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DHS Ponders "Improving" Terrorism Alert System
An anonymous reader writes "The DHS's color-coded terrorism risk warning system has often been criticized on a number of grounds. However, it seems that at last DHS has taken note of these criticisms and is finally planning to fix one of its problems. Which one? Well, since the two lowest levels have never been used in the history of the program, the solution is obvious: just get rid of them! In the new system, the lowest level would be yellow, 'guarded,' representing 'A constant state of vigilance to protect against a terrorist attack.' While it's nice that they're at least no longer maintaining a pretense of it being for anything other than fear-mongering, I don't think this was the kind of change most people were hoping for."
Yes, because your sample size of 1 should be the basis of all goverment decisions.
The fact is, there are quite a few people that these levels truly affect (mostly security - people who I'd prefer to be informed of this). It was not "simply fear-mongering", and I suspect you know that but won't admit it. Besides, I agree with the argument that terrorism is everybody's problem, and we all should chip in to help. If it means being more aware of your surroundings every once in a while then that's a pretty small inconvenience.
Yeah... and institute mandatory daily Two-Minute Hate sessions while we are on it.
Fox News is already on 24/7.
Some mornings it's hardly worth chewing through the restraints to get out of bed.
No one has a Constitutional right, 2nd Amendment or otherwise, to threaten someone else.
Carrying a gun != threatening someone else. A holstered/slung firearm represents no threat to anyone except hoplophobes that pass out at the mere sight of weaponry. If you have evidence that someone threatened another human being at a town hall meeting then I suggest you call the authorities and report it.
I want peace on earth and goodwill toward man.
We are the United States Government! We don't do that sort of thing.
Yeah... and institute mandatory daily Two-Minute Hate sessions while we are on it.
Fox News is already on 24/7.
Keith Olbermann is doing his two minute hate sessions on Fox? When did this happen?
I want peace on earth and goodwill toward man.
We are the United States Government! We don't do that sort of thing.
Somehow, I miss the "young libertarian" reference, or slur, or whatever. Libertarians didn't lead this nation into war, that was the doing of NEOCONSERVATIVES. Neocons are seperate and distinct from the more common conservatives, many of whom have been duped into following the neocons.
Whatever - the price of freedom is indeed eternal vigilance. But, vigilance != paranoia Paranoia is a trait of those aforementioned neoconservatives.
KTHXBAI
"Windows is like the faint smell of piss in a subway: it's there, and there's nothing you can do about it." - Charlie Br
If that's not how it works then the terrorists win.
If corporations are people, aren't stockholders guilty of slavery?
That's because during Bush's occupation of the White House, the left-wing groups were stuck away in "Free Speech Zones" so no one noticed they were there.
I didn't hear any of this condemnation from them when left-wing groups exercised their 1st amendment rights while Bush was in office.
That's because left-wingers who tried to get into Bush rallies were denied entry, and/or promptly thrown out if they did manage to get in. Even wearing a patriotic t-shirt was enough, as long as it was the kind of patriotism (i.e., the real kind) that the right-wingers didn't like.
Also, none of them were armed. Seriously, what do you think would have happened to someone carrying a gun and an anti-Bush sign anywhere within a mile of where Bush, or any Republican politician, was speaking?
The correlation between ignorance of statistics and using "correlation is not causation" as an argument is close to 1.
Seriously, what do you think would have happened to someone carrying a gun and an anti-Bush sign anywhere within a mile of where Bush, or any Republican politician, was speaking?
The same thing that happened here: Nothing, provided it's legal to do so under the laws of that State. Sorry if that doesn't fit into your paranoia regarding the previous administration.
I want peace on earth and goodwill toward man.
We are the United States Government! We don't do that sort of thing.
As long as the death panels are staffed by competent doctors I wouldn't mind.
I just think it's a practical move that people rail against emotionally.