Will Martial Law be declared before the 2008 elections?

Why wait until then?

hammer of justice begins to fall on their asinine heads. He's just preparing for it.

I should make that a bumper sticker.


MARTIAL LAW 08

Yes, there will be martial law. No, it won't be called martial law. It'll be called the Terrorist Preparedness Act or some such blather.

Friendly fascism at its finest...

soar. No need for martial law.

the next terrist attack which will happen about the time that the polls show that the Dems will win even if Diebold is able to swing 5% of the votes to the Repugs. Then, the Repug echo chamber will claim that ML is a necessity to preserve both the republic and the administration which has valiently fought terrism for seven years.

to stay in power.

threat to national crisis/security.. the threat is declared and the head of FIMA declares the 'Orders' in action and the Constitution is suspended for 5 years... Everything, every business and service is Nationalized, safe deposit boxes are seized, financial institutions fall under federal control,schools etc.. magistrates are assigned for courts.. I guess it is essentially the Articles of confederation.. they have never been repealed. there was a test run in the late 90's in LA against some gangs in a small area. It worked real good controlling people.

this would create massive detention centers that they could use for slave labor, using the excuse that they have to pay for themselves in time of fiscal crisis.

i had a flyer dated i think 1-10-90 or 91, i have it somewhere.. i will look for it.. i didnt have a computer then to check it out.

Nobody will support a call for martial law unless the Martians have already landed and seized the NY Stock Exchange. This one is a no-brainer (which may be why we can see Bush trying it) but the fact remains that some of the people around him are pretty smart, and can see long prison sentences looming if they go along with something as insane as that.

It ain't gonna happen

They have their set backs from time to time, and it is conceivable that 2008 could be one of them. But the trend for the last 30 years has them continuing to consolidate power even while most of the public oppose them on most things. They know a good thing when they have it and will not mess with the formula. Anything remotely so blunt as martial law is unpredictable in it's consequences. They made it through 8 years of Clinton and then emerged even stronger. They are not that stupid.

they can rig the election and the media is too weak to call them on it so there is no need to use force

calling for his head, and the military will refuse to cooperate if ordered they will be so sick of being forced into combat with inadequate supplies and troops.

The executive branch is filled with extremists, who always manage to dig their own grave. The Bushies are using strip mining equipment.

unless they can sell another minion, like Jeb.