The Armageddon Plan

by James Mann

This is but an excerpt from an article that I just read that frankly has really scared the shit out of me!
At the risk of sounding like I have lost my mind, I think that Bush has been much to arrogant and irreverent regarding the Constitution and the law in general.
I have been wondering just what this man is thinking about.
I understand that this is his last year as President but one would think that he would have some concern regarding how kind history will be to him.
At the present time he is said to be the worst President we ever had, this is not a great legacy.
Perhaps I am paranoid, perhaps not, only time will tell.

Rumsfeld and Cheney were principal actors in one of the most highly classified programs of the Reagan Administration.
Under it U.S. officials furtively carried out detailed planning exercises for keeping the federal government running during and after a nuclear war with the Soviet Union.
The program called for setting aside the legal rules for presidential succession in some circumstances, in favor of a secret procedure for putting in place a new "President" and his staff.
The idea was to concentrate on speed, to preserve "continuity of government," and to avoid cumbersome procedures; the speaker of the House, the president pro tempore of the Senate, and the rest of Congress would play a greatly diminished role.

This article is of particular interest to me because it helps to explain the thinking and behavior of the second Bush Administration after the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.
Vice President Cheney urged President Bush to stay out of Washington for the rest of that day; Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld ordered his deputy Paul Wolfowitz to get out of town;
Cheney himself began to move from Washington to a series of "undisclosed locations"; and other federal officials were later sent to work outside the capital, to ensure the continuity of government in case of further attacks. All these actions had their roots in the Reagan Administration's clandestine planning exercises.

Please go and read the complete article and share your thinking on this subject with me. See if it doesn't chill you to think that we could possible be stuck with Bush for longer than any of us think.

While you're at it take a look at this Article again also:

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