CNN just had a segment screaming

[hifiguy]

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Terra, terra, terra. Watch everything!! ISIS probably coming to disrupt 4th of July freedumb!

Who is stupid enough to take this bullshit seriously?

ETA - this was NOT someone from any of the federal agencies. It was just an interview with one of their bloviating talking head "experts" who was practically having kittens.

[trueblue2007]

1. Idiots are stupid enough = GOPigs

[Mika]

29. Its everywhere ...

[merrily]

2. If you live in a place like Boston, which is probably the city most tied to July 4, other

than Lexington and Concord, that kind of thing can be very unnerving.

While the shot heard 'round the world was not fired here, we have more iconic Revolutionary War related sites to visit than Lexington and Concord. Also, Boston's Harborfest celebration of America's birthday, which began July 1, draws huge numbers of tourists from all over the country.

[hifiguy]

5. Boston's history makes concernthere legit.

I assume Bostonians are already aware of that. But the propaganda is undifferentiated. Somehow I think that if you live in Mattoon, Illinois, Pocatello, Idaho, or Prescott Arizona, or pretty much anywhere the chances of the Scary Ay-rabs coming to your town are about the same level of probability as your quantum dematerialization and re-appearance on the other side of the nearest wall.

Keep the sheeple stirred up and paranoid is the tactic I see.

[Mika]

19. Local news Miami (Fla) was all about being good citizens and report anything odd....

... which is pretty much the steady-state for Floriduh.

[merrily]

20. The govt does believe that places that are American icons are a target, along with

financial centers and "sinful" places, like Hollywood and Las Vegas.

A friend used to work for the city. I don't remember what his title was, but he was either Homeland Security or working very closely with it. Now he does that type work for one of our universities. Maybe I should email him and try to find out what's up.

[Adrahil]

3. If the threat is legit, or potentially legit, take it seriously.

Im not in favor of the politics of fear, but there are bad guys out there. If we have an actually reason to be concerned, then it is best to get the word out.

[Mika]

25. Yep. The CIA and Cheney crews are on the loose.

[kentuck]

4. Fear is a control agent...

So long as they can keep the people afraid, they can do anything they want.

[OriginalGeek]

6. I'm on the lookout

for dildo flags

eta: just in case lol - http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/06/28/john-oliver-slams-cnn-for-mistaking-pride-parade-s-dildo-flag-for-isis-flag.html

[hifiguy]

11. The real threat within!

The Fungus Among Us!

It's gonna take them years to live that one down.

Oliver vid is now down.

[hifiguy]

15. According to a vid posted here yesterday

Frothymix Turtlesex genuinely considers gay marriage to be an incomprably greater threat to the future of humanity than climate change.

There are no metrics to describe that kind of Total Fail.

[Fred Sanders]

7. CNN, the Terror Network is doing what it does best...scaring folks...so they can be controlled.

ISIS is not at war with the West, they are at war with Muslim nations.

But the fear must go on!

[99th_Monkey]

8. Three days ago I posted this, from CNN

"We don't have any time anymore" for US Constitution & Bill of Rights

Wolf has a panel of handpicked "nat'l security analysts" (read ex-CIA/Military war-heads)
talking about how 'we don't have time anymore" to "wait around" when monitoring
"potential terrorists" .. to "see if they are going to attack" ... Wolf nods approvingly..

Essentially saying that -- instead of surveilling and monitoring suspected terrorists, we need
to start rounding them up and/or lock them up .. very creepy. On what grounds again?

The rationale dominating the conversation was that ISIS now has a bunch of 'lone wolves"
willing to carry out attacks on the public, and the lead-time that's detectable from surveillance
is getting shorter and shorter, due to social media .. blah blah..

It's like ISIS is being branded as "The New 911" all over again.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026926115http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026926115

[hifiguy]

13. I saw and read that post.

Nothing is too insane to be true anymore.

Shit, they MIC is manufacturing their own boogeymen at this point. Anything to keep the dollars and the fear flowing.

[99th_Monkey]

21. Yep. Interesting times indeed. nt

[Igel]

9. France?

I'm sure there were people in France saying terrorist warnings are for the birds, there's no way they'd ever be struck.

Tu n'es pas Charlie.

[Fred Sanders]

10. The purpose was not to terrorize Westerners, that is easy, it was to draw Western nations into their ME war.

Who is stupid enough to fall for this drummed up FEAR? Same reliable American folks that fell all over themselves insisting on fear over science, clinging to the fear in the Ebola propaganda campaign.... another media driven fear-fest...rhetorical question, actually.

[Frustratedlady]

12. I'm afraid the warning code during the Bush years gave us a false sense of security...

in that we quit listening and heeding advice.

Obama hasn't screamed "the sky is falling" and, if his administration is sending out a message, I'll damned well pay attention. OTH, if it is simply CNN, I'll get back to the preparation of food for the 4th.

We mustn't be complacent nor stupid. We know ISIS will make an appearance at some point in time. I prefer to use my head rather than lose it.

[bigwillq]

16. This.

[hifiguy]

24. This wasn't from the feds, which I should have made clear.

It was just one of their talking heads, blithering on in a rather Palinesque fashion.

[Frustratedlady]

31. Oh, OK. Can I assume the US Flag and Confederate Flag conversation

has lost its luster now, so they need something else to keep the sheeple in tow?

Actually, the 4th would be enticing to ISIS. Big targets, as well. I don't think they are interested in anything in my area except perhaps the bridge...well, and heads. Just sayin'.

[B2G]

17. Is CNN just making this up, or

are they reporting what Federal agencies are saying?

Don't blame the messenger.

[hifiguy]

26. Was NOT from the feds.

Just one of their "experts" having a snit and falling into it.

[B2G]

33. Lots of links out there

There is nothing specific, but there never is.

Honestly, the MSM is hyping, but the Feds are taking measures to heighten security.

[Fred Sanders]

18. Selling fear on the 4th of July is as traditional as selling apple pie.

Remember Ebola?

I guess gunning down folks at prayer and burning of Churches is not enough. Too "domestic" to raise the required amount of fear with your hot dogs.

Boo!

[Rex]

22. Millions and million of Americans! The ones that could care less about history or facts.

Surface dwellers that never go below skin deep.

[spanone]

23. m$nbc has been spouting the same fearmongering...the 'lone wolf' thingy

[nadinbrzezinski]

27. Actually DHS did issue an extremely vague warning

vague does not begin to describe this.

We wrote and ran the usual if you drink, don't drive, but the Chief of Police added the line, if you see something, say something, due to that warning.

[nadinbrzezinski]

28. Here is a link to one of local news

doing a better job on this

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/fbi-department-of-homeland-security-issue-4th-of-july-terror-warning

Not a specific threat.

And by the way, the FBI has issued news of several folks arrested around the country... none in San Diego, why I never ran those stories, but got the news releases.

Also fusion centers are fully manned.

IMHO... news is drumming this when all they have to say is... some vague threats, move on.

[jwirr]

30. They scream terror - we all jump. Yet I seriously doubt that ISIS is going to come to our little

family gathering in the wilderness. Seriously doubt that they even know we are having one. These mass scares do not accomplish anything.

As far as I am concerned the only people who should take this seriously is the people who's job it is to prevent it. Instead they are issuing messages of fear that actually allow the enemy to win by scaring everyone, by disrupting all of our lives and taking the celebration out of the holiday. All we have to fear is fear itself - FDR.

This year I think the enemy may be inside much more than outside.

[azmom]

32. ISIS and sharks, don't forget the sharks.

[hifiguy]

35. With frickin' laser beams

attached to their heads

[BuelahWitch]

38. That's right! It's Shark Week!

[GliderGuider]

34. Was this about that imaginary dirty bomb threat?

[hifiguy]

37. No, just some "expert"

saying "Be afraid, be afraid, ISIS is coming." Nothing but paranoid generalities.

Probably the same moran who thought the dildo flag was an ISIS flag.

Where do they find these dumbbells?

[GliderGuider]

39. Here, I think

[Blus4u]

40. These "experts" are paid

by CNN, so basically, the more hysteria they can generate - the more frequently they get to appear and the more money they make!

Peace

[hifiguy]

41. That really is a brilliant scam in a way.

"How to make a six-figure salary spouting random bullshit." I never see these job postings.

[LiberalElite]

36. Not me - and I'm in 9/11 Central (NYC) eom

[jalan48]

42. PR campaign for big security and defense budgets.