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Federal Government Closes AMBER Alert Website.....

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The government website for AMBER Alerts, a service dedicated to the safe recovery of missing children, has been closed during the shutdown. The name is a reference to Amber Hagerman, who was abducted and murdered in 1996. Over 650 children have been safely recovered since the advent of the AMBER Alert system.

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AMBER Alerts are broadcast through radio, television, road signs and all available technology referred to as the AMBER Alert Secondary Distribution Program. These broadcasts let law enforcement use the eyes and ears of the public to help quickly locate an abducted child. The U.S. Department of Justice coordinates the AMBER Alert program on a national basis.....snip~

Federal Government Closes AMBER Alert Website - Christine Rousselle

Well.....who is really responsible for closing this down. As the piece states.....the Domain name is more than likely already paid for. Funny how they would take this down. But leave up Michelle Obamas.....Let Move Campaign and Website, huh?
 
Update: they Put it back up.

Holder realized they would be breaking their own law.



According to the U.S. Department of Justice FY 2014 Contingency Plan, one of the categories of activities that will continue is:

5. Those related to ‘emergencies involving the safety of human life of the protection of property,’ i.e., where there is a reasonable likelihood that the safety of human life or the protection of property would be compromised, in some significant degree, by delay in the performance of the function in question.

The total number of agency employees expected to be on-board before implementation of this Contingency Plan is 114,486 (see attached Table 2).1 An estimated total of 96,300 agency employees will be excepted from furlough under the plan, as shown in Table 1 below. Note that this amount includes 6,428 employees whose compensation is financed by a funding source that will not lapse. .....snip~

Budget and Performance | HHS.gov
 
If one were only to listen to Republican talking points for their news over the government shutdown, one would never know that the House Republicans put a fantastically contentious demand in the bill.
 
If one were only to listen to Republican talking points for their news over the government shutdown, one would never know that the House Republicans put a fantastically contentious demand in the bill.

... and we're waiting with baited breath.....
 
If one were only to listen to Republican talking points for their news over the government shutdown, one would never know that the House Republicans put a fantastically contentious demand in the bill.

Well, Obama should have thought about that with his Democrat pals when they gave Congress, Corporations, and Unions that big break and didn't pass it off to all those working class people they love to talk about so much. Including all those poor people.

Then when he decided he would stand his ground stating he would not negotiate. Fully knowing the problems that were now coming to bear as the truth to his Signature Legislation.

Even his own buddy Buffett said scrape it and start over.
 
The GOP closes the government and MMC is upset that he isn't getting government services.

Ah the tea party and its logic.

God, I love this rightwing meme -- it's the goofiest yet.
 
The GOP closes the government and MMC is upset that he isn't getting government services.

Ah the tea party and its logic.

God, I love this rightwing meme -- it's the goofiest yet.

Try again.....I am not upset that I am not getting government services at all. Unlike You I was thinking about those kids that get abducted. Course now you would need to call for help in such a situation. Whereas I would just act and take care of the matter. See another major difference between those such as yourself and myself. Wherein you just talk the talk.....but can't walk the walk.

To bad I'm not one of the Tea partiers.....first ya came with Conservative. Now ya come with the Tea Party. Desperation doesn't become you HOJ.....well then again. :roll:
 
Try again.....I am not upset that I am not getting government services at all. Unlike You I was thinking about those kids that get abducted. Course now you would need to call for help in such a situation. Whereas I would just act and take care of the matter. See another major difference between those such as yourself and myself. Wherein you just talk the talk.....but can't walk the walk.

To bad I'm not one of the Tea partiers.....first ya came with Conservative. Now ya come with the Tea Party. Desperation doesn't become you HOJ.....well then again. :roll:

There seems to be cognitive dissonance between your OP and your posts once the OP is challenged. Like clockwork

And you do sound upset so much so that you actually blamed Michelle Obama, like a good tea partier does.
 
There seems to be cognitive dissonance between your OP and your posts once the OP is challenged. Like clockwork

And you do sound upset.

Not at all.....But when you get done looking for another tangent to play with. Maybe you should wonder why MO's Site is still up when others are down as Non Essential.
 
There seems to be cognitive dissonance between your OP and your posts once the OP is challenged. Like clockwork

And you do sound upset so much so that you actually blamed Michelle Obama, like a good tea partier does.

No doubt a socialist like you would like to see him put in a gulag, wouldn't you. Admit it, you have that powerhungry craving to even up the score flowing through your veins. Like a good little socialist does.
 
Not at all.....But when you get done looking for another tangent to play with. Maybe you should wonder why MO's Site is still up when others are down as Non Essential.

Your OP blames Michelle Obama (weirdly) and seems amazed that a particular government function won't occur now that the tea party has shut down the government.

It's hard to understand what point you're trying to make, except some goofy talking point, that the rightwing noise machine has been repeating for a week. Maybe you can sharpen your analysis.
 
Your OP blames Michelle Obama (weirdly) and seems amazed that a particular government function won't occur now that the tea party has shut down the government.

It's hard to understand what point you're trying to make, except some goofy talking point, that the rightwing noise machine has been repeating for a week. Maybe you can sharpen your analysis.

I told you I was concerned about the kids.....meds not kickin in yet? MO's website being up is just more info for all out there to see. While the Cherry picking goes on.

Good thing Holder straightened it out in less than 24hrs. As kids shouldn't have to suffer to get help.
 
I told you I was concerned about the kids.....meds not kickin in yet? MO's website being up is just more info for all out there to see. While the Cherry picking goes on.

Good thing Holder straightened it out in less than 24hrs. As kids shouldn't have to suffer to get help.

The Amber Alert system was never offline. No children were in danger.

The only thing offline was a website with information about the Amber Alert system. Actual function of the system has nothing to do with that website whatsoever. They basically reactivated the website because people like you were getting confused and then outraged over something that wasn't really happening.
 
Well, Obama should have thought about that with his Democrat pals when they gave Congress, Corporations, and Unions that big break and didn't pass it off to all those working class people they love to talk about so much. Including all those poor people.

Then when he decided he would stand his ground stating he would not negotiate. Fully knowing the problems that were now coming to bear as the truth to his Signature Legislation.

Even his own buddy Buffett said scrape it and start over.

Yes, we know you don't like the bill. But it's Obama's key accomplishment and the bill, imperfect as it may be, addresses important faults in the current health care system. So when House Republicans put defunding it into the spending bill, they knew perfectly well that Obama and the Senate wouldn't accept it. They entered into a game of chicken fully conscious and aware.
 
Yes, we know you don't like the bill. But it's Obama's key accomplishment and the bill, imperfect as it may be, addresses important faults in the current health care system. So when House Republicans put defunding it into the spending bill, they knew perfectly well that Obama and the Senate wouldn't accept it. They entered into a game of chicken fully conscious and aware.

My liking it really doesn't matter in the sense of what has come out into the public over it and even by those who supported it once before. But do not now.....such as Buffett and those he rotates around. including some of those Democrats.
 
My liking it really doesn't matter in the sense of what has come out into the public over it and even by those who supported it once before. But do not now.....such as Buffett and those he rotates around. including some of those Democrats.

We've already debated the bejeezus out of PPACA. It's the law and we're going to try it out. What the House is doing is demanding that Obama erase his legacy, and there isn't a politician in the universe who would accept that. A politician would sooner sell his children into slavery than nullify his legacy, so this is all just a fantastic waste of everyone's time.
 
I told you I was concerned about the kids.....meds not kickin in yet? MO's website being up is just more info for all out there to see. While the Cherry picking goes on.

Good thing Holder straightened it out in less than 24hrs. As kids shouldn't have to suffer to get help.

You use of kids to try and score political points is no different than the gun control weasels who tried to use Newtown.
 
You use of kids to try and score political points is no different than the gun control weasels who tried to use Newtown.


Except in the case of Newtown children died and in the case of this Amber Alert system nothing actually occurred. The performance of the Amber Alert system was never degraded in any way.
 
Not at all.....But when you get done looking for another tangent to play with. Maybe you should wonder why MO's Site is still up when others are down as Non Essential.

Another DOJ site that is alive and doing well is the National Voter Registration Site.. Apparently it is more important that illegals learn how to sign up to vote without ID than it is to possibly locate a missing person.
 
I told you I was concerned about the kids.....meds not kickin in yet? MO's website being up is just more info for all out there to see. While the Cherry picking goes on.

Good thing Holder straightened it out in less than 24hrs. As kids shouldn't have to suffer to get help.

You do realize the actual Amber Alert system was not taken offline right? The only thing down was the website describing the Amber Alert system.
 
Except in the case of Newtown children died and in the case of this Amber Alert system nothing actually occurred. The performance of the Amber Alert system was never degraded in any way.

Agreed - I did not insinuate anything along those lines.

My point was taking advantage of a situation, or potential situation, involving children.
 
You do realize the actual Amber Alert system was not taken offline right? The only thing down was the website describing the Amber Alert system.

Lord have mercy!

That is priceless!!

Internet hackery at it's finest.

/Respect
 
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