[LINK] Terrorist Warnings {OT}

[Adam Todd]

At 08:31 20/02/03 +1100, Jan Whitaker wrote:
>At 06:22 PM 19/02/03 +0800, Jim Birch wrote:
>
>>Stage one: Regular Terror Alerts: After intense lobbying by hardware 
>>stores and other establishments selling sundry supplies, the Feds will 
>>issue terror alerts whenever the economy needs a "shot in the arm". 
>>Typical announcement: "A recent uptick in 'chatter' leads us to believe 
>>that a terrorist attack could occur anywhere in the United States, except 
>>in participating Wal*Mart, Sam's Club, and Home Depot locations."
>
>I guess the arms sales are dropping and it's the domestic economy that 
>they're after now.  Not sure how much seed corn you can use up in that 
>way, though, given the crash in the markets and how much money people have 
>lost [think superannuation and low interest rates returns for the senior 
>citz too].

I noticed in a recent report on the US economy that they have been avoiding 
declaring a Recession.  In fact, according to the definition of Recession 
and Depression, I understand, from chatter, that the US is more in a 
depression than a recession, but all the smoke has kept the attention from 
the cash issue.