U.S. government to ditch colors in its terror warning system by the end of April, officials tell AP

[The Northerner]

Source: http://www.breakingnews.com/seed/ahBicmVha2luZ25ld3Mtd3d3cg0LEgRTZWVkGJnYsAIM/2011/01/26/us-government-to-ditch-colors-in-its-terror-warning-system-by-the-end-of-april-officials-tell-ap


It's about darned time!

[myrna minx]

1. Who knew it was still going on!? What an awful, money wasting bit

of citizen control. :eyes:

[somone]

2. The new system will be based on astrological readings

like the old one?

[Webster Green]

3. That's fucked up.

I check the color first thing when I wake up every day. The pretty colors make it easy to figure out how scared I'm supposed to be. :eyes:

[sasha031]

4. how well I remember them

Shrub and co. would go from orange to red during the 2004 campaign every time Kerry polled well.
The days of CNN breaking news, we are now on red alert.

[FiveGoodMen]

5. So it takes them from now till April to ... STOP DECLARING COLOR STATUS?

They don't want it anymore but they need four months to wind it down?

:silly:

[Arkana]

6. Finally.

I wonder how much money that'll save.

[RKP5637]

7. What a Bunch of crap that was, along with the plastic sheeting and duct tape. n/t

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

8. So, what will they use to scare the populace? Squeeking mice?

[Submariner]

10. Finger Alerts

[FSogol]

9. Code Orange means Boehner got into the Top Shelf Gin again.

:shrug: