Today show leads with "Can Hezbollah strike here?"

[underpants]

I just happened to catch some of it as I was heading out the door. Will post the video when available.

Well that was the title under all the pictures ( people marching in the streets in black robes, people climbing on ropes, etc.) this report appeared to be from this
FBI increases scrutiny of Hezbollah
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/fbi_hezbollah

Roger Cressey-Richard Clarke's #2 guy and Steve Emerson NBC's terrorism expert thought it was a real possibility.

They even had a map showing the 11 US cities where the FBI knows there are Hezbollah activities (NYC, DC, Phil., Charlotte, Houston, LA, SF, 4 more (?) )

Funny though they reported that the awareness and scrutiny has been heightened since the - whatever we are calling it- started in the Middle East, the most recent activity, as Hezbollah may try to strike at the US if it thinks that Israel really is trying to get rid of it for good thus directly drawing the US into the - whatever we are calling it.

Will post video when available.

[ShortnFiery]

1. Fear Mongers! eom

[Cha]

17. Of course, they are!

Just like Michael Moore showed in his doc, "Bowling For Columbine".

[charlie]

2. Knew that was coming

So predictable. So banal. So effective. Shit.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

3. Erect bogyman. Talk about "security". Start war.

Al-Queda.
Hizbullah.
"Insurgents".
"Terrorists"
Iran
Syria
Lebanon
Venezuela
Cuba
Noth Korea
Leftist-traitors

The "Home of the Brave and the Land of the Free" is afraid of everybody.

“The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.” H.L. Mencken

[rodeodance]

5. and people will believe (just in time for Nov. elections).

[underpants]

8. LOVE the Mencken quote

I used to have it as my sig line.

[liberalitch]

4. If Hezbollah strikes..... can I cross the picketline...

will the palestinians hire scabs?

[truth2power]

29. LOL! Gotta laugh...

Better than banging your head into the wall. :banghead:

We are being ruled by frikkin' lunatics!!

[Swamp Rat]

6. Oh, FUCK YOU! KKKarl Rove!

[valerief]

7. They should stick to their Snake Eats Electric Blanket stories and

leave the real news to the internet.

[theHandpuppet]

9. Makes you wonder is some folks in the media even have a conscience

I wonder how they rationalize this kind of fear-mongering to themselves?

[originalpckelly]

10. How many licks are there to the center of a...

Hezbollah Pop?

Can I manage to shove my foot up the ass of the person who came up with this new scare-tactic?

These questions - and many others - will be answered in the next episode of Fear.

[rooboy]

11. How about "would Israel bomb American cities in pursuit of HizB?" n/t

[pooja]

12. Did ya'll miss the fact that oil per barrell has fallen in the recent

week due to demand being less... looks like people have figured out.. crisis in ME.. means a weekend at home with the fam instead of out on the town. I find it interesting now that the FBI is issueing "warnings" in America.. even though Hezbollah has never attacked the US on US grounds before and I do believe they are a little tied up at the moment fighting the Israelis.

[Straight Shooter]

13. Any mention how many women annually are killed by their domestic partners?

Nope. Didn't think so. That doesn't put the populace in fear.

How about mentioning the problem of abused children? Nope. Didn't think so. No percolation of fear from that, either.

God, I hate the bush administration and its minions.

[theHandpuppet]

18. Thank you for the reminder!

Women and children in this country are dying by the thousands every year at the hands of their own countrymen but you won't hear that making the headline news.

[zanne]

14. The October Surprise came early.

Because sometimes, it takes months for the propaganda to sink in. Is anybody reminded of the runup to the Iraq war?

[liberalitch]

15. Someone from Hezbollah should issue a statement....

in which they just laugh.

[MadHound]

16. Racheting up the fear, whipping the sheeple up into a frenzy

Get people frothing so badly at the mouth that when Bushco gets the smallest excuse to invade Iran and/or Syria, the sheeple people will howl for it to happen in order that they can feel safe again, and go back to chewing their cud.

This is Bushco's biggest weapon, and a real shame that it works so damn well. A very telling indictment of how down right stupid this country's people have become.

[underpants]

20. How is this NOT hurting 'Murka's safety (ala the NYT)??

I'm sorry if there is Hezbollah in this country don't you think they might want to send someone out to check on it? Aside from that, they put up Al Roker's freaking weather map with the cities they KNOW have Hezbollah activity in them...uh is that telling THEM that you know they are there?

Sorry for that. I was clear headed for a moment OOOOH! a python ate an electric blanket!! COOL!!!

[niccolos_smile]

19. Fear = Senationalism = Ratings = Profits

Rachet up the fear, which brings in viewers, because it's sensational, which then drives up your ratings, which in turn drives up your profits through advertising. Yeah!

[symbolman]

21. It's just about time to fight back with our dollars

Time to cut out every other tank of gas, share bicycles, use candles one night a week and play boardgames and TALK to our families, turn off the satellite dish one day and week, all together NOW, and scare the shit out of them..

Let's return the scare tactics.. if YOU keep killing people, WE WON'T BE BUYING ANYTHING.

It really can be just that simple.

[Swamp Rat]

24. I'm already doing that.

:)

Hell, I haven't driven a car for weeks... been walking and riding a bike. I have not bought anything new, nor have I watched a single TV ad, etc.

I just buy food, read, study, play music, and vandalise photos. :D

[bdamomma]

32. that would be great, hit them in the pocketbook

and we all know how they love their money.

[bleedingheart]

36. I cut back on my cable TV years ago...I just get basic...

for Daily show clips...I go to their web site...

Life is better and I only pay a little for my TV service compared to the folks paying through the nose...

[Catherine Vincent]

22. I was watching CNN as I headed out the door this a.m.

And I could swear their anchor acted like he wanted Hezbollah to strike here in the U.S by the way he was talking.

[spanone]

23. Geez, the fear mongers sure know when it's an election year.

Sadly, a LOT of America gleans it's news from these infotainment shows.

[Javaman]

25. Why can't someone kick these "news" people in the nuts

and be done with it?

[jackstraw45]

26. GE needs some more defense $$$$

Terra Terra Terra!

[underpants]

27. * ----- VIDEOS are up ---*

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032633/

• Does Hezbollah have plans within U.S.?
• Expert assesses Hezbollah threat to U.S.

[gratuitous]

30. PH34R!

Goddammit, why are you posting on the internets when you should be under your bed, wetting your pants and quaking with fear? Do you want the terrorists to win? Get under the bed NOW!

[shadowknows69]

28. I'd be willing to bet they will be

The middle east has to think that Israel is going in for the big game at this point with us joyfully paving the way through UN vetoes. Syria and Iran are next and with our help. I'd be very surprised if there aren't 1000 martyrs strapping up right now.

[bdamomma]

31. Just reading that title makes me so furious

I hate our media. They are nothing but ass kissers for this regime.

[movie_girl99]

33. they were going on about that last night on CNN

fear fear fear, terror terror terror same old same old.

[underpants]

34. Must have been from the FBI story (linked in OP)

I didn't see it until this morning so I am guessing it was released late yesterday

[tabasco]

35. They want to get uranium from Africa!! BE AFRAID !

NBC has become little better than Faux News.

GE needs to sell more missiles!!

War-profiteering, traitorous corporations must be destroyed!