What happened to the Orange Alerts?

[elperromagico]

Has the Administration stopped reporting any potential terrorist threats in order to foster the idea that the war in Iraq made the US safer? I can't believe that terrorists have suddenly stopped plotting attacks against us.

Any opinions?

[FDRrocks]

1. It's an illsuion..

The war on Afghanistan and Iraq has made American soil less safe. See, we've tried killing brown people, it doesn't work, it just increases shit. We need to appease these bastards. I belive, personally, as long as we invade Muslim holy land for our interests... and support Israel, we will get attacked.

[TBURNS]

2. Orange Alerts

I think the Bush administratin stopped issuing in fear that americans will take for granted, if nothing happened.

Kind of like the shepard that cried wolf. Hear it so many times, nothing happens, it is useless.

T.B.
http://conservativeissues.com
Balancing out Politics

[freeforall]

3. Interesting that you mention it...

I was just thinking about it this morning, and wondering why the government hasn't posted an alert in awhile. Especially with all the recent bombings, and the warning that large cities could be targets of terrorist activity.

[elperromagico]

5. It's very hard to campaign on making the US safer

when there's a terror alert coming out every few weeks. That's why I believe they've stopped issuing the alerts. The Administration wants voters to think that the war in Iraq is making the US safer. "The terrorists have given up; they're no longer plotting against us. We've put the fear of God into them."

There is a drawback to this, however. The Orange Alerts help the Administration to cover its ass. If another attack occurred, they could say, "Well, we warned you." But if they aren't issuing the alerts, they could appear to be caught off-guard by an attack.

Then again, I never knew what to do when an orange alert was issued (other than stock up on the duct tape and plastic sheeting).

[TreasonousBastard]

4. Somebody slapped a brain cell...

and realized it was a really, really, stupid idea to begin with.

[kyrasdad]

6. Christopher Lowell has been hired to redo them

They are now...

Blue: Turquoise
Green: Celery
Yellow: Melon
Orange: Butterscotch
Red: Poinsettia

[elperromagico]

7. Get the Fab Five on it

and it will have my full support.

While we're at it, let's put Tom Ridge on "Ricki Lake" and give him a makeover.

[not systems]

8. Orange alerts not needed after mission accomplished.

We are safe now.

No need to worry about a thing.

[elperromagico]

9. Ahh, I forgot

Those soldiers aren't dying, they're demonstrating our success in Iraq.

Thanks for setting me straight. :toast:

[leftofthedial]

10. The alert system is a PR campaign, not actual warnings of anything

They don't need the alerts to make people afraid anymore. The escalating quagmire in Iraq and the flatlining economy are scary enough.

Besides the PR guy who used to put together the phony "security alert warnings" is busy fulltime covering up for Bush's lies, now that the media at least mention them for a day or two before sweeping them under the rug.

[slaveplanet]

11. Some alerts

If something happens I suppose they'll just skip to Red....

11-3-03* between lunar eclipse of Nov. 9th and solar eclipse of Nov. 23 Washington, New York, Los Angeles Unknown White House, New York, Los Angeles message posted by Al-Islah (Reform) society US intel agents believe this threat to be real
10-29-03**

this report issued by Al-Islah calls for all Muslims to vacate NYC, DC & LA....

[nyrnyr1994]

13. Whoa...(Trying my best Keeanu Reaves impression)

Where did you see this?

[slaveplanet]

14. here

www.stevequayle.com a frequent guest on art bell, or coast to coast.

a bit on the paranoid side....but this alert is real , and being picked up more widely.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=659195

[Media_Lies_Daily]

12. Those will only be used when martial law needs to be declared.

[dbt]

15. "Orange" was such a PEDESTRIAN flavor

It's been replaced by Free Range Mango With Just A Murmur Of Kiwi And A Twist Of Lemming.

:evilgrin:
dbt

[NNN0LHI]

16. They found out that the guy in charge of the color coding was color blind

And that was the end of that.

Don

[thebigidea]

17. CONSTANT ORANGE ALERT

Where am I? In the Village...

[snippy]

18. Republican state and local governments were ripping the administration

a new asshole for not helping to pay for the costs of going to a higher alert status. There were a lot of articles about this the last time the administration considered raising the alert level. There also was concern about Bush and Ridge being mocked to an unacceptable degree. So for economic and political reasons it was decided that the alert level should no longer be changed based on intelligence reports unless the evidence was overwhelming. Note that this standard does not apply to invading another sovereign nation.

[OneTwentyoNine]

19. Because Crayola retired that color,working on a new one for Chimpboy.

Just as soon as they can get a new box to Ridge and give him time to test it out in his new coloring book then we'll be back with more vibrant colors for useless warnings.

David

[nyrnyr1994]

20. I'm still waiting for Ben & Jerry to

come out with new flavors based on the alerts:

Tranquil Blue Berry
Cautious Green Apple

Someone try and do the other three:
Yellow
Orange
Red