As Twitchy reported, the Spite House hit a new low by making the Amber Alert website go dark while FLOTUS’ “Let’s Move” site remains active. The Amber Alert system is allegedly still in place, but the information website has been deemed “non-essential.” Because shutdown and stuff.
But, some Twitter users questioned the “unavailable” page Sunday night.
https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/387058149015834627
https://twitter.com/JasonBWhitman/status/387059206307590145
@redsteeze @AceofSpadesHQ The only part of that domain to be deactivated was amber alert.
— Paul Blevins (@dssdevl) October 7, 2013
HuffPo’s Sam Stein ran cover for the Spite House.
Fwiw. Obama adm official tells me amber alert system isn't down. The DoJ site explaining how the system works is down.
— Sam Stein (@samstein) October 7, 2013
@sunnyright The office of justice programs ran out of funds on friday so all of the sites they maintain about the work they do went offline.
— Sam Stein (@samstein) October 7, 2013
Adm official: "The alerts themselves are issued jurisdictionally – by county or state. So the alert system… is not affected by shutdown"
— Sam Stein (@samstein) October 7, 2013
OK. Then why the unavailable page?
https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/387085899193806848
@redsteeze @samsteinhp Because it's a big publicity stunt, like everything Obama said about sequestration.
— David Freddoso (@freddoso) October 7, 2013
Ding, ding, ding!
https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/387087485773160448
“Ooh! I know how we can make #HarryReidsShutdown more painful! Let’s suspend Amber Alerts!” – The Obama Admin
— RBe (@RBPundit) October 7, 2013
@redsteeze @samsteinhp So basically the admin lied, trying to make ppl think the shutdown caused alerts to cease. What pricks.
— KeepCalmAndDrawl (@FormerlyFormer) October 7, 2013
@samsteinhp Apparently they can decide websites are "deemed critical to public safety" and keep them online despite lack of funds.
— Sunny McSunnyface (@sunnyright) October 7, 2013
@samsteinhp @sunnyright lie, lie lie the sites are up, just hidden behind a re-direct @redsteeze
— yourenotthebossofme (@defacedwallop) October 7, 2013
https://twitter.com/jfgroves/status/387059998485803008
@samsteinhp Umm…no. Explained here: https://t.co/EA9wgaC467 #SpiteHouse #ObamaThePsychopath @sunnyright
— DCD (@DCDude1776) October 7, 2013
@samsteinhp @sunnyright If nothing else, #HarryReidsShutdown has identified the media for what they are, #partisanhacks
— M.H. (@m1h67) October 7, 2013
https://twitter.com/Brock_Handsome2/status/387154585686519809
Citizens attempt to break it all down.
hmm, I'm being told this tip is wrong. Deleting "unavailable" on http://t.co/qjn0rivJl0 only brings you to the DOJ page.
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) October 7, 2013
https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/387070792338382849
https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/387072943294930944
@redsteeze @GaltsGirl And when you do that, it says "This website has been deemed critical to public safety and will remain operational.."
— Dick J Zucker (@DickZucker) October 7, 2013
https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/387071613562142721
https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/387072180061601792
https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/387072336630804480
Hmm. Looky here:
https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/387059437338259456
https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/387060506197909504
https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/387061597237022720
https://twitter.com/hboulware/statuses/387062691493191680
https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/387062868845158401
https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/387063570459934720
https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/387064807452471296
That’s right. When you remove “unavailable,” you do get to the main DOJ page. Which is still up and functional.
https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/387065022930632705
“Just bloggers” once again doing the work the media won’t.
@redsteeze @AceofSpadesHQ The only part of that domain to be deactivated was amber alert.
— Paul Blevins (@dssdevl) October 7, 2013
If you click on the link for Juvenile Justice, it brings you to this page:
Under Programs and Initiatives, all links are functioning aside from Amber Alerts and Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP): Programs.
Curious, that.
https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/387061597237022720
https://twitter.com/DefendWallSt/status/387064683359784960
https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/387065951201419265
https://twitter.com/jfgroves/status/387065943131566081
https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/387066247122132992
https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/387066307033575424
https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/387067096472903681
https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/387067811274559489
https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/387068099502944256
https://twitter.com/DixieDrivenDown/status/387072692328742912
Down or up, one thing has escaped the shutdown wrath:
@AceofSpadesHQ Yeah, I think they really took it down. Left their press releases up though. Thank goodness.
— David Freddoso (@freddoso) October 7, 2013
Of course.
https://twitter.com/RyanLGustafson/status/387069508013129728
@RyanLGustafson right.
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) October 7, 2013
I was in error. I tried it on two sites and it "worked," but it really didn't– I thought I was seeing the blocked page.
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) October 7, 2013
in fact I was being redirected to some DoJ splash page.
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) October 7, 2013
But the question remains: Why?
does the public have the right to know how much of THEIR MONEY the White House spent to reroute website traffic?
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) October 7, 2013
How Much of OUR money is Mad King Barry spending out of the public coffers to mount his political campaign against the American Publlc?
— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) October 7, 2013
@freddoso @AceofSpadesHQ The tip is wrong, but go to: http://t.co/Bzd6Nmk1Qz EVERY Juvenile Justice program EXCEPT Amber Alert is up
— Yancy Evans (@gallandro1) October 7, 2013
https://twitter.com/CapablyInept/status/387154936493903872
And HuffPo’s Sam Stein reenters the mix:
So everyone attacking Obama for 'taking down' Amber Alert aren't actually happy it's working?
— Sam Stein (@samstein) October 7, 2013
Can you do your job, Sam?
@samsteinhp can you explain why they created a url to redirect from http://t.co/tfmb6Xotzq to unavailable? that is the point…
— Ryan (@chasinghumility) October 7, 2013
Late Monday morning, the DOJ page remains as “unavailable,” but the amberalert.gov site is now back up.
DoJ spox said they were pulling someone off furlough this AM to come in and put Amber Alert site back up. it looks like its up now
— Sam Stein (@samstein) October 7, 2013
LOLOLOL And you believe this? https://t.co/jWjcPwAhdD @samsteinhp
— RBe (@RBPundit) October 7, 2013
Gee, wonder why?
@samsteinhp I thought they had no money.
— Sunny McSunnyface (@sunnyright) October 7, 2013
So the OJP had no money and the website had to come down. Until they got bad PR. Then they had money and it went back up. @samsteinhp
— Sunny McSunnyface (@sunnyright) October 7, 2013
spox: "The amber alert system was never interrupted, but to eliminate confusion, the informational site maintained by DoJ has been restored"
— Sam Stein (@samstein) October 7, 2013
@samsteinhp Again, I thought they had no money. I was told it had to come down because the bank account was empty. Now they have money?
— Sunny McSunnyface (@sunnyright) October 7, 2013
What else is there money to fund that the Obama Administration has ordered closed?
— Sunny McSunnyface (@sunnyright) October 7, 2013
What else is there money to fund that the Obama Administration has ordered closed?
— Sunny McSunnyface (@sunnyright) October 7, 2013
If Amber Alert really had to shutdown b/c of lack of funds, as Obama said, why did it go back up today after bad PR? #GovernmentShutdown
— Sunny McSunnyface (@sunnyright) October 7, 2013
The Obama Administration was caught unnecessarily shutting down vital services and had to backpedal. Shameful. #GovernmentShutdown
— Sunny McSunnyface (@sunnyright) October 7, 2013
@samsteinhp So does it now occur to you that the shutdown was an unnecessary political stunt? @RBPundit @jaketapper
— Sunny McSunnyface (@sunnyright) October 7, 2013
Bingo.
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