Is That a Goose Step I Hear?

Please consider the following statement by Dubya Gump very carefully. I want you to extrapolate using your experience with the Patriot Act coupled with the knowledge that 1) you have seen the current government in action with Katrina and 2) this misadministration is becoming desperate and 3) this is the misadministration that had absolutely no reservations about ignoring international law and invaded another soveriegn country without provocation and 4) even now with the situation devolving daily into civil war and chaos insists that it is going swimmingly.

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``If we had an outbreak somewhere in the United States, do we not then quarantine that part of the country? And how do you, then, enforce a quarantine?'' Bush asked at a news conference.

``It's one thing to shut down airplanes. It's another thing to prevent people from coming in to get exposed to the avian flu. And who best to be able to effect a quarantine?'' Bush added.

``One option is the use of a military that's able to plan and move. So that's why I put it on the table. I think it's an important debate for Congress to have.''

In order for them to do this Congress would have to eliminate or make major changes in the Posse Comitatus Act of 1868. This act prohibits the Federal Government from using the U.S. military in law enforcement activities on American soil. This is why we have a National Guard that can legally provide such law enforcement while under state control and not Federal control.

To give this misadministration this power would be the same as granting them the right and power to be a military dictatorship. This is unlimited, no recourse, no do-over power. It would be the end of the American system of gobernment and life as we know it.

Why do you think they think the National Guard is not enough?

Now I can't imagine the Congress would be stupid enough to grant this power to Dubya but I was once wrong and if it can happen once I guess it could happen again. Just to be on the safe side it might be a good idea to keep your ears pricked, as it were, so this doesn't happen while we are all distracted by who is diddling Paris Hilton today.