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White House Disaster Drill Supposes 10-City IED Strike - washingtonpost.com
White House Disaster Drill Supposes 10-City IED Strike

By Jennifer Loven
Associated Press
Sunday, February 25, 2007; Page A09

Dozens of high-level officials joined in a White House drill yesterday to see how the government would respond if several cities were attacked simultaneously with bombs similar to those used against U.S. troops in Iraq.

White House homeland security adviser Frances Fragos Townsend and the Homeland Security Council that she heads mapped out in advance a massive disaster involving improvised explosive devices, or IEDs. The attack targeted 10 U.S. cities, both large and small, at the same time, said a senior administration official who spoke on the condition of anonymity.

Townsend presided over the three-hour exercise, which brought the government’s top homeland security officials to the Eisenhower Executive Office Building next to the White House. All Cabinet agencies were represented by their secretaries or other high-ranking officials, with about 90 participants in all, White House spokesman Scott Stanzel said…

President Bush went on a bike ride yesterday morning and did not take part in the test.

This is the “Leader of the Free World? We really are screwed

Action: Congress wants to monitor all Emails, IMs, Etc. | The Agonist
Under the guise of protecting children, the Congress has comeup with Stopping Adults Facilitating the Exploitation of Today’s Youth Act

Under this Bill, if passed, Kiss your Internet privacy good by. Your IM’s will be logged, email read and in general, you won’t even be able to talk to your under 18 nephews, nieces cousins or siblings for fear of saying something the tracking software doesn’t under stand? for example, as an actor, I can no longer use the term “It bombed” in reference to a really bad play.

SEC. 6. RECORD RETENTION REQUIREMENTS FOR INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS.

(a) Regulations- Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this section, the Attorney General shall issue regulations governing the retention of records by Internet Service Providers. Such regulations shall, at a minimum, require retention of records, such as the name and address of the subscriber or registered user to whom an Internet Protocol address, user identification or telephone number was assigned, in order to permit compliance with court orders that may require production of such infor

don’t like the idea of warrantless internet surveillence? then write to the media people listed at the end of the article

and, don’t give me that “If you got nothing to hide” bullshit. I have no desire to have my emails read or be falsely accused of something because filtering software can’t parse meaning.

over at the colboard[1] an exchange of ideas is taking place between members of The Nation/Heros[2] and a representative of Wikipedia [2] Rather than refuting the incident that led to the latest incident, the proving of the "wikiality" premise which the arbiters of information dismissed as another defintion of "consensus reality" and therefore not worthy of inclusion in their "consensus reality" showing thier personal bias against such possibilties - that while we do create our own reality,some re-create it as they wish it too be.

From the discussion on Wikiality’s status on inlcusion: oops.. thereis no discussion. It was purged. They are far too busy with oooh, Look!!! they;re talking about us again!!!! we’ were mentioned on ‘30 Rock!!!! cooolllll!!

Landmark Legal Foundation Nominates Rush Limbaugh for 2007 Nobel Peace Prize - Yahoo! News

Particualrly this:

We are offering this nomination for Mr. Limbaugh’s nearly two decades of tireless efforts to promote liberty, equality and opportunity for all mankind, regardless of race, creed, economic stratum or national origin. We fervently believe that these are the only real cornerstones of just and lasting peace throughout the world.

Sometimes, the comedy just writes (Right(s)?) itselsf…