ABC News: Attacks from Al Quaeda imminent in NYC

[PCIntern]

right now on nightly news

[bluestateguy]

1. Remember the story of the Boy Who Cried Wolf?

I do, and the boy has cried too many times for me to make a fuss.

[PCIntern]

3. Eggs-actly my fine friend...

here we go again...

[papau]

53. The rioters against the correct count in Florida were paid GOP types

Nixon paid folks to cause problems and look like they were Dems.

The idea that Rove/Bush/GOP would pay folks to look like an attack on the GOP convention is not too far a stretch.

Fear is all Bush has to sell at this point.

[Judi Lynn]

98. You voiced what a lot of us are thinking. No doubt about it.

You'd think some of the slow learning Republicans would start putting the pieces together, and realizing some of the things we've known for ages.

I wouldn't WANT to be part of a group which has been the ONLY one to do nasty, dirty, underhanded, and CRIMINAL things to succeed for ages.

If they had anything GOOD to do on earth, they wouldn't have to do evil to keep control.

Who wants to be a part of something EVIL, for crissakes? How proud can they be of THAT? Dirtballs.



David Bossie
Republican celebrity of the day

http://www.americanpolitics.com/050798DISpatch.html
http://www.citizensunited.org/about/bossie.html
http://www.dailyhowler.com/h051298_1.shtml
http://www.salon.com/news/1998/05/07news.html

Interview in which he claims Michael Moore is trying to influence the election through release of his "9/ll":

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3419-2004Jun24.html

Bossie never sleeps. They've probably got a million just like him.

[Drifter]

113. And when the Wolf does finally show up ...

it will be big and it will be bad.

Welcome to the Decade of Terror, brought to you by the US Government, a paid subsidiary of Halliburton.

Cheers
Drifter

[saigon68]

134. THE WOLF IS COMING THE WOLF IS COMING THE WOLF IS COMING

THE WOLF IS COMING THE WOLF IS COMING THE WOLF IS COMING
THE WOLF IS COMING THE WOLF IS COMING THE WOLF IS COMING
THE WOLF IS COMING THE WOLF IS COMING THE WOLF IS COMING
THE WOLF IS COMING THE WOLF IS COMING THE WOLF IS COMING
THE WOLF IS COMING THE WOLF IS COMING THE WOLF IS COMING
THE WOLF IS COMING THE WOLF IS COMING THE WOLF IS COMING
THE WOLF IS COMING THE WOLF IS COMING THE WOLF IS COMING
THE WOLF IS COMING THE WOLF IS COMING THE WOLF IS COMING
THE WOLF IS COMING THE WOLF IS COMING THE WOLF IS COMING
THE WOLF IS COMING THE WOLF IS COMING THE WOLF IS COMING
THE WOLF IS COMING THE WOLF IS COMING THE WOLF IS COMING
THE WOLF IS COMING THE WOLF IS COMING THE WOLF IS COMING

[Zeke]

32. Noooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I believe NONE OF IT!

NOTHING TO SEE HERE.

Bush Inc: all lies, all the time.

Mass Weapons of Distraction.

[Bok_Tukalo]

33. I remember that story

The moral was, I believe, the wolf exists.

[uhhuh]

39. You don't get any points for this answer

The moral of the story is if you lie all the time, when you tell the truth, nobody will believe you. The wolf could have been any lie.

Next Week:

The Emperor's New Clothes...

[Bok_Tukalo]

59. We see the fable differently

Where you see the importance of veracity, I see the importance of veracity in the face of danger.

[belle]

122. Well, yeah. Which makes it worse that the fuckers are LYING THEIR ASSES

off about this, now doesn't it?

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

127. Ah, I see.

When NOT in the face of danger, veracity isn't important. Uh-huh.

[Rex]

41. That's pretty funny.

Thanks for the laugh!

[alfredo]

54. No one is doubting the existence of the wolf, but the problem is

the messenger has lost so much credibility.

If we stop listening. who's fault is it?

[HereSince1628]

61. That sure looks like MI brass to me...

Of course its been more than 30 years since I wore it, so I could be wrong.

[alfredo]

89. It sure is

It's been since 1969 for me.

ASA Kagnew

[HereSince1628]

99. ASA, too

Longest stays were Udorn and Vint Hill

[alfredo]

103. All my time in Africa

05H20

It is obvious to me that either bush inc were arrogant and clueless about the Arab nations, or they wanted a war of cultures.

Read "Imperial Hubris" and you know why they are attacking us.

[jmowreader]

125. Udorn?

Did you know a Raymond J. McKnight?

[leesa]

105. Duh! You missed the moral of that one!

[imax2268]

51. but...but...but...

according to BushCO...America is safer...

[saigon68]

110. Woof woof wolf

disgusting

[VolcanoJen]

2. More, please....

... top story? Where are they getting their info?'

ETA: Just tuned in, and the threat must not be all that serious, since they're talking about Mike Tyson right now. :D

[PCIntern]

5. the usual...

"administration sources"...

[Seabiscuit]

6. From Meister Karl, mein freund

nt

[VolcanoJen]

9. Vielen Dank!

Herr Rove, naturlich!!!

[Jackpine Radical]

60. Ja, natürlich.

[aquart]

4. New York, huh? Same old, same old.

Well, they do call it the New Jerusalem.

[The Spirit of JFK]

7. All RNC protest permits rescinded

For "national security reasons" you understand.

Mark my words.

[aquart]

12. The trouble is......

How do they top themselves?

Blow up a truck? I mean, 200 dead upset Madrid, but after 9/11?

Did ABC say if they believed a word of it?

And if they're saying they'll blow up George.....Are they saying they'll blow up George?

Cause it's a great way out for the Republicans.

[Massacure]

8. Now is too soon for Bush to stage one.

The democrats would paint him as a miserable failure, and it would sink in by November.

[Mr.Green93]

10. any attack will be blamed on bush

[Myrina]

23. Not unless Ridge and the Heimatspolizei intercepted it ...

... just think 'Our fearless leaders and Homeland Security SAVED New York City'

Rah Rah Rah ... Ticker tape parade for our humble Fuhrer who was quoted as saying 'Well shucks, ma'am ... jus doing mah job to free Amerkuh from the eeevil doers'!!


:scared: I wouldn't put it past them to stage a '4th and inches' stop of the big, bad terra-ists ...

[leesa]

106. But Ridge is off to make more money, no?

I suspect he is cashing in big time on sales of anti-terrorism devices.

[IndianaGreen]

11. ABC News: Big Apple Terror?

Big Apple Terror?
Sources: Al Qaeda Plotting to Attack New York City Corporations

N E W Y O R K, July 31, 2004 — ABC News has learned that federal and New York City officials have received credible intelligence that al Qaeda has been plotting to carry out suicide attacks on corporations based in the city.

Sources at several law enforcement agencies tell ABC News that an "overseas source" has provided the information about the threat to New York and that it is more significant than the usual "chatter" intercepted from likely terrorists that has prompted warnings in the past.

Officials from dozens of local and federal agencies met into the night Friday and again this morning.

Intelligence sources say al Qaeda plans to move non-Arab terrorists across the border with Mexico. Authorities already have in custody a woman of Pakistani-origin arrested after crossing into Texas. She carried a South African passport with several of the pages torn out, $7,000 in cash and an airplane ticket to New York.

http://abcnews.go.com/sections/WNT/US/new_york_city_terror_threat_040731-1.html

[PCIntern]

13. I just posted in the GD thread:

13. Dan Harris: New shithead on the block


Kerry's 'long-winded' speeches.

Drop dead, MF. If it takes more than three three-syllable words, it's too much for these dumb bastards.

e-mail ABC and tell them to shape up.


Alert

[fearnobush]

20. Let them have it.

ABC News
47 W. 66 St., New York, NY 10023
Phone: [phone]
D.C. Bureau phone: [phone]
General e-mail:

ABC World News Tonight with Peter Jennings:
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
E-mail:

Nightline:
1717 DeSales St., NW, Washington, DC 20036
Phone: [phone]
E-mail:

20/20:
147 Columbus Ave., 10th fl, New York, NY 10023
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
E-mail: <[e-mail]>

ABC's Good Morning America:
147 Columbus Ave., New York, NY 10023
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
E-mail:

[Eloriel]

63. OMG, OMG, OMFG -- READ THIS!!!!! URGENT!! LIHOP AGAIN??

What In The World Is Going On Along The Mexican Border
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x2124884

LIHOP/MIHOP theories regarding 9/11 have never gained much credibility with me. My view has been that the administration placed too little emphasis on counterterrorism since it was one of the major concerns of the Clinton administration, thus facilitating the 9/11 attackers through bureaucratic incompetence.

However, when I hear the following during an interview on "Lou Dobbs Tonight" 1-1/2 months ago:

" . . agents are forced to sit eight to 10 hours a day in one spot in order not to move from that spot, even if aliens are crossing within yards of them . . . This comes straight from the top and nobody has signed an order to that effect, but those are the standing orders out there in the field, and if agents violate them, they are subject to discipline."

Then an article in a Tombstone, AZ paper that states:

". . . at least two documented accounts of Border Patrol agents encountering large groups of non-Spanish speaking males in the Chiricahua foothills and on trails along the high mountain areas . . . 71 suspected illegal aliens were apprehended; among them were 53 males of middle-eastern descent"

Then our 'terra' warning of this week for CA and NM.

Kinda gets you thinkin' about a LIHOP around the time of the election.

+++++
FBI Issues Terror Warning for Calif., N.M.
July 30, 2004

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,1282,-436683...
. . .

The FBI warned police in California and New Mexico that it received information about possible terrorist activity in their states. However, the warning wasn't specific about particular targets or a method of attack, a federal law enforcement official said Thursday.

. . .

+++++
Breaking Silence over a Possible Terror Threat
July 23, 2004

http://www.sftt.org/cgi-bin/csNews/csNews.cgi?database=...

. . .

According to the Tombstone editor’s sources, on June 13, 2004, Border Patrol agents from the Wilcox, Ariz., patrol station encountered a large group of illegal border crossers in the Chiricaucha Mountain foothills, just east of what is known as The Sanders Ranch. Agents estimated that the group comprised about 100 people.

Border Patrol sources who were present at this mass apprehension state that they seized 71 illegal aliens, of whom 53 were males of Middle Eastern decent. The suspects did not speak Spanish and spoke only poor English, sources told the newspaper.

In fact, after a group of the detainees had been placed in a transport van, one Border Patrol agents on the scene who speaks Arabic and Farsi, the native language of Iran, clearly overheard the detainees speaking Arabic through an air vent in the transport vehicle.

Higher-ups in the Border Patrol allegedly ordered these agents involved not to say a thing to the news media.

-- more --

[Demeter]

15. She Couldn't Even Do Extreme Shopping In NY with $7k

pull the other one, please. I like to keep balanced.

[fearnobush]

16. They will only attack if they feel Bush in going to lose.

[lottie244]

17. You know, all they have to keep doing is putting out false intel and watch

us scurry in fear. We will never know when they really hit us. Unless, of course, something is staged for public consumption to show that Bush is keeping us safe. Remember, the public heard very little, if anything, about the millenium attacks that were thwarted until they started accusing Clinton of doing nothing to protect us. But if this regime stages an event you will hear about it all around the world. I just don't put anything past them. That's really a shame, isn't it. To have to think that your own government would be plotting against us.

[goforit]

26. Yep a "Wag the dog " gone mad!!!

False intel alright!!

The GOP has agonized over going to NYC for some time now.

And what a perfect out, eh?

[uhhuh]

21. NEW IMPROVED TERROR WARNINGS!!!

With 30% MORE significance than the regular chatter!!!


Sorry. Still not interested in your stale product, ABC.

[Tight_rope]

81. LOL...I like that...

[aquart]

24. How do you attack a corporation????

I mean, the only thing that really hurts them is computer crime...and honest competition.

If they go after employees....well, thousands of out of work execs will submit resumes.

If they go after the real estate....construction boom.

If the go after CEOs.....well, that's just too damn bad.

It just doesn't sound right. You can't hurt a corporation with a car bomb.

[iconoclastic cat]

35. Blow up golf course clubhouses?

[aquart]

46. Providing new construction work.

Because they will always rebuild the golf course clubhouse.

[Tight_rope]

82. LOL...

[wordout]

112. LOL! Dead Kennedys are Al-Qaida!!!

Down at the arsenal they keep the nerve gasses
Guarded day and night by caged white rabbits
Been sitting there for years
I'm gonna have at it
I cut through the fence, run right in and grab it
Go crazy crazy crazy crazy:

Now I got my own mustard gas in my pocket
Climb on a tree on a branch and drop it
On a country club full of Saturday golfers
So I can watch them die chokin' shakin'in convulsions
Go crazy crazy crazy crazy
Crazy crazy crazy crazy:

Chemical Warfare Chemical Warfare
Chemical Warfare Warfare Warfare

Panic in the air
See the headless chickens runnin'
Golf carts head on crashin'
Crackin' heads wide open
Scratch the grass, mister, you can't breath
And roll and writhe in a sandtrap
Starting to heave
Claw those clubs, lemme see you seethe
Crazy Crazy Crazy Crazy Crazy Crazy

Chemical Warfare Chemical Warfare
Chemical Warfare Warfare Warfare

Yellow air
Yellow clouds
Blowin' down down down the fairway
Sensitive to the touch
Mowin' down the putting green
Heading straight for the big clubhouse
Where the stuffed country club
Effervescent ladies, so carefree
Relax, pose by the pool
Limber limp with a dry martini
Until...


--Great tune!

[burythehatchet]

91. lack of imagination is a scary thing.

[goforit]

25. Sounds like the GOP really doesn't want the convention in NYC.....

Can they really feel uncomfortable and quilty knowing
the spirits of 911 will haunt them?

To be a GOP member you have to have no conscience.

[belle]

123. Oh, they'll have it. They just want it nice 'n' docile.

Good luck with that, say I.

[Tight_rope]

74. "overseas source"?: Have we been listening to Chelabi again!

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

120. "overseas source"

The Poodle?


or The Knight?

[earthside]

14. Fear Is the First Resort of a Tyrant

Big Apple Terror?
Sources: Al Qaeda Plotting to Attack New York City Corporations

http://abcnews.go.com/sections/WNT/US/new_york_city_terror_threat_040731-1.html

N E W  Y O R K, July 31, 2004 — ABC News has learned that federal and New York City officials have received credible intelligence that al Qaeda has been plotting to carry out suicide attacks on corporations based in the city.

Sources at several law enforcement agencies tell ABC News that an "overseas source" has provided the information about the threat to New York and that it is more significant than the usual "chatter" intercepted from likely terrorists that has prompted warnings in the past.

[muriel_volestrangler]

37. Does NYC have a separate 'alert level'?

From the ABC story:

"The NYPD recommends that corporate and institutional security directors review their protection of HVAC systems, parking installations, and security in general," the statement added. "The alert level for New York City remains unchanged at 'orange' or 'high.'"

But the Fatherland Security website says it's Yellow - Elevated.

Or don't they pay any attention to each other?

[malachibk]

44. NYC has been "orange" since 9/11

We've never even smelled yellow.

[Lizzie Borden]

70. NYC

Yeah, they do. For some reason they are always at the orange level. If anyone knows why, please let the rest of us know.

[nodehopper]

86. it's just been this way since 9/11

Bloomberg said so at the press conference during the last time national alert was raised to orange.

I suppose it's because we are considered a higher-probability target.

[leesa]

107. It's probably their version of a WMD...keep the terror alert at orange

until all you nasty NYC libruls go insane...er!

[Justice]

18. Forgive Me, but I guess Kerry's bus tour is attracting too much attention

[Barkley]

124. BINGO!

I read that Kerry had attracted 8,000 people at one rally in PA and 20,000 in Harrisburg, PA.

That's incredible!

These alerts are indeed intended to make people wearing of gathering in public places.

[stopbush]

19. Maybe they'll move the RNC to Florida or Texas. n/t

[aquart]

31. As long as they know the deposit isn't refundable.

[Tight_rope]

84. Oh no...not Texas...we have enough right-wing here to deal with!

I'll have to leave the state that week!

[rfkrocks]

22. announcement to the Bush Administration-

Thanks for invading Iraq instead of hunting down Al Quaeda-it was a brilliant strategy that you and your pin head neocon buddies developed- it made us weaker, alienated all of our allies and spent us into insolvency-I feel much safer now-so because of your MISERABLE FAILURE- we will be getting terror warnings forever-I truly believe you have squandered our country's resources and made it weaker than I can ever imagine-you have done what Hitler and Tojo couldn't do-thanks

[DemExpat]

27. FEAR really is all they have....

and they will try to use it....
:puke:

DemEx

[PCIntern]

28. I just sent this:

Date: 31 Jul 16:01 (PDT)
To: [e-mail]
Subject: Dan Harris 7/31/04

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Your reporter's gratuitous insults of the Democratic
nominee are quite frankly, offensive, not journalistic
whatsoever, and glaringly petty. Is this the best you
can do at the network level? At least the women on Fox
have better legs than Harris does, I'd rather listen to
them if I have to hear this nonsense. Tell him to get
with the program and become a reporter as he was
educated to be.

I use the passive voice because your reporters do
incessantly.

For Democraticunderground.com, I'm PCIntern.

[SoCalDem]

29. Well, of course they are.... Now go lie down and ..here's your blankie

:eyes:..

[PCIntern]

30. The sky is falling...

my only worry is that they're doing an 'intermittent reinforcement' thing so we'll always be creeped out at various intervals...and then WHAM...then the losses for a variable period again - think of this as a very very long slot machine session...

Orwell couldn't have conceived of this if he'd tried.

[democrank]

34. Al Qaeda attacks in New York?

One thing I know for sure....If it happens, I`m blaming it on Clinton`s penis.

Are we safer yet? Gee Whiz....should we have taken that detour into Iraq?

[Birthmark]

36. Perhaps they already attacked and we didn't notice?

[DaveSZ]

38. Have you all noticed...

how ABC has turned into the network equivalent of Fox?

We don't have a free press any longer in this country.

It's a joke now.

[Birthmark]

40. I haven't noticed lately

But I gave up TV news just before the Iraq War. I noticed then, though.

[DaveSZ]

42. Same here

Our corporate media failed us, and in the case of GE/NBC, well, how objective could a war profiteering corporatation really be?

[nodehopper]

87. not mainstream press

of course, there is Free Speech TV, indymedia, etc.

[jus_the_facts]

114. Prescott Bush* gains controlling interest in CBS in the 1930's.......

.....the MEDIA has always been controlled....what's happening now isn't anything that hasn't already happened before....we're experiencing a pre WW2 REDUX of propaganda techniques....check out this compilation of historic events and realize they've manipulated our democracy to their agenda and profit for a century and counting...we've been their pawns all along....their slaves in this farce of a so called democracy.... :nopity:


http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=1095506

1931-1939

Special Committee on Un-American Activities begins to investigate anti-semitic literature, fascist groups and Nazi propaganda in US;

Prescott Bush gains controlling interest in CBS;

Howard Hughes;

J. Edgar Hoover manipulates press and politicians, lives the high life;

Hitler enters government with legal help from Dulles brothers and financial help of Bush/Harriman;

the spread of 'Christian Fascist' groups;

radio evangelism broadcasts hatred of Jews, Communism and Roosevelt;

all Nazi commerce with US coordinated through Harriman International Co;

"deranged loner" tries to shoot Roosevelt;

Socal, later Unocal, obtains exclusive oil concession in new desert Kingdom of Saudi Arabia;

[Media_Lies_Daily]

43. Maybe they're referring to the RNC arriving in about four weeks.

[Melsky]

50. They said attacks on corporations though

The RNC would be more of an attack on regular people

[Dem2theMax]

45. I just logged on and didn't see this anywhere.

Sorry if it's a dup.
I ran across it yesterday.

Friday, July 30, 2004 Posted: 2:58 PM EDT (1858 GMT)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- President George W. Bush may be tapping into solid human psychology when he invokes the September 11 attacks while campaigning for the next election, U.S. researchers said on Thursday.

Talking about death can raise people's need for psychological security, the researchers report in studies to be published in the December issue of the journal Psychological Science and the September issue of the Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.

"There are people all over who are claiming every time Bush is in trouble he generates fear by declaring an imminent threat," said Sheldon Solomon of Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York, who worked on the study.

"We are saying this is psychologically useful," said Solomon.


more...

http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/07/30/vote.psych.reut/index.html

[TahitiNut]

73. That was discussed here ...

Fear of Death Wins Minds and Votes, Study Finds (Terror Warnings)

[rawstory]

47. LINK?

thanks.

[Junkdrawer]

67. LINK HERE

http://abcnews.go.com/sections/WNT/US/new_york_city_terror_threat_040731-1.html

[shawn703]

88. Imminent my ass

That's an irresponsible word to be using. If an attack is imminent, that means brace yourselves because the terrorists have the bombs loaded in their trucks, and they're just waiting for the orders to start setting them off. They should have said they are threatening to attack, if that.

And aren't they supposed to go to code red if an attack is imminent?

[demoman123]

132. This is dated July 31 n/t

[The_Casual_Observer]

48. "Intercepted from likely terrorists"

I have to wonder just exactly what this could possibly mean......

What the hell is a "likely terrorist"?

I am constantly reminded of what a naive fucked up society we live in.

[Zorra]

49. Dear al Qaeda: Please do not hurt any members of the Bu$h

administration or leading republicans.

Please, please do not deprive the American public of the satisfaction of seeing them put on trial and thrown into prison for treason and corruption convictions.

[Zynx]

52. If Bush did a good job against the terrorists, why should we fear them?

hmmmm?

[MikeG]

55. That's it, cancel the Repug convention. They get no bounce.

[Chelsea Patriot]

56. "Oh, Mary! You're So Camp!"

[radfringe]

57. bush*'s numbers must be dropping again

http://www.pollingreport.com/

[Zynx]

58. There is a disturbing correlation.

A year and a half ago I didn't believe it that much, but now I do.

[radfringe]

102. my 'terra-poll' graphs

http://radicalfringe.freeservers.com/about.html

(will be updating them over the next couple of days)

[symbolman]

62. Dear god!

We have to SAVE the CORPORATIONS!!

What will we do without them, they've been so good to us.. are these MEDIA Corporations by any chance?

Which corporations? Halliburton? Bechtel?

Once again the sky is falling and Chicken Little is in charge.

I call this Bush's "Terrorist Enhancement Program" -- by bombing Iraq instead of going after Al Queda he's growing the Terror Business..

Knowing that everything he does fails makes me think that all will be well.. but I agree with the poster above, this will either cancel all Protest applications or else a million DARTH VADERS are going to stand on hundreds of heads..

the protest in Boston were a joke compared to the people with a legitimate beef that will be showing up in NYC..

while Bush stands on the dead that he KILLED and tells us all how safe we are :)

[mark wayne]

64. They really mean it this time!

Direct from Tom Ridge/John Ashcroft for your weekly scare.

[Bluebear]

66. Welcome to DU mark wayne!

[Rockholm]

111. WTF? This mis-administration is so full of it!

Transparent. George, you are your band of thugs are liars. Plain and simple. Divide and Conquer versus Baffle them with Bullshit. Bush uses the first and the media uses the second. ARRRGH.

[Corgigal]

65. I watched CBS news tonight

and not a word on this URGENT matter. You would think someone could have picked up the phone to call the newsroom or something. If it wasn't for DU I wouldn't have this URGENT information.

All I did was watch the wrong news. Gee, you would think they would all ALL of the press to tell us the peeps. (sarcasm out)

[struggle4progress]

68. Oooh, I feels all dizzy and woozy ...

bein' as I'se safer than ever, but not safer enough. So, thank you, Mr. Boosh, and let's all worry more. We ain't just turnin' a corner, We'se bein' spinned around an' round.

[kohodog]

78. But we're safer now, we're safer now, we're safer now.

Fucking asshole. We have to get him and his cronies out and into a cell where they belong.

[ItsMyParty]

69. Oh for Christ's sake

As Peter Bergen and Joseph Bodanski who have written for years about and met with bin Laden have stated: these boys never, never do what is epected. They strike in their own time and at their own pace. They will strike when no one expects---the RNC convention is too "expected". If there really was a credible threat, Bush would be on a plane running for his useless life and refusing to go any where near NYC. But he would return to stand on the pile of blown up bodies to talk into a bull horn and scream "I'm a hero". Why would the terrorists waste a bomb on that useless piece of shit???

[Tight_rope]

79. Why would the terrorists waste a bomb on a useless piece of shit (Bush)?

I agree with you. Bush is on their side. He gives them money and weapons of WMD.

[Steven_S]

71. ABC News is a pathetic joke...

My children are better informed. In fact, sometimes we watch something on it and then go online to find that their "facts" have already been debunked.

It's only good to teach the children that sometimes grownups don't always tell the truth, and that some people are terribly misinformed.

[sheelz]

72. New Bush TV Ad

www.georgebush.com

It's a good one, nothing but FEAR, lol! or MIHOP :puke:

[tlcandie]

76. Moving American forward to the brink of destruction!

I hated that movie that they took the opening and closing scenes from! Talk about fear!!

[Tight_rope]

80. The video was blurry. I wonder why!

[sheelz]

85. Symbolic

Watery eyes?

[LeftofU]

94. Plays well with the christians......

..........the whole "Poltergiest" door bit.He's knocking.......

[Tight_rope]

75. BE AFRAID....BE VERY AFRAID OF THESE LIES!

[Disturbed]

77. Immenent like Iraq was?

ABC-TV owner Walt Disney Company

[homelandpunk]

83. Homeland Security: Go fuck yourself.

John Ashcroft: Go stick a crucifix up your ass.
Tom Ridge: Eat shit and die.
I am so sick of you motherfuckers and your mindfucks with the populace. You unamerican nazi hijackers.

[daleo]

90. Bush better stock up on some reading material then

There must be other "Pet" books to read.

[AlFrankenFan]

92. Saw something on CNN..."developing story"

I don't know if it was live or a repeat or breaking or what, but I'm not sure I can buy it. As an earlier poster used the reference to "The Boy Who Cried Wolf", you can only frighten the American public with "intelligence" like this enough times until we get pissed and stop believing you.

[Kool Kitty]

93. Yes, this is the same as the CNN "breaking story".

Run, RUN, RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!!! Oh, sorry, nevermind. I'm sick of this crap. Every time they need a distraction, it becomes "All terror, all the time" on every fuckin' station. No specifics, not even this time. Attacks on corporations? In NYC? Well, that narrows it down to about a ZILLION different locations.

The Senator or Representative that Michael Moore put in his "Fahrenheit 911" film was exactly right. They keep scaring eveyone with these vague threats to keep everyone under control. It's starting to remind me of the Cold War stuff when I was a kid.

If you'll excuse me, I have to go "duck and cover" under my desk now.
:scared:

[AlFrankenFan]

95. That's why I'm trying to stop watching the damned "mainstream" media

Too much of a fear factor to draw in ratings. The whores.

[Kool Kitty]

96. You're right. It's ratings and using the fear to

keep everyone just a little bit off-center, it's like mind control.

[lebkuchen]

97. Bush may be the best candidate for Bin Laden's recruiting mission

but if Bush slithers in again, it's open season on Iraqi citizens, with Iran and Syria to follow. Bin Laden may now have all the recruits he needs, and those Muslims must be steaming over the U.S.' ever growing control of the Middle East than ever before.

I could see the Bin Laden followers making a large section of the US uninhabitable via a nuke attack. That would pretty much put a damper on "Results matter" and keep the US busy with its own affairs than worry about Iraq's.

Berlusconi has been warned to pull troops out of Iraq. If Italy gets hit, Spain-style, what message will that send to US voters? The message I would get is "Leave or be next."

I believe Richard Clarke. Bush has made the U.S. less safe. I believe it's only a matter of time, and I won't be surprised in the least.

[CJCRANE]

100. These warnings are 3 years too late n/t

.

[WinterStorm]

101. Look up in the sky it's a plane, it's a bird no it's Al Queada

He's bullshitted so much that this time it might be the real deal.

The boy who cried wolf lied so many times that when he told the truth no one believed him.

BS George just might get his wish at the re-thug convention.

But, I think that what they are planning on doing is making sure that there are no protesters. If they have a threat then the protesters can't protest can they.

:grr:

[leesa]

104. Such Horseshit! Making sure protestors are frightened into staying home

There is no way that these media whores for the Bush Crime Family can possibly avoid charges of treason. They have been exposed for their complicity and yet they continue.

[AngryWhiteLiberal]

109. Exactly! They did the same thing right before the pre-war NYC protests

My wife and I attended the massive pre-war NYC protests, and we didn't let the transparent raising of the threat color level two days before keep us from exercising our Constitutional right to free speech.

We plan to do the same for the RNC Convention, and if it means getting arrested for speaking our minds...then so be it.

JB

[VolcanoJen]

108. Kick

:dem:

[The_Casual_Observer]

115. we are safer now that Saddam is gone - they hate us for our freedom

thus spake chimpathoustra

[fortyfeetunder]

116. What TV? I get my news from DU *& the web

No way am I going to turn on the TV. I don't need the stress. I surf DU a few times a day, and a few newspaper websites just to see what is up.

[Gyre]

128. Smart. Very smart. Kill your TV (or just don't buy cable service)

The only way to protect yourself from being brainwashed is to not watch it. Assume when you're watching TV that you're being brainwashed to buy shit you don't need, or to believe stuff with no logical foundation that advances some position of corporate America.

The FCC needs to be totally overhauled, but until that happens the only way to keep your brain safe is to refuse to watch. It's an easy transition for us news junkies w/ the internet and a good connection.

Gyre

[slackmaster]

117. I overslept - Did I miss anything?

Looks like NYC is still there. Another false alarm. What a surprise!

[loudsue]

118. They'll prolly bring out some of the Arab Americans they've been holding

since 9/11, and parade them before the TV cameras, telling Americans "LOOK!!! WE'VE CAUGHT THESE TERRORISTS BEFORE THEY ATTACKED NEW YORK CITY!!!"

Then, they'll lock 'em away in Gitmo, with no lawyers, and the networks won't be allowed to interview their family members.

The bush cabal has been holding lots of Arab Americans in detainment since 9/11....just waiting for the chance to present them to their fellow citizens as "terrorists"...."about to strike".

The bush team will all be wearing their little white hats, riding in on white steeds..... MISSION ACCOMPLISHED all over again.

we know the rest.

:kick::kick:

[Mari333]

119. ABC news, owned by Disney...Eisner bailed out by Saudis

when EuroDisney was in the red, the Saudis bailed out Eisner. Another reason Eisner wouldnt do Farenheit 9/11.
Eisner is beholden to the Saudi family. Traitor.

"Disney may have another reason, not mentioned by the Times, to reject a film that might offend the Saudi royal family: A powerful member of the family, Al-Walid bin Talal, owns a major stake in Eurodisney and has been instrumental in the past in bailing out the financially troubled amusement park (AFP, 6/1/94). The project is facing a new cash crunch, and Al-Walid has been mentioned as a potential rescuer again (L.A. Times, 1/26/04). "

[The Animator]

121. ...Attacks from Al Quaeda imminent...

Imminent, you mean like the way that Iraq was an imminent threat?

I forsee a face off on live T.V. As Bush is addressing all the GOPs a couple of arab looking guys run onto the stage. These guys are more pale complected than you'd expect middle easterners to be, but they all scream some gobbly guck language we don't understand so they must be evil.

They all have guns and bombs and earpeices and stuff, and they threaten to kill everybody in the room. But they didn't count on Bush being such an ass-whoopin guy, and together with Arnold Schwartzenegger they stomp terrawrist butt right there on the stage, and FOX catches it all.

[PATRICK]

129. Probably said already

but according to a PBS Intel commentator and Ridge's own words that these are just mulled over targets from OLD documents. No imminence. No evidence of real plans at all. More baiting and rousting to give the nervous GOP nellies the excuse to do extra safety precautions and not be blamed or held to account. Victims of their own need for fear.

And the results of these constant scares give away our responses and vulnerabilities for a real, later attack with declining public credulity.

[bigworld]

126. Tin foil hat time? Prudential, Citi both big Dem contributors

This is a little creepy, but if you do an FEC contributors search, you'll find that both Prudential and Citi employees are pretty big contributors to Democrats - especially compared to other Financial Services companies, who usually suppoort the GOP.

These are the two company buildings which have been singled out by Ridge in his press conference today.

Maybe it's just a happy coincidence. I hope so. Because my tinfoil hat's getting worn entirely too much lately.


Jim in Lancaster PA

[0007]

130. Maybe the attack was below the threshold of conscious perception

Like when junior speaks to us, its a subliminal attack?

[Downtown Hound]

131. Yawn...

Bush poll numbers go down. Terror alerts go up. Snore...

[democrat_patriot]

133. Is this from 3 years ago?

I mean seriously. The more they do it, the more it gets ignored.

[htuttle]

135. They keep using that word, "imminent"

I do not think it means what they think it means...

[young_at_heart]

136. FEAR, FEAR......................POLLS, POLLS

George W is on the case! But, but.....why is he just NOW getting involved in all this? Think of all those billions in Iraq that could have been spent years ago for our defense, right here at home.