none of this of course has anything to do with the guys who were arrested with a map of the New York subway.
On 7/27/05, Vivec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > He's the only one that can save you! > Fear! Fear!Fear! > It's healthy! It's good! > Oh and Vote Bush, > he's the only one that can save you! > Panic! Panic! Panic! > Save yourself! > Oh , no wait, > Vote Bush! *he's* the only one that can save you! > --------- > > "This week, people trying to get into New York City may have been > forgiven for wondering if they were commuting in the wrong country. > Reacting to explosions in the London Underground, Homeland Insecurity > officials in the United States raised the alert level to Code Orange, > and local transit police departments decided to conduct searches of > backpacks of people trying to take trains into Manhattan. If people > refused to be searched, they were turned away. > > "It's important to show terrorists that we're not intimidated," > explained Ron N. Scayard, spokesperson for the Overreaction Force at > the Department of Homeland Insecurity. "That's why, when there's a > crime thousands of miles away across the ocean, we look for the > culprits here, and send thousands of police officers rushing out onto > the streets in reaction. Some people complain that it's a violation of > the Bill of Rights protection of unreasonable search and seizure, but > I say that we all ought to expect to sacrifice a little liberty in > order to keep American trains safe from explosions in the British > Isles." > > Explaining the new Orange Alert, Secretary of Homeland Insecurity > Michael Chertoff explained that the key was making the warning system > easy for everyone to understand. "Part of the discussion of coming off > Orange will be asking how far to come off, how gradually, whether > there should be different levels of alertness for different systems, > depending on the threat picture." > > A little man standing next to Chertoff elaborated by saying that 22 > percent of New York City's subways would on Red Alert, 60 percent > would be on Orange Alert, 3.5 percent of the subways would be on > yellow alert, and the remaining 34.5 percent would be somewhere > between Orange Alert and Yellow Alert, at a special new level alert > known as Grey Poupon Alert. > > In the wake of additional bombings at hotels in Sharm El Sheikh, > Homeland Security agents will now be searching everyone who tries to > enter a hotel in New York City. Additional searches will be conducted > upon leaving to check for stolen bathmats and towels. > > In related news, after a bank robbery in Rome, the New York City > police announced that they would be inspecting all vehicles leaving > Manhattan in order to make sure that the culprits could not get away. > The chief of police insisted that this extra effort would not > interfere with the ongoing search in Brooklyn for the gun with which a > woman in rural Spain is believed to have shot her husband. " > ---------- > *smirk* > The dirty game of politics, > and the 90% of the population that fall for it. > Probably true everywhere, but nowhere is it publicised as much > and clearly evident for all to see as in the US ;-) > > I can understand taking precautions, but the reaction to the London > bombings just screams of kickbacks, politicising and 'gaining > mileage'. Not to mention the timing of the bombings couldn't have been > better to get the Patriot Act extended for another 10 years. It would > have been political suicide to vote against it right after the > attacks. These coincidences are so funny sometimes. I guess it sends a > message to countries how much they need acts like the Patriot, and how > unimportant things like civil rights are in this 'New World' of > terrorism. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:166783 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
