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QuickFlash7
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great they just threatened to bomb citi corp in NYC which is right next to my office building



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Aug 2 2004 8:08AM
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ScratchCobra66
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Citi Group is an awesome building, what building do you work at? I took an archtechual tour of New York last year.
Aug 2 2004 8:10AM
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M+M
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did they really wow, well they also said there was going to be a huge terrorist attack in boston so i wouldnt worrie, anyway wats going on there



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Aug 2 2004 8:14AM
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QuickFlash7
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the report is nuts, these bastards had crazy info, like the incline of the parking ramp



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Aug 2 2004 8:21AM
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ECFS-Attitash
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yea i'm suddenly glad i had to get knee surgery this summer. otherwise i'd be in DC working for the World Bank...which was also on the terrorist's hit list.

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Aug 2 2004 8:25AM
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triebby
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yea, the gov picked up super detailed chatter on the attacks. i wonder if its a decoy to distract us and attack somewhere else.


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Aug 2 2004 8:54AM
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M+M
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good point



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Aug 2 2004 9:03AM
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QuickFlash7
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i dunno but secutiry down here is ridiculous



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Aug 2 2004 9:04AM
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Melvs
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I don't give a shit what the government tells me they're going to bomb. it's all bull shit meant to brainwash you to the point that you believe anything they say.
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Aug 2 2004 2:09PM
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asac
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They aren't really going to bomb anything. The government is just saying that to make everyone afraid so that we'll do what they say.





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Aug 2 2004 2:12PM
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Jib_This
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^You, stop making sense and vote for Bush. You're probably a filthy communist liberal.



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Aug 2 2004 2:13PM
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QuickFlash7
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you guys are just too smart, man, melvs i dont think you've posted a single intelligent remark



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Aug 2 2004 2:14PM
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Melvs
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I haven't? shit, back to high school for me I guess.
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Aug 2 2004 2:15PM
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Jib_This
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The beauty behind it all is that we ARE too smart. You're much too far behind to get it.



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Aug 2 2004 2:16PM
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beer.
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Melvs says smart things a lot. I wouldn't go as far as to say they are brainwashing us, but it's definitely meant to scare us enough to accept their policies. Remember the mock trials Stalin staged in Russia? Making people think spies and traitors are everywhere is exactly like saying there are terrorists everywhere.



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Aug 2 2004 2:34PM
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Melvs
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mccarthyism
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Aug 2 2004 2:37PM
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beer.
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^Yes exactly, that's the example I usually use. It's a pretty common tactic. Hell, watch The Village.



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Aug 2 2004 2:43PM
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mikee
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yes, the village!

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Aug 2 2004 2:49PM
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QuickFlash7
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i find it insulting to anyone to does consider this a threat and has to worry about it. its easy to sit there and say oh theyre brainwashing us when you dont have to come to the city everyday. the threat of terror is real



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Aug 2 2004 2:55PM
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SkiUnit03
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the threat of alot of things are real





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Aug 2 2004 3:40PM
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SKItheBURG
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yeah, but it's greatly exaggerated. they're is always supposedly a big attack waiting to happen. the whole terror alert system is just meant make people scared and trust bush more. i mean if the terror alert is high, what exactly does that mean to us?

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Aug 2 2004 3:40PM
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the village is political? yay... more reasons not to see it.
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Aug 2 2004 3:45PM
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lj5
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move to canada, anything goes in canada.
Aug 2 2004 3:50PM
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im a wanna be canadian.... without all the gay canadianness... got that?
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Aug 2 2004 3:51PM
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Aug 2 2004 4:08PM
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Ghost
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Sure, it is possible that it's a conspiracy.. However, I think it would be smart to first weigh out the reprocatuions for such an action as crying wolf.

Despite what you may think, no one wants the responsibility of saying that there is a threat.
Because it will send the town into a state of pandemonium and chaos. People will be unpredictable and business will not go smoothly. And when things are unstable, money will be lost.
The building's officials will demand heightened security and full staffing from sheriffs, bomb squad, homeland security, fbi, nsa, and the list goes on. Could you imagine how much money it's going to cost the goverment for an ongoing level of security like this on a high-rise building? Millions of dollars will be spent. If national security made a mistake in judging the threat and it was petty or non-existant their necks would be hung. They could very well end up in a major lawsuit. That's a huge liability that no one wants to take unless they are 100% behind it.

Also, The government operates like a criminal laywer in several aspects. One of those aspects being that they always want to look good. They always want to appear strong and confidentv even when they know for certain that there's no way they can win. There is nothing worse for a lawyer than to admit that he feels threatened, defeated, or weak. Likewise is the government. They will never admit that they are vulnerable unless it's come down to the last point and absolutely necessary to at least warn the people.
In alot of ways, it's also arrogance and pride.

As we all now, the elections are coming up soon. How detrimental would it be for Bush if word got out that these alleged terrorist threats were fraud and nonexistant? He already has enough on his plate trying to fight claims of no wmd in Iraq. Something like this would send his whole campaign under, and if this whole conspiracy theory was true, don't you think Kerry would do everything in his power to expose it? Bush is not going to take the chance and risk everything by commiting fraud so that he can scare a few people into accepting his policies. It's just not worth it. Especially this close to the election.

Honestly, we can't say anything for certain unless we have been there and seen it first hand. Which I believe I will have a clearer perspective if I do take up miliatry intelligence's offer and become a counter-intelligence agent.

If you are going to claim that the government is brain-washing everyone, committing fraud, wasting millions of dollars, and risking everything for the sole purpose of scaring a few people then you had better have some substantial grounds and solid reasoning to support your claims.

The princicple does not want to pull the fire alarm if no fire is present, nor will the government cry wolf if no danger is near.

Think about it. What makes more sense?

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Aug 2 2004 4:51PM
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Aug 2 2004 4:54PM
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jarossamdb7
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the fact is that i could go fall off a cliff right now. sure there are those of you who would wish such a thing apon me but that diesnt mean it is gonna happen. just like someone could bomb the Citi Bank building. everyone worries about stuff too much. terrorism is a possibility but Bush and people like him are useing it as an advantage to make it seem like what they are doing is right. Kerry does the same, they are all politicians...
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Aug 2 2004 5:36PM
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QuickFlash7
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im not saying lets all freak out over this and stop our lives, im still going to work every day, all im saying is dont disrespect people who have to live with a direct threat by passing it off as gov't propoganda



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Aug 3 2004 7:57AM
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skiierman
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yeah well i had a dream not to long ago about this kind of thing happening so im kinda worried. my dream






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Aug 3 2004 9:43AM
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skiierman
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^ look at the date in relation to the terror threat.



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Aug 3 2004 9:44AM
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Jackpot
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Well, think about it. Bush and government raise alert and speak of terrorist attacks. Security increases, no terror attack, people TRUST Bush's 'security'. Therefore terrorist threats could be ways of building a reputation for bush and his supposed security. Election coming up, eh?


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Aug 3 2004 10:58AM
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GeneralButtNaked
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I stopped trusting the goverment telling me about terror threats after they made a scale of colors. I'm colorblind and i know i sure as hell dont know which ones which. They could have made a reasonable scale with numbers.





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Aug 3 2004 11:01AM
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SKItheBURG
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yeah, you make it sound like there's all this danger and nothing ends up happening then it looks like your saving us from threats. i would definitely be scared, too, if i heard a specific threat to a building i was in, tho.

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Aug 3 2004 11:09AM
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manus
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something to keep in mind is that the raise in terror alert level for specific targets is based mainly on information that dates back to 2000. Where was the government and security then?

Now, once that info got leaked to the media, there has been a bit of a double take saying yes it was based on that info, but more credible info came to light in the last 72 hours. All I know is that either more info has to be laid out when the alert level goes up, or they gotta stop making people panic from old info that may or may not relate to current events.

All I know is I think the government is looking at everything the wrong way, no one expected planes to hit the World Trade Center, why do they seem to think that any other attack that might happen will be in a predictable manner?

I just think its time that the citizens of the US are giving proper, intelegent, fact based information in a reasonable timeframe. I don't want to hear about 4 year old scouting reports by terrorists, I wanna know where they were 12 hours ago and what they were doing/thinking.


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Aug 3 2004 11:11AM
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General_Shredgnar
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Total bogus. Its been used so mnany times, but always to destract the american people from a more urgent problem. This time it was the elections. When people started to think who was the better choice, they put on a terror alert to make people forget and stand up on there toes again.
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Aug 3 2004 11:22AM
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J.D.
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It's the week after the Democratic National Convention, and everyone is talking about the Dems and their new, united vision for the future of America. Barack Obama's keynote speech, Kerry's acceptance speech, it's getting the democrats of America ready to take this election, but OH WAIT! Let's not talk about that anymore. TERROR ALERT. And this one's not vague, like to others... its SPECIFIC. We're not going to tell you what the specific info is, any more than we did the vague info, but you can trust us. The fact that all these terror alerts appear to be conveniently politically timed has just been a coincidence, after all. And just to prove it's not politically motivated, let's listen to Tom Ridge say 'And none of this important information would have been available without President Bush's leadership in the War against Terror.' Nope...not at ALL politically motivated.

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Aug 3 2004 11:49AM
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P-JO
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The fact of the matter is, FUCK the terrorists.. there just like the spammers, always looking for attention.




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Aug 3 2004 12:03PM
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homestead
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^look at the front page for attention, only two real threads

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Aug 3 2004 12:04PM
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Melvs
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thank you JD, I was gonna bring that up. it's ridiculous that anyone believes this.
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Aug 3 2004 12:04PM
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QuickFlash7
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i understand the skepticism, but its still something to be taken seriously



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Aug 3 2004 12:07PM
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Melvs
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no it's not. for 3 years now it's been like this, and we've had not a SINGLE attack. They are scaring us into it.
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Aug 3 2004 12:15PM
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QuickFlash7
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we havent, but what about such cases like madrid



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Aug 3 2004 12:16PM
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Melvs
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when they're telling us that is in our own country, it's to scare us. Was there any intell on teh madrid bombing before it happened? I don't rember tehm warning us about an attack in Spain.... or one on our embassy's aroud the world...
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Aug 3 2004 12:18PM
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P-JO
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Its not really rediculous everyone believes it, because I mean the goal of terrorists.. is to instill fear and terror... so there doin their job good right now, correct me if I'm wrong.




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Aug 3 2004 12:18PM
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QuickFlash7
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yeah there were warnings with madrid, such as al qaeda saying madrid we will bomb tyou



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Aug 3 2004 12:20PM
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Melvs
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you realize that the Bush administration is helping the terrorists out by installing fear in the ignorant citizens of our country....
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Aug 3 2004 12:39PM
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skiierman
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^ yeah bush is probobly the worst president in history. even though ive only been alive for so short, i dont think that any president has been as bad as the one we have now.



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Aug 3 2004 12:50PM
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QuickFlash7
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there have been plenty of worse presidents



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Aug 3 2004 1:00PM
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manus
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lets see, I'd say worse of my lifetime, Carter, Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Bush.

I'd say the two Bush's take it in my opinion.


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Aug 3 2004 1:49PM
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