An emergency state of vigilance and preparedness following closely on the heels of a governmental pronouncement of impending national doom, with such pronouncements often coinciding with upcoming elections and/or with recently published polling data reflecting ever-diminishing popularity ratings of the Nine-Eleventy "decider".
"Some critics claim that when the government's in trouble they get all Nine-Eleventy up in this bitch." Jon Stewart (The Daily Show)
by KatieOh! July 5, 2006