If you're not scared, you're not paying attention.

[kellinator]

The government needs to establish guidelines for canceling or rescheduling elections if terrorists strike the United States again, says the chairman of a new federal voting commission.

Did he say "canceling"? Get me my Valium.

If anyone needs me, I'll be hiding under my desk.

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[unanon.livejournal.com]

*blinks* Ok.. that's just some scary shit right there, y'know.

Is there room under that desk for me?

[kellinator.livejournal.com]

You bring the Oz, I'll bring the Homicide.

[dwivian]

They cancel elections, and I'll actively advocate secession....

[kellinator.livejournal.com]

We could set up our own mini-nation. It'd be fun...

[idioticpoet.livejournal.com]

A mini nation? Sounds great to me.
The united states of snark!

[pxlboy.livejournal.com]

/freedom surrenders

[malinaldarose.livejournal.com]

Is there room under there for me? And pass the Valium.

[kellinator.livejournal.com]

You know we're in trouble when suddenly "Bucky for President" seems like an improvement over what's in there now...

[amoebaman.livejournal.com]

Bucky for president? Hell, Tic-Tacs (http://maddox.xmission.com/tictacs.html) are starting to look reasonable.

[kellinator.livejournal.com]

Hee. This is terrific!!

Clever ...

[branwynelf.livejournal.com]

If you're not confident you'll win the next election, have the Homeland Security bunch declare the imminent threat of massive attack, and cancel the elections - voila!

Convenient how this all is falling into place NOW, eh?

*shakes her head sadly*

[lonesomenumber1]

Why cancel an election they can just steal?

[d2leddy.livejournal.com]

It isn't so easy forhim to steal the election. More people are suspicious and watching. Another means is necessary.

All of this is conspiracy theory, of course, but nonethless, it is something to watch; we need to see what other things happen between now and Election Day.

[piratejenny.livejournal.com]

And there shall be riots the like of which have never been seen...

d2leddy and I were discussing this on IM:

d2leddy: I'd like to see her dress down Dubya. That would be funny. He'd be deaf when she was done.

I wholeheartedly agree.

[d2leddy.livejournal.com]

. . . He'd have flash burns too. Forgot to mention them.

[kellinator.livejournal.com]

I've got to ask... is the "she" in question lil' ole' me?

[piratejenny.livejournal.com]

Oops, yeah! I guess it was the sentence before that mentioned your name. :-)

Fuck me sideways....

[blondeheroine.livejournal.com]

Okay, who in the fuck would fall for that bullshit? We've had two years of local elections since 9/11. 9/11/2001 might have been election day in NYC, but it would have been for local elections, not presidential. No. I was in NYC election day 2000. I remember when the bastard stole it. He can bite me.

So, they've had two years where this wasn't really a concern, but oh, now that presidential elections are coming up, suddenly it's a concern.

I wouldn't put it past Bush to orchestrate his own terrorist attack just so he could win this election. Damn I hate that man.

*sigh*

[katyakoshka.livejournal.com]

Completely unsurprised here.

I need to reread 1984.

I wonder if Emmanuel Goldstein will give up bin Laden in October.

Re: *sigh*

[jack-mccoy-fan1.livejournal.com]

I've been saying this SOB is going to pull an "October Surprise" and spring Bin Laden on us. Then all the shiny happy Bushlickers will party like it's 1999.

Pass me the 1984 once your done with it and I'll make some tequila shooters for everyone!!

[the-yellow-king.livejournal.com]

Hmmm.
Looks like I need to dig out my old Cyberpunk 2020 RPG again.
Let's see....
How about this entry from the GURPS Cyberworld campaign?

---
The summer dragged on in a bloody cycle of riot and reprisal, and on September 1, 2004 Patterson announced that, in view of the profound state of emergency, he had no choice but to suspend the US Constitution by executive order (EO-124). November elections would be postponed until no later than 2006. The nation would be run by executive orders, which would be ratified by Congress. These orders would last 90 to 180 days, unless made law by Congress. This startling declaration was supported by measures from both houses of Congress, and endorsed by statements from many state, local, and corporate leaders. A brief legal challenge was raised by the Supreme Court, which claimed that EO-124 was fully unconstitutional. The dissenting justices were arrested by NERCC, and the remainder were informed by Patterson of the new emergency measures. Shortly thereafter, all federal courts were placed under NERCC supervision. Judges who failed to cooperate with the emergency regime were impeached by executive order, and replaced.
---

Heh.
While I believe there should be guidelines created by Congress to reschedule elections in case of emergency [those guidelines being made untouchable by the executive branch by law], cancellation would be a bad idea.

[zanzara.livejournal.com]

Oh God.