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The Mayor and Police Commissioner made sure New Yorkers knew that things were status quo after Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's death. And by status quo, that means New York City is still on high alert, which has not really changed since September 12, 2001 (save a subway terror alert here and there). Mayor Bloomberg said, "I don't think you should worry about: Are you safer today than you were yesterday or are you more in danger? The world probably is better off without this person, but there are plenty of other people that we have to bring to justice." The NY Times also voiced that thought in an editorial today.
And in Queens, some residents are upset that the Queens chapter of Al Muhajiroun pass out anti-US fliers and shout anti-American sentiments from a megaphone at 37th Avenue and 74th Street. A former Queens member (and Brooklyn College grad), Syed Hashmi, was arrested in London on terror charges.
A 2003 CNN graphic of NYC's terror alert; you can see that NYC's has stayed "high" while the country fluctuated
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Well someone screwed up, as this should have been staged closer to the election.
bet the \"Terroe\" Alert gets raised as the midterm Election approaches...
It\'s Friday; everyone should be high.
The terror alert color hasn\'t changed since the presidential election. Whenever democrats came ahead in the polls, the terror alert would change. Since the election, it hasn\'t budged. This is a purely political scheme with no real relevance to vigilance against terror.
Christian, Yep, and people Bought into it.
Bet they will again next time too...
There\'s a real irony that the die-hard Democrats, the ones that post here and constantly put down the \"red states\" as stupid and tout their own superior intelligence and education, think that a campaign totally devoid of new ideas could possibly win an election. The entire mantra of 2004 was how great things were in the 1990s when Clinton was President. Wake up! It\'s not the 1990s. Clinton didn\'t have to deal with a more powerful and energy hungry China. There was plenty of global terrorism directed at the US in the 1990s and Clinton did nothing. And I\'m not just talking about invading Afghanistan or killing bin Laden. Perhaps he could have had the sense to move our troops out of Saudi Arabia to lessen the ire of the Muslim world.
So when you say the voters are falling for the fear mongering, I seem to recall that it was Chuck Schumer that was leading the charge on protection for airplanes from shoulder launched missiles. And if there is nothing to fear than why the outrage over Homeland Security funding? Is it simply politics for you guys? Superior intellect indeed.