Damn… they’re on to me…
The government concluded its “Cyber Storm” wargame Friday, its biggest-ever exercise to test how it would respond to devastating attacks over the Internet from anti-globalization activists, underground hackers and bloggers.
Bloggers?
Participants confirmed parts of the worldwide simulation challenged government officials and industry executives to respond to deliberate misinformation campaigns and activist calls by Internet bloggers, online diarists whose “Web logs” include political rantings and musings about current events.
And we all know what we do with terrorists, don’t we? We hunt them down and kill them.
On the one hand, it’s kind of amusing that the Department of Homeland Security is actually conducting wargames to test its response to attacks from terrorist bloggers. Next thing you know, they’ll be banning the dangerous use of sharp wit and cutting irony.
On the other hand, I find it personally disturbing.
Let’s put this in perspective. In congressional testimony, a top Homeland Security official has already blamed me for disrupting his department’s ability to respond in a crisis:
In the middle of trying to respond to [Hurricane Katrina], FEMA’s press office became bombarded with requests to respond immediately to false statements about my resume and my background.
Ironically, it started with an organization called Horsesass.org, that on some blog published a false, and, frankly, in my opinion, defamatory statement that the media just continued to repeat over and over. […] It came at the wrong time. And I think it led potentially to me being pulled out of Louisiana because it made me somewhat ineffective.
I suppose when Homeland Security prepares to respond to “deliberate misinformation campaigns,” this incident probably comes to mind… regardless of the fact that nothing I wrote was actually false or defamatory.
So what happens the next time a blogger like me posts critical information about FEMA or other Homeland Defense officials in the midst of crisis? Do they shut down the blog? Do they arrest us?
I just hope they show me the same kind of mercy they showed the bin Laden family in the immediate wake of 9/11.
Dude…you don’t wanna actually be flown to France, do you? ;-)
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Hmm, I looked and looked and I couldn’t find David Castrati listed on any DHS watch lists. I think the only thing you’d have to worry about in terms of violence is if you ever went quail hunting with Cheney. Apparently when there is a flock taking off, you ought to hit the dirt as he is blasting away.
So what happens the next time a blogger like me posts critical information about FEMA or other Homeland Defense officials in the midst of crisis? Do they shut down the blog? Do they arrest us?
Goldy you do not have much to worry about, when the towers fell there was a web site that published classified info about our military and they (government) did not shut them down.
http://www.globalsecurity.org/
GlobalSecurity.org is the leading source of background information and developing news stories in the fields of defense, space, intelligence, WMD, and homeland security. Launched in 2000, GlobalSecurity.org is the most comprehensive and authoritative online destination for those in need of both reliable background information and breaking news. GlobalSecurity.org, is well-respected, trusted and often-referenced in the media, both domestically and internationally.
DICK CHENEY SHOOTS HUNTER
Dick Cheney shot another hunter while on a quail hunting trip in Texas today, media sources report. The ivictim was hospitalized with pellet wounds to the face, neck, and chest. Cheney claims the shooting was an “accident.” Initial reports do not indicate whether the victim was a Democrat.
“Cheney Accidentally Shoots Fellow Hunter
“By NEDRA PICKLER, AP
“WASHINGTON (Feb. 12) – Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shot and injured a man during a weekend quail hunting trip in Texas, his spokeswoman said Sunday.
“Harry Whittington, 78, was “alert and doing fine” after Cheney sprayed him with shotgun pellets on Saturday while the two were hunting at the Armstrong Ranch in south Texas, said property owner Katharine Armstrong.
“Armstrong said Whittington was mostly injured on his right side, with the pellets hitting his cheek, neck and chest, and was taken to the hospital by ambulance.”
http://articles.news.aol.com/n.....4709990003
Someone should disarm Cheney before he hurts more people.
Goldy, you must have know it was coming … i.e., Michael Brown of Wingnuts, Inc. would blame the FEMA fiasco on YOU.
Don’t worry Goldy…with cowards like Dickless (I had other priorities than Nam) Cheney pointing the weapons, you’re probably safe.
For only $25,000, motivational speaker and management consultant Michael Brown will speak to your corporate group about how to take effective countermeasures against HorsesAss.org.
Hmmmm … wonder if our trollfuck buddies are on the federal payroll … ??
The Seals of Cyberspace, as it were …
In their group, “heavy lifting” means picking up a mouse …
Goldy, you’d look kinda weird with all your fingernails pulled out. Don’t laugh, these neoCON bastards are capable of anything.
Hey Cheney’s just doing what comes naturally. Shoot first and ask questions later. You know just like in Iraq, shoot first and then see what a mess you’ve created.
Hey maybe the friend he shot was thinking about doing a blog.
Or maybe Cheney thought he was a quail.
You know, who knows what Cheney thinks. After all you can’t believe a thing he says because truth is not involved in the Bush White House. They’ll say whatever they want.
But Beware of the Horsesass – it just might kick you! Brown knows that.
For photo of Goldy being questioned by Homeland Security Department, click here: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/.....0/2401.jpg
‘“Harry Whittington, 78, was “alert and doing fine” after Cheney sprayed him with shotgun pellets…’
Lovely use of euphemism…Cheney “sprayed” him. I suppose that is what we were doing with white phosphorous in Iraq. Just spraying some civilians a little….
Napalm works better if you drop it in one big flaming glob.
Hey! I have an idea! Let’s send Dick Cheney and Ann Coulter on a hunting trip together, and arm them with flamethrowers and F-16s. Should be a fun watch.
Goldy,
Next thing you know, they’ll be banning the dangerous use of sharp wit and cutting irony.
That reference calls to mind something from Mark Steyn.
I usually don’t agree with everything in Steyn’s columns, and this one is no different in that regard, yet seeing your statement above I thought of this:
“Prudence”? “Self-regulate our free expression”? No, I’m afraid that’s just giving the Muslim world the message: You’ve won, I surrender, please stop kicking me.
Change “the Muslim world” to “Homeland Security” and it fits nicely. Anyway, I doubt Homeland Security will shut you down, but what do you do if they tell you to exercise “prudence” (as defined by them, of course)?
Hmmm … let’s see what happened in the news today … Dick Cheney shot someone, Ariel Sharon is in a coma, “Jaws” author Peter Benchley died … so WHY is Ann Coulter so damned healthy? Why can’t she fall out of a window, or something?
I suppose a wingnut might ask, why does the rabbit wish ill upon Ann Coulter? Ummmm … because she publicly wishes for the death of millions of her fellow Americans, that’s why.
Soooo … since Ann Coulter has publicly called for the deaths of at least 50 million Americans, does that make her a … TERRORIST?
Ann Coulter = TERRORIST
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“what do you do if they tell you to exercise “prudence” (as defined by them, of course)?”
And what legal right do they have to do that, marks?
Precisely, Roger. They don’t. Perhaps a better verb would be “ask” intead?
“instead” Sheesh, I need a spell ckr…
“instead” Sheesh, I need a spell ckr…
And something that will limit my mouse to single post…
This thing with Cheney is serious. There are already reports that the shooting took place 12 hours before it was reported. Cheney and his buddies used the time for him to sober up from the 10 rum and cokes he had, and to develop a strategy and a cover story. It was reported that he tried to get his lawyers to agree to a story that somebody else did it, or maybe the victim did it himself. According to reports, while the EMTs were helping the victim, Cheney was rocking back and forth on his knees crying “what has happened” over and over.
Oh no… wait… all that stuff was what Ted Kennedy did. Never mind….
Comment by Mark The Redneck— 2/12/06 @ 5:04 pm [This needed to be posted again.]
I understand many large urban Democrat cities are ordering thousands of Prophet Muhammad Blow Up Dolls on Ebay to be delivered prior to NOV 2006. “Every vote must count, and “axing” if the Prophet Muhammad Dolls are registered is racist!” stated the NAACP spokeman!!
Homeland Security
Peeing on the constitution to provide a lack of security.
Great idea! But George Orwell already thought of it.
Republicans = Traitors and copyright infringers.
I FORGOT WHOs IN THE WHITE HOUSE AGAIN.WHO HAS CONTROL OF CONGRESS AND THE SENATE.JUST ONE MORE JUSTICE.THE DEMOCRATS HAVE NO CLUE ALL THEY DO IS BITCH MAYBE IF YOU WOULD COME UP WITH SOMETHING OTHER THAN THE WAR IS BAD BUSH IS BAD LETS CUT AND RUN FACE IT YOUR LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSERS
OH, the unbearable strain on the HA Trolls.
Goldy – You’re not a terrorist. You’re just another King County guy who’s a mis-guided progressive. This fault can be overcome.
Goldy, another poster recently delivered a URL with Richard Clarke as the authorizer of the Bin Laden family US escape. Once again, you end your well written blog thread with an absolute falsehood. Shame, shame!