Morford: Bush Declares Self 'Mega Decider' (Nat'l Security Directive)

Bush Declares Self 'Mega Decider'

New documents ensure Dubya will rule America, should calamity strike. Free balloons!

By Mark Morford, SF Gate Columnist

Wednesday, May 30, 2007


It's just one of those obscure little unreported-upon conspiracy theory-ready hunks of floating White House detritus, a couple of odd, sticky, foul-smelling documents no one really wants to touch and no one knows quite what to make of, probably means nothing, probably being misread anyway, all a bit overblown and strange and not all that important and not all that different than the way things are now.

Unless, you know, it's not. Unless the violent twinge of queasy paranoia crossed with that uncontrolled bout of colon-clenching sighing you experience is deadly accurate and your radar for all things sinister and Rovean is right on target as you read about the delightfully titled National Security Presidential Directive/NSPD 51 and the Homeland Security Presidential Directive/HSPD-20, wherein it is calmly and furtively revealed that, in essence, George W. Bush owns your sorry ass.

Or, to put it another way, it looks like the Bumbling One just gave himself ever more power. Power to control and dictate the entire government, power to really spread the gospel of happy GOP incompetence, power to command the entire wobbly American universe should some sort of epic -- or not so epic, as the case may be -- calamity strike the homeland.

It goes something like this: Should any "decapitating event" occur in America that somehow incapacitates the D.C. power structure, should "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" take place, well then, all power and decision making would devolve to the White House, which would then attempt to orchestrate our very survival and oversee all essential governmental functions with none other than the president himself as, well, Super-Mega Lord Decider. With extra crayons.

You know, a dictator.

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http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/gate/archive/2007/05/30/notes053007.DTL&nl=fix

Our Glorious Rulers know best. They are credible because they say they are credible. They've read the intelligence and therefore they know best. Everything Our Glorious Rulers do is correct and legal because they do it.

;-)

Lies, damned lies and statistics.

You must open you heart and your mind to the wisdom of Our Glorious Leaders!

For they have developed the uncuttable Gordian Knot of Argument from Authority! They are credible because they say they are credible (It is my job to repeat that so it sinks in). Poof, your misconceptions of life, liberty and happiness will drop from your mind like so much flotsam and jetsam.

Bring on the rats, and let me see the light...

And does anyone know what the previous directive (issued in the 1990s) said?

Here's some info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuity_of_Operations_Plan and http://uspolitics.about.com/od/usgovernment/a/coop_cogp_2.htm

AND here is "Presidential Decision Directive 67" issued by Clinton in '98: http://www.fas.org/irp/offdocs/pdd/pdd-67.htm

I've emailed my congressman and both senators (lousy repugs) about this asking how can Congress NOT check this incredible power grab?

Where are the hearings?

Where are the emails?

An Executive Branch run amok.

same issue. I was told be both Senators offices that they would look into my comment. John Tierney's office stated that they had a lot of calls about this issue and were looking into it. His office is great, Mr Tierney always does what he says. I think this "Directive" is finally getting some attention. My feeling is that all 3 offices all better move fast.

n/t

and send it in.

...makes it hard to distinguish reality from bitter satire, once again...