From: GBurch1@aol.com
Date: Mon Sep 20 1999 - 07:33:34 MDT
In a message dated 99-09-20 01:25:14 EDT, k_aegis@mindspring.com (Kathryn
Aegis) wrote:
> Interesting. The original scenario did not account for the long line of
> succession in power in our government. I would think that a remaining
> member of the cabinet, the speaker of the House, the Senate pro temp,
> whoever was left, would find themselves under quarantine and running
> government via telephone.
My pessimism in response to Anders' post was based on the scenario's
assumption that it was very difficult to determine who had been infected and
the widespread belief that many people had been infected. In this situation,
I don't know how any NON-INFECTED person could trust the existing
constitutional mechanism of succesion.
Greg Burch <GBurch1@aol.com>----<gburch@lockeliddell.com>
Attorney ::: Vice President, Extropy Institute ::: Wilderness Guide
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"Civilization is protest against nature;
progress requires us to take control of evolution."
Thomas Huxley
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