It is shocking to think the United States of America could, at the whim of a tyrant like Bush Jr., decide to abort "lawful" government and institute martial law:

Criticism of the Bush administration's response to September 11 echoes Mr. Smith's warning. On June 7 of 2002, the former Presidential counsel, John Dean, spoke of America sliding into a "constitutional dictatorship" and martial law.
House of Representatives - March 11, 2003

Should anything remotely like that happen, we can resassured, business will most definitely not be as usual around the world.

To blow hot air in the direction of a Union of Federates States, what could easily pass as a move back to an old British colonial era, the notion of State secession seems to be on the tip of many tongues (or fingers) as of late:

• DailyKos Snapshot
• States want to secede from the United States
• The Vermont Resolution
  
• Bush Paves the Way for Martial Law: 2007 National Defense Authorization Act overturns Posse Comitatus Act
• Salon Article: Army in the US
• President Bush Signs H.R. 4986, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 into Law

A particularily interesting read is understanding what is going on around the United States with respect to crowd control and mass media. It might lead one to consider that pieces of a larger puzzle, and according to a plan, are falling into place.

A little historical perspective will help to shed some light on the whole picture.

• This is some pretty spooky shit when you think about it. Real SS or Gestapo stuff.
• FEMA And REX 84
• State-By-State Index Of Potential
  US Concentration Camps
• Rex 84: FEMA's Blueprint for Martial Law in America

The remarks of Sen. Patrick Leahy on National Defense Authorization Act For Fiscal Year 2007 are quite strikingly significant with regards to the whole picture.