Surprise! Surprise!! There have been no official terror alerts to interfere with the much-hyped Bush Bounce following last week's Republican National Convention.

And after waiting through the Labor Day weekend, with trial balloons floating about the long-awaited Osama Surprise, it's easy to see why.

Homeland Security Chief Tom Ridge has issued two terror alerts during the presidential campaign. One immediately followed John Kerry's choice of John Edwards as his running mate. The other immediately followed the Democratic National Convention.

The timing could not have been more obvious. Edwards' nomination generated a huge buzz for the Democrats. But the major media instantly turned to the intricacies of Ridge's bizarre, apocalyptic scare scam.

Then came a successful DNC. Again Ridge instantly screamed out breathless tales of a terrorist wolf, while the media slobbered at the door.

Ridge had only stale snippets, with no solid evidence for an imminent attack. There was no attack, and no arrests.

Bob,

I enjoyed your article about Bush, Hitler & Religion; I grew up in US churches and sensed all along that they were rigged by some quasi-Nazi group with a few tricks up its sleeve, like maybe starting war for fun and profit...

You might already know about "ACCESS DENIED For Reasons of National Security", just out from Mark & Cathy Phillips. They have evidence most of the press is afraid to talk about; in fact, they were talking at one point with Danny Casolaro, and you know what happened there.

...This is their 2nd book, their first one, published in 1995, awakened a lot of people; I have gotten to know them well and find that their statements all check out.

Kenyon Gibson, author: "Hemp for Victory", "Commons Sense: A Study of the Bushes, the CIA, and the Suspicions Regarding 9/11".

Dear Mr. Fitrakis!

Quote from the article mentioned in the subject line: "With Hitler boldly proclaiming, before launching his doctrine of preventive war against all of Europe"

Question:Who declared war on whom:
Germany to France or otherwise?
England to Germany or otherwise?
Who put his own citizens with full knowledge and intent in harms way to stage phony reasons to declare war? Germany on America or otherwise?

The list could go on. On the other hand: Who ever met an American (or a Greek for that matter) who knew something about anything?

regards from old Europe,

Dr. Michael Bolsinger
Germany

I agree...the similarities are a bad omen...

Robert Markey
Ft. Myers, FL

AUSTIN, Texas -- Stephen Colbert, correspondent for “The Daily Show,” the only news program to watch during the Republican convention, found the theme of this convention like a homing pigeon: “Unmitigated gall.”

        This convention alone would be enough to convince me that John Edwards is right about “two Americas,” except I don’t think he’s gone far enough. These folks are in from another planet. They’re living in an alternative reality. When is a fact a fact to these people? When did anyone ever find evidence Saddam Hussein had dog to do with Sept. 11?

        It’s all very well to claim our invasion of Iraq may yet bring about peace and democracy in the Middle East -- hey, miracles happen -- but when Rudy Giuliani assured us this “idealism” is in fact triumphing as he speaks, one must question the man’s grip on sanity. Even the president is now claiming the disastrous occupation is the result of “catastrophic success.” That seems to mean he thinks we won the war too fast.