Jump-starting conspiracy theories
In order to jump-start numerous conspiracy theories, the Department of Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid (Homeland Security) raised the terror alert to Orange ("High" for those who are not up on the Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid color chart). Former Vermont governor Howard Dean has already taken the bait by referring to the heightened terror alert as a political maneuver. Democrats everywhere breathed a sigh of relief that Dean, an obvious whacko, did not win the nomination.
A source inside the Department of Homeland Security tells Verbal Jazz that the timing of a terror alert is no laughing matter, as the information has to be released at such a time where it doesn't look like an overt political maneuver and conspiracy theories catch on. "The idea," the source says, "is to flush out the conspiracy theories in the summertime so that by the time the voters decide in the fall, any conspiracy theory centered around the terror alert will have been discounted."
Since the alert is centered around the banking industry, most of the conspiracy theories have centered around the government attempting to seize your money to repay the deficit. Political maneuvering is a close second.
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A source inside the Department of Homeland Security tells Verbal Jazz that the timing of a terror alert is no laughing matter, as the information has to be released at such a time where it doesn't look like an overt political maneuver and conspiracy theories catch on. "The idea," the source says, "is to flush out the conspiracy theories in the summertime so that by the time the voters decide in the fall, any conspiracy theory centered around the terror alert will have been discounted."
Since the alert is centered around the banking industry, most of the conspiracy theories have centered around the government attempting to seize your money to repay the deficit. Political maneuvering is a close second.
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