We’ll hope for now that actual Amber Alerts will continue to freak out unsuspecting iPhone owners and get results in locating abducted children, but it looks like AmberAlert.gov has fallen victim to the government shutdown. Here’s what AmberAlert.gov looks like at the moment:
If it would save just one child, would it be considered essential?
Obama turns off Amber Alert website. Because that "if it saves just one child" was all talk. http://t.co/y4nN9eTxd1
— Razor (@hale_razor) October 6, 2013
How about the gun control theatrics "if it saves just one child" then shutting down Amber alert…optics couldn't be worse POTUS. Keep it up
— Rochelle (@rbostick12) October 7, 2013
@hale_razor what a douche bag. Get him him out of our house
— glozee (@glozee1) October 6, 2013
Blocking WWII vets: essential. Funding the Amber Alert site: nonessential.
— Razor (@hale_razor) October 6, 2013
No, seriously, the petty bastards in the Obama Administration turned off the Amber Alert website http://t.co/CIzOSVkNv2
— Dr. Jason B. Whitman (@JasonBWhitman) October 6, 2013
@JasonBWhitman unbelievable
— Natalie_Page (@Natalie_Page) October 6, 2013
@JasonBWhitman I thought they were low to block ppl from the WW2 memorial. Do states have their own Amber Alerts, I hope?
— Laura McGinnis (@Txsleuthe) October 6, 2013
@JasonBWhitman @debra0827 don't save a cent turning off most websites- the hosting cost continues, most don't require daily updates
— Grumpy Elder (@Grumpyelder) October 6, 2013
@Grumpyelder @JasonBWhitman @debra0827 It's not $ it's Chicago-thug Democrat abuse of power. Spent $ blocking access to open mouments!
— Middlepeople – David (@dmc2et) October 6, 2013
@hale_razor All 436 Democrat Obama staff, incl 2 chefs, more "essential" than Amber Alert for missing children? First 48hrs are critical!
— Middlepeople – David (@dmc2et) October 6, 2013
Probably not a super idea for the Administration to temporarily disable the Amber Alert system.
— Jeffrey Goldberg (@JeffreyGoldberg) October 6, 2013
Effective govt at work –> Deeming the folks who run the Amber Alert page as non-essential. Stupid as hell or dick move? Hard to tell w/Dems
— LMR (@LilMissRightie) October 6, 2013
Shutting down the Amber Alert website? There really is no bottom of the barrel for this administration, is there?
— Peter Cook (@Slublog) October 6, 2013
Nope. Just look.
Amber Alert is down. http://t.co/bckrAfMXsg
— Cuffy (@CuffyMeh) October 6, 2013
I am quite interested by liberals defending turning off http://t.co/CIzOSVkNv2 . Is there any diabolical action you WON'T defend? #p2
— Dr. Jason B. Whitman (@JasonBWhitman) October 6, 2013
Dear @BarackObama, Barricading open-air war memorials was a tacky new low; shutting down http://t.co/MOWAht1khc is beyond foolish. It's vile
— Will Antonin (@Will_Antonin) October 7, 2013
So how many barricades would the administration have had to not put up in order to afford to keep the Amber Alert Web site operating?
— Justin Katz (@JustinKatzRI) October 7, 2013
Barack Obama has DOJ shut down the Amber Alert system…So, we can add dead kids to the lengths he's is willing to go in his shutdown game.
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) October 7, 2013
By all means, let's turn over healthcare decision making to people willing to shut down the Amber Alert website out of spite.
— Dr. Jason B. Whitman (@JasonBWhitman) October 7, 2013
So, the president didn’t golf this weekend because it would look bad, so instead he stayed in the White House and ordered AmberAlert.gov taken down?
#Amberalert website is down. THAT is under direct control of the OMB. Idiot-n-chief DECIDED to shut that down.
— I'm pretty awesome (@ineed2takeatwit) October 7, 2013
https://twitter.com/daniellewildes8/status/387011525942050817
Amber alert site shutdown. Let's add that to the WWII veterans and kids with cancer list. #shutdown
— Alex Charyna (@alexcharyna) October 7, 2013
As a former federal agent I find this story hard to believe, even for this White House. http://t.co/v6pLdGD4A5 #SpiteHouse
— Dan Bongino (@dbongino) October 7, 2013
Just remember: The GOP are the “hostage takers” here.
You know what'd bring back http://t.co/BxXfj6gHxn the fastest? Putting the clean CR up for a vote in the House. #shutdown
— Matt Ford (@fordm) October 7, 2013
Editor’s note: This post has been updated with additional tweets.
Update:
Well, looky here! The Amber Alert website is back up:
‘Just bloggers’ right again: Amber Alert back up; Shameful Spite House claims ‘confusion’
Spite House Shutdown Scam: Amber Alert site only redirected to appear down?
