I caught some of CNN today.

[AngryDem001]

Tom Ridge was saying that the US is in more danger from terrorism than after 9-11.

Is anyone else sick of the constant fear-mongering by the GOP and the media?

[Gothmog]

1. The GOP wants us to be afraid

Fear is how the GOP wins elections

[Thinkingabout]

2. Would you rather he jump up and say everything is great and we do not have to

Worry about any possible problems? If he did this it would be a big lie. We will not return to the pre 9/11 days, we will not be the same country we were before the Oklahoma City bombing. I hate to bust your bubble, it is changed.

[Wilms]

5. Boo!

Just kidding.

[tecelote]

27. Boo!

I love it!

Who jumped?

[tecelote]

28. C'mon

We're in these wars because we were afraid, not rational.

[Scuba]

10. You are correct; we've made it much worse.

[G_j]

17. Yea, but Tom Ridge?

Leave it to CNN...

[BeyondGeography]

3. 12 other people saw that

Nine were asleep on their sofa.

[Journeyman]

4. And the Democratic administration, too . . .

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141089820

Got that "homeland" crap going too . . .

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/isis-pushing-us-environment-threats-homeland-homeland-security/story?id=30934206

Hard to be black & white in a greyscale world. . .

[House of Roberts]

6. Three days ago we got this, too.

FBI Director James Comey said Thursday there are "hundreds, maybe thousands" of people across the country who are receiving recruitment overtures from the terrorist group or directives to attack the U.S.

[avebury]

7. If you consider that the terror threat is

the police then that would be a correct assessment. If you consider the terror threat from being from outside the US, he is full of BS.

[snappyturtle]

8. I can't watch CNN or the others anymore. You are a brave soul.

In my heart of old hearts, the fear propaganda of the last 20 years is just that. Follow the money. eom

[AngryDem001]

9. They have it on at the gym.

I don't even watch TV at home.

Being forced to listen to cable newz would be torture. Seriously. I would start screaming.

[spanone]

11. fuck ridge...goddamn neocon

i fear what 'they' could do to get another neocon in the white house....i put nothing past the MIC/CIA

[DawgHouse]

12. I've become immune to it, I think.

Those talking heads are just background noise to me.

[Martin Eden]

13. We have met the Enemy and He is Us

Sure, there are terrorists in this world who want to kill Americans.

But a much bigger threat than foreign terrorists launching attacks in the US has been our government's response to terrorism. The stupid wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have been far more costly to Americans in terms of blood and treasure than 9/11. These colossal strategic blunders and war crimes have poured fuel on the flames of terrorism and severely degraded our position as leader of the free world.

Tom Ridge might be correct when he says the US is in more danger today, but the mindset and course of action he represents is dangerously wrong about how that has come to pass and what we should do about it.

[Marie Marie]

14. Tom Ridge would know...

After all, he was the genius that gave us the "colors" and duct tape to fight the terrorist threat that amazingly used to increase at the most opportune times for the Cheney/Bush administration.

He was a joke and unqualified for his position. If we are in more danger today, it is directly related to the horrible foreign policy blunders of his bosses. He should go back to oblivion - that is where he is most qualified.

[japple]

16. You mean this Tom Ridge?

or this Tom Ridge? https://www.ridgeglobal.com/tom-ridge/

[kairos12]

15. Wrap himself in plastic and duct tape and go away.

[Terra Alta]

18. you're probably a couple hundred times more likely to be killed in an auto accident

than in a terrorist attack.

[Historic NY]

19. Somebody should have asked him what "fucking color" were at.

and wheres the duct tape.

[summerschild]

20. It could be worse. You remember when the anthrax attacks

were released to scare Congress into passing the Patriot Act?

So in order to get them to renew it now, guess they felt like they had to do something.

Never thought I would wonder about this administration like that, but it makes me wonder......

They are definitely turning up the drum beat to war.......

[AngryAmish]

21. I didnt rub raw habeneros on my crotch today.

It felt good.

I also did not watch CNN.

[Enthusiast]

25. Well said.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

33. Good one!

[AngryDem001]

34. HAHAHAHAHA!!!

[840high]

22. Isis does worry me.

[Enthusiast]

24. Not me.

[AngryDem001]

35. Me neither.

Republicans worry me far more.

[Enthusiast]

23. It's complete bullshit.

But that doesn't rule out the possibility that the MIC/intelligence community will stage another false flag event to justify their own existence. They'll blame this one on Iran.

[Ford_Prefect]

26. They are setting us up yet again. The sky is falling! The sky is falling!

Meanwhile the real terrorists are never arrested.

Not one banker, or investment house, or hate spewing demagogue, nor Cliven Bundy sits in jail. And NSA hasn't stopped one plot or "event" with all of its eavesdropping and billions spent.

It must be time to re-up the legal fictions one more time, eh????????????

[whereisjustice]

29. Meanwhile, 100,000 people a year are killed or injured by gun violence. Crickets.

[HereSince1628]

30. Patriot Act gave them powers they drool over...without fear it won't be renewed.

[Botany]

31. I thought that the Dept. of Homeland Security and the Global War on Terror was gonna make us safe?

[Spitfire of ATJ]

32. CNN: How America cries Wolf.