Ridge on now

[Walt Starr]

...

[Walt Starr]

1. Claiming new informaiton

but citing no specifics.

Typical political bullshit.

Shutting down the protests.

[slojim240]

48. This is a shmeless post-Democrat Convention stunt to make Bush look

like he is thwarting terrorism. Meanwhile, more soliders are killed in Iraq and more bombings around the world.

[newyawker99]

58. Hi slojim240!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

2. Overhaulin' on now, too

and I think it will hold more surprises.

[blackcat77]

3. "Sectors?"

This country has "sectors?"

[nadinbrzezinski]

4. Be afraid, very afraid, so says big brother.

we know trust us, we have done a bang up job

By the way Mister Ridge, where are the moneys for the EMS and Police Responders?

[Mika]

56. A moment

[eleny]

5. NYC

No kidding.....hmmmmm....

[BlueCollar]

6. let me know what he says

i gotta run to home depot and get some duct tape and plastic sheets

[wndycty]

7. ABC, CBS & NBC break into regular programming. . .

. . .they are working overtime to scare the shit out of people.

[Fleshdancer]

27. In my city, NBC is still playing a knife infomercial

how odd.

[gauguin57]

8. Specific buildings!

That's a first!

[ItsMyParty]

17. and in a cave, far, far away

a big, tall Arab is laughing his ass off. Bush has done to us far more than bin Laden could have ever hoped or prayed for. Since Bush doesn't have a purple heart medal, why don't we award him the first "Distinguished Helper of bin Laden" medal.

[nadinbrzezinski]

28. Nah what he needs is the yellow dawg, chicken hawk medal

[Walt Starr]

9. Yep, this is in preparation for stealing another one

This is so blatantly political. If America can't see through this bullshit, we deserve the little dick tater.

[eaprez]

10. The New Threat is that Kerry is leading Bush in the polls.

[gauguin57]

23. Oh, didn't you hear Mark Racicot ... YOU CAN'T SAY THAT ...

... he said that to accuse the administration of raising the terror alert for political purposes is evil blah blah blah... he's shocked, SHOCKED ...

Kiss my butt, Mark!

[nadinbrzezinski]

11. Here is a question, why woudl AQ attack Citi group

they are heavily invested by the Saudis....

there is to a point a reason for it, but this is BS... oh here is the precious moment, national elections. We are gonna shut NYC down...

[jimshoes]

53. They are all but owned by the Saudi's

aren't they?

[AntiCoup2K4]

57. Well, supposedly Osama hates the Saudi royal family as well...

...seeing as they are "infidels" in league with the "Great Satan" :evilgrin:

But then the Bin Laden construction company gets a lot of royal contracts, so he might be protesting a little much.

[NightOwwl]

12. Um...

Haven't financial institutions been known targets of Al Qaeda since the FUCKING PDB?

[Walt Starr]

15. That's why the WTC was attacked

There is NOTHING new here.

NOT A THING!

[blackcat77]

13. Oh crap -- "the period leading up to the election."

They know exactly which building but they don't know the date beyond "sometime in the next three months."

[eleny]

14. Buffer zones - here we go!

[mourningdove92]

16. Talking about pre=emption

barriers, more screening, in other words, armed camps.

[Walt Starr]

19. Martial law, here we come

Mark my words, martial law in all cities by election day.

Count on it.

Democracy is dead, they are falling back to plan "D", full out military coup d'etat.

[jimshoes]

54. Yep.

I see it coming. This is where we either sink or swim.

[nadinbrzezinski]

18. So tom are we removing the USPS and other boxes

from the streets and sealing the streets? I mean we do that everytime
the Resident travels around... is this in the plans?

No, not really, we just mean to scare the living daylighs out of us...

Need more duct tape and platic sheets

[Citizen Daryl]

20. INVOKE 9/11 AND STUMP FOR BUSH. What bullshit. n/t

So they can terrorize people and run political ads at the same time.

[DemWitch]

21. get used to his face...

we'll be seeing him every week from now until november...

[happynewyear]

state of the art equipment for the puke convention being installed

:puke:

[KharmaTrain]

22. How The Hell Did We Surive Those Foiled 2000 Attacks?

Without all this hoopla and fear mongering? I think it was called quietly using intelligence and then using that to squash the plot before it become Code Level Elmo. No Press Conference, just go and do it.

I keep thinking the "terrorists" must laugh their asses off when this ass clown shows up on the screen; seeing how high they can make this puppet jump. These goons remind me of the awkward body builder...a guy who can lift 600 pounds but isn't coordinated enough to tie his shoes.

[blackcat77]

24. He's taking the credit for the DNC not being attacked. nt

[DemNoir]

25. Listen to this crap

Its nothing but a Home Security infomercial! Oh god, now takening credit for keeping the Dem convention safe from nothing.

[Eloriel]

26. Ahhh, it's turning into a bit of a campaign speech

with his litany of things they've done which "make America safer."

Why am I not surprised?

So the message is, "Be afraid, but not too afraid because after all, we've got things under control so that 'America is safer.'"

[eleny]

29. This will all go away as soon as * is up in the polls

[NightOwwl]

30. Someone had better ask the question:

If there is such a threat, where the FUCK is Bush?

[Gin]

41. as I listen I see how shrub is reacting to the hearings some senators

are having on 9/11 report....listen to Ridges words...geez...these fools are so pathetic.....why would an attack happen in DC? it's empty this time of year...except for tourists....and the convention coming soon...hell no protestors wanted....so obvious.

[blackcat77]

31. Now the SOB is saying Bush is making the country safer!

Jeebus H. Christ!

"I'm George W Bush and I approve this message."

[Protected]

32. He's turning this into a political advertisement!!

Disgusting!

[qanda]

47. I guess Howard Dean was right

They are using this for political purposes. One thing I cannot figure out is how does Al Queda being after America even more now mean that we are safer?

[nadinbrzezinski]

33. Ah the ever so popular "look for thngs out of the ordinary."

Hey Tom has it ever occured to you that it may be a good idea to tell people exactly what they are looking for?

What horseshit

[eaprez]

39. spy on your neighbors....especially the gay, democratic ones....

[nadinbrzezinski]

44. This is why this is amusing to me

there are actually very specific things to look for, but they have yet to mention them.

Among them:

Abandoned packets...
Mail with extra postage or "oily stains" on the packaging
Unexpected packages.

Never did I mention your neighbors, but I am sure Tom means exactly what you said.

Yep at one time I worked for an EMS organization and yes we got some training on this crap.

[spanone]

34. Politics On Parade. This is total HORSESHIT.

When he starts using Republican slogans word for word, I take this with a grain of salt. WE ALL KNOW A TERROR ATTACK IS IMMINENT. WE'VE PISSED OFF THE WHOLE WORLD.

[Gothic Sponge]

35. FEAR, FEAR, FEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

RUN TO VOTE FOR BUSH!

[gauguin57]

36. The NYC and D.C. tourist-related business are gonna LOVE this ...

... "Clyde, I don't want to go to Washington on our vacation. There's a terrorist alert!" "OK, Edna ... let's go to the Grand Canyon instead."

Those businesses relying on tourists are gonna LOOOOOVE the Bush Admin.! Especially when they realize this is all a freaking farce!

[Citizen Daryl]

37. Wow, what a load of Orwellian rhetoric.

NO SPECIFICS.

When anyone in this administration says "good intelligence", I have to laugh.

[amandabeech]

38. The World Bank is about 6 long blocks from the WH, IIRC.

I used to work across from the site on Pennsylvania Ave., and I could walk to the White House with ease, that is when the weather wasn't tropical.

I don't know the location of the IMF or any other World Bank offices.

On edit:

The IMF and World Bank are hated througout the developing world, and for good reason. If al Quaeda attacks actually are being contemplated on these two institutions, it would undoubtedly raise AQ's standing with many, many people on this planet, and increase AQ's operational ability.

[Fleshdancer]

40. terra terra terra! and, oh yeah, we're a great free nation!!!

There's Ridge with that contradicting message again. Who was it that said in F911 that this admin was treating us, the American public, like dogs?

[kentuck]

42. But he did include the RNC Convention site in the 'Zone'...

It may have looked fishy if they had only made the financial district of NYC as the sole possible target...

[napi21]

43. If I were a terrorist, I would make sure the "chatter" was

specific...every so often. It wouldn't cost me ANYTHING and it will drive my victims absolutely crazy!

I really don't know if Ridge knows something or not, but wouldn't this be a terrific and cheap way for the terrorists to accomplish their goal?

[mourningdove92]

45. Financial Institutions? How far will they spead that one?

All major cities have large "Financial Services". Will they spread the terror alert to cover large financial businesses in places like Dallas, Tuscon, Los Angeles, Atlanta..etc.

[Snoggera]

46. I am beyond disgust.

This crap has got to stop. It has to stop. These people are so very full of shit. FUCK'EM. There is nothing being given to show the truth of this load of horseshit. The American people can't be trusted with "intelligence" of any kind. Remain stupid and afraid.

Thanks for providing the details. I can't watch it.

[NightOwwl]

49. Reporter asked in NYC was going to go Red.

Wow, he was flustered. I do believe he was scared shitless she knew the BushCo master plan.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

50. "Good intelligence", brought to you by the geniuses at the CIA

The same ones that tried hair remover on Fidel. The same ones who overlooked the Soviet Union's economic collapse. The same ones who assured us that a third world country with a wrecked military posed an "imminent threat". The same ones that engineered the coup in Chile.

They sure are worthy of our trust and respect.

[wordout]

51. K.C. Tom reads Joe Vialls

"Fortress America"?

That term reminds me of local efforts to combine counties into "Freedom Communities" ..

[Walt Starr]

52. Sent this email to CNN about Ridge.

I just wanted to thank CNN for showing the Tom Ridge press conference about the hightened terror alert. Had I not seen it, I might actually have taken this alert seriously, however, after watching it in its entirty it was clear this was nothing more than a political stump speech for his boss.

I'll rest easy, as with every previous terror alert, this is nothing more than yet another political move intended to scare the electorate into voting for Bush.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

55. Well, Pretzel Boy said, "Bring 'em on!"

Now, according to Ridge, that's what they're doing.