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New emergency alert system will give Obama power to flip switch and address nation (shortened)
Dailymail ^
| July 15, 2014
| David Martosko
Posted on 07/15/2014 10:48:11 AM PDT by lilyramone
FULL TITLE: New emergency alert system will give Obama the power to flip a switch and address the entire nation at
The Obama administration quietly announced on Tuesday that it intends to change the way Americans learn about natural disasters and other major emergencies during radio and TV broadcasts, giving the president the ability to flip a switch and address the entire nation at once.
The Emergency Alert System, the latest version of a program first established in 1951, blasts out emergency messages in the event of local weather emergencies, but can also be used to warn Americans about terror attacks and major natural disasters.
Every broadcaster in the country is required to participate in the EAS. Messages travel along a closed, private network, piggybacking from station to station. It can take up to 10 minutes for every radio, TV, cable and satellite provider to blare its alert.
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To: lilyramone
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posted on
07/15/2014 10:49:19 AM PDT
by
Jim Robinson
(Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!!)
To: lilyramone
As if anybody would stick around to listen to him.
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posted on
07/15/2014 10:50:53 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: lilyramone
Everyone check your cell phones. There is an option you can not turn off for “important” presidential messages.
To: lilyramone
Der Fuhrer has to have a way to address his subjects.
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posted on
07/15/2014 10:53:22 AM PDT
by
IronJack
To: lilyramone
Doesn’t he already have it?
ABC NBC CBS CNN
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posted on
07/15/2014 10:53:29 AM PDT
by
Ouchthatonehurt
("When you're going through hell, keep going." - Sir Winston Churchill)
To: Organic Panic
Is there an option that can stop me from throwing the phone into the lake?
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posted on
07/15/2014 10:53:42 AM PDT
by
Farmer Dean
(stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
To: lilyramone
what are they calling it? “lies direct?”
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posted on
07/15/2014 10:54:41 AM PDT
by
from occupied ga
(Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
To: lilyramone
I’ve got a couple switches I can flip also. Mine will be flipped to ‘OFF’.
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posted on
07/15/2014 10:57:11 AM PDT
by
Vinnie
To: lilyramone
Kinda knew that when we were all switched to digital. If you don’t think your TV is watching you, you’re kidding yourself.
To: lilyramone
Doesn’t work on iOS3.
I’m not upgrading.
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posted on
07/15/2014 11:01:51 AM PDT
by
lightman
(O Lord, save Thy people and bless Thine inheritance, giving to Thy Church vict'ry o'er Her enemies.)
To: Sacajaweau
Your TV doesn’t have the hardware to watch you, your computer OTO does. I have a little camera looking at me as I type this.
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posted on
07/15/2014 11:03:22 AM PDT
by
from occupied ga
(Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
To: Farmer Dean
At least our guns will have company
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posted on
07/15/2014 11:04:12 AM PDT
by
al baby
(Hi MomÂ…)
To: from occupied ga
Thats what e;ectrical tape is for
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posted on
07/15/2014 11:05:20 AM PDT
by
al baby
(Hi MomÂ…)
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posted on
07/15/2014 11:06:13 AM PDT
by
Gene Eric
(Don't be a statist!)
To: from occupied ga
Your TV doesn’t have the hardware to watch you, your computer OTO does. I have a little camera looking at me as I type this. My laptop has a camera. It's taped over.
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posted on
07/15/2014 11:06:26 AM PDT
by
PapaBear3625
(You don't notice it's a police state until the police come for you.)
To: lilyramone
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posted on
07/15/2014 11:08:35 AM PDT
by
Obadiah
(None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.)
To: Organic Panic
Oh, yes, there is an option. It’s called a hammer.
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posted on
07/15/2014 11:10:03 AM PDT
by
Walrus
(I love the America that used to be ---I hate the America that now IS!)
To: lilyramone
Why would anyone believe what he says? Thank heavens I still have an off switch and a mute button...can’t stand to hear his voice. Wish there was a voice recognition system for my tv so when it heard him it would mute automatically. I’d pay good bucks for that one. (Hey Kickstarter?!)
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posted on
07/15/2014 11:10:05 AM PDT
by
ThePatriotsFlag
("There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide." - Thomas Jeffersonill)
To: from occupied ga
I have a little camera looking at me as I type this.I do not and will not.
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posted on
07/15/2014 11:13:04 AM PDT
by
cpdiii
(deckhand, roughneck, geologist, pilot, pharmacist. The constitution is worth dying for!)
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