Succession @ MindSay 
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President-elect Obama doesn't have his entire cabinet picked out yet, but from what he has given us to work with and with some pure speculation on my part, let's take a look at who could possibly become the leader of our nation should something awful happen.
1. President - Barack Obama
2. Vice President - Joe Biden
The pride of Scranton. Mrs. Biden's baby boy Joe is known for being excessively long-winded in his speeches. He also supports reinstating the Federal Assault Weapons Ban and voted to ban semi-automatic firearms.
3. Speaker of the House - Nancy Pelosi
Called for the denouncement of China and voted in favor of keeping the travel restrictions for Americans to Cuba. Pelosi also voted for the use of federal funds (read: taxpayer money) to perform abortions in overseas military facilities. Also among her voting record: FOR the 2008 Bailout, FOR the Patriot Act, For No Child Left Behind, FOR increased Medicaid & Medicare, AGAINST drilling in ANWAR. She is also a supporter of amnesty & rights to illegal immigrants.
4. Secretary of State - Hillary Clinton
Power hungry Hillary. Universal healthcare. Somehow being the First Lady gives her a lifetime of experience...
5. Secretary of the Treasury - Tim Geithner
President of the NY Fed, which is an illegal & unconstitutional institution. His grandfather was an adviser to President Eisenhower & coincidentally the vice president of Ford Motor Company. Played a role in the decision to bailout AIG.
6. Secretary of Defense - Robert Gates
Replaced Rumsfeld in 2006 under Bush. President-elect Obama has offered him the position under the new administration and Gates has supposedly accepted.
7. Attorney General - Eric Holder
If approved, Holder would be the first black Attorney General. He served under Janet Reno in the Clinton administration.
Following those already mentioned would be the Sec. of the Interior(Sally Jewell/John Kitzhaber), Sec. of Agriculture(Tom Vilsack), Sec. of Commerce (Bill Richardson), and the Secretary of Labor.
I don't think America has ever had to go past the Vice President and since JFK the succession list hasn't been needed at all. But just in case you were wondering... there it is.
ohhhh... Edit!
We had to go to Gerald Ford after Nixon resigned.
Japan prince fights against female succession
A cousin of the Japanese emperor has stepped up his criticism of plans to allow women to succeed the throne in an article to be published in a magazine this week, Kyodo news agency said on yesterday.
Japanese Princess Aiko, center, waves from a car window , with her parents Crown Prince Naruhito, left, and Crown Princess Masako as they visit the Emperor and the Empress at the Imperial Palace, in Tokyo on her birthday December 1, 2005. [AP]
Prince Tomohito of Mikasa criticises a government advisory panel on imperial succession for rushing to put forward plans to allow female monarchs, saying there is no need to make an immediate decision, Kyodo said.
The panel put forward the proposal in a bid to avert an impending succession crisis in the imperial household, where no boys have been born for 40 years.
Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has said he wants to present a bill enacting the changes to parliament this year.
Emperor Akihito's son, Crown Prince Naruhito and his wife Crown Prince Masako have a four-year-old daughter, but have produced no male offspring since their marriage in 1993.
Under current laws, women are not allowed to succeed to the Chrysanthemum Throne, one of the world's oldest monarchies, although females have occupied the throne in the distant past.
Tomohito, who is fifth in line for succession to the throne, suggests in an article in the February edition of Bungei Shunju magazine that the panel should look into alternatives such as reinstating the abolished branches of the imperial family.
The article entitled "Weight of the emperor's blood why I am opposed to a female-line emperor," follows a similar opinion piece published last year in a private newsletter, circulated among members of a welfare foundation Tomohito heads.
The prince risks criticism by publishing the piece, after the Grand Steward of the Imperial Household Shingo Haketa warned last year that imperial family members should avoid expressing opinions on the succession issue, Kyodo said.
A change in the law might allow Emperor Akihito's granddaughter to become the first woman on the throne since the eighteenth century.
It may also come as a relief for her mother. Masako, 42, has recently begun returning to public duties after suffering from a mental disorder royal watchers said was probably due in part to pressure to produce a male heir.
Public opinion polls have shown that most Japanese support the idea of women on the throne, but the proposals have been opposed by some conservative scholars. Enditem
(Source: China Daily)
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