Wow. Just like an Arab dictatorship.

Hey, just so you know, today GWB extended the national emergency he declared on 9/14/01 for one more year.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/08/20080828-7.html

Consistent with section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)), I am continuing for 1 year the national emergency I declared on September 14, 2001, in Proclamation 7463, with respect to the terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center, New York, New York, the Pentagon, and aboard United Airlines flight 93, and the continuing and immediate threat of further attacks on the United States.

Because the terrorist threat continues, the national emergency declared on September 14, 2001, and the powers and authorities adopted to deal with that emergency, must continue in effect beyond September 14, 2008. Therefore, I am continuing in effect for an additional year the national emergency I declared on September 14, 2001, with respect to the terrorist threat.

This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and transmitted to the Congress.

GEORGE W. BUSH

THE WHITE HOUSE,

August 28, 2008.

In Egypt, Hosni Mubarak has kept the emergency laws in effect for something like 25 years. Pretty cool, huh? That's what we call a dick-TATER-ship. Everybody there hates his guts, too.

"If this were a dictatorship, it'd be a heck of a lot easier, just so long as I'm the dictator." — GWB, Washington, D.C., Dec. 19, 2000

Well, I think George is consistently exceeding his goal in that regard.