Chertoff Worries that U.S. Public "Not Frightened Enough"

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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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

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Originally Posted by Morrigoon

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

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Originally Posted by Tref

Can this man 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

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Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

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.

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Tref Not Tref Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,188	Chertoff Worries that U.S. Public "Not Frightened Enough" 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." To be scared of your government, click here Can this man save us? __________________ Tref3.0 Listen in aural 3-D to Pop's muzak! (New songs added semi-bi-daily) j & j Did you know that Emas eht yltcaxe is exactly the same spelled backwards?!
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alphabassettgrrl Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,978	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. __________________ Why cycling? Anything [sport] that had to do with a ball, I wasn't very good at. -Lance Armstrong
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Morrigoon I throw stones at houses Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Location: Location Posts: 9,534	Tref, your threads have helped make this board particularly swanky today, thank you. (Ooops, I almost typed skanky, LOL) __________________ http://bash.org/?top "It is useless for sheep to pass a resolution in favor of vegetarianism while wolves remain of a different opinion." -- William Randolph Inge
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Capt Jack check your head Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 4,174	is he trying to justify his paycheck or what? __________________ a clear conscience is a sure sign of a fuzzy memory
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