Thread: Bush grants presidency extraordinary powers

Bush grants presidency extraordinary powers
Directive for emergencies apparently gives authority without congressional oversight

Posted: May 23, 2007
1:00 a.m. Eastern



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President BushPresident Bush has signed a directive granting extraordinary powers to the office of the president in the event of a declared national emergency, apparently without congressional approval or oversight.
The "National Security and Homeland Security Presidential Directive" was signed May 9, notes Jerome R. Corsi in a WND column.
It was issued with the dual designation of NSPD-51, as a National Security Presidential Directive, and HSPD-20, as a Homeland Security Presidential Directive.
The directive establishes under the office of the president a new national continuity coordinator whose job is to make plans for "National Essential Functions" of all federal, state, local, territorial and tribal governments, as well as private sector organizations to continue functioning under the president's directives in the event of a national emergency.
"Catastrophic emergency" is loosely defined as "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."
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Corsi says the president can assume the power to direct any and all government and business activities until the emergency is declared over.
The directive says the assistant to the president for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, currently Frances Fragos Townsend, would be designated as the national continuity coordinator.
Corsi says the directive makes no attempt to reconcile the powers created for the national continuity coordinator with the National Emergency Act, which requires that such proclamation "shall immediately be transmitted to the Congress and published in the Federal Register."
A Congressional Research Service study notes the National Emergency Act sets up Congress as a balance empowered to "modify, rescind, or render dormant" such emergency authority if Congress believes the president has acted inappropriately.
But the new directive appears to supersede the National Emergency Act by creating the new position of national continuity coordinator without any specific act of Congress authorizing the position, Corsi says.
The directive also makes no reference to Congress and its language appears to negate any requirement that the president submit to Congress a determination that a national emergency exists.
It suggests instead that the powers of the directive can be implemented without any congressional approval or oversight.
Homeland Security spokesman Russ Knocke affirmed to Corsi the Homeland Security Department would implement the requirements of the order under Townsend's direction. The White House declined to comment on the directive.
WorldNetDaily: Bush grants presidency extraordinary powers

who really cares. if you think that the president is so important you only add fuel to a useless fire.

Does not surprise me at all. When the dems get a P in the office 2008, boy will the Repugs flip flop on presidential powers.







Hate. Lies. Greed. The Republican way.

Originally Posted by sectionOne

who really cares. if you think that the president is so important you only add fuel to a useless fire.

Well if he takes over as basically a dictator you might feel a little different...and for the most part he is now. Just stepping all over the Constitution and the people.

Originally Posted by UsedRugs

Does not surprise me at all. When the dems get a P in the office 2008, boy will the Repugs flip flop on presidential powers.







Hate. Lies. Greed. The Republican way.

the Dems and the Reps are the same and work for the same goals....World Government and the end of the USA.



We are being double teamed and played for fools!
Hegelian dialectic, two forces aligned against one another. One is thesis, the other antithesis.
The conflict will produce a synthesis; in this case, the loss of national sovereignty and the end of freedom

Bush also has heat ray vision and he can stop a bullet with his teeth.

Originally Posted by ilikeGW

Bush also has heat ray vision and he can stop a bullet with his teeth.

I have heat ray vision!! Cool to finally know of another like myself!

Originally Posted by UsedRugs

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Disinformation. Lies. Greed. The Democratic way.

Fixed it for ya

Originally Posted by Trip

Fixed it for ya

Finally someone who is original!

Originally Posted by ilikeGW

Bush also has heat ray vision and he can stop a bullet with his teeth.

Bush on the Constitution: 'It's just a _oddamned piece of paper'
Capitol Hill Blue's The Rant: Bush on the Constitution: "Just a goddamned piece of paper"

Bush screwups http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFCxpuHWMy0 VIDEO 1.min

Is Bush an Idiot? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZHbkqQbslE Video 2 min.

http://www.yourchristianpresident.com/ shows a lot about bush