This is more fear mongering from the Bush Administration. The timing of this latest terrorist plot and “raising of the color-code fear meter.”

And all news organization including NPR, are drawing comparisons to 9-1-1…go figure: the media are the administration’s lap dogs when it comes to this so called war on Terror. The media seems to follow the Administration: lock, stock and barrel rather do what it is supposed to do, provide information to the public objectively and as tough questions.

Let’s go back and look all the past elections since 9-1-1: the “terror” level, that color coded chart that lets us know when it’s supposedly safe to go outside or not, has always been raised because, the current administration would like us, the US population to believe: ‘terrorist are hiding behind every corner in order to disrupt the democratic process.’ Sure they are, so now we can’t have a fear-free election anymore: at least under the Shrub’s watch!

Now, what happened in Connecticut Tuesday? The pro-war candidate Joe Lieberman lost to the to the anti-war Ed Lamont…and who comes out swinging…for the pro-Dubya, pro-war and pro-Israel-no-matter-what-Israel-does Lieberman? The Administration! Yes that’s right! Rove must have caught some of that “Joe-mentum.”

Tony Snow, all but said, a vote for Lamont was a vote for the terrorists…same game plan the GOP used in the 2004 presidential election…fear…damn it! You vote against this administration and the ‘War on terror’ (which…BTW…is a war on OUR civil liberties) you’re going die in terrorist attack! Therefore vote against your self-interests…unless that is you’re a billionaire…but then this administration has ALWAYS been the administration of the ultra-rich! Remember that scene in the Michael Moore movie where Bush was speaking to all those rich people in nice white tuxedos…and called them his “base.”

What did Snow say?

“And to walk away from that vow [stay the course in Iraq] would send not only a sign of weakness, but also of American unreliability, and it would enable forces of oppression and totalitarianism [i.e. terrorists, Islamo-fascists, etc…] to rise again within Iraq and elsewhere [i.e. her on American soil].” – Tony Snow…[My own words]

Regardless of what this Administration of war criminals says: the Connecticut primary was referendum on its policies and Connecticut is not all that blue of a state. Connecticut is blue, but there are states that are a hell of lot more blue. So, the administration felt it needed to act the only way it knew it could gain some political brownie point with the people: FEAR!

A phone call to the Shrub’s marionette, Tony Blair and we have a bunch of suspects served up to us, the public, just in time to reinforce the notion: that Democrats who want out of Iraq and feel we, as a Nation, are moving in the wrong direction are dangerous. The GOP and Bush did this at a time when it could have the most political impact.

I ask where are these supposed “liquid explosives?” They have yet to be discovered and as far the suspects are concerned they have been under surveillance for a while.

Why bring them down when we did? Especially, since the Brits wanted to wait in order to gather more evidence against the conspirators. The Brits may not have enough to hold them.

Why immediately start drawing parallels to 9-1-1?

It’s simple: let the people know that they are still a terrorist target, keep the people in fear and start up the propaganda machine, full steam for November!

Essentially, Rove, Bush and the GOP want to convey the message that voting Democratic means you will die and voting for Republicans means you will be saved!

Scientific studies have shown that when people are forced to think about their own mortality they will polarize and become more aggressive towards groups that they do NOT identify with.

What happens is that if you have a group, I’ll call them Americans and they are being forced to think about they themselves, as individuals, dying; they will become more aggressive (war-like) against un-like groups (i.e. non-Americans). Additionally, the Americans (in this case) will rally behind the party waiving the flag most ostentatiously (those calling themselves ‘more American or appearing more patriotic’) in this case the GOP! The GOP has done a spectacular job of capitalizing on this phenomenon and thus keeping the American people in fear based reaction cycle to coincide with the election cycle.

The Administration is scared people have had enough of their CRAP! So they are now trying to literally put the fear of death back into the populous, the current members of this administration are using psychological warfare on the very people they are claiming to be protecting.

Keep in mind this famous quote: “They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” –Ben Franklin