Posted on 04/10/2009 6:10:22 PM PDT by pctech
I am leaving Free Republic. After I post this message I will not come back and most likely ask the moderator to remove my account.
You may ask why. Today I posted a copy of a letter I received from an anti-terrorism officer in the United States Air Force. It was received through official channels but was not classified or top secret and I was granted permission to share it. It was an article concerning the possibility of a terrorist attack on American soil and it was pulled because, and I quote "Proven incorrect on snopes."
This is one time I am disagreeing with the moderator and his/her decision to pull the thread. This information was verified through official military channels and was supposed to help warn us to the imminent danger our country is in.
Instead, the moderator exercised, I felt, a lapse in judgment when he (or she) pulled the article that is in need of being disseminated. And this isn't the first time this has been done by moderators on Free Republic. While Free Republic has stood for conservative and GOP values it has also neglected it's responsibility to see that the information of the type I tried to share gets out. Instead they say it can't be verified and could be wild speculation (though I told them it was verified through official military channels) and pulled it even though I asked them not to.
So, I am saying goodbye. It was fun and I will treasure the friends I have made here on FR. Good luck to you all.
Okay. I will be back in a minute. I have to get a drink. Just bear with me and my post will make sense after I prepare a beverage with ice.
Be right back.
All of this talk about pulled threads brings back the funniest thread of all time on FR. It was pulled. Don’t know why.
It started innocently enough with a picture Dick Cheney in an earlier administration.....
I suspect rush isn’t here under a pseudonym. But I suspect more than one of his staff is.
All is well - you ‘can’t leave now!
You may ask why.
But then again I may not.
You may ask yourself "how did I end up on this forum?"
And you may ask yourself "why did I post that stuff?"
And you may ask yourself "how do I get off of this forum?"
all right I am back.
Anyway the article in question gives no hint of anything specific only generalizations of security as it is and how our security approach is reactionary. As in, a thing takes place and we prevent against that happening as a tactic.
The article rightly points out that since soft targets are within reach of a threat the threat is still real and from a terrorist point of view, a valid target is created.
having traveled all over the world I would agree with the article’s message of “how we can improve security” by screening before soft targets are within range, such as the Israeli approach or Japanese.
The problem with the article is there is no “imminent” threat and description of what leads to believing there is an attack within a specified time period.
In order for a report to have impact it must absolutely describe the attack, the event horizon and what we are doing to respond.
It can’t be a generalization that could apply anytime and look like an advertisement.
In regards to your post being pulled, .. Good for you. It is a badge of honor and you are contributing.
See post 190. I replied to myself.
See you around, elsewhere...and, personally, I'm glad to see the mods exercising.
That!
What page do you mention me on? I don’t want to read the whole thing.
And still you show up to rub shoulders with your betters.
Geeze, we must be getting old. Gene Simmons cracks me up but I am more country.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1J_CmSi6CVI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiMKnW3GYG0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmbOqORIvWM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RLiuPRMJy8
Self Redemption:
The Whiskey Ain’t Working Anymore - Travis Tritt, Marty Stuart came up with this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJPq2RtN6ow
I MUST HAVE ANSWERS! I must, I must, don’t you understand? Please say you understand, pleeeeessssee.
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