Ridge to raise Terror Alert, news conf. 1:30 pm Eastern

Fox News-TV

[putupon]

announcement, nothing furthur

[riri]

FNC continues on with their interview and is playing a commercial

FNC is unwatchable on Sunday, IMO. Especially Sunday evening.

[FRgal4u]

Apparently some Deaniacs wanna be post as sucide bombers during the holidays, just to prove Dean's points that the Saddam capture is not making us any safer. LOL

[nwctwx]

We have to remember that that the administration has been hesitant to raise the level in the past year. Many threats have come and gone with no increase in the color code. I think they are still in the process of perfecting the system, but would assume that this raise means there is likely a serious and credible threat.

[Tuxedo]

Ernie Alert!!!! Woop Woop Woop!

[spookycc]

Drat! All of my Christmas decorations clash with orange! ;-P

[PeteFromMontana]

Thanks! I keep forgetting which Muppet is the one for orange.

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Is that the one with the triangle on it's chest, carrying the purse...wait...wrong stuffed character...my bad, please disregard

[Pubbie]

[Miss Marple]

Kelly Wright on Fox now says level has been raised in response to increased chatter and the holiday season. Also perhaps in response to Al Qaeda tape indicating strikes in the US homeland.

[Monty22]

Me too! LOL

[Tuxedo]

Agreed. A strike at Christmas goes to the heart of American life. I do not have flight plans and plan to be in smalltown USA over the holidays. Did they go Ernie over the last two Christmas seasons?

[Miss Marple]

And me, I have to go to the mall today to pick up 2 gifts.

Grrr.

[SierraWasp]

"They must have some credible info this go around."

I am really beginning to wonder about this!

I can't recall the FReeper's name, but just yesterday he/she made a tremendously astute observation!

These terrorists aren't stupid and surely they know that any attack at this time would simply empower President Bush like never before!!!

Also, these CYA alert level raisings are hurting the local and state governments fiscally, like crazy!!!

[spookycc]

Better safe than sorry, I guess... I was in NYC the last time the threat level was raised to orange. My friends back in Hoosierland were freakin' out until I told them that NYC had been on orange *since* 9/11/01, IIRC.

[mylife]

Trucking companys on terror alert

[Pubbie]

On another thread two people said Ridge would be a good Presidential candidate for 2008 (-shudder-)

[DainBramage]

"Call all cars...be on the look out for a swarthy middle eastern male. He has a broad face and a round little belly,

That shakes when he laughs, like a bowl full of jelly "

[Tuxedo]

I doubt the terrorists really care a lick about US politics and who the President is.

[relee]

"They must have some credible info this go around."

Rosiland Jordan on MSNBC said it was the chatter. The chatter level is too high for too long a time.

[knak]

Hopefully it's only because this is a holiday week with increased travel and such.