Does anyone else think that the "airspace" incident

[chicagojoe]

at the White House the other day was staged in order to boost Dumbasses' ratings? Anytime there is a terra alert, his ratings jump a bit. Just a thought.

[oldtime dfl_er]

1. sure, it's only fear that keeps his ratings propped up at all

if Amurkins don't see him through the filter of fear, they see he's nekkid. So any fear is good fear.

www.cafepress.com/showtheworld

[whistle]

2. It may have been, but they blew it if it was....

...what did it turn out to be, a storm cloud on radar, or something?

[Atman]

5. Bush was skeered of a cloud

That what it turned out to be. Not an incoming plane that breached air space around the capital.

It was a CLOUD. A big fluffy cloud.


RUN, GEORGE! THEY'RE SENDING THE FLUFFY BUNNIES NEXT!

[mirandapriestly]

3. That's Exactly What I Thought

the "red alert" we've been waiting for

[flordehinojos]

4. they would know how to govern if they ain't SHPREADING FEARHHHH!

[leesa]

6. Distraction...."Alert! Alert! Lookee at that terrist over there!"

[paparush]

7. Does anybody have numbers on..

the # of Terror Alert warnings BEFORE Nov 2004 vs the # of Terror Alert warnings SINCE Nov 2004?

I bet its a 'tad' lopsided, with * using the warnings to bolster his election.

[Roland99]

8. Coupled w/the "near capture" of Zarqawi and rumored new video of Osama

Why would you think such a thing?





;)

[paparush]

9. We're spending a Gazillion Bucks...

on defense and Homeland Security, turning washington into an armed camp, and they still can't tell a plane from a cloud?

[dave123williams]

10. Nah; it's just paranoia in the security apparatus...

DC is, according to my local sources there, becoming an armed camp. The denizens of this armed camp have very itchy trigger fingers...

I think there's something to the idea that a seige mentality can lead to some questionable decision making. There's also some historical context to that idea:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masada

So, maybe it's a good idea to get busy if you think there's a death cloud approaching. Maybe you're also revealing something if you get busy, but the cloud turns out to be...just a cloud.