5/27    How do you figure the recent terror alert was bogus and non descript
        when they released names and photos of 7 people they're looking for?
        Isn't that *exactly* what we should all want from a terror alert?  Or
        did you want something like, "Don't go to the baseball game at the
        stadium this sunday because the following 7 people will destroy it at
        precisely 7:03pm localtime with 5.8kg of WMD materials with composed
        of the following compounds:, x,y,z"?
        \_ It came from Ashcroft, not from the Homeland Security Dept. as
           required by law.  It contained "no new information" according to
           a number of quoted analysts, law enforcement, and legislative
           people.  The BOLO announcement about those 7 was a re-release.
           \_ It came from Ashcroft so we should ignore it and give it no
              value and rag on the admin for it?  Okey, dokey!  Brilliant!
              You keep reading those laws while the rest of us keep an eye out
              for people trying to kill us.
              \_ Way to ignore everything i said.  fucktard.  Tom Ridge
                 came out saying "Uh, asscrack say what?"  BY LAW, these
                 announcements are supposed to come out of the DHS.  DHS
                 people got really huffy after this one, too.
                 \_ fuck tard? Yes, that's a way to win converts.  Poor tom got
                    his toes stepped on so that makes the warning useless?  You
                    are a true genius!  A partisan of the darkest sort.  Win
                    at all costs, huh?
                    \_ Are you changing any behavior because of this
                       announcement?  Is your local police department?
                       This was a purely political play.  You haven't
                       addressed anything I said.
                       \_ If I see one of them which is unlikely I'd report
                          it.  I have better odds of spotting one now that I've
                          seen them and their names than I did if it wasn't
                          announced.  I haven't asked my local PD.  Maybe they
                          are.  Maybe some highway cop will notice when he
                          pulls one over for a traffic stop.  I've addressesed
                          everything you've said.  Until now you've
                          focussed on who made the announcement which is
                          totally pointless.  No one but you or some other
                          ultra partisan hack gives a damn which government
                          flunky holds the press conference.
        \_ Yes, anything less than that is Bush lying to us.  He KNOWS he
           KNEW about 9/11, and he knows about the next terror attack!
           The CIA is reading the terrorists minds!  They used to do that
           to me too, until I got this great hat...
           \_ Did you make it yourself or buy it on the net?  I want them to
              stop putting thoughts into my head, too!
              \_ Hey wait, on second thought how can I trust you not to send
                 me to some fbi run site?  Or how do I even know I can trust
                 myself enough to go to a good site if you're legit?
           \_ My girlfriend works at the FBI and says the people working the
              phone on a night shift really *do* get calls from people
              complaining the FBI put microphones in their teeth and could you
              please tell your extraterrestrials to stop tailing me.
              \_ Man, I wonder if I can get a job there?  That's rad.
                 No, actually if I wanted to meet crazy people, I could
                 just be a bus driver.
                 \_ Only agents get to man the phones at night.  And agents
                    have to work 60-hour weeks.
                    \_ Do they still require a law degree?
                       \_ No.  They require a 4-year degree and prefer you to
                          know another language and have some law-enforcement
                          experience.
                          \_ I watched every episode of CHiPs and Starskey and
                             Hutch when I was a kid.