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widespread sentiment that our government would never turn into a tyranny, it is an incontestable truth that the Executive Branch is now the greatest threat to our individual sovereignty.

I am not arguing that the Bush administration will attempt a coup. Still, it is worth considering a few uncomfortable facts.

Consider, first of all, that the current president calls himself a "war president," and many in Congress oddly claim we are at war, though no war has been declared by Congress - the only body the Constitution gives authority to declare war. This is because the Legislative Branch has essentially forfeited its constitutionally designated war powers by giving the Executive Branch the statutory ability to use force in Iraq.

Consider also that the President now claims hurricanes and other national disasters are security threats. In the following lines from the "National Strategy for Homeland Security," released in October 2007, this administration reveals a creepy willingness to frame the universe in terms of security:

"Indeed, certain non-terrorist events that reach catastrophic levels can have significant implications for homeland security. The resulting national consequences and possible cascading effects from these events might present potential or perceived vulnerabilities that could be exploited, possibly eroding citizens' confidence in our Nation's government and ultimately increasing our vulnerability to attack." (p. 3)

Apparently this administration believes anything that erodes "citizens' confidence in our Nation's government" is the Nation's mistake, not a sign of the government's corruption or incompetence. Thus, in its wisdom this administration has determined the Nation is a potential security threat to itself, and We the People need to be protected from ourselves by the Executive Branch. Accordingly, the Bush administration has militarized disaster relief and commissioned a new military command - the Northern Command - that is empowered to override civilian bodies such as FEMA on orders from the President.

It could, therefore, be reasonably argued that the People have already lost their personal sovereignty because the U.S. is now just one disaster, be it hurricane, earthquake, terrorist attack, or massive power grid failure, away from martial law. When a disaster inevitably hits, the Executive Branch can claim absolute sovereignty.

What does the UN have to do with all this? It has no authority or power to prevent a coup. It has no reach into the

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