Lets say I'm wrong... and that the terror alert chart hasn't always been a joke, a way to scare double-digit IQ's into voting simplistically. Lets assume for a moment that they were serious and pivotal to informing the general public. THEN HOW DO THEY GO AWAY? I could be wrong, but, it seems that these "random" alarms totally disappeared after the 2004 Presidential election. Have we already won the war of hearts and minds? Did the terrorists give up after Bush won re-election?
"Curses, that Bush son... he defeated us... lets go home, Achmed!"
I mean, once you start giving out this information and claiming its vital... without saying the war on terror (a retard philosophy in and of itself) is over, how can these alerts cease to be important?
And what exactly are you supposed to do with that information anyway? The entire Terror Alert system is useless information if ever there was any. You do your day as normal at "Yummy Mummy" or "Fruit Brute" levels, but "Count Chocula" levels make you reconsider where you're going? "Frankenberry" is where you only go to school or work and immediately come home home... and "Booberry" is where we all hide under school desks and cry?
Most people dont keep up with politics, so, I know why these people do what they do. Willful ignorance of the American people. Who watched/remembers Bush debating McCain (fall 2000) and claiming that an America under George Bush's leadership will not engage in NATION BUILDING. Very interesting, in hindsight. Even, though, McCain stated over and over earlier in this campaign that he would not use his military service as a campaign tool, over the last month, its been one of the primary themes of his campaign. "He's the only man in this campaign who has fought for YOU!" (and all the hamsters clap) As a military man, the Terror Alerts would perhaps help him even more than they did Bush in 2004. Besides... everyone knows... his opponent is secretly a terrorist.
LETS TAKE A TRIP DOWN TERROR ALERT MEMORY LANE:
- Jan 10, 2002 - Bush questioned about connection to Ken Lay after Enron Collapse
- Feb 5, 2002 - Ken Lay is served a congressional subpoena. Journalists inquire about Enron's close ties to the Bush administration.
- Feb 12, 2002 - Attorney General John Ashcroft on Tuesday called on "all Americans to be on the highest state of alert" after an FBI warning of a possible imminent terrorist attack.
- May 22, 2002 - Bush formally opposes independent investigation of 9/11, after a two day Congressional hearing with FBI director Robert Meuller and the agent who wrote the "Phoenix Memo" warning about Arab students in aviation schools having ties to militant groups.
- May 22, 2002 - The Senate Governmental Affairs Committee votes to issue subpoenas to the Bush administration for information on its contacts with bankrupt energy trader Enron Corp.
- May 24, 2002 - Railroad and other transit systems across the country received a Transportation Department warning based on "an unconfirmed, uncorroborated report", and were told to "remain in a heightened state of alert". Earlier this week, the government issued warnings about the Statue of Liberty and the Brooklyn Bridge, leading to tightened security at an around those New York City locations.
- June 9, 2002 -- FBI Whistleblower Coleen Rowley talks to congress. Testifies she tried to notify her superiors about the suspicious flight students before 9/11. She compared the agency's bureaucracy to the "Little Shop Of Horrors," telling Congress the FBI could have done more to prevent the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
- June 10, 2002 - Attorney General John Ashcroft conducts an unusual and urgent press conference from Russia announcing the arrest of Jose Padilla, the "dirty bomb" suspect. Padilla [who had ACTUALLY been in secret custody since May 8th] had been captured, and transferred to the custody of the DOD from the Justice Department.
- Sept 20, 2002 - Bush decides to support an independent investigation after Congressional 9/11 inquiries, but the White House refuses to cooperate with documents about what they knew.
- Sept 20, 2002 - Bush administration is grilled by families of victims of 9/11 about their relunctance to cooperate with the 9/11 investigation.
- Sept 21, 2002 - The Pentagon completes and delivers to President Bush a highly detailed set of military options for attacking Iraq, said the New York Times, quoting Pentagon and White House officials on Saturday.
- Sept 23, 2002 - Former Vice President Al Gore warns that President Bush's doctrine allowing for a "pre-emptive" strike against Iraq could create a global "reign of fear."
- Sept 23, 2002 - Victory for German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and his ruling coalition came after a campaign in which he emphasized his strong opposition to a US war with Iraq.
- Sept 10-24, 2002 - The attorney general elevates the terror alert. Later on, based on a review of intelligence and an assessment of threats by the intelligence community, as well as the passing of the anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks and the disruption of potential terrorist operations in the United States and abroad, the Attorney General in consultation with the Homeland Security Council has made the decision to return the threat level to an elevated risk of terrorist attack, or "yellow" level.
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