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Tref
07-11-2007, 01:28 PM
Fearing complacency among the American people over possible terrorist threats, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said Tuesday that his "spidey sense" was telling him that the nation faced a heightened chance of an attack this summer.

Chertoff recommended that the U.S. public should instead, "be frightened at all times."

Chertoff said there were not enough indications of an imminent plot to raise the threat levels nationwide. He indicated that his remarks were based on "a gut feeling" formed by intelligence and his spidey sense.

Chertoff revealed that his spidey "gut" tells him a lot of other things, such as when a crime is in progress or if it is going to rain. "Mostly, though, my gut tells me to eat spaghetti."

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Can this man (http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/54/039_20147~Chuck-Norris-Posters.jpg) save us?

alphabassettgrrl
07-11-2007, 01:37 PM
We ought to be vigilent, yes (it's what got those cars in London spotted) but not afraid. Fear doesn't help anything. The only thing fear does is impel us to give more powers and liberties to our government, which has quite enough already, if you ask me.

Morrigoon
07-11-2007, 01:42 PM
Tref, your threads have helped make this board particularly swanky today, thank you.

(Ooops, I almost typed skanky, LOL)

Tref
07-11-2007, 01:51 PM
Tref, your threads have helped make this board particularly swanky today, thank you.

(Ooops, I almost typed skanky, LOL)

I would have accepted both.

Kevy Baby
07-11-2007, 03:15 PM
Can this man (http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/54/039_20147%7EChuck-Norris-Posters.jpg) save us?No, but he can sometimes mildly entertain us.

Capt Jack
07-11-2007, 03:16 PM
is he trying to justify his paycheck or what?

innerSpaceman
07-11-2007, 03:21 PM
When are we going to finally meet Tref??

€uroMeinke
07-11-2007, 07:19 PM
When are we going to finally meet Tref??

I have met the Tref and I can assure you Tref is real - or the experience at least has the verisimilitude of reality - such is the metaphysics of Tref.