... as the result of the expiration of the PAA (Protect AT&T Act), why hasn't Homeland Security's color coded threat level been raised to Magenta or Puce or some such thing?
Very clearly, the warnings about an increased threat to the Heimat are all rhetoric (read "bullshit").
If there is actually an increased threat to the US beginning at midnight, then clearly the Hiematsicherheitdienst is remiss in its duties to ensure that the country is ready for the increased risk of attack.
Clearly the administration, despite what it says, does not believe that there is any increased risk of attack. Either that, or they are totally incompetent. Oh, wait ...
Much of the initial coverage about Fort Hood turned out to be wrong. Is there anything wrong with that?
The accountability imposed by another country for the CIA's kidnapping and torture reveals much about our own.
Fox News' morning show plays to type, talking about whether Muslims in the Army should face "special debriefings"
The Maine fight was supposed to be the dress rehearsal for repealing California's Prop. 8 -- but gay marriage lost
Once one obtains Seriousness credentials in the Washington media, they are irrevocable no matter one's conduct.
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