093358

“Giving me the creeps today.

Can understand it immediately after 9-11. Don't understand it today. Whadafuh?”

“And whadafuh is that!!? Government hates me. LOL”

“093358

What the hell is that? Your new national ID # so the CIA can keep tabs on ya? Operation: Mindcontrol is next up!”

“WTF are you babbling about? 8)”

“(keep a low profile)”

“tatoo, right forearm.”

“I think she is talking about this:

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Bush administration has activated Cold War-era plans for a ``shadow government'' consisting of 75 or more senior officials who live and work secretly outside Washington in case the nation's capital is crippled by terrorist attack, a senior government official said Thursday night.

The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the operation has been in effect since the first hours after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks but has evolved over time.

Originally designed to help the government withstand Cold War nuclear threats, the shadow government plan was activated out of heightened fears that the al-Qaida terrorist network might obtain a portable nuclear weapon. U.S. intelligence has no specific knowledge of such a weapon, but the risk was great enough to warrant the activation of a plan dating to the presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower, the official said.

Under the classified ``Continuity of Operations Plan,'' first reported by The Washington Post, high-ranking officials representing their departments have begun rotating in and out of the assignment at one of two fortified locations along the East Coast.

The Post said the first rotations were made in late October or early November, a fact confirmed by a senior government official late Thursday.

Officials who are activated for the duty live and work underground 24 hours a day, away from their families, according to the Post. The shadow government has sent home most of the first wave of deployed personnel, replacing them most commonly at 90-day intervals.

A government official who spoke to The Associated Press said the groups usually number 70 to 150 people, depending on the level of threat detected by U.S. intelligence. He said Bush does not foresee ever needing turn over government functions to the secret operation, but believed it was prudent to implement the long-standing plan in light of the gathering war on terrorism and persistent threats of future attacks.

The team, drawn from every Cabinet department and some independent agencies, would seek to prevent the collapse of essential government functions in the event of a disabling blow to Washington, the official said.

The underground government would try to contain disruptions of the nation's food and water supplies, transportation links, energy and telecommunications networks, public health and civil order, the Post reported. Later, it would begin to reconstitute the government.

The government-in-waiting is an extension of a policy that has kept Vice President Dick Cheney in secure undisclosed locations away from Washington. Cheney has moved in and out of public view as threat levels have fluctuated.

As next in line to power behind President Bush, he would need help running the government in a worst-case scenario

``We take this issue extraordinarily seriously, and are committed to doing as thorough a job as possible to ensure the ongoing operations of the federal government,'' Joseph W. Hagin, White House deputy chief of staff, told the Post, though he declined to discuss details. ``In the case of the use of a weapon of mass destruction, the federal government would be able to do its job and continue to provide key services and respond.''

According to the Post, the backup government consists generally of officials from top career ranks, from GS-14 and GS-15 to members of the Senior Executive Service. The White House is represented by a ``senior-level presence,'' one official said, but well below such Cabinet-ranked advisers as Chief of Staff Andrew H. Card Jr. and national security adviser Condoleezza Rice.

Many departments, including Justice and Treasury, have completed plans to delegate statutory powers to officials who would not normally exercise them, the Post said. Others do not need to make such legal transfers, or are holding them in reserve.

The report said civilians deployed for the operation are not allowed to take their families and may not tell anyone where they are going or why.

The two sites of the shadow government make use of local geological features to render them highly secure, the Post said. They are well stocked with food, water, medicine and other consumable supplies, and are capable of generating their own power.”

“Sounds very prudent, if ya ask me. Oh wait, ya didn't ask me, did ya?”

“Maybe we need a shadow TT team.”

“Instant Government: just add water.”

“Why? I case the whole board is wiped out by a terrorist attack? We could have key TT'ers set up a shadow board in an undisclosed location on the web.”

“I sho hopes dey don't leave da secret plans in a donut shop like dey did wif Cheney's security plans.

Who'd run the government if Cheney got knocked off?”

“Cheap shot Kleety, very cheap shot.”

“Laugh about it now, suckers! But when the sh_t has done hit the fan, don't come knockin' on my bunker!”

“I really don't see it as a threat. Wouldn't you want someone in control of a military response and to direct recovery?”

“Wait a second, I failed the logic thread, but are you saying the shadow TT should be in charge of a military response?”

“Wow, this double personality thing is exciting!
Everybody should try it!
Iowa Rules!”

“I for one felt very reassured when Al Haig announced he was in control after Reagan was shot.

The Constitution says what?”

“Does no one get it?”

“knot eye”

“Well, of all the people on this site, I would think you would get it, Violin.”

“Take this question for example. Do you think it was really Liz who posted this thread? Could have been, might not have been. I don't know, but do you see what I mean?”

“I see it now!

It's lizs' birfday! September 33rd, 1958!”

“Yeah, and what would you use your birth date for? Security code or something, I'm guessing.”

“Happy b day!

Wow, 58 huh? Lets see here, in 58 I was just a twinkle in my 29 year old daddy's eye. Or an 11 year old wad in his pants, you deside.”

“Please forget that I said anything.”

“So Dunadan, you are that guy in Kansas that lives in the converted missle silo/bunker? Kewl.”

“Have you ever been in a dimly lit room, reading, watching TV, at the computer, etc., WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, OUT OF THE CORNER OF YOUR EYE YOU SEE SOMETHING, AND WHEN YOU LOOK, THERE IS NOTHING THERE? IF NOT...Good For You! BUT for those who have, these are what I call the "SHADOW PEOPLE". Because I CAN SEE THEM! Don't ask me how, because I DON'T KNOW!

I have made EYE CONTACT. THAT'S EYE CONTACT!!! WITH AT LEAST TWO DIFFERENT SHADOW BEINGS. The first contact was in Jan. 2001. I had just come home from work and in my bedroom I have a web TV unit (I have that and a computer in another room) I was reviewing my e-mail when (BY this time I had been seeing" things" out of the corner of my eye, for Quite some time)... When All of the Sudden, I SAW SOMETHING PEERING AROUND A DOORWAY FROM THE BATHROOM! All I saw were hands, and a head and I MADE FULL EYE CONTACT!!! Needless to say I thought AN INTRUDER WAS INVADING MY HOME! My first instinct was to disable said intruder! At this point, I went running across the room, and the "intruder " turned and went.... NOW GET THIS.... Went UP THROUGH A CLOSED SKYLITE IN MY ROOF !!! I stood there for a moment, then ran and grabbed a flashlight, and ran outside. I Looked all around but did not see anything! Then I Thought “WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?” NOTHING PHYSICAL (in the solid sense) could get through a CLOSED SOLID SKYLITE WINDOW!!! I have had more encounters, AS BIZARE as it may seem.”

“Yes, that's me Sass, but you are invited any time.”

“Marv = Art Bell wannabe”

“Who woke Marv up?”

“Sounds like a job for scully and moulder.”

“


This is what my search revealed. Where now know where. We just need the launch code, right Brain?”

“lizs, you lost me...

marvin, we have some very nice medications for this sort of thing.”

“Ahhhh, I get it. Check out Bert Florek, number 093358! Antlerless permits”

“Well, there's where you made your mistake Marvy. You made eye contact. Never do that.



Lizs has finally lost it. WTF?”

“Looks like one heckuva flare, Limpy. That aurora must've really lit up northern Europe.”

“Mayan New Year???”

“Yes, Skully, I've lost it, but all of you have access to it.”

“I found it!

Weird man.....
IT”

“I guess you can post on it too. It didn't exist before I tried it - or did it? I don't think that's what lizs' post refers to.”

“"I guess you can post on it too. It didn't exist before I tried it - or did it? I don't think that's
what lizs' post refers to."
Violin
02:24:53 PM
03/01/02

I rest my case.....”

“Well, Violin, you can't use it when someone else is, but try again.”

“Thanks. I just did!”

“Back to personality number one.”

“Kinda fun, huh?
But, who posted this thread?”

“That was fun!

Think she'll be pissed?”

“I got it! Nyah nyah, you can't have it!”

“Yep, she's gonna be pissed. Well, off to wreak havoc and mayhem in the name of...”

“I can't believe how dirty I felt. My heart is still racing. Someone is getting a new account, I would imagine.

Hey, whoever you are, why the caps?”