General Discussion

arely staircase

(12,482 posts)

24. to distract who from what?

Fri Aug 2, 2013, 06:33 PM

Aug 2013

if the what is the NSA business, the who is not the general public; virtually nobody outside of policy/political nerds (like myself) are paying much attention to it.

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

42 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Why do I find myself filled with skepticism at all these warnings about Al Kaida? [View all] Stinky The Clown Aug 2013 OP

Because Bush used the threat levels as a political tool to boost sagging approval numbers. tridim Aug 2013 #1

So when we all of a sudden hear about a terrorist threat... NuclearDem Aug 2013 #4

Yes, it's a coincidence unless proven otherwise. tridim Aug 2013 #7

And if nothing materializes over the weekend, then what? NuclearDem Aug 2013 #8

That's completely irrelevant to my point. nt tridim Aug 2013 #10

No, it proves your point is the oppposite equivalent. Stinky The Clown Aug 2013 #15

Actually Aerows Aug 2013 #19

Perfect. n/t DirkGently Aug 2013 #30

Of course, your point being, "It's not Obama's fault." nm rhett o rick Aug 2013 #34

Sure it is Aerows Aug 2013 #18

Exactly. NuclearDem Aug 2013 #31

You lose all credibility when you claim you know "how reality works." nm rhett o rick Aug 2013 #33

How many presidencies do you think the MIC has survived... Indi Guy Aug 2013 #23

Maybe because Al was a created out of whole cloth, by us, for just this purpose? Egalitarian Thug Aug 2013 #2

This Administration has been pretty restrained along those lines BeyondGeography Aug 2013 #3

Rumor has it they had a whole animal code to replace the color codes but it didn't test well. Stinky The Clown Aug 2013 #9

Because of how 'timely' they are. Here's what I want to know, why don't they use all that sabrina 1 Aug 2013 #5

+1000 darkangel218 Aug 2013 #13

Yeah, these sudden terrorism alerts just reek of distraction. NuclearDem Aug 2013 #17

to distract who from what? arely staircase Aug 2013 #24

If Obama were like Bush he'd have had a bunch of these in the month before his re-election. pnwmom Aug 2013 #6

Not like anyone that administrates these programs Aerows Aug 2013 #22

Embassy staff might have wanted the same generous vacations Warpy Aug 2013 #11

Catalano google search raised the alert nt voteearlyvoteoften Aug 2013 #12

LOL. DERP. nt tridim Aug 2013 #14

But this is the end of one of their high, holiest, religious holidays... kentuck Aug 2013 #16

Ramadan is not a religious holiday, it's a month of fasting Turborama Aug 2013 #40

If you are suddenly afraid your program will get defunded Aerows Aug 2013 #20

Says you been here since 2004. Rex Aug 2013 #21

I thought this smelled fishy too. Let's see if all of a sudden we see a quinnox Aug 2013 #25

Probably don't want to give Republicans another "Benghazi!" to harp on Proud Liberal Dem Aug 2013 #26

Makes sense to me. n/t AverageJoe90 Aug 2013 #38

Well... Ohio Joe Aug 2013 #27

Here's the way I understand it... RevStPatrick Aug 2013 #28

Did Benghazi happen or didn't it? phleshdef Aug 2013 #29

You remember Benghazi, right? Drunken Irishman Aug 2013 #32

No, sorry.. nothing like that can ever happen again and we shouldn't Cha Aug 2013 #39

"Deja Moo... Hydra Aug 2013 #35

Just because you are Stinky doesn't mean you are a SUCKER TheKentuckian Aug 2013 #36

In the end, we are going to be told that the NSA, PRISM, and other violations of the 4th Amendment cherokeeprogressive Aug 2013 #37

It's OK for Americans at home to look at this with skepticism Turborama Aug 2013 #41

Who will play Osama's Zombie Carcass for the obligatory video? BuelahWitch Aug 2013 #42