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12/21/2003 Archived Entry: "The country is so much safer after the capture of Saddam..."
The country is so much safer after the capture of Saddam...
I guess Ridge missed the memo.
he government is raising the national threat warning from yellow, the midpoint on its five-color scale, to orange, a federal official said Sunday.
It's gonna be an orange Christmas...
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I believe that according to Homeland Security, it is acceptable to shop in malls during Orange threat levels, but if the bar is moved to red, they suggest mail-order or internet shopping.
Merry Christmas =)
Posted by sellursoul @ 12/21/2003 03:35 PM NY
Sorry... I just have to post once more on this.
"Your government will stand at the ready 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to stop terrorism during the holiday season and beyond." - Tom Ridge - from the yahoo article.
Boy the Government is in a win win situation with this "fright meter" they call the national threat level. They get to put fear in the hearts of millions of loyal gullible people, and in turn they look important. After the fact, they turn around and say we were watching your backs America, that's why NOTHING happend over the hollidays. This in turn will draw the same gullible people out in mass next November to vote for these unscrupulous politicians.
I'm fairly young so I don't remember McCarthyism or the Atomic Scares of the 1950's (air sirens, duck and cover, etc...). How is this form of political diversion any different.
I'm just curious why they would raise the threat level now, and my guess is: They got Saddam, and things aren't looking any brighter over in Iraq, people are tired of hearing about the "flu pandemic", and the courts overruled Bush on a key "freedom" issue last week... guess it's time for a diversion.
Can someone clue me in... am I off, I'm not a political expert by any means, just someone with an internet connection who is trying to make some sense of this mess.
Thanks.
Posted by sellursoul @ 12/21/2003 03:52 PM NY
Blam ... that's a post.
Posted by Damfa @ 12/21/2003 05:23 PM NY
Sellursoul,
Bingo! You win the door prize. I'm old enough to remember the "duck and cover" days of the Cold War. In fact, I remember being in 3rd grade, the air siren went off, and Sister Mary Laura had us under our desks reciting "Hail Marys."
Having lived through the Cold War and witnessing (first hand) the destruction of the WTC, I can state unequivocally that the War on Terror has produced as much fear and paranoia as the dread of Soviet thermo-nuclear missles crashing into your house.
I was watching CNNMSNBCFox this morning. If I had a nickel for every time one of the mediawhores used the word "chatter," I could retire and give up my futile search for full time employment. These whores are without shame. They spout whatever the Administration says. They ask no questions, they raise no objections. The Official Party Line is "be afraid, be very afraid." They can't tell you when, where, or how this Terra Threat is going to hit us. It's a game of Three Card Monty: you'll never find the red queen because they've palmed the card. The Administration's con game is Fear and Paranoia.
How can we as a nation be so powerful and yet so scared?
Posted by Metropolitan99 @ 12/21/2003 07:55 PM NY
when they talk about terrorist internet chatter, do you think they might mean US? just paranoid i hope
Posted by justin @ 12/22/2003 11:36 AM NY
'"Your government will stand at the ready 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to stop terrorism during the holiday season and beyond." - Tom Ridge - from the yahoo article.'
So, the government wasn't combatting terrorism 24/7 before? I see...
Posted by Iceberg @ 12/23/2003 12:35 AM NY
No, they weren't according to this:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/12/17/eveningnews/main589137.shtml
Posted by sellursoul @ 12/23/2003 09:10 AM NY
