remote
location in the United States, such as a disused military
base or an underground bunker. A convoy of lead-lined trucks
carrying sophisticated communications equipment and other
gear would head to each of the locations.
"Rumsfeld and Cheney were principal actors in one of the
most highly classified programs of the Reagan Administration.
Under it U.S. officials furtively carried out detailed
planning exercises for keeping the federal government running
during and after a nuclear war with the Soviet Union. The
program called for setting aside the legal rules for
presidential succession in some circumstances, in favor
of a secret procedure for putting in place a new "President"
and his staff. The idea was to concentrate on speed, to
preserve "continuity of government," and to avoid cumbersome
procedures; the speaker of the House, the president pro
tempore of the Senate, and the rest of Congress would play
a greatly diminished role."
This might seem like ancient history, except that, " … The
program is of particular interest today because it helps to
explain the thinking and behavior of the second Bush
Administration in the hours, days, and months after the
terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. Vice President
Cheney urged President Bush to stay out of Washington for
the rest of that day; Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld ordered
his deputy Paul Wolfowitz to get out of town; Cheney himself
began to move from Washington to a series of "undisclosed
locations"; and other federal officials were later sent to
work outside the capital, to ensure the continuity of
government in case of further attacks. All these actions
had their roots in the Reagan Administration's clandestine
planning exercises."
Clearly, it is the duty of any government to have contingency
plans for a wide variety of worst-case situations, and in
recent history this country has never faced anything as
potentially devastating as a nuclear attack would have been.
But the Soviets are now occupying that "dustbin of history"
they promised to relegate us to. Thus, Mann notes, ” After
the fall of the Berlin Wall and the Soviet collapse, the
rationale for the exercises changed. A Soviet nuclear attack
was obviously no longer plausible—but what if terrorists
carrying nuclear weapons attacked the United States and
killed the President and the Vice President?" The Clinton
administration found such an eventuality unlikely and
eventually shelved the program.
"There things stood until September 11, 2001, when Cheney
and Rumsfeld suddenly began to act out parts of a script
they had rehearsed years before," Mann writes. "Operating
from the underground shelter beneath the White House, called
the Presidential Emergency Operations Center, Cheney told
Bush to delay a planned flight back from Florida to
Washington. At the Pentagon, Rumsfeld instructed a reluctant
Wolfowitz to get out of town to the safety of one of the
underground bunkers, which had been built to survive nuclear
attack. Cheney also ordered House Speaker Dennis Hastert,
other congressional leaders, and several Cabinet members
(including Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman and Interior
Secretary Gale Norton) evacuated to one of these secure
facilities away from the capital. Explaining these actions
a few days later, Cheney vaguely told NBC's Tim Russert,
'We did a lot of planning during the Cold War with respect
to the possibility of a nuclear incident.' He did not mention
the Reagan Administration program or the secret drills in
which he and Rumsfeld had regularly practiced running the
country.
"Their participation in the extra-constitutional
continuity-of-government exercises, remarkable in its
own right, also demonstrates a broad, underlying truth
about these two men. For three decades, from the Ford
Administration onward, even when they were out of the
executive branch of government, they were never far away.
They stayed in touch with defense, military, and
intelligence officials, who regularly called upon them.
They were, in a sense, a part of the permanent hidden
national-security apparatus of the United States—inhabitants
of a world in which Presidents come and go, but America
keeps on fighting."
Then, I open today's paper and see what Condoleezza Rice
and Tom Ridge are saying about the likelihood of terror
attacks inside the U.S. before Election Day:
"Al-Qaida's new game plan, officials said, is to show its
clout by disrupting the U.S. elections in November or one
of the other large events scheduled in coming months."
Well, such attacks may, indeed occur. And based on what we
saw 9/11, they could be bloody. But absolutely the worst
thing we could do in the face of such a threat is postpone
a presidential and congressional election.
Here's some of what Abraham Lincoln had to say about the
presidential election of 1864, held during the Civil War:
"We can not have free government without elections; and if
the rebellion could force us to forego, or postpone a
national election it might fairly claim to have already
conquered and ruined us. … the election, along with its
incidental, and undesirable strife, has done good too. It
has demonstrated that a people's government can sustain a
national election, in the midst of a great civil war. Until
now it has not been known to the world that this was a
possibility."
The Civil War was by far the most devastating and
destabilizing event this nation has faced. Nothing al-Qaida
could do could even begin to rival it. So let's pay attention
to what old Abe had to say. We don't need to postpone
elections. We need to make sure we conduct them. No matter what.
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| User: "Cuan" |
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14 Jul 2004 05:14:47 AM |
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On Mon, 12 Jul 2004 12:23:45 GMT, "R. Foreman"
<eidpers@anti-spam.comcast.net> wrote:
You guys might find this interesting. I ran into a web-log /
forum, filled with conservative types, and they were speculating
the possibility of democrats staging a terrorist attack for
the purpose of getting Kerry into power, and of course we're
speculating on the postponement of elections as a means of
the republicans keeping Bush in power.
really a muddled bunch those cons are. What would a terror attack do
to help John Kerry?
I tell you, it's a crazy world we live in. We can't postpone
elections or the terrorists will have won. They will have
frightened us into sacrificing our freedom and democratic
choosing of our leader.
unless, of course, the 'terrorists' would win by scaring the
population into voting for Bush if it weren't postponed. it's a
win-win situation for ol' Bushyboy, don'tya think?
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| User: "R. Foreman" |
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| Title: Re: Will Terror Attack Postpone November Elections? |
14 Jul 2004 01:56:25 PM |
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Cuan <an@nymous.co.za> Spat the Words
On Mon, 12 Jul 2004 12:23:45 GMT, "R. Foreman"
<eidpers@anti-spam.comcast.net> wrote:
You guys might find this interesting. I ran into a web-log /
forum, filled with conservative types, and they were speculating
the possibility of democrats staging a terrorist attack for
the purpose of getting Kerry into power, and of course we're
speculating on the postponement of elections as a means of
the republicans keeping Bush in power.
really a muddled bunch those cons are. What would a terror attack do
to help John Kerry?
I was wondering the same thing myself. I read several of
the postings there, and the message was clearly fear and
hate of democrats, and also very clearly there was discussion
of democrats staging a terrorist attack.
I tell you, it's a crazy world we live in. We can't postpone
elections or the terrorists will have won. They will have
frightened us into sacrificing our freedom and democratic
choosing of our leader.
unless, of course, the 'terrorists' would win by scaring the
population into voting for Bush if it weren't postponed. it's a
win-win situation for ol' Bushyboy, don'tya think?
This would be my first assumption - any terrorist attack
would benefit Bush at the polls, or benefit him by having
elections postponed.
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| User: "Tadapope" |
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| Title: Re: Will Terror Attack Postpone November Elections? |
11 Jul 2004 06:28:41 PM |
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What a stunningly surrealisticaligidly
possibility.
Didn't Bob Dill Lyn say something like that in one of his first songs?
Tangents are infinite in all of nature in
all 21 universes constantly and at random.
Oh Joy & Lysergically Yours!
Tom
The Psychedelick Pope
Patron Saint of the Internet
Saint Isadore of Laytonville
http://www.apple2.org.za/gswv/me/
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| User: " John F Lemke" |
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| Title: Re: Will Terror Attack Postpone November Elections? |
11 Jul 2004 09:00:32 PM |
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"Tadapope" <tadapope@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20040711192841.13589.00001410@mb-m12.aol.com...
What a stunningly surrealisticaligidly
possibility.
Didn't Bob Dill Lyn say something like that in one of his first songs?
Say what?
You don't need a terrorist to know which way the wind blows?
He not busy killing Arabs is busy dying?
It's alright, ma, I'm only glowing?
On your jingle jangle jihad I'll come following you?
How many cons must a man pull off before you call him a neocon?
People carry roses
make promises by the hours.
my Love she laughs like the flowers
pious lies can't buy her
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