Every time I think I’m getting whack-o paranoid, the Bushies come along and double down on the unsubtle machinations.
Like Thursday night’s speech, where Bush calls for ‘more power for me, and less restrictions on me’. Well, maybe not in those words, but he did actually say:
“It is now clear that a challenge on this scale requires greater federal authority and a broader role for the armed forces – the institution of our government most capable of massive logistical operations on a moment’s notice.”
The Wikinews coverage of this outlines some details:
Current law prevents regular military troops from law enforcement except in the case of insurrection against the state if that state has lost the ability to maintain order. Loosening of this restriction, and whatever else is contemplated in the president’s statement, would mean a fundamental shift in the current balance of power between the Federal and State governments.
The idea of the Bushies running straight on into the state’s rights people (who should be fully in their base) kind of amuses me, so I guess there might be a ray of sunshine.
