NORAD on heightened alert... "But no one is talking about why."

[Taco John]

NORAD air base on heightened alert
No reason given for 'Bravo-Plus' security level

Posted: July 3, 2006
1:00 a.m. Eastern

As the U.S. continues to express concern about the possibility of a North Korean missile test directed toward American territory and the rest of the world holds its breath over a close encounter with an asteroid, several U.S. air bases are on heightened alert.

But no one is talking about why.

The Cheyenne Mountain Air Station, which houses NORAD – charged with monitoring the North Korea situation – is now at "Bravo-Plus."

Other air bases in Colorado, California and Florida are also on heightened alert status.

There are five levels of alert: normal, Alpha (low), Bravo (medium), Charlie (high) and Delta (critical). "Bravo-Plus" is slightly higher than a medium threat level.

The Bush administration has urged North Korea to abandon its plans to test a long range missile. The Pentagon believes the missile is capable of reaching the United States.

NORAD and the U.S. Northern Command in Colorado would play a big role in both detecting and responding to a missile launch if it ever occurred.

The U.S. missile defense system is only a few years old, but could be tested if North Korea chooses to act.

Meanwhile, in a development that may or may not be related to the heightened security alert, an asteroid up to half a mile wide is due to brush past the Earth early today.

Scientists who have been tracking asteroid 2004 XP14 say it will approach almost as close as the Moon, traveling at 10.5 miles per second.

It has been classified as a Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (PHA), along with 782 known others.

Initially there were concerns that the asteroid might collide with the Earth later this century. However, further analysis of its orbit has ruled this out - at least for the foreseeable future.

If XP14 did hit the Earth the effects would be devastating.

"It would probably be big enough to wipe out a small country," said Dr David Asher, from the Armagh Observatory in Northern Ireland.

[L.A. BRONCOS FAN]

...But no one is talking about why."

It's getting closer to November.

Time to ramp up the "fear factor."

[Taco John]

It's getting closer to November.

Time to ramp up the "fear factor."


I believe there has been much of that going on, but I don't get the sense that this is one of those times.

If there were a line to bet on, I'd bet that it's been raised based on a legitimate scenario.

[Kaylore]

I believe there has been much of that going on, but I don't get the sense that this is one of those times.

If there were a line to bet on, I'd bet that it's been raised based on a legitimate scenario.
In LABF's world terrorists are just a bunch of Karl Rove clones in an undisclosed studio, North Korea was a magical paradise of fun and joy before Bush, and poverty was created by evil Republicans who eat babies and beat up old people.

No, surely all this military action is just another conspiracy. Yup. All people in the military at all levels are just goons of the evil Republican conspirators and don't really care about this country or defending. Probably just a distraction tactic for the elections. I don't know why we need to do that since we just rig the elections anyway, but logic was never his strong suit.
:hitself:

[L.A. BRONCOS FAN]

I believe there has been much of that going on, but I don't get the sense that this is one of those times.

If there were a line to bet on, I'd bet that it's been raised based on a legitimate scenario.

This administration has cried wolf so many times now that it's hard to know what to believe anymore.

I, for one, don't believe even the furry freak in NK would be dumb enough to launch that missile. He knows the U.S. can vaporize him in a heartbeat if he decides to become a genuine threat.

[L.A. BRONCOS FAN]

In LABF's world terrorists are just a bunch of Karl Rove clones in an undisclosed studio, North Korea was a magical paradise of fun and joy before Bush, and poverty was created by evil Republicans who eat babies and beat up old people.

No, surely all this military action is just another conspiracy. Yup. All people in the military at all levels are just goons of the evil Republican conspirators and don't really care about this country or defending. Probably just a distraction tactic for the elections. I don't know why we need to do that since we just rig the elections anyway, but logic was never his strong suit.
:hitself:

Another series of straw man arguments from an unthinking sheep.

People like you make it painfully clear how the Karl Roves of the world are able to work their black magic.

[Kaylore]

I see he's posted twice. I suppose I should mention that he's on ignore.

[L.A. BRONCOS FAN]

I see he's posted twice. I suppose I should mention that he's on ignore.

How about that?

Even on ignore, I still have the power to make you dance like a trained monkey.

:D

[24champ]

I see he's posted twice. I suppose I should mention that he's on ignore.
Yup Ignore feature works great.

[24champ]

NORAD air base on heightened alert
No reason given for 'Bravo-Plus' security level

Posted: July 3, 2006
1:00 a.m. Eastern

As the U.S. continues to express concern about the possibility of a North Korean missile test directed toward American territory and the rest of the world holds its breath over a close encounter with an asteroid, several U.S. air bases are on heightened alert.

But no one is talking about why.

The Cheyenne Mountain Air Station, which houses NORAD – charged with monitoring the North Korea situation – is now at "Bravo-Plus."

Other air bases in Colorado, California and Florida are also on heightened alert status.

There are five levels of alert: normal, Alpha (low), Bravo (medium), Charlie (high) and Delta (critical). "Bravo-Plus" is slightly higher than a medium threat level.

The Bush administration has urged North Korea to abandon its plans to test a long range missile. The Pentagon believes the missile is capable of reaching the United States.

NORAD and the U.S. Northern Command in Colorado would play a big role in both detecting and responding to a missile launch if it ever occurred.

The U.S. missile defense system is only a few years old, but could be tested if North Korea chooses to act.

Meanwhile, in a development that may or may not be related to the heightened security alert, an asteroid up to half a mile wide is due to brush past the Earth early today.

Scientists who have been tracking asteroid 2004 XP14 say it will approach almost as close as the Moon, traveling at 10.5 miles per second.

It has been classified as a Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (PHA), along with 782 known others.

Initially there were concerns that the asteroid might collide with the Earth later this century. However, further analysis of its orbit has ruled this out - at least for the foreseeable future.

If XP14 did hit the Earth the effects would be devastating.

"It would probably be big enough to wipe out a small country," said Dr David Asher, from the Armagh Observatory in Northern Ireland.
Link to this stuff or what?

[Kaylore]

Yup Ignore feature works great.
I wish I had one for real life. :pray:

[L.A. BRONCOS FAN]

I wish I had one for real life.

Oh, but you do...

http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/images/a/a8/Republican-koolaid.jpg

[L.A. BRONCOS FAN]

Yup Ignore feature works great.

Not great enough to stop him from compulsively responding to posts he can't even see, apparently.

:D

[Pezman]

All I gather from this thread so far is that I will be so glad when the War and Politics forum gets flushed away and the neverending bull ends and we can get back to the real reason we all come to this forum... Broncos football!

Now back to your regularly scheduled one-sided flame war that deviates from the real discussion, aka pretty much everything in the War and innuendo forum.

[SoCalBronco]

All I gather from this thread so far is that I will be so glad when the War and Politics forum gets flushed away .

Amen bro.

[cutthemdown]

is bravo plus anything like double secret probation

[Taco John]

is bravo plus anything like double secret probation



I'm pretty sure bravo plus is military slang for extra fabulous.

[L.A. BRONCOS FAN]

....I will be so glad when the War and Politics forum gets flushed away...

I wasn't aware that anything like this was in the works (although I'm sure the right-leaning members have been praying for such an event for some time. :D)

Now back to your regularly scheduled one-sided flame war that deviates from the real discussion, aka pretty much everything in the War and innuendo forum.

It was a civil discussion until Kaylore started in with his hysterical flailing away at someone whose posts, it turns out, he couldn't even see.

[Kaylore]

I'm pretty sure bravo plus is military slang for extra fabulous.
What's next? Absolutely Fabulous?
http://www.p2ptv.co.uk/images/donkey/absolutely_fabulous.jpg

[Midnight Blue]

Perhaps the PTB aren't entirely certain of the asteroid's path...

[Taco John]

Perhaps the PTB aren't entirely certain of the asteroid's path...


I'm pretty sure they've got this thing tracked for the next 300 plus years.

My best guess is that the alert has something to do with the rittre dictayta doing some saber rattering.

[Taco John]

Link to this stuff or what?


http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=50891


oops...

[L.A. BRONCOS FAN]

My best guess is that the alert has something to do with the rittre dictayta doing some saber rattering.

If it does, then I hope the government makes it clear to 'Lil Kim that there will be serious retaliation if he tries to lob a missle in our direction.

(God, it's times like these when I feel sick thinking about all the military and economic resources the bush junta has flushed down the toilet in Iraq.)

[CBF1]

should this be on the political board? What would Taco think?

[Atlas]

It's getting closer to November.

Time to ramp up the "fear factor."

Does this mean another ban "gay marriage ammendment" in Congress

[baja]

Why would anybody begrudge the board it's war and politics forum after all you are not forced to even ever go there.

[Billy Clyde Puckett]

All I gather from this thread so far is that I will be so glad when the War and Politics forum gets flushed away and the neverending bull ends and we can get back to the real reason we all come to this forum... Broncos football!

Now back to your regularly scheduled one-sided flame war that deviates from the real discussion, aka pretty much everything in the War and innuendo forum.

I agree! Pez for President

[epicSocialism4tw]

Why would anybody begrudge the board it's war and politics forum after all you are not forced to even ever go there.


Because Pez and the other mods are the ones who have to put up with it.

[elsid13]

Because Pez and the other mods are the ones who have to put up with it.

But in truth, as much as pain in butt as it might be, it helps keep the rest of the board civil. If it wasn't there it, the political discussion would spill into the main board. By having it, it allows the stuff to be isolated from the rest board members who don't want to participate in those discussions.

[bendog]

But in truth, as much as pain in butt as it might be, it helps keep the rest of the board civil. If it wasn't there it, the political discussion would spill into the main board. By having it, it allows the stuff to be isolated from the rest board members who don't want to participate in those discussions.
It's like being gay.

[Spider]

politics forum is rough .... People cant hang there .......... way to blunt for most folks , besides no one likes to be reminded how they pissed thier vote away , and putting party before country ..........

[bronco militia]

way to blunt for most folks , besides no one likes to be reminded how they pissed thier vote away , and putting party before country ..........

lol!...like that matters anymore.

forget a 3rd party...

we need two new parties

[elsid13]

It's like being gay.
hmmm...

[DenverBrit]

What's next? Absolutely Fabulous?
http://www.p2ptv.co.uk/images/donkey/absolutely_fabulous.jpg

One of my favorite documentaries

[DenverBrit]

Does this mean another ban "gay marriage ammendment" in Congress


Whatever diversion works.

[Midnight Blue]

I'm pretty sure they've got this thing tracked for the next 300 plus years.

My best guess is that the alert has something to do with the rittre dictayta doing some saber rattering.

No doubt you're right... but the timing of the alert (coinciding with the asteroid's relatively close approach) made me wonder... if it actually was going to threaten the earth, would they tell us so... or would they lie? I strongly suspect that our media would lie.

[Bronco_Beerslug]

All I gather from this thread so far is that I will be so glad when the War and Politics forum gets flushed away and the neverending bull ends and we can get back to the real reason we all come to this forum... Broncos football! When is that happening? With a "war" (police action) in Iraq still going strong and Congressional elections upcoming this fall, there should be plenty to talk about.

Now back to your regularly scheduled one-sided flame war that deviates from the real discussion, aka pretty much everything in the War and innuendo forum.
Which side is the "one sided"?

[No1BroncoFan]

No doubt you're right... but the timing of the alert (coinciding with the asteroid's relatively close approach) made me wonder... if it actually was going to threaten the earth, would they tell us so... or would they lie? I strongly suspect that our media would lie.
Nah. They wouldn't lie about an asteroid hitting earth. Just think of the ratings they could pull by covering all the panic and chaos the news would stir up. The government on the other hand...

Ben

[Billy Clyde Puckett]

lol!...like that matters anymore.

forget a 3rd party...

we need two new parties

Better yet - No parties. Make the candidates run on their real beliefs and hold them accountable for thier votes and decisions.

[watermock]

But in truth, as much as pain in butt as it might be, it helps keep the rest of the board civil. If it wasn't there it, the political discussion would spill into the main board. By having it, it allows the stuff to be isolated from the rest board members who don't want to participate in those discussions.

The fact is it does spill into the main board because LABF is busy sucking his thumb all alone in his dung pile.

[watermock]

politics forum is rough .... People cant hang there .......... way to blunt for most folks , besides no one likes to be reminded how they pissed thier vote away , and putting party before country ..........

Classic assertion. First, there isn't any point in being in there. Your just spammed away. I love the "pissed their votes away" comment. I thought they were just hanging chads! The last comment, putty party above country is just pathetic on so many levels it's absurd. I will this term Spider because I like you and there are legitimate issues that you live in. Making the assertion that "folks" put party over country is absurd. The "folks" part is the most amusing.

[watermock]

If it does, then I hope the government makes it clear to 'Lil Kim that there will be serious retaliation if he tries to lob a missle in our direction.

(God, it's times like these when I feel sick thinking about all the military and economic resources the bush junta has flushed down the toilet in Iraq.)

It's amazing. Our country is a junta, and he's sick not because the asteroid missed, but that he would of loved to of it happen under the "Bush Watch". It has absolutely nothing to do with Bush you nimrod.

[Spider]

Classic assertion. First, there isn't any point in being in there. Your just spammed away. I love the "pissed their votes away" comment. I thought they were just hanging chads! The last comment, putty party above country is just pathetic on so many levels it's absurd. I will this term Spider because I like you and there are legitimate issues that you live in. Making the assertion that "folks" put party over country is absurd. The "folks" part is the most amusing.
... you only get spammed away cause your postion and you are not strong enough to hold your position , I dont agree with everything LABF says , but I hold my own reguardless ........ And pissed thier vote away is ded on the money , Gay marriage , Flag burning .not real issuses ..........
People did put party before country , sorry of that reality is too harsh for you .........

[Spider]

But since the astriod missed looks like I have ot pay my cable bill .Dammit !!!!!!!!!!!!

[epicSocialism4tw]

But in truth, as much as pain in butt as it might be, it helps keep the rest of the board civil. If it wasn't there it, the political discussion would spill into the main board. By having it, it allows the stuff to be isolated from the rest board members who don't want to participate in those discussions.

Good point. I'm not too message board savvy, so I dont know how much those types of things make their way into the genre of discussion if there is no outlet, but your conclusion sounds reasonable. I guess that we'd see an inordinate amount of threads gone down in political flames in the butt.

[Spider]

I do take pride in I was just as hard on Clinton as Bush for Kosovo ........
i dont think we should be using the military for every countries means ...... They are our Military , our Brothers , Sisters, Family , we should use them to defend our country .Bush did right going into Afghanistan , i never questioned that , never will ........

[watermock]

You don't hold dick in there. Your a dittohead.

Here is what happened. Taco made a thread that NORAD went to an elevated alert. LABF jumped in like a carp on cheese.

[watermock]

Kosovo was completely idiotic on several levels, not the least Clinton supported radical Islam. Meanwhile, the Sudan is ignored by the UN.

[Taco John]

Because Pez and the other mods are the ones who have to put up with it.



Not really. No one has to put up with that forum if they don't want to. Our Mods are welcome to try to moderate it if they wants to, but I've found that moderating a war and politics forum to be a fruitless endeavor. I'd just as soon let that place moderate itself, up the the point that racial hate speech finds its way into the conversation. Any headaches for mods over there are ones that they create for themselves by deciding that they'd like to try to clean it up. They're welcome to try, but I view it like taking a sand bucket to try to clean up an oil spill. Politics in America is what it is right now, and our forum for it doesn't look any different than any other forum on the subject.

[DomCasual]

I see he's posted twice. I suppose I should mention that he's on ignore.
I finally put him on ignore. I have never done that with a single other person, but I am just tired of his act. It's like blocking spam from your Inbox - sure, there's always a chance you could miss something... but I doubt it.

Now, I'm sure he would say, "HA! He can't take the truth!"

To which I reply, "Sure, run with that." ::)

[Bronco_Beerslug]

Why would anybody begrudge the board it's war and politics forum after all you are not forced to even ever go there.
Kinda like the Gay thing for some people, if they don't like it or can't handle it they want to ban it.

[bendog]

hmmm...
gays are ok so long as we don't have to look at or thing about them.

It was a joke.

[cbs1177]

Not really. No one has to put up with that forum if they don't want to. Our Mods are welcome to try to moderate it if they wants to, but I've found that moderating a war and politics forum to be a fruitless endeavor. I'd just as soon let that place moderate itself, up the the point that racial hate speech finds its way into the conversation. Any headaches for mods over there are ones that they create for themselves by deciding that they'd like to try to clean it up. They're welcome to try, but I view it like taking a sand bucket to try to clean up an oil spill. Politics in America is what it is right now, and our forum for it doesn't look any different than any other forum on the subject.

When you cut thru all the riff raff some things and knowledge are gained from opposing views. I tend to know more about government and politics and civic stuff then football I guess my post is the tell all. But it is a useful off season distraction until preseason.

[sirhcyennek81]

This administration has cried wolf so many times now that it's hard to know what to believe anymore.

I, for one, don't believe even the furry freak in NK would be dumb enough to launch that missile. He knows the U.S. can vaporize him in a heartbeat if he decides to become a genuine threat.



You are rational. The actions of the irrational, ie Kim Il Sung, throws you. You assume he cares that we could vaporize him. If he is willing to starve 2 million of his own people, murdering millions more South Koreans and Japanese would not be to much more of a stretch.


:Broncos:

[BroncoBuff]

No one has to put up with that forum if they don't want to. ... I'd just as soon let that place moderate itself, ... but I view it like taking a sand bucket to try to clean up an oil spill.
Jeepers, TJ! You just started a thread in there today!

And now we know why you stickied a "Role Call" thread for WRP users to identify themselves ....

You were data-mining, weren't you? ... ADMIT IT!! ROFL!

[Spider]

You don't hold dick in there. Your a dittohead.

Here is what happened. Taco made a thread that NORAD went to an elevated alert. LABF jumped in like a carp on cheese.
Dittohead ? Hardly , you are right I dont hold Dick , I dont swing that way , not that there is anything wrong with that ............well it is political , LABF likes to talk politics ...... place him on ignore .......

[sirhcyennek81]

Dittohead ? Hardly , you are right I dont hold Dick , I dont swing that way , not that there is anything wrong with that ............well it is political , LABF likes to talk politics ...... place him on ignore .......



More to it then just "holding dick". You saw Brokeback, that much should be obvious to you. Whats a dittohead? :-D :thanku:


:Broncos:

[Spider]

More to it then just "holding dick". You saw Brokeback, that much should be obvious to you. Whats a dittohead? :-D :thanku:


:Broncos:
LOL , they didnt show broke back up here , at least while I was in Casper ...... A dittohead is a Rush Limbaugh fan . hangs on every word Rush utters through his pie hole

[sirhcyennek81]

LOL , they didnt show broke back up here , at least while I was in Casper ...... A dittohead is a Rush Limbaugh fan . hangs on every word Rush utters through his pie hole



Ahh. So...what is an AirAmerica fan? Are there any?


:Broncos:

[Spider]

Ahh. So...what is an AirAmerica fan? Are there any?


:Broncos:
Idont know , but Ed Schultz is comming on strong

[sirhcyennek81]

Idont know , but Ed Schultz is comming on strong


Cool. Holding dick...seriously, who comes up with these?


:Broncos:

[No1BroncoFan]

you are right I dont hold Dick
Must be awefully messy when you pee. ;D

Ben

[BroncoBuff]

Ahh. So...what is an AirAmerica fan? Are there any?


:Broncos:
I listen to AirAmerica all the time...

The Seattle affilliate has Rachel Maddow, Sam Seder & Janeane Garafolo, Thom Hartmann (very interesting), Mike Malloy (yells roo much) and Al Franken.

They also mix in some "Progressive Radio Syndicated Network" shows like Ed Schultz - and - the funniest show anywhere on radio (next to Phil Hendrie) ..... Stephanie Miller!

[Spider]

I listen to AirAmerica all the time...

The Seattle affilliate has Rachel Maddow, Sam Seder & Janeane Garafolo, Thom Hartmann (very interesting), Mike Malloy (yells roo much) and Al Franken.

They also mix in some "Progressive Radio Syndicated Network" shows like Ed Schultz - and - the funniest show anywhere on radio (next to Phil Hendrie) ..... Stephanie Miller!
Stephanie Miller cracks me up ........ See the Hannity and Colmbs show she was on ? I listened to her show , she would flirt with hannity through his earpiece , get him all worked up

[Midnight Blue]

The fact is it does spill into the main board because LABF is busy sucking his thumb all alone in his dung pile.

Actually it spills onto the main board because it's the offseason and therefore, non-football topics are allowed on the main board. Once we go into on-season mode, however... as always... a political topic would have to be very, very important to remain here for long.