Today’s scary tidbit is just another step on the way to the Orwellian nightmare:

Gen. Tommy Franks says that if the United States is hit with a weapon of mass destruction that inflicts large casualties, the Constitution will likely be discarded in favor of a military form of government. Franks, who successfully led the U.S. military operation to liberate Iraq, expressed his worries in an extensive interview he gave to the men’s lifestyle magazine Cigar Aficionado.

Don’t take my word for it, go to your local newstand and read a copy (for heaven’s sake don’t buy the damn thing!).

There was nothing in detail up on the website but I can’t imagine this not breaking in a big way soon.