Just saw this on a listserv in N. California and thought it deserved to be passed along. I would encourage all of you to repost far and wide and to contact your representatives about it. As I read it, Georgie boy has just appointed himself dictator at will. He must be stopped.
Published as a "Presidential Directive," the National Continuity Policy allows Bush to declare dictatorial powers during a "Catastrophic Emergency" (meaning 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).
I was a history major in college and have never heard of anything like it in our country--not even in times of war. The fact that he granted himself these powers, and in full stealth mode, makes it even more chilling.
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