Posts Tagged ‘ homeland security ’

Tom and the Terror Alert Code: The Test of Our Rainbow

Sep 2nd, 2009 | By | Category: Featured, Morning Whiskey
When the terror alert system changes from yellow to orange, what do you do differently? If you’re the average citizen, absolutely nothing changes… except maybe how you vote. Prior to 2004 election, the terror alert code did just that. Yellow, or “Elevated” for “significant risk of terrorist attack” was upped to Orange ...read more

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A Tale of Bureaucratic Horror and Homeland Security

Apr 29th, 2009 | By | Category: Featured, Morning Whiskey
If you haven't dealt with the government recently then you don't know that "All that changed after 9-1-1" is a very common phrase, indeed, used to excuse all sorts of abuse, rigmarole, and just flat hassling US citizens.  New policies are indicative of what happens in police states and they ...read more

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