Ok... a bit ABOUT Terror Levels...
Now that I've posted a bunch of TERROR ALERT LEVELS here- I'll remind people why the level goes up.... Because when it goes UP so does W. approval ratings.
Now me, I find that surprising that W. actually got a bounce with terror alerts. I mean every time I'm worried about if *I'm* safe, I wish that Bush, Ridge, Rumsfeld and Ashcroft were out of a job. THEY are the ones who scare me more the the terrorists.
I also want to add an excerpt from Kerry's interview in Rolling Stones( the full text can be found HERE.)
(RS questions are in bold ala their site.)
What do you think of the color-coded terror alerts the Department of Homeland Security issues?
I think Americans, sadly, laugh at it. They don't know what to do.
Will you continue that program?
No. I'm going to find some more thoughtful way of alerting America. If we have to alert America, I think the most important thing to do is alert law enforcement more effectively across the country. Law enforcement doesn't have even a single, unified watch list yet. They still have separate watch lists, with different names and different people. This is the single, simplest, most important thing the Department of Homeland Security was supposed to do, and they haven't done it.
Doesn't it seem the threat level gets raised at key moments during the campaign?
Yeah. But you know what? I'm not going to question motivations that I can't . . .
Now me, I find that surprising that W. actually got a bounce with terror alerts. I mean every time I'm worried about if *I'm* safe, I wish that Bush, Ridge, Rumsfeld and Ashcroft were out of a job. THEY are the ones who scare me more the the terrorists.
I also want to add an excerpt from Kerry's interview in Rolling Stones( the full text can be found HERE.)
(RS questions are in bold ala their site.)
What do you think of the color-coded terror alerts the Department of Homeland Security issues?
I think Americans, sadly, laugh at it. They don't know what to do.
Will you continue that program?
No. I'm going to find some more thoughtful way of alerting America. If we have to alert America, I think the most important thing to do is alert law enforcement more effectively across the country. Law enforcement doesn't have even a single, unified watch list yet. They still have separate watch lists, with different names and different people. This is the single, simplest, most important thing the Department of Homeland Security was supposed to do, and they haven't done it.
Doesn't it seem the threat level gets raised at key moments during the campaign?
Yeah. But you know what? I'm not going to question motivations that I can't . . .
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