Bush extends National Emergency Act

[NightWatcher]

Only one more year of terra, terra, terra? So we are STILL in a national emergency?



http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/09/20070912-2.html

Notice: Continuation of the National Emergency with Respect to Certain Terrorist Attacks


Consistent with section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)), I am continuing for 1 year the national emergency I declared on September 14, 2001, in Proclamation 7463, with respect to the terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center, New York, New York, the Pentagon, and aboard United Airlines flight 93, and the continuing and immediate threat of further attacks on the United States.

Because the terrorist threat continues, the national emergency declared on September 14, 2001, last extended on September 5, 2006, and the powers and authorities adopted to deal with that emergency, must continue in effect beyond September 14, 2007. Therefore, I am continuing in effect for an additional year the national emergency I declared on September 14, 2001, with respect to the terrorist threat.

This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and transmitted to the Congress.

GEORGE W. BUSH

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[OnceUponTimeOnTheNet]

1. K&R

And the beat goes on.

[eppur_se_muova]

2. What if Bu**sh** issues a declaration and NO ONE believes it?

I think we passed that point long ago. This is a 'Captain Queeg' memo.

[The Count]

3. We're safer, but not quite safe enough...

[Hydra]

4. If we are in a perpetual state of emergency

how may steps removed are we from a declared police state?

[chill_wind]

5. September 14.... isn't that today?

We're in the middle of a Perpetual State of National Emergency, except when we're in the middle of a state of AF Stand Down, which is apparently what we decide to do whenever we're in the middle of Loose-Nukes-Mysteriously-Getting-Flown-Around-Emergency, so today we are taking a temporary vacation from all our Emergencies and calling off our Air Force danger/protection to/from ourselves... or something like that.

(DU thread from a few days ago)

Air Force orders September 14 Stand Down!
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x1790643

War is Peace.

[semillama]

6. You know, it some how seems appropriate

that nearly the entire Bush residency has been a state of national emergency.