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This is not Borowitz !

hypocritexposer

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Tell us again how much this ad campaign livened up a "training plan" or added to preparedness in any way OT?

Palin was correct...the money could have been better spent preparing health care workers for an actual emergency...like ebola.

But, then again, maybe she was only making the point, so she could get elected...

Oldtimer said:
hypocritexposer said:
May 28 update (2:04 p.m.): Since our fact-check first posted, our zombie friends have alerted us to some more zombie government business that we think is worth mentioning. None of it affects our rating of False.

In the first case, the Washington Examiner reported on the Department of Homeland Security allowing federal government contractors to potentially be reimbursed for attending HALO Corp.'s 2012 Counter-Terrorism Summit. As part of the summit, Halo put on a "live war game of a zombie apocalypse, complete with 40 actors in full zombie makeup," the Washington Examiner reported.

In the second, Foreign Policy magazine found a 2011 military training document that included plans for a zombie attack. But it’s not really a "plan." It’s part of a training exercise, the magazine reported.

"The document is identified as a training tool used in an in-house training exercise where students learn about the basic concepts of military plans and order development through a fictional training scenario," Navy Capt. Pamela Kunze, a spokeswoman for U.S. Strategic Command, told CNN. "This document is not a U.S. Strategic Command plan."

http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2014/may/28/sarah-palin/sarah-palin-federal-government-spending-tax-money-/

Using "zombies" as an ad tool to bring attention to or liven up a training exercise is not a "zombie apocalypse plan"... I agree with the fact checkers- her statement is false....
 

Brad S

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OT, you're having to shade the truth to make your point. Palin had a very defensible position. Yes, she used hyperbole to make the point, and she also used the cdc language against them. In the end, her point is damn valid, and her hyperbole is supported by CDC language. That's what we call fundamental and technical accuracy. Think what you wish, but I know you are simply trying to defame palin to slur like minded people. Honor was lost when dueling was outlawed.
 

Steve

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is CNN credible?

Pentagon document lays out battle plan against zombies

Washington (CNN) -- Never fear the night of the living dead -- the Pentagon has got you covered.

From responses to natural disasters to a catastrophic attack on the homeland, the U.S. military has a plan of action ready to go if either incident occurs.

It has also devised an elaborate plan should a zombie apocalypse befall the country, according to a Defense Department document obtained by CNN.

In an unclassified document titled "CONOP 8888," officials from U.S. Strategic Command used the specter of a planet-wide attack by the walking dead as a training template for how to plan for real-life, large-scale operations, emergencies and catastrophes.

And the Pentagon says there's a reasonable explanation.


This is also not the first time zombies have been used as the antagonist in U.S. government training operations. Both the Centers for Disease Control and the Department of Homeland Security have used the creatures as a vehicle for training their personnel in the past.

Defense officials stress the report in no way signals an invasion of zombies is on the horizon. The only real purpose of the document was to practice how to execute a plan for handling something as large and serious a situation like flesh-eating beings trying to overrun the United States.

I bet a few million worth of tax $$$$ was spent on that "training plan"..

http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/16/politics/pentagon-zombie-apocalypse/


a few more "credible" links...
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/zombie-alert-issued-homeland-security-article-1.1154245

http://dailycaller.com/2012/12/05/homeland-security-grants-went-to-zombie-apocalypse-training/

http://www.homelandsecuritynewswire.com/cdc-instructs-preparations-zombie-apocalypse

http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2011/05/18/cdc-advises-on-zombie-apocalypse-and-other-emergencies/

and they now expect US to believe them when they say they have this ebola thing under control?
 

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