Are Americans that stupid or am I just worrying for nothing?

[femrap]

Recent events have me extremely worried. Let me review, OK?

First, ALL of the Air Force is standing down tomorrow, Sept. 14. And this is being done after receiving 2 tapes from OBL...the last of which discusses attacking the US.

Second, the Russian government is dismissed by Putin. The now ex-prime minister leaves by saying that the "resignation of the government was necessary because of 'APPROACHING SIGNIFICANT POLITICAL EVENTS.'"

Third, Abe of Japan quits and is possibly in the hospital for stress/exhaustion.

Fourth, the Money Boys over at Commodity Trading in NY are raising margin requirements by 25%. Is this because Gold may go on a big run due to the major collapse of the Dollar?

And last, GWB is addressing our once great nation tonight...to set the stage with more and more propaganda.

It all seems so surreal. I have a sick feeling in my stomach.

What are you feeling about recent events?

P.S. And even Rove didn't want any part of it....

[Nimrod2005]

1. I share your views on all of this....Holding my breath....nt

[midlife_mo_Jo]

19. I'm kind of feeling sick to my stomach

And there's not a darn thing we can do about it.

It's as if the government is putting Prozac in the water supply!

[Megahurtz]

49. Well They Put Plenty Of Fluoride

in the water supply which is also an ingredient of Prozac.
What does that tell you?

http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=14949

[midlife_mo_Jo]

21. Pentagon just releases tapes of 9/ll "mastermind's" confession

WHY NOW?

[TwilightGardener]

2. Are you sure ALL of the AF is standing down tomorrow, or just Air Combat Command?

[woodsprite]

7. According to this article, it's all

http://www.dailypress.com/news/local/hampton/dp-18333sy...

LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE - Planes at Langley Air Force Base will be grounded
Sept. 14 in response to an incident last week when a B-52 bomber was
mistakenly armed with six nuclear warheads and flown for three hours
across several states.

The stand-down was ordered by Air Combat Command and includes all jet
fighters and bombers in the Air Force. The command, headquartered at
Langley, oversees all of the service's fighters and bombers.

[Frustratedlady]

10. Link didn't work or article pulled...

[TwilightGardener]

14. Well, that looks like just ACC, which I think has all the bombers and fighters--

it's command-wide, but that's certainly not ALL of the AF. STRATCOM and AMC, for example, would not be standing down.

[woodsprite]

16. I hope you're right. Are their certain areas of coverage for these

different commands and divisions?

[TwilightGardener]

18. Yup--fighters and bombers are ACC, cargo/airlift is Air Mobility command, ground-based nukes

are STRATCOM (that's a joint command with the Navy)--these are the commands my husband has worked in, and then there's also ones I'm not familiar with such as Space Command, NORAD, Training and Eduaction Command, Materiel Command--Air Force is much more than just fighters and bombers. I doubt there would be a security risk because of the ACC stand-down.

[Niccolo_Macchiavelli]

29. guess where cheney will be that day

Cheney To Visit MacDill Friday

Posted Sep 12, 2007
by William March


Vice President Dick Cheney will make a stop at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa Friday, making a speech to members of the bases’ military components.

The event is not open to the public, but will be attended by members of Central Command, Special Operations Command and the 6th Air Mobility Wing.

[TwilightGardener]

30. I'm predicting that the (closed to the public) topic will be Iran. Goin' out on a limb here...

[riona]

34. Thanks for the info

I'll be sure not to go to the base Friday.

[Niccolo_Macchiavelli]

3. you forgot:

- that someone put ca. 7 billion € on put, that the stock market will fall in lets say epic proportions

- that one nuke might be unaccounted for

- emergency communication test (with presidential code) flimmering over Chicagos TV's

[Virginia Dare]

4. What's that emergency communication test you're talking about..

because some weird code scrawled over my screen the other day too. It was just a few seconds, I couldn't figure out what it was, I'd never seen it before. I hadn't thought much about it since. This is in D.C...geez, now my tinfoil hat just got tighter..:scared: :scared:

[Niccolo_Macchiavelli]

8. if i were you i'd not be in that city tomorrow

just a weird gut feeling.

i'll see if i i can fin dthe thread with the chicago stuff

[Virginia Dare]

25. I did a search and found it in the dungeon..

the thing I saw were some bright yellow letters on a red box with a bunch of gibberish on it. Very strange. I have to be in this city tomorrow, I've already read where cheney will be Florida, I wonder where the chimp is scheduled to be?...:scared: :scared:

[grace0418]

38. I *AM* in that city. What are you talking about?

You're freaking me out.

[grace0418]

44. I found the thread...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x1795124

[Homer Wells]

53. Oh KEE-rist!

We are flying overseas tomorrow and will be flying out of Dulles tomorrow evening around 6PM.

I'm starting to get that feeling I had on April 1, 1970, as I was waiting to depart Viet Nam for the States.

Hope it will be okay.



:(

[femrap]

5. Geez...hadn't

heard about Chicago....

I just feel sick. Maybe I'll go buy a few puts, as well.

Stay safe.

[Hollow Shells]

35. Report: Lab Not Tracking All Plutonium

By JENNIFER TALHELM
Associated Press
September 13, 2007

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A stockpile of plutonium and other nuclear weapons materials stored at Los Alamos National Laboratory hasn't been fully accounted for in 13 years or more, a government audit has found.

The northern New Mexico lab's workers have done regular, partial inventories of the material, which the government considers to be at high risk of theft, the audit by the Energy Department's inspector general, Gregory Friedman, found.

Yet an inventory of all the material hasn't been done in ''perhaps 13 years or more,'' Friedman wrote. It wasn't even done when the lab's management contract changed last year, investigators noted in the report made public Wednesday.

http://www.gopusa.com/news/2007/september/0913_plutonium.shtml

[Megahurtz]

50. How Convenient. n/t

[woodsprite]

6. Awww Man.... I hadn't even tied Japan and Russia into this.

I did connect all the rest of the dots. Now I'm even more uneasy.

As always, I've gone over with the kids what to do in the case of an emergency. Mainly because where hubby and I work is close to their schools and they evac'd 2 buildings under bomb threat last week. The kids walk over to our work after school, and I wanted them to know where we would meet them if WE had to evac OR what to do in the event if another 9/11 type situation occurred. Last time our building locked down. Also gave my daughter a cell phone so she has some way to communicate if they have any situation at her school.

I have a new appreciation for the feelings/worry that my mother experienced during the Cuban missle crisis when I was in school.

[Mrs. Overall]

9. Yes, Americans are that stupid. Yes, I am worried.

[Vickers]

11. Why oh why did I click on this thread?????

I need to go shopping or something to take my mind off things.

[woodsprite]

13. Retail therapy ALWAYS works for me! n/t

[Snarkturian Clone]

24. I had the same reaction nt.

[Dr. Strange]

31. 'Cause you're an American...

you're stupid! It's right in the title!

[Skittles]

47. you're stupid too, DuStrange

but I am........HEY WAIT A MINUTE!!! :o

[Dr. Strange]

58. Stoopid!

You're so stupid!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KezvwARhBIc
Cracks me up, every time. :rofl:

[Niccolo_Macchiavelli]

12. another maybe telling point

if i recall right there will be a rally September 15t in washington.

what are the chances that DC will be PACKED with angry activists the day before? What effect would it have to the anti-war movement if those activists perished?

[woodsprite]

15. Sept 15th is also when Gonzo officially resigns. n/t

[femrap]

20. Oh shit.....

I totally forgot about the March in DC on Saturday...I was thinking of going but have to work this weekend.

[Frustratedlady]

17. Didn't the British troops move to the Iran border, rather than going home?

The numbers were low, but still...... It must have been a hasty decision.

[Niccolo_Macchiavelli]

22. another piece to the mosaik

Cheney beeing in Tampa the 14th


Concerning the Troop deployment to washington

Families may get one or two opportunities to see loved ones during this year-long deployment, but it’s not encouraged. Though the solders are staying in the states, they are on serious business.

Can't have family remind them what conscience is or what part of the populace they belong to (hint: the future enemy)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x1798210
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copycatted from another thread:




Cheney To Visit MacDill Friday

Posted Sep 12, 2007
by William March


Vice President Dick Cheney will make a stop at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa Friday, making a speech to members of the bases’ military components.

The event is not open to the public, but will be attended by members of Central Command, Special Operations Command and the 6th Air Mobility Wing.




Coupled with this:

ACC orders commandwide standdown Friday

By Bruce Rolfsen - Staff writer
Posted : Monday Sep 10, 2007 17:38:42 EDT


On Sept. 14, flight lines will be very quiet at Air Combat Command bases.

The entire command — about 100,000 active-duty airmen — is standing down training flights and many other operations as part of a command-wide safety day.

Command boss Gen. Ronald Keys ordered the Sept. 14 safety standdown in the wake of the Aug. 30 nuclear incident at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., in which six cruise missiles armed with nuclear warheads were loaded onto a B-52H and then flown to Barksdale Air Force Base, La., without anyone on the ground or bomber realizing the nuclear weapons were on the plane. It was not until the B-52H was parked at Barksdale that ground crews discovered the cruise missiles were carrying real warheads.

Command spokesman Maj. Tom Crosson said wing commanders would determine how their units review operations and safety procedures and checklists.

Just how serious Keys takes the lapse of regulations at Minot is reflected in the fact that the safety stand-down is the first commandwide safety day in recent memory. In the past, the command has singled out specific types of aircraft for safety days and in 1997 the Department of Defense held a departmentwide safety review day.





And this:

Financial News: Mystery Trader Bets Market Will Crash By A Third

By Renee Schultes
August 16, 2007 9:27 AM


An anonymous investor has placed a bet on an index of Europe's top 50 stocks falling by a third by the end of September, as world equity markets plunged for a third day and volatility hit a three-year high.

The mystery investor has bought put option contracts on the DJ Eurostoxx 50 index that will result in a profit if it plunges to 2,800 or below by the end of September. Based on the 2,800 strike price, the position covers a notional EUR6.9 billion, and potentially even more using a market price of about 4,100 when the trades were done on Tuesday and Wednesday.

The identity of the investor is unknown but market sources speculated it was either a large hedge fund hedging itself against deepening losses, or a long-only fund manager pressing the panic button to protect its gains.

The investor has bought a total of 245,000 put options on the index. The September put option with a 2,800 strike was the most popular DJ Eurostoxx 50 contract yesterday, according to data from Bloomberg.

Volatility in European equity markets has risen sharply this week as investors cut back on the amount of risk they are taking. The VSTOXX index, which measures the volatility of the DJ Eurostoxx 50 index, hit 34 this morning, which is more than double its three-year average.

Similarly the volatility of the U.S. stock market was trading at almost three times its three-year average, hitting 30 yesterday.

.....




And this:


Local Troops Deploy To Nation's Capital (1st Battalion 265 Air Defense Artillery, Daytona Beach, FL)

POSTED: 12:20 pm EDT August 22, 2007


DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Members of the 1st Battalion 265 Air Defense Artillery have mobilized and are on a plane headed first to Ft. Bliss, then for federal active duty in the capital region.

The troops will be deployed for a year.

"It's going to be all right It's OK if he helps people and everything, and it's his job. He’s got to do it. He just got to do it," Jessica Ward said, whose father is being deployed.

Jessica speaks for many when she talks about her father's deployment.

Michael Ward and company are leaving for a year, and that weighs heavy on families.

The 265th is part of Operation Noble Eagle.

They are ordered by the president to the nation's capital, where they will operate high-tech weapons systems against any potential air threat.

.....

Families may get one or two opportunities to see loved ones during this year-long deployment, but it’s not encouraged. Though the solders are staying in the states, they are on serious business.

.....

[femrap]

26. Cheney in Tampa.....

omg. That's the HQ for the Central Command, right?

I can't stand this. All that keeps running thru my mind is...'There is no such thing as coincidence.'

Stay safe....I'm off the grocery store for some extra food and such....hopefully it won't be needed and I can then donate it to the local food bank.

[woodsprite]

23. When's that martial law practice session in Portland? Is it early Oct.? n/t

[donsu]

27. Rove didn't go anywhere - he is still part of it - just not working in the W.H.

nt

[rodeodance]

28. seems we are in a WHO can build the biggest bomb race with Russia now.

[ejbr]

32. Yes, we are that stupid

Only a slim majority believe that Bush is an illegitimate president, while others voted from him because he could protect us, eventhough he had not caught osama by the 2004 election. Yes, Americans are that stupid and you need to worry. Sorry.

[electron_blue]

33. Yes, and you left out the accidental tourist nuclear war heads

ps - don't rule Rove out. Just because he's resigned doesn't mean he's out of action. Many people w/o an official job for the white house are still very powerful with Bush.

[ClassWarrior]

36. Most of what the RW tries to frame as the stupidity of the masses...

...is really the corruption and criminality of the few.

NGU.

[fooj]

37. Here's more info...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=1800185&mesg_id=1800185

[here_is_to_hope]

39. Im going surfing.... n/t

[Niccolo_Macchiavelli]

40. Tinfoil supreme (just as the cherry on the cake)

14.09.2007

1+4+9+2+7=...

is there something that does not fit in the story? i'm beginning to feel uneasy about tomorrow...

[maxpower]

41. Just Like 9/11

11.09.2001
11+9+2+1=...

[againes654]

42. Ok, I don't get that

Please explain that to me??

[superkia]

43. Reminds me of the movie 23?

[maxpower]

54. That's what I thought

Then I remembered something about the number 23, then I googled. I found this site http://yiri.maniac.com/23.html which has a lot of weird things about the number 23. Take it for what it's worth. I need more tinfoil.

[Niccolo_Macchiavelli]

45. other terror dates

New York 11.09.2001 follows the pattern or sets it
30 Months
Madrid 14.03.2004 follows the pattern
16 Months
London 07.07.2005 doesn't
26 Months
DC 14.09.2007? would have a different calculation either beeing false or concluding

[Clintonista2]

59. OMG!

+643= 666!!!!!!!!

[L0oniX]

46. Yes Americans are that stupid ...look at the high school drop out rates

[Megahurtz]

48. Feel The Same As You,

and yes Americans are that stupid.

[illinoisprogressive]

51. Bush is announcing he is keeping troops in forever.

[femrap]

52. I bought some Puts....

some food and went to a fabulous movie. Now, I am going to write those 23 Dems on the Judiciary Committee + Pelosi AGAIN and try to convince them that the only way this war will end is if we IMPEACH them.

I guess the cards I have sent to these Judiciary Committee members may have had little effect...but it seems to be good therapy for me. This round of cards has a doctor's medical bag on the front....I'm going to ask them if the reason they're not IMPEACHING is due to ILLNESS! Possibly their balls/ova have been surgically removed!

I remember the Cuban Missile Crisis....I was only a child, but I remember it vividly. I insisted that the TV be on AT ALL TIMES. And when I went to bed I took my transistor radio with me...I wanted to know when the bombs were coming. Why? I guess I wanted to bend over and kiss my ass goodbye...lol.

Today...I never turn on the TV...unless to watch Olbermann and Amy Goodman....or maybe a rerun of 'The Designing Women.'

When we get thru tomorrow, I am going to do a little dance for Goddess and Mother Nature.

[windbreeze]

55. You are NOT worrying alone....

I have this major problem...I don't believe in coincidences...and THAT causes me lots of trouble...too many things happening...and too much distrust of the current powers that be...too much time, effort and deliberation has been spent putting all their ducks in a nice neat row...for all they have done to have been for no reason...it has been my experience that no one goes to that much trouble...just to walk off and leave it half done..keeping fingers crossed in any case, while keeping tin foil, duct tape and plastic sheeting handy...wb

[Prophet 451]

56. No, they're not that stupid

However, Americans have been trained to be both easily distracted and prone to over-emotionality.

[Hersheygirl]

57. They are absolutely stupid.

Compared to other countries, absolutely. Americans are more worried about being able to go shopping than what's going on in the world.