White House: Five years after the September 11 attacks, the United States is safer

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I feel tired.

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ROFL

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[one...two...tree 2,762]

Ah, so it is nothing but 'feel good' #######. There's no statitics, no real report of before and after...no substance...but we're just suppose to take the White House's word for it...we are safer now... thank you, Tony Snow.

So you need substance... Oh I see..

When my government tells me I'm safer now from 'terrorism' than I was prior to 9/11, I want to know how. Don't you?

No. What for??..

Baaaaaaaaa....

Let me guess...Oh I know.You think. You protest...... You are very crtitical. Hmm.And.....Whats the result?????.. Heh, He needs "substance".

, Relax,

Sheep are docile, simple minded creatures who will follow the flock off a cliff. Baaaaaaaaaaaa....

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'Steven_and_Jinky' Relax...

[almaty 19]

Ah, so it is nothing but 'feel good' #######. There's no statitics, no real report of before and after...no substance...but we're just suppose to take the White House's word for it...we are safer now... thank you, Tony Snow.

So you need substance... Oh I see..

When my government tells me I'm safer now from 'terrorism' than I was prior to 9/11, I want to know how. Don't you?

No. What for??..

Baaaaaaaaa....

Let me guess...Oh I know.You think. You protest...... You are very crtitical. Hmm.And.....Whats the result?????.. Heh, He needs "substance".

, Relax,

Sheep are docile, simple minded creatures who will follow the flock off a cliff. Baaaaaaaaaaaa....

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Almaty.Relax.And take a donut...

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Im sure the republicans will get on that "not safe" band wagon as presidential election year will be approaching in a few years, that was thier main winning point last election etc..cough choke

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

It's probably part of the propaganda effort to remind people that we're supposed to be grateful but live in fear.

But as long as our ports are almost free from security screenings, our chemical and nuclear plants are not protected, and our food supply is centralized, we will not be safe. Actually we're much less safe in these regards. And I'd be surprised if the report spent any significant time discussing these gaping holes...

This is not about actually discussing anything. It is, as your opening sentence says, about the fact that we need to know that the government is doing a heck of a job making us safer but that we still need to be afraid, very afraid. Which is why we still need this government to make us even safer. Doesn't that give you all the warm and fuzzies you need?

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

It's probably part of the propaganda effort to remind people that we're supposed to be grateful but live in fear.

But as long as our ports are almost free from security screenings, our chemical and nuclear plants are not protected, and our food supply is centralized, we will not be safe. Actually we're much less safe in these regards. And I'd be surprised if the report spent any significant time discussing these gaping holes...

This is not about actually discussing anything. It is, as your opening sentence says, about the fact that we need to know that the government is doing a heck of a job making us safer but that we still need to be afraid, very afraid. Which is why we still need this government to make us even safer. Doesn't that give you all the warm and fuzzies you need?

Duck and Cover still has that warm, fuzzy "comfort blanket" feel to it

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

It's probably part of the propaganda effort to remind people that we're supposed to be grateful but live in fear.

But as long as our ports are almost free from security screenings, our chemical and nuclear plants are not protected, and our food supply is centralized, we will not be safe. Actually we're much less safe in these regards. And I'd be surprised if the report spent any significant time discussing these gaping holes...

This is not about actually discussing anything. It is, as your opening sentence says, about the fact that we need to know that the government is doing a heck of a job making us safer but that we still need to be afraid, very afraid. Which is why we still need this government to make us even safer. Doesn't that give you all the warm and fuzzies you need?

Duck and Cover still has that warm, fuzzy "comfort blanket" feel to it

Yeah, like in the 60's: Nuclear incoming, take cover under your desk.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Yeah, like in the 60's: Nuclear incoming, take cover under your desk.

Seems like sound advice to me - after all, if 6 inches of stained pine can protect against a nuclear blast, the government sure wasted a lot of money on those lead-lined subterranean bunkers. Might just as well told people to go and sit in their garden shed with a paper bag over their head.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

Yeah, like in the 60's: Nuclear incoming, take cover under your desk.

Seems like sound advice to me - after all, if 6 inches of stained pine can protect against a nuclear blast, the government sure wasted a lot of money on those lead-lined subterranean bunkers. Might just as well told people to go and sit in their garden shed with a paper bag over their head.

Ah, those were the days when people were buying up gas masks and duct tape.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Yeah, like in the 60's: Nuclear incoming, take cover under your desk.

Seems like sound advice to me - after all, if 6 inches of stained pine can protect against a nuclear blast, the government sure wasted a lot of money on those lead-lined subterranean bunkers. Might just as well told people to go and sit in their garden shed with a paper bag over their head.

Ah, those were the days when people were buying up gas masks and duct tape.

Things haven't changed that much you know. In the weeks and months after 9/11, some enterprising fellows offered a nice line of "terror survival kits".