Saturday, August 26, 2006

The Political Benefits of Terror

10 July 2006: It just so happens that nearly every terrorist
warning that has been issued since 2003 came at a time when Bush's
approval ratings lagged and when bad news was coming out of the war
in Iraq. Go to pollingreport.com http://pollingreport.com/ and then

check the Department of Homeland Security and the Justice Department
web sites and you'll see how the terrorist warnings were issued at
the same time Bush started to fall behind in the polls.

Comment: You can fool some of the people all of the time.....etc.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/071006J.shtml

Over fishing continues:

Population growth has led to over-fishing on the Gulf coast. Federal
officials have a mandate
to protect fisheries from over-fishing, but fishery managers in the
Gulf and elsewhere have ignored the law and allowed unsustainable
fishing for many important fish, scientists say.
http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/071006EB.shtml

"Unless this country acts strongly to rebuild its ocean fisheries,
including West Coast salmon, no amount of federal and state aid will
be enough to rescue the fishing industry and coastal communities,"
says The Oregonian, warning that a weak House version of the
Magnuson-Stevens Act would further reduce
protections if passed.
http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/071006EC.shtml

News and Views you Don't have to lose:

The following is my analysis of the fourth terrorist alert that was
tied to a key vote in Congress and/or political motives.

Ridge Warns of 'Credible' al-Qaida Plot
July 09, 2004
and House GOP Defends Patriot Act Powers

House Republicans, under strong pressure from the White House,
narrowly defeated an effort yesterday to water down the Bush
administration's signature law to combat domestic terrorism.

By a 210 to 210 tie vote that GOP leaders prolonged for 23
tumultuous minutes while they corralled dissident members, the House
rejected a proposed change to the USA Patriot Act that would have
barred the Justice Department from searching bookstore and library
records. White House officials, citing the nearly three-year-old
law's importance as an anti-terrorism tool, warned that an attempt
to weaken it would be vetoed.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37480-2004Jul8.html

Three other times the Terrorist Alert System has been used for
political reasons
1. May 28, 2004 The latest hype from Ashcroft stating Al Quada's
is now 90% ready to conduct their next attack on the US (up from
the 70% intelligence agencies' estimate).

Attorney General John Ashcroft warned of an attack planned on
America for sometime in the coming months. That may happen, but NBC
News has learned one of Ashcroft's sources is highly suspect.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5087301/

Comment: Bush's poll numbers are going down after the torture
incidents are coming to light, so this is the time to put the fear
of god into America. This is the perfect time to try to convince
voters that violations of the Geneva Convention could be justified
in the face of the new threats.

As if the threat of nuclear war hasn't always been a real threat to
the world because of Pakistani and Indian nuks, etc., and the very
bad security of their Russian nuks and chemical weapons.

2. Sept 11 thru 24, 2002: Threat level raised to orange for the
first time: Aschcroft said, "Al Qaeda cells in several South Asian
countries have been accumulating explosives since January and may be
planning car bomb or other attacks on US facilities". ," President
Bush said at the Afghanistan Embassy in Washington. "We have no
specific threat to America, but we're taking everything seriously,"
he said.
Comment: If no specific threat then why raise the threat level?
(Did) Bush turned public anxiety into Republican votes (Nov 2002
elections) by arguing that the then-Democratic Senate was "not
interested in the security of the American people."

For months, criticism of Bush was put on hold as Democrats scrambled
to prove how cooperative and patriotic they were. But if it was
unpatriotic to criticize Bush in the months after 9/11, when would
criticism become patriotic again. Typical was House Speaker Dennis
Hastert's comment about Daschle's criticism of Bush's diplomacy
before the Iraq war. Daschle, he said, had "come mighty close"
to "giv[ing] comfort to our adversaries."
http://www.eriposte.com/war_peace/911/911.htm

Senators Back President Bush on Iraq Resolution (S. J. Res. 46),
October 2, 2002:

3. March 17 thru Apr 16, 2003: Threat level raised to orange and
activates Operation Liberty Shield: "While al-Qaida remains the
principal concern, we are also concerned Iraqi state agents, Iraqi
surrogate groups or ad hoc groups or disgruntled individuals might
choose to use the time period as well to launch attacks against the
United States or against our coalition partners," said Homeland
Security spokesman Gordon Johndroe.
Comment: Still trying to sell the lies about links to Iraq and al-
Qaeda using the raised terrorist alerts to scare Americans into
supporting the war.

19 March 2003, the day the US military invades Iraq.

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