Given the high marks he got a fortnight prior to 911 -- when he announced that all human beings were no longer created equal but, rather, some were manufactured in Excess of Market Demand and therefore suitable for enforced sacrificing of their lives for the really Living -- I have a hard time believing Bush or his administration have any trouble trumpteting whatever new powers -- or funding -- they've ordained for themselves in the name of 'crisis', comrade.
BTW, a Happy New Year to you and yours.