This comes on the heels (but but in J Edgar’s heels) of yesterday’s revelations that John F. Kennedy wanted information on UFOs only ten days before he was assassinated in November 1963.
The FBI vault has some cool stuff .. why certain things have been released now, though? I think we can all speculate until the cows come home—with their insides torn out and mutilated by aliens.
The dreaded terrorism color coded system is gone. No one liked it.. We’ve been orange for a while. I guess it made everyone feel blue.
So Homeland Security’s wisdom-filled halls decided to change things up a bit and scrap the Tom Ridge invention.
This morning on the TODAY SHOW, Secretary and ‘big Sis’ Janet Napolitano unveiled the brand new system: Gone are the color codes, and in is a memo-style press release type system.. the government promises less confusion.
Here is how a ‘less confusing’ system works:
CBS News explains that at the first sign of danger, a newly formed special counter-terrorism advisory board would have just half an hour to meet to begin inter-agency intelligence sharing. An official threat warning must then be issued within two hours.
"In some cases, alerts will be sent directly to law enforcement or affected areas of the private sector, while in others, alerts will be issued more broadly to the American people through both official and media channels," DHS says on its website.
The new alerts will include maps or other graphics showing the areas affected and, unlike the color-coded system, will include a specific date when the alert expires.
As much as I hate to say it, the colors may have worked better than this.. I’m not trying to be over-critical of things, believe me, but.. I frankly don’t see what is less confusing about this.
Perhaps, instead, something could be done to alert people by Napolitano herself. Perhaps her gray streak in her hair could start to be color coded.. Red for imminent dangers, gray for normal times.. Maybe it could start also predicting weather, stock market fluctuations, and even even traffic conditions on a local level.
..and while we’re at it we should issue color coded warnings on prescription drugs, as statistics show that they are %16,400 more deadly than terrorism..
Of course that’s if a cloudy rainy and cold morning is good. It’s still morning nonetheless. And anyway, I’m not much one for ‘good morning’ .. I’d rather just say ‘hi’ ..
Cyndi Lauper — Goonies R Good Enough
Apparently the 9.0 massive quake caused an unusually severe and widespread shift in soil through liquefaction, a new study suggests
And as it fell out of his pocket, three were injured..
And good they did.. It took about 4 minutes to get my scalding hot coffee that tasted just a bit too strong.
Note to the 50,000 new workers: NO health insurance .. your company applied for and received a waiver from the Obama Administration.
Keep flippin’ and fryin’. And don’t get sick.
I had a strange surge in followers today and, suddenly, they left. They unfollowed shortly after I posted that gold was trading at $1,500 an ounce. I wonder if that offended them.
I’ve learned that the ‘following’ number is not one you should put much stock in.. it will fluctuate and if you wonder too much as far as why then you’d change yourself way too much..
Only days before he was assassinated, JFK wanted secret information on UFOs..
Let the theories roll..
With this weekend of hundreds of tornadoes behind us, and scores dead, we are faced with a possibility that Tuesday will be another active weather day, with tornado and severe weather fears over a large portion of the country..
I think we all pray it won’t be the case.. we all fear it may.
This promises to be a very active spring storm season..
Until tonight, I really didn’t even realize that this was the anniversary of the BP oil disaster.. One year later.
So I suppose it’s fitting that one year later Gulf cleanup workers are getting mystery illnesses, families are still coping, and there are still very valid concerns about seafood coming from the Gulf of Mexico.
Amazing how fast time speeds by.
It was quite a show at a Strokes concert but as highlighted by my arrow, one person in the audience may have received the most telling show of all..
