A call to action

President George W. Bush is on the record as having said the Constitution of this United States is "just a piece of paper." This same president has condoned torture and reserved the right to waive habeas corpus when he thinks it is necessary.

On May 9, 2007, the final dishonor to his oath of office occurred. Our president passed National Security Presidential Directive/ NSPD-51 and Homeland Security Presidential Directive/HSP-20 and has given himself the power to proclaim himself dictator of the United States of America, assuming all the powers of national, state, local and tribal governments under any emergency he deems necessary. CSPAN is the only media outlet to even discuss this issue.

Read the directive for yourself on the Internet at www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/05. You will see an unprecedented executive branch power grab that has no boundaries. Our Constitution has been made null and void. It is downright Orwellian.

My fellow citizens, I urge you to wake up and take some kind of action today. Write your newspapers, call your favorite talk shows and demand that our president be challenged and checked on this issue. We the people are the only ones who can make this happen. Mary T. Ficalora Agoura Hills