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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPresidential Alert System's true intent?
I had the bad awful.thought that this would be the mechanism that 2-minute Toadie uses as his way of a) alerting everyone to a terrorist attack, and then b) use it to announce suspending of the Constitution where he then cements his power.
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)donkeypoofed
(2,187 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,440 posts)I hate to be ageist here but if he were 30 years younger and more technically savvy beyond thumbing something on his phone to tweet, then MAYBE he would have the aptitude to login to the special account required in the system needed to actually compose and SEND THAT "nationwide" level of message.
I will post this again (this is basically what is required to send a message) -
mythology
(9,527 posts)I really don't get the hysteria over this system.
global1
(25,270 posts)Welcome to 1984!!!!!
BumRushDaShow
(129,440 posts)ProfessorGAC
(65,168 posts)Slapping my head too, BRDS!
essaynnc
(801 posts)Think about it for a moment, what could he reasonably use such a nationwide system for? Weather? Earthquake? Tsunami? All too localized. I'm sure he's foaming at the mouth to use his new toy... it won't be long until they corrupt this too.
BumRushDaShow
(129,440 posts)The continental U.S. is 3.5 million square miles in size (depending on what is counted of the territories and OCONUS), so 99.9% of emergency-type events ARE "localized".
tymorial
(3,433 posts)DeminPennswoods
(15,290 posts)The same one that interrupts broadcast and cable TV, satellite TV and radio and AM/FM radio on a regularly scheduled basis.
My little flip phone has a setting that can enable/disable "notifications" like NWS severe weather warnings and "Amber" alerts.
Renew Deal
(81,871 posts)brooklynite
(94,727 posts)Buying into the first conspiracy theory is always the hardest.
john657
(1,058 posts)not more of this conspiracy shit.
It's nothing more than an update of the EBS.
yuiyoshida
(41,861 posts)Omg, if some how the Republican's allowed it and keep the Democrats out of office, we are ALL JUST FUCKED.
OhNo-Really
(3,985 posts)I sent you mail request
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