"America on alert" "Nation on edge"

[LiberalElite]

this according to ABC News right now. What say ye? From 9/11 Central in NYC, I call B.S.

[jaysunb]

1. I'll call your b.s.

and raise you 2 snorts.

Our corrupt media knows no shame.....

[niyad]

2. I have heard this from several people, who are astounded that I am not in the least afraid.

(like you, I call BS)

[Warpy]

3. I do too

Only thing that has me on edge are the fucking jackasses who were out shooting off firecrackers at 1 AM last night. I know they'll be out there tonight, tomorrow night, and Sunday night. It's hotter than hell but my windows will be closed because I hate the stink of burnt gunpowder.

I hate this holiday with a purple and undying passion.

[NRaleighLiberal]

4. We don't watch TV. Chilled out here. Just ate a nice dinner. Porter with ice cream dessert!

Just had a Terrapin porter flavored with peanuts and chocolate - scoop of vanilla - that's dessert!

We don't do fear in our house.

[LiberalElite]

5. better for the mental health for sure eom

[peacebird]

6. Love it, we don't do the media bs 'terra terra terra fear fear fear' here either

[Solly Mack]

7. I guess I missed the memo. Should we color code our dress for tomorrow?

I do miss not knowing what color to wear each day.

[LiberalElite]

8. Red white & blue unless you hate America eom

[Solly Mack]

12. lol! Silly me.

I'll add a splash of yellow and orange just to be safe.

[Jeff Murdoch]

23. No, it sounded like they were going for

full-on pantload brown.

[Solly Mack]

30. Nah. Brown won't work for tomorrow. I'll just have to

go back to not worrying.

There! Done!

[Avalux]

9. They say it's the highest alert since 9/11. I don't care.

Seriously - if something happens, it happens. I have no time for fearmongering and handwringing. I'm focused on living my life without fear, and I like it.

[annabanana]

10. CNN is full on "turn in your neighbor if they seem 'funny'" mode. .

Land of the Free,

Home of the scared shitless, I guess . . .

[hifiguy]

25. It sure ain't the "home of the brave"

anymore, that is for damn sure.

[Euphoria]

11. Maybe they are referring to the car I saw driving down my residental

neighborhood today, driving very slowly as if looking for attention, displaying an American flag out of the front passenger window. What really attracted my attention were its many rear bumper stickers and the one I was able to get in my sight read, "Erase the Base".

Look it up. Disgusting. Terroristic and dangerous.

[LiberalElite]

13. I googled "erase the base"

and got a lot of techie pages.

[dflprincess]

33. Erase the base?

I'd have to assume the car was being driven by a Third Way Democrat.

[MADem]

14. For the last three weeks at least I have seen a noticeable uptick in security measures.

I have debated mentioning it here, and not really seen the point because it would only encourage paranoia, but if I had to label the perceived "threatcon" I'd call it BushCo ORANGE.

On military installations, guards are active duty, not rent a cops, and they're well armed and doing more vehicle checks. Police are all over hell lately, way more than usual; at airport(s), the security presence has been much heavier than normal.

They're reacting to a credible threat, but they aren't getting all TERRA TERRA TERRA over it like they did in the old days. They are pushing the visible response teams to the fore. Who knows what they're up to in the background.

Anyone who says that there hasn't been an apparent increase in security protocols recently has not been paying any attention.

Unless they're prepared to say WHAT the threat is, though, what's the point of screaming ORANGE ORANGE ORANGE like happened back in the Tom Ridge Bad Old Days, though?

[840high]

35. A most sensible post.

[cherokeeprogressive]

15. Thank the Obama Administration. They're the ones behind the scaredy-cat reporting.

From the CIA Director on down.

[alfie]

16. Wrecks will probably do more harm.

I just don't see all the fear mongering. And they ignore or deny climate change with clear evidence all around.

[scarletwoman]

17. Huh? This is the first I've heard that we're supposed to be "on alert"/"on edge".

Why? I don't have TV.

The only thing I'm on edge about is my jerkwad neighbors down the road shooting off illegal fireworks here in the midst of a damn spruce forest. At least it rained today.

[nadinbrzezinski]

21. Now that is a good reason to be on alert

fireworks, spruce forest... yup

[scarletwoman]

26. Yeah, the only time I really relax is when there's snow on the ground.

I live here year round, but these idiot assholes live in the city and come up on the weekends. They just love to shoot off guns and blow up stuff.

Words cannot describe how much I loathe that mentality!

[nadinbrzezinski]

28. Trust me, I get it

and I live in a city (but have covered more than one wildfire in the backcountry.) One was started by people firing them guns. Not just regular ammo, but apparently tracers... I won't ask where they got those. Suffice it to say, one person died. and more than a few lost their homes.

[dflprincess]

34. I'm in the 'burbs and my neighbors are just as bad tonight

I keep hoping they set fire to the gazebo in the middle of the courtyard - that might to take care of the weekend bonfires as well.

I wait all winter to be able to have open windows and tonight they're closed because of the noise and on Friday and Saturday nights they wind up closed because of the smoke from their damn fires.

[B2G]

18. I'm a tich edgy but I'm watching Jaws. Nt

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

19. eek!

[nadinbrzezinski]

20. Hey, San Diego is also up there in alert status and targets list

and I call this bullshit... grade A.

I am actually worried about the idiot driving drunk, that is an actual if minor threat.

And I should edit this, the DHS release was as mushy and non specific as you can get... as in no specific threat. I get it if you work intel, or are a beat cop to keep your eyes open... sure. But this is as mushy and non specific as it gets. IMO does not deserve more than the, if you see something say something... mostly that is the Israeli attitude, as well as the British attitude during the Terror.

Yeah, yeah, that applies to more than just EEEEVVVIIILLLL terrarists from furiegner lands... Personally I am far more worried about my local terror groups... err have you checked the SPLC hate map? And having dived into the real sewers of the internet... yup, those guys are far more noisier.

[hifiguy]

22. Nitwits with fireworks will

cause more damage than anything else.

Terra, terra, terra, Fear, fear, fear! ISIS is coming and are probably under your bed already!!!!

Bullshit on stilts and steroids to keep the sheeple malleable and scared.

[marmar]

24. Perhaps there's some upcoming happening that we need to be distracted from.

[hifiguy]

27. That little shitheel in SC certainly distracted the sheeple

from the reaming they are going to get from the TPP.

And the brouhaha about the Dixie Swastika sure took the focus off of gunz.

Kabuki theater, every bit of it.

[onecaliberal]

29. The corporate news is reminding everyone to be very askeered.

The big bad terraists are coming for us all. Run!!!!!!!!

[virgogal]

31. We spent the 50s expecting The Bomb. I'll take it with a grain of salt.

[Oneironaut]

32. It's Threat Level Midnight

[olddots]

36. I haven't been this scared since Wolf Blitzer did 5 hours on Baloon Boy

[Eleanors38]

37. Well, there is a hornets' nest inside the car trunk.