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Hanako
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Thu Jun 01, 2006 11:08 pm

Image "Terrorist attacks" indeed! I won't get political about this, but really, I heard recently that severe weather like Tornados is on the rise, and since 2001 there hasn't been a single attack I've heard of. Nearly half the Americans believe (I've heard) that the perceptions behind this are flawed, and that since then, America hasn't been any safer, in fact, it's gotten worse because now there are so many people who hate America.

And they're spending this much money on silly gadgets like fancy headsets when their warning sirens clearly need desperate repairs or replacement??

Feh! T-T
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Thu Jun 01, 2006 11:16 pm

Now I wouldn't go as far as to say that more terrorist attacks are not possible, or that there is no threat. This is obviously untrue. (especially considering our foreign relations at the moment are ... well .... a political opinion that is beyond the scope of this board) However I think there are greater threats to central Indiana than the remote possibility of a nuclear attack.
-Bird.

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Thu Jun 01, 2006 11:37 pm

Image Hmm, okay, yeah, good point, guess it was a bit rash of me to say that :oops:

It still seems kind of silly though :shock:

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Fri Jun 02, 2006 12:46 am

those officials need to wake up and smell the coffee :shock:

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Fri Jun 02, 2006 1:02 am

Well, here's an interesting article a few months ago about one of our local places being placed on the Terrorist Target list:

I an interesting article from my local paper, the San Jose Mercury News. 12/9/05, lower right first page:

A few years ago, someone (Homeland Security?) was putting together the
National Asset Database. It seem this was a list of serious potential
targets. Included was Emerald Hills Golfland, an amusement area of 2
minature golf courses on 3 acres, and an arcade.

Local officials burst out laughing when they saw Golfland ranked #17
of 18 targets. One official removed Golfland from the list, but
Congresswoman Zoe Loftgren told the Mercury: "The last list I saw was
from May 2005, and Golfland was still on it, but with an incorrect
address (Great, terrorists can find the target in the phone book
before the feds do! -Mike). We had a (House Subcommittee on
Intelligence Information Sharing) hearing with department officials
before Thanksgiving, and I asked 'What's going on with the list?', and
they couldn't answer."

"I don't know if Golfland is on the list today or not. It's so
embarassing."

The Vice President of Golfland hopes no one was scared away from
Golfland by being on the list.

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