There is no law in a state of "emergency." Who has the most guns, wins. That the abrogation of our Constitution has occurred without the notice or concern of most American citizens is shameful. As long as that abrogation is executed for the "common good," all is well among the sheep. After all, it's only happening to those poor ignorant people in New Orleans who don't know better than to think they possess private property and are protected by the Constitution from unreasonable search and/or seizure of said property. Those sad fools. Don't they know the definition of "unreasonable" changes on the whim of those in power?
Nobody cares, folks. As long as most of the sheep are in good grazing, the common good is acheived and all is well. If there is a lesson to be learned here it is to take what steps we can to make sure we are never in the way of the common good.
This shit will stand, and it will be supported by the sheep. Knowing it is a waste of time, I communicate with my elected representatives, hassle the various media outlets, support those initiatives I feel reinfore the notion of individual liberty and personal responsibility. To no avail, of course.
Each of us must be aware of the lumbering, heartless black beast that is the common good. Thank God for the Internet. Without it the beast would have totally free reign, a perfect information vacuum into which to inject the source of it's power: FEAR. Make the people ignorant, then make them fearful, then subjugate them by "protecting" them from what you've frightened them of. Tin foil? Evil conspiracy? Nope, those in charge invariably believe they're doing the Right Thing. They don't realize what they are really accomplishing.
So there will be forced evacuations in Texas during disaster. Whether there is a law on the books regarding it is irrelevant. There will be confiscations of property in the name of the common good. This state is now majority sheep, and that will be reflected in our reaction when it is our turn under the boot of the common good.
Alpine