'In the Dark' Dems Had Plenty of Chance to Learn About Shadow Government

Fox News ^ | 3/5/02 | By Carl Cameron

[Brian Mosely]

WASHINGTON

[Lurker]

""The president has no interest in repeating in the executive branch what happened in the legislative branch," he said. "

LOL, I like Ari Fleischer. He's funny.

L

[UB355]

A letter to local liberal rag, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel

Regarding your editorial of Tuesday March 5, 2002

Congress deserves a voice.

According to information on the Federation of American Scientists web site...

"Executive order 10346, issued to the federal departments by President Truman, specifically charges them to prepare plans for maintaining the continuity of their essential functions at the Seat of Government and elsewhere during the existence of an emergency. It further stipulates in order to achieve uniformity of planning for the continuity of essential functions, the Office of Emergency Planning shall establish such standards and policies as it may from time to time deem desirable."

To believe the claim that Majority Leader Sen. Tom Dashle wasn't aware of any of this is laughable. According to his bio he spent three years as an intelligence officer in the U.S. Air Force Strategic Air Command and has been in the US Congress since the late seventies.

For the Bush administration to implement plans in place since the executive order 10346 was signed April 17, 1952 was the responsible thing to do.

For the democrats in congress to claim ignorance of these plans is just partisan politics.

For the Journal-Sentinel not to point this information out in it’s editorial is equally partisan.

Robt Staff Brookfield, WI

[Mean Daddy]

The best comment I've heard on this has been by Rush Limbaugh who noted that out of the millions of federal employees, only 75-150 would be necessary in a "shadow" government.

He also indicated today that either Dashle should feel slighted because he wasn't included in the 75-150 or he's a liar because he was aware and chose to be Clintonesque about the whole affair.

[copycat]

Following, the meeting, Daschle said he was satisfied the administration was not trying to create a "secret" or shadow government.

Tommy Tinfoil.

[Brian Mosely]

Following, the meeting, Daschle said he was satisfied the administration was not trying to create a "secret" or shadow government.

Daschle: "Well...I got at least two to three days of press over this non-issue...so I think we can let this one die...until I feel it is time to lie to the public again..."

[Alberta's Child]

Dems Had Plenty of Chance to Learn About Shadow Government

Of course they did -- Jesse Jackson was a "shadow Senator" for the District of Columbia for years.

[Paul Atreides]

Byrd, D-W.V., Tuesday confirmed that White House officials offered to update him on the administration's government contingency plans but he turned them down, saying he knew all about the program from an earlier stint as a Senate leader.

Besides, Senator Tyrd didn't want to miss happy hour.

[Feiny]

I remember watching a show on Famous Hotels and there is one in West Virginia that had a huge underground nuclear facility built by our govt. in the 50's. I think it was called Greenbrier Hotel. It was very cool.

[Feiny]

Here are 2 links for info: Tells about bunker

Or you can stay at the hotel and take a TOUR!

[TomGuy]

Interesting article here too: Big Hole, Deep Secret.
Deep Secret Beneath the Chatham County countryside lies AT&T's covert military site, the most intriguing local landmark you're not allowed to visit ...

[edwin hubble]

Yes, it dates to Eisenhower (The Greenbriar has a great golf course).

That one is no longer secret. The secret ones are elsewhere.

[Twodees]

So, none of these retards oppose the "shadow gov" on Constitutional grounds, only that they might look like peckerheads for not knowing who's in charge. Sheesh.

[backhoe]

Secret Holes in the Ground***

[counterrevolutionary]

What Constitutional basis is there for opposing the so-called "shadow government"?

[counterrevolutionary]

If something tragic happened, they said, they wouldn't know who is running the government

Gee, Senator, have you thought of consulting the Constitution and relevant statutes to find out what the order of succession is?

[A Citizen Reporter]

Rush also postulated that perhaps little tommie was playing dumb about knowing, because he was taking heat from all of his congressional collegues, who had no "protection plan".

[finnman69]

Byrd, D-W.V., Tuesday confirmed that White House officials offered to update him on the administration's government contingency plans but he turned them down, saying he knew all about the program from an earlier stint as a Senate leader.

Ha, the LIEberals are exposed AGAIN!

[Twodees]

Nobody in government is constitutionally empowered to appoint replacements for elected or appointed officials "just in case" of any possible threat. For elected officials, the Constitution prescribes processes for replacing those who die or are incapacitated during a term. For appointed officials, there's no empowerment for appointing an alternate.

If the Constitution isn't the supreme law of the land, we're not living under the form of government established in the Constitution, are we?

[counterrevolutionary]

So, your position is that the Constitution is a suicide pact?