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Monday, August 02, 2004

Drudge Report: Chicken Little Caught In Flagrante Delicto!!
Posted by Jill | 10:43 PM
OK, yeah, it's Drudge, but this wouldn't surprise me one bit:

"Much of the information that led authorities to raise the terror alert at several large financial institutions in the NY and D.C. areas was 3 or 4 years old... NYT Tuesday Page One Splash To Claim: Intelligence and law enforcement officials 'had not yet found concrete evidence that a terror plot or preparatory surveillance operations were still under way'"

Now here's the question: If this is true, it's the most cynical example yet of the depths to which this administration will sink to keep Americans afraid. But hey, whatever works, right?

As it turns out, "talking about death can raise people's need for psychological security, the researchers report in studies to be published in the December issue of the journal Psychological Science and the September issue of the Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin." (source: The Craven News Network).

The terrific Mark Maron had a spot-on rant about this on Morning Sedition today...likening the Bush Administration's use of fear as a manipulative tool with the tactics of abusive relationships, in which the abuser instills fear of the Great Outside World until you believe that only the abuser can keep you safe. Is America just a giant collective equivalent of a battered spouse? If so, sheesh, then what does Laura Bush's zonked-out habitual demeanor REALLY mean? The mind reels.....

UPDATE: Yup, it's true. Most damning is the FACT that "they had not yet found concrete evidence that a terrorist plot or preparatory surveillance operations were still under way."

It's really no longer possible to believe anything this Administration says, and I take no pleasure in the fact that my worst suspicions have been confirmed. This Chicken Little act is not only getting tired, but it puts us in grave danger in the event that there ever IS new information that DOES truly indicate that an attack is imminent.

The level of security that we see in New York City today as a result of Karl Rove's plan to draw attention away from John Kerry is hugely expensive, and could very well bankrupt the city over time. But perhaps that's part of the plan. Bush to NYC: Drop Dead, and if you won't drop dead, we'll let 'em kill you. And if they're not ACTUALLY ready to kill you yet, we'll make sure you're terrified until they are.

Top THAT, Gerald Ford.

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