282 reads so far, no comments.

Let this guy break it down for you.

or this guy

or just hit the snooz button again, whatever, it's not my country.

Hmm, try this:

http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/7694

What sort of comments are you looking for ? If you think anyone around here is sleeping in late, feel free to check out the threads in the Politics forum.

You're trying to gauge political alertness based on the number of comments to your link?

While that's probably very dumb, and thus to be discouraged, I can offer you a trick if you'd like to continue pursuing this sort of exercise in the future: use better titles. 'National Security Presidential Directive/NSPD 51' is the very snooze button you refer to.

How about 'Followup: Read the law that lets Bush become supreme defender in emergency'? I'd term it a followup since Vlad swarmed the initial story last week.

Some may consider it a 'repeat' instead, since that article included a link to the document. YMMV.

Yes, there was an underwhelming flurry of comments on Vlad's link as well.

Thought maybe it was overshadowed by some other link and needed a boost.

Shame on me for thinking that some of you missed it the first time around, or didn't get it, or didn't care. I'll not underestimate how politicly alert you all are in the future.

That's probably the best plan you could stick to...

From IRC, last Wednesday...

Wrecker> I am concerned about that Bush as Voltron story that was linked.
vasudeva> oh, you fuckign bet
vasudeva> there were theories that the administration had concocted threats to allow themselves power before that
vasudeva> that's the final stick in the rabbit trap
Wrecker> The nebulous wording of that allows for just about anything to trigger it.
Wrecker> Reagan signed a similar executive order that essentially could suspend the constitution in the even tof a national emergency and would impose martial law
Wrecker> Shit like this makes me take out my tin foil hat and dust it off.Make sure it still fits, and keep it handy.
vasudeva> yeah
vasudeva> it's pretty bad
vasudeva> it doesn't guarantee a positive
vasudeva> but a positive sure would require something just like this as the big fat cherry on top
Wrecker> exactly
vasudeva> its lack of fanfare is disturbing too
Wrecker> Yeah
<<< sunny77 quits
vasudeva> cool
vasudeva> we outpoliticked her cunt attention span

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