Anybody else surprised that Ridge hasn't issued a TERRA- Alert

[npincus]

after OBL's tape? Now if that wasn't an opportunity, I don't know what was. Why do you think?

[Inland]

1. Too obviously political, even for them?

Or maybe, didn't want a video without a threat therein to cause admin. to act, looks like pissing pants from the very existence of OBL or from the mere sight of him.

[Kierkegaard]

2. I would be really surprised if he DID.

The bin Laden tape is no reason to raise the alert. He made no specific threats. To me, it seemed he was almost apologetic. Like he was saying, we didn't want to hurt you, but you wouldn't stop hurting us.

[sister moon]

3. There's still time

If the alert is issued immediately it might look too contrived. Give them 48 hours.
On Edit: They still have a couple of days to invent a specific threat.

[ogradda]

4. i thought that was odd too

they've had alerts on info that was over a year old but not on this? maybe because so many people have become skeptical of the terror alerts.

[scheming daemons]

5. Naming my daughter

I thought of naming my daughter "Tara" so that she could get mentioned by the president all the time.

You know...

"We must continue to fight against Tara"



But then I thought better of it...

[Junkdrawer]

6. Here's my fear:

Big attack AFTER BushCo steals the election.

Goal: Reunite the country in an attack against Iran.

And by Big, I mean BIG.

[DAGDA56]

7. And say what? "WARNING, OBL is still out there"? I mean, aside...

...from Dim Son, who doesn't know? Seriously, I doubt Ridge wants to draw attention to the fact that things still suck on the WOT front.

[AmerDem]

8. actually, no

The last time they played the alert trick the media went after them for days wondering if it was politically motivated and staged. There was nothing but cricketts after that.

[AntiCoup2K4]

9. Terralert comes Monday - or possibly Tuesday.

Dark horse says they throw one out tomorrow, which means it will involve scaring children terra-ist trick or treaters or whatever.

But the fake terralerts seem to have less than a 24 hour shelf life anymore, so they can't risk using it up too early. But I'm sure there will definitely be one before 5 PM Pacific time on Tuesday.

[Kahuna]

10. Yep. Should give even the stupidest voters pause.

Somehow, I don't think it will though. The sheep have been told what to think.

[Triana]

11. Faux Newz just said they're considering it...ON QUEUE! (n/t)

[DoYouEverWonder]

14. Yep, they probably didn't want to cut

into W's campaigning too much.

[NAO]

12. Shortly After The Dem Convention, they Cried Wolf One Too Many Times...

And everyone saw right thru it. There have not been any terror alerts since.

[endnote]

13. Why should them ? No specific warning... No chatter ?

[DoYouEverWonder]

16. Public Enemy #1

shows up all of a sudden alive and well and you don't think that they should be alarmed?

[Snivi Yllom]

15. it's coming

tomorrow or Monday

[durablend]

17. Which day is more beneficial?

Monday so it leave little time to refute it and leaves it on the attention-span deprived, or Sunday so they can scare the adults AND the kiddies (a two-fer)?