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

Fox News-TV

[putupon]

announcement, nothing furthur

[Miss Marple]

I am leaving the thread for a bit. I have some work to do around here prior to Christmas.

I will check back later to see if there are people I need to refute.

[At _War_With_Liberals]

'First of all, how is it that YOU know there are terrorist cells in NJ?'

First hand knowledge. I have provided evidence against the 93 WTC cell to the FBI, for starters. How's that?

[Cage Rattler]

Paranoia reigns supreme. All non-specifics. View from the outside - across the pond - is not pretty good of the continent. From a trading perspective...manna from heaven to sell the dollar! Forex traders are going to love this scare-mongering....

[WackyKat]

I've read that the "Red" level is reserved for severe and imminent threats, meaning that attackers are actually known to be moving to carry out an attack

For example, if a suicide bomber was known to be on the streets fo NYC.

Red is supposed to shut down transportation, set up checkpoints, etc- it is far more stringent than Orange

[kstewskis]

My daughter is only 4 1/2. She doesn't understand any of this. She's oblivious. She does know to be "careful" but can't figure out who is a "good" person and who is a "bad" person. She believes they should "look" a certain way. sigh ... .

Keep her and protect her as you always have, nmh. I agree with you, and feel sorry for the kids these days for what they have to put up with. I guess the early kids of the late 50's/early 60's had similar fears with bomb shelters and Cuban missiles.

May God bless your little girl and shroud her, you, and your family with His love and protection this Christmas season.

[cyncooper]

LOL

Let's see, that's a takeoff of Algore saying to Dubya "Well, you don't have to be snippy about it!", right?

hehehe

[oceanview]

I believe that is exactly right.

[DoctorMichael]

And who will we have doing the rounding up and deporting of 'all-illegals'?

Bzzzzzt. Sorry, thanks for playing though.

As I said: Round up all illegals.

[blackie]

Be Well ~ Be Armed ~ Be Safe ~ Molon Labe!

[cyncooper]

FYI ping

[Trust but Verify]

We're talking terrorism here, not pick-pocketing. How many Mexican illegals have launched terrorist attacks?

I have no problem with lowering the hammer on 'real terrorists' and those from terrorist havens who might seek to enter this country, but I think in the current environment, losing sleep over migrant Mexicans looking for work is misplacing priorities.

[At _War_With_Liberals]

"Please tell me what assets do we have that would allow us to do this massive 'round-up'?"

HS has no intention of even enforcing laws on the books, so what is your point?

[relee]

Take a look at Ready.gov for some specifics.

[al baby]

fears with bomb shelters and Cuban missiles

Did Monica fear the cuban missile bill gave her

[Cousin Eddie]

Again, what specifically should he say? The exact location, the city, the exact delivery mechanism/vehicle, what?

It's easy to shoot arrows.

[WackyKat]

And who will we have doing the rounding up and deporting of 'all-illegals'?

Most of them won't need to be expelled

If they are prevented from working and collecting government benefits, they will go home of their own accord

[Trust but Verify]

Lots of reservists are already in theatre. Unorganized militia is a good one. What training and expertise do these unorganized militias have? By your own words, they are unorganized. Sounds Keystone Cop-ish to me. Think.

[Conservative til I die]

Why doesn't NYC pay for it's own damn security, and let us country folks take care of ourselves?

Sure, as soon as you country folks give back your federal farming subsidies.

[LoudRepublicangirl]

I think the Department of Homeland Security is just trying to let the American public know that they are concerned and that it's up to each individual American to decide from that how he or she will react. I believe prior to 9/11 there was increased chatter and since we did not have a department set up for such warnings people did not know that there was even the possibility of something. I really don't know why some people are trying to kill the messenger. If you don't want to take heed, fine, go about your business. If you want to avoid large populated areas because you are concerned that's up to you. They are just trying to let us make informed decisions.