Posted on 03/03/2002 7:15:24 AM PST by TheRedSoxWinThePennant
Geez. You had me all excited there for a moment. Thought they'd chained the dog :).
Don't know how Drudge got the scoop, don't trust this Time report
Me neither. Reports of missing nukes, nukes being sold on the black market, nukes being "shown to western journalists" and stuff like that has been coming out of Russia for ten years now. With pictures. Never amounted to much, I think ;).
In the end you are assuming :1)the investigators are omnipotent
2)this lead, if false, is the only potential nuke that is being readied to sneak in the US 3)nukes, bios, chems arent already here
These terrorists have no regard for life and the only reason we havent been nukes to this point is they haven't had the opportunity ....YET. Vigilance should be the word for the Year.
Fortunately there are only a handful of minivans, pickups, and SUVs per highway foot in this country. Should be easy to spot crossing over from New Jersey.
They're at least smart enough to figure out that an informant is full of shit or not. This is a talent you seem not to have even though the evidence is staring you in the face. This story is tabloid nonsense.
Do you know what responsibilities come with that office? I bet you really don't. Suffice it to say, I would NOT want the job.
The job entails coordinating all of the federal, state and local authorities have something to do with counter-terrorist activies. They include FBI, CIA, DoD, FAA, etc. Departments that are kingdoms of their own and they are all supposed to give Ridge their utmost attention and resources (yeah, right).
Oh, and on top of all of that, he doesn't have a budget, that's right, he gets hand outs from the WH Chief of Staff. No budgetary money inside the beltway means no pull, no power and influence. He's lucky to get any cooperation. The White House is kind enough to have the text of the Executive Order that created this office and outlines it's duties and resources here.
...in an off-the-record elaboration, Time editor Jim Kelly explained that keeping the public in a constant state of hysteria meant boffo bucks at the newstand. 'We're giving the American public what they want', said Kelly. 'Anxiety. Anthrax was worth a 40% jump in sales, and I'm predicting a good radiation scare will equal or surpass that record.'
Jawohl, herr Sturmbannfuhrer!
You vant zem loaded into ze trucks, now?
Uh huh.
And my guess is, your Prozac bottle's empty.
DD, think this scare campaign will make as much money for military contractors as Y2K did for programming contractors?
Lol, Time Magazine liberal but not really a tabloid, also there is a real source/agent, and a real investigation...Apparently, you didnt read my post in it's entirety or you can't comprehend what I wrote, since your post doesnt really relate to what I said.
Again:
In the end you are assuming :1)the investigators are omnipotent
2)this lead, if false, is the only potential nuke that is being readied to sneak in the US 3)nukes, bios, chems arent already here
These terrorists have no regard for life and the only reason we havent been nukes to this point is they haven't had the opportunity ....YET. Vigilance should be the word for the Year.
Perfect analogy. Yes. Moreso in fact.
Correct. All of New York City would have stood to attention and pointed angrily at the culprits if anyone tried to slip a box that size into the city.
/sarcasm
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