[align=left]just roll out the boogey man to remind us how scared of freedom hating terrorists we are, while our own government has been destroying the constitution for nearly a century...slowly but surely...[/align]


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[align=left]The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary - H. L. Mencken[/align]
[align=left]US editor (1880 - 1956)[/align]
[align=left]Osama bin Laden:[/align]
[align=left]A Weapon of Mass Convenience[/align]
[align=left]March 14, 2002[/align]


[align=left]Bush says bin Laden no Threat[/align]


[align=left]"We haven't heard from him in a long time," Bush told reporters at the White House. "I truly am not that concerned about him."[/align]

[align=left]C-Span Video of Comment(466kB WMV)[/align]


[align=left]Bush's attitude to ex-CIA asset bin Laden proves he is a nemesis wheeled out of his casket whenever the 9/11 terror factor is required. [/align]

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[align=left]"The elevation of the threat level in New York, and New Jersey, and Washington DC is a serious reminder, a solemn reminder, of the threat we continue to face." [8/2/2004] WMV video download (372kB)[/align]

[align=left]The Bush administration periodically put the USA on high alert for terrorist attacks even though then-Homeland Security chief Tom Ridge argued there was only flimsy evidence to justify raising the threat level, Ridge now says. [/align]

[align=left]Ridge, who resigned Feb. 1, said Tuesday that he often disagreed with administration officials who wanted to elevate the threat level to orange, or "high" risk of terrorist attack, but was overruled. [USA Today 5/10/2005][/align]

[align=left]The following graph shows how Bush's approval ratings benefited from terror alerts:[/align]

[align=left]Osama bin Laden is, quite literally, a weapon of mass convenience.[/align]

[align=left]See also: [/align]

[align=left]Outright Deception: bin Laden's Hi Tech Mountain Fortress[/align]
[align=left]Cronkite: Osama bin Laden c/o Karl Rove?[/align]
[align=left]Is 'Al Qaeda' the Modern Incarnation of 'Emmanuel Goldstein'?[/align]
pisshead Reviewed by pisshead on . Osama bin Laden: A weapon of mass Convenience just roll out the boogey man to remind us how scared of freedom hating terrorists we are, while our own government has been destroying the constitution for nearly a century...slowly but surely... http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/osamabinladen_wmc.html The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary - H. L. Mencken US editor (1880 - 1956) Osama Rating: 5