RIDGE CALLS THIS "SOBERING NEWS"

[Bluebear]

>>"This was the first time the color-coded warning system had been used in such a narrow, targeted way, Ridge said at a news conference at department headquarters.

"With this kind of information comes action," Ridge said. "This is sobering news." <<

Is this aimed directly at a besotted President?

[Cocoa]

1. we'll see how sobering it is

will Bush make an appearance today?

[dpbrown]

2. Wolf! Wolf! Wolf!

Ooops, sorry. Just kidding.

Republican fear-mongering bastards.

[BenDavid]

3. Bush re election based on FEARMONGERING;

The boogeyman will get us, and prior to and now afterwards it is the boogeyman cometh. Yep, and we all should have seen this coming because the Republican National Committee showed what bush's re-selection campaign would be about: FEARMONGERING.

Hell folks just think about it, bush is pretty good at warmongering, so why the hell not play the fear card? Just think back a lil' and think of the first ad ran by the RNC. It plainly stated, that if we do not re-elect Bush, the big, bad boogeyman will get us.We can also remember now going on 3 years after 9-11 the Bush administration has: failed to identify and capture the anthrax killer, failed to capture or kill Osama bin Laden, THE ACTUAL BOOGEYMAN WHO GOT US, and failed to capture or kill Mullah Omar of the Taliban. Worse, rather than going after the terrorists who actually attacked us, Mr Bush has invited all of the world's terrorists to attack us by delaring war on them and the result is the U S bogged down in two guerrilla wars.

Personally, I found the secret Bush is using. He (Bush) has no desire to win the war on terrorism. What he wants is PERPETUAL WAR,and PERPETUAL FEAR because that means perpetually enchancing the power of the government:His government.

So now as Tom Ridge comes forth with his message of FEAR, two times in the past two to three weeks, we as citizens ought not fall for all this fearmongering. We all knew this was going to be the "SUMMER OF FEAR" and to me, Bush's war on terrorism is a flop. Terror is merely a tactic, not an entity. Yes, the big, bad boogeyman did hit us on September 11, 2001 and yes we all should remain calm and well informed but never give in to their FEARMONGERING.