Talk:Tom Ridge

message: Do we really need the section on a horse at a state fair? —JonathanDP81 (Talk | contribs) 03:58, 3 December 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Section on a horse

message: Could someone add some qualifications, if any, to lead Homeland Security? Did he have any background in espionage, counterterrorism, or middle-eastern studies? Did he ever work in, on, or around personal or corporate security (e.g., Pinkerton Agency), law-enforcement, civil defense, or emergency management? What was his role in Vietnam? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.222.243.78 (talk) 18:14, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Qualifications

message: I would suggest the addition of this section, and the corresponding citation:
On May 10, 2005, Ridge reveals that virtually all of the six terror alerts issued by DHS between the time of the first alert (February 12, 2002) and the November 2 election were based on the flimsiest of evidence, and had been issued primarily for polictical purposes.  Ridge's protests over the lack of credible intelligence and the political uses of the terror alerts were routinely overruled by other administration officials, most notably Attorney General John Ashcroft.  "There were times when some people were really aggressive about raising it,"Ridge recalls, "and we said, 'For that?'"  Of course, at the time, Ridge was quite compliant towards the administration's wishes for terror alerts, as when he said of the thoroughly unwarranted August 1, 2004 alert, "We don't do politics in the DHS."  And Ridge spent plenty of time consulting with GOP political operatives and stumping for Bush on the campaign trail.
USA Today, May 10, 2005, "Ridge Reveals Clashes on Alerts," http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2005-05-10-ridge-alerts_x.htm
Al Franken, <U>The Truth, With Jokes,</U> ©2005 Dutton
If there are no objections, I will add this shortly. -- Black Max 17:13, 5 August 2006
:I added part "and was pushed to raise the security alert on the eve of President Bush's re-election, something he saw as politically motivated and worth resigning over" which was for strange reasons omitted in original quote — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.252.142.13 (talk) 19:37, 23 August 2009
::It was probably omitted because it had just been mentioned word-for-word before the quotation. Rather than leave the duplication, I modified the preceding sentence. —ADavidB 20:02, 23 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Manipulation of terror alerts by Bush administration 

message: Because this firm was recently acquired by Lockheed Martin, it's not clear to me that it still has a "board" on which to serve.  Anybody know?  For the moment I'm stifling my impulse to delete the reference, and merely adding a fact tag instead. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DagnyB (talk • contribs) 00:10, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Savi Technology 

message: Does his bronze star have a "v"?  Some superficial googling seems to indicate that it does but couldn't find a good source.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.255.170.233 (talk) 02:26, 11 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bronze Star 

message: Tom Ridge is no longer listed as a Senior Advisor to Deloitte. Both reference links are dead, including his previous listing on Deloitte's website.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jslot38 (talk • contribs) 18:56, 12 March 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: I updated the first reference and removed the second. —ADavidB 02:22, 14 March 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Deloitte LLP

message: I don't want to mess with the actual page (I don't understand how to link things, etc.).  Can someone please add this under Ridge's recognition section?  Thanks.
http://www.mercyhurst.edu/news/mercyhurst-dedicates-new-intel-school-named-after-gov-tom-ridge  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.197.22.97 (talk) 01:13, 24 May 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: This is done. —ADavidB 11:26, 25 May 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mercyhurst recognition  

message: Type in Tom Ridge Gosnell in the Internet and you will find plenty of articles stating that Tom Ridge as Governor was the, "Chief Enabler," directing the Pennsylvania Health Department to ignore the many complaints against Kermit Gosnell's Abortion Clinic.  This should be part of the article. For Example:  <https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/op-eds/this-fall-unearthing-gosnells-ghosts>  Easeltine (talk) 14:48, 29 April 2019 (UTCEaseltine (talk) 14:53, 29 April 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: A better example might help. The Washington Examiner site has been considered unreliable . —ADavidB 23:20, 29 April 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Governor Tom Ridge Responsibility with Kermit Gosnell