rooboy
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Tue Mar-08-05 12:15 AM
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Didn't the US govt abandon the color-coded terra alerts system? |
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because I'm wondering why the Fox news ticker is showing yellow writing with "terror alert - elevated" on the bottom of my tv screen.
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Philosophy
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Tue Mar-08-05 12:20 AM
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1. It's been stuck on yellow since right after Bush got reelected |
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Edited on Tue Mar-08-05 12:22 AM by Philosophy
They don't care about updating it any more since its not politically relevant now. BTW I don't think its ever gone below yellow.
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Tue Mar-08-05 12:25 AM
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The whole terror alert thing was a scam to scare the voters - I've noticed myself that before the elections, we were getting bullshit terror alerts everyday, but since Shrub got re selected, the whole thing has fallen by the wayside.
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Meeker Morgan
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Tue Mar-08-05 12:31 AM
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3. It will change when ... |
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... something bad happens or the pot needs stirring. Maybe right before the 2006 elections.
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Tue Mar-08-05 12:46 AM
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4. I think they phased it out.. |
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..because it was more an object of ridicule than anything.
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