POLITICS: U.S. Senate Changes Line of Succession

Subz,
yes I do feel the the Dept of Home land security should be higher on the list. As to why it is stopping at 8th place I dont know. Perhaps because it is still a new appointment. I supose time will tell if the order of succession is any where close to correct.

I'll agree that its important to have a clear line of succession. Heck, the further down the list you go, the more important it is really. If there was such a huge attack that the post master general was the highest ranking executive officer, then ya can't be standing aroudn trying to figure out who should be in charge right? I mean, a devastating attack like that, the simple pressence of an agreed upon leader is more important than who he is (obviously not in an extreme case tho). And the President is going to allways be up for re-election within a max of 4 years anyway.

Recall that when Regan was shot and out for a short while one of his staffers was claiming to be in charge, and there was confusion as to what was meant by that, etc etc. That confusion would be devastating if ther was a super emergency.

So in an emergency, remember,

All hail president postman!

Something else to note.
When Reagan was shot, there was an unusually large number of Soviat Submarines massing off the east coast. At the time the idea was discused that the attempt on Reagans life was the first part of a Soviat attack on the US.
If the US was to be attacked, that chain of events might have some merrit.

Just something else to think about.

When Reagan was shot, there was an unusually large number of Soviat Submarines massing off the east coast.

Do you have anything to back that up? I doubt there were many more than there are RIGHT NOW (they're called "Russian" these days ).

Originally posted by subz
I'd ask why this needed to be brought up and changed?

?Because the new Dept. had to be given a place in the 'pecking order'

Some one obviously thought that it was important that the head of the Dep. Homeland Security be bumped up in the sucession line. Why?

Repeat the answer from above,also Heirarchy & status considerations

Is there really any chance of 7 incapacitations of the office of President? Should we be worried that this is even being considered? Im all for prudent measures but this should be such an insignificance as to not even be raised. Isnt there more important bills to be considered than this?

The micromanagement of every eventuality must be written into law...
or else the motto that 'we are a nation of laws' loses meaning.

?more Important? than the 'attention-to-detail' and the 'cradle-to-grave' management of every aspect of living...
as the Elitists and their Machinery (our lawmakers) create the inexcapable web of control.

The process of finding gaps, excapes, loopholes, in the program of control-
brings fame, fortune, and favor (at least temporarily) to the 'NWO' wonks.
The process of finding also creates the need for remedies, and greater numbers of specialized personnel and agencies to correct the deficiencies...
Think in terms of 'BORG'= the 'NWO-Illuminati' = neocon Administration

Im currently reading Tom Clancy's Debt of Honor, is that what the government fears? An attack like what occurs in that book?

i.e. the Beast lives, and is multiplying itself to the point of needing every resource on earth and this solar system to sustain itself. Look past the specific tree, in this case the DHS position in the line-of-succession, and
see the forest, eh
sorry, about the bleed-over, in the content...........ciao

Originally posted by Fry2

When Reagan was shot, there was an unusually large number of Soviat Submarines massing off the east coast.

Do you have anything to back that up? I doubt there were many more than there are RIGHT NOW (they're called "Russian" these days

).

They might be Russian these days but they were Sovs then, and there were truckloads more of them then.

But were they actually massing, or was this part of the Pentagon exercise that was being run and unfortunately adding to the confusion that day?

Originally posted by Fry2

When Reagan was shot, there was an unusually large number of Soviat Submarines massing off the east coast.

Do you have anything to back that up? I doubt there were many more than there are RIGHT NOW (they're called "Russian" these days

).

Fry,
That was something that I heard on a news documentry about that chain of events that happened that day. All I can say is it was on a major network. I am sory but I dont have anything in writing to back that up.

I just do rember that day because our teacher steped out of class then steped back in to tell us what had happened.