Industry Figure Tom Chappell

“North Korea? Didn’t We Just Settle Things With Them?”

I don’t think so: the White House has issued an emergency order, extending hostilities, which hasn’t gotten even a peep of coverage in the mainstream media that I can find:

I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of America, find that the current existence and risk of the proliferation of weapons-usable fissile material on the Korean Peninsula constitute an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States, and I hereby declare a national emergency to deal with that threat. I further find that, as we deal with that threat through multilateral diplomacy, it is necessary to continue certain restrictions with respect to North Korea that would otherwise be lifted pursuant to a forthcoming proclamation that will terminate the exercise of authorities under the Trading With the Enemy Act (50 U.S.C. App. 1 et seq.) (TWEA) with respect to North Korea.

See the full proclamation from the White House.
June 26, 2008