New ADT Homeland Security Program

J. · 2006-10-15T00:44:20+00:00

Thought you guys might like to know about this...Bush Announces New U.S. Security InitiativeU.S. Borders, Airports to Display "Secured by ADT" Security Signs Washington, DC ? President Bush today announced new strategies to deter terroristsfrom entering the United States, including placing ?Secured by ADT?signs along U.S. borders. The country, however, will not actually beprotected by an ADT security system, said Bush. ?We researchedresidential security, and found that the (ADT) signs alone are adeterrent to break-ins, even if the system is not installed.?Democratic leader Tom Daschle decreed the ADT signs as a ?feeble? and?shallow? attempt at improving national security. ?Without an actual(security) system installed, I fail to see how this will make ourcountry a safer place. If President Bush were serious about improvingnational security, he would pony up the monthly fee and get (the ADTsecurity system) installed.?White House spokesman Ari Fleischer tackled the criticism at a pressconference late yesterday afternoon. He cited statistics that showhomes with security systems are 87% less likely to be burglarized.One study claims that homes with security system signs, but no actualsecurity system, are still 68% safer than homes without signs. ?Wecan make this country a safer place, and do so without spendingtaxpayer dollars for an ADT system.?Fleischer also cited the difficulties of having the system installedand maintained. ?The installation rarely goes smoothly, and there areusually a few false alarms in the first week following installation.Those are risks that we simply can not take.? Other difficulties make it unlikely that the government will purchasethe ADT system. Like all ADT customers, the United States would haveto choose three friends to be on a ?call list?. The ADT monitoringcenter calls these ?friends? in case of a U.S. security breach.Selecting these three friends would be a political nightmare. ?Wecould choose Canada?, said Fleischer ?but...

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tourman 19 years ago

Seems you only stick your head in to a discussion when you want to add a little more of your usual disgustin vileness. You really are the kind of person I don't ever want to have anything to do with in real life.

About the only thing I can say to you that you would understand is something way down at your level.

Go f*ck yourself ! Oh...and have a nice day while you're at it....

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