[otterpond]

We have been under a national emergency since Carter was president.

HAHAHAHAHAHA!

H.L. Mencken said so many years ago that government controls the people by making up emergencies that only government can handle. Considering the performance of the government since and including Carter, guess they didn't have to try too hard.

[DeaconBenjamin]

Examples of some of the declarations of national emergencies by Carter, Reagan, George HW Bush, Clinton, and George W. Bush can be seen at http://www.lawandfreedom.com/constitutional/emergencies.htm