I am a New Yorker, and I am PISSED as Hell that

[slinkerwink]

the information in the terror threat was THREE TO FIVE YEARS OLD! I just read the Washington Post story, which made me even more angry. I swear that tomorrow, when New Yorkers pick up their NYT edition off their doormats, they will be as ANGRY as I am tonight that all the "security" and jack-booted thugs installed in town was all based on OLD information!

[Norquist Nemesis]

1. 3-5 years old?

Haven't seen that one yet. But I told hubby that what's being put up as "late breaking news" just doesn't add up.

Sorry, dude. I'd be watching the subways and buses. :(

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

7. Do you have a link

to a news story about this?

[Bluebear]

11. NY times front page

http://www.nytimes.com/

[Norquist Nemesis]

25. Link? For what?

If you're looking for a link on public transportation threats :tinfoilhat: it's JMHO. Al Queda wants to kill as many of as possible and 'targeting' the financial district(s), as reported, just doesn't make sense. Does it to you?

The "specific" threats cited have not allowed car/truck traffic near them in quite some time....BUT!!!! The preferred method (as reported) is car/truck bombs. Does this make sense?

No, the soft targets in this country to kill as many Americans as possible is the public transportation. Bush has not done anything to beef up security with these areas and just look at, oh say, ...Israel. Pretty effective method to live in an area for 2 months, 6 months, a year and ride the same train/bus day in and day out. Then, on Day/Month/Year, KABOOM! Now, take that one day in day out operative times ten or fifteen in ten or fifteen major cities and what do we have?

[Cha]

2. I was wondering Last night what New Yorkers would think of

bush now..that they were already pissed at him before they started sending in bogus "terror alerts"?

[Renew Deal]

One of my bosses that is sympathetic to Bushler said

"hopefully they will move the convention." That's the general feeling here. Those assholes have put us under the gun.

[Renew Deal]

3. You're in NY now?

I thought you were campaigning in Ohio? Are you originally from NY? Here are my thoughts from this morning. http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=2135976&mesg_id=2135976

My thoughts from tonight are not nearly as nice.

[slinkerwink]

5. I'm originally from TX, but in NYC now, and finished campaigning

I've logged a lot of air miles onto my luggage this summer.

[K-W]

4. A friend of mine was forced by his family to leave the city over it.

Im pissed as all get out. I had to step in and help him out, he had to leave work and a play he was in because his family was freaked out by the terror alert.

[slinkerwink]

6. how do you think he'll react tomorrow?

[jpgray]

8. I'll be watching the Daily Show tomorrow

He was all over Ridge tonight; I wonder what tomorrow will bring?

[slinkerwink]

9. yeah, I bet Jon'll be pissed as I am!

[The_Casual_Observer]

10. How are they going to back out of this now?

All of a sudden just send all the SWAT guys home tomorrow, call the whole thing off? Notice that they did this on a Sunday afternoon for minimum disruption and maximum exposure?

[soggy]

26. how?

how do you think? as scary as it is to think about, what's the one thing that can keep this from coming back on 'em?

That's right... they need something to blow up.

[in_cog_ni_to]

12. I want to know

HOW THE HELL are the repubs going to have the balls to show up in NYC for their convention and expect a warm greeting? My G-d. What they have done is DISPICABLE! NYC has been through hell and back and those people use information that is 3-5 friggin' years old to put out an alert for nothing more than POLITICAL GAIN?? GEEZUS! Evil. Pure evil.

[slinkerwink]

13. they'll never get a warm greeting....the labor unions are having a

HUGE protest near the Madison Square Garden during the RNC Convention. There'll be plenty of "spilled water" on REthuglicans in New York City restaurants, mark my words.

[in_cog_ni_to]

21. What about Bloomberg?

He HAS to be pissed as hell at the cabal for doing this.

[slinkerwink]

23. fuck him!

[scottxyz]

27. Bloomberg is gay and used to be a Democrat

I doubt he gets much respect from "real" Republicans.

[Sugarbleus]

14. Ok, I've been reading this for hours (west coast here) but

what I don't get is: did they call OFF the threat? Did anyone say that the info was bogus? Do you feel safe now?

This administration is so Fubar(ed), they've got us coming and going. RED,ORANGE,GREEN,RED,GREEN,RUN, STOP, GO BLAHHHHHHHHHHH

WTH????

[slinkerwink]

19. I have no fucking idea anymore!

[MichaelHarris]

15. yes but

Orange is this seasons color according to the new Martha Stewart Sherwin Williams line of paint. So its time to redecorate wooohoooo.

[NightOwwl]

16. Here's the link to the Washington Post article.

IMO, it's a little more hard-hitting then the NYTimes.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35466-2004Aug2.html

[lapfog_1]

17. How will they all feel when the rest of story comes out

Item. Today's terra drill was based on info extracted from the
laptop of the Al Queda guy in Pakistan.

Item. Based on the info, the terra warning went out and the color
code was upgraded to orange, and all sorts of extra anti-terror
shit goes on for the named locations.

Item. Didn't the Pakistanis claim to have apprehended this guy like
three or four weeks ago?

Why wait until NOW to push the orange "terra" button?
Why not three weeks ago?
UNLESS THEY KNEW IT WAS OLD OUTDATED INFO.

[slinkerwink]

22. I'm still pissed about it!

[scottxyz]

28. I'd like to see that laptop

How much you want to bet the "Modified Date" on the files they were looking at was back 3-4 years ago?

How much you want to bet it was something really obvious like this that any highschool student could have figured out?

Like the phony Iraq-Niger uranumium documents, where if anyone had done a google search, they could have noticed that the dates didn't match the terms of the officials who had "signed" them?

[lapfog_1]

29. Oh the data is old

but I'd like to see the list of targets...
because I'm SURE that the WTC is on it.

[LunaC]

30. I don't trust the Pakistanis or anything they say

The chief of Pakistan's Inter Service Intelligence (ISI) agency was linked to a 911 hijacker and the ISI has been in bed with the CIA for years. ANYTHING coming out of Pakistan should be taken with a grain of skepticism.

[proud patriot]

18. I'm not a New Yorker , but i'm pissed off also

:hi:

[slinkerwink]

20. this is going to backfire on Bush tomorrow!

[madfloridian]

24. Hi, Slinker, I eagerly await the backfire.

I hope everyone is as pissed as you. How's it going? Love your picture.