Tom Ridge wishes everyone Happy Holidays!
Just in time for the Christmas travel season, it’s Threat Level Orange! Al Qaeda is trying to use planes as weapons, but please don’t change your plans! We have everything under control! But you should still be pretty freaked out. We are. Seriously. I mean, we don’t know, you don’t know, it’s a fucked up situation. There’s nothing you can do! Merry Christmas!
UPDATE: And for the kids, it’s Threat Level Ernie! Have fun, kids!
UPDATE PART DEUX: More high-minded debate on the subject of terror warnings over at Dean Esmay. I’ve done all I can there.
Don’t change anything, though. Don’t cancel travel plans since that might disrupt our precious little economy. No! Just be more vigilant. I picture everybody at Midway airport tiptoeing around suspiciously ala Spy vs Spy.
I read about 6 lines of Dean’s post, started laughing out lound, then came back here to comment.
Okay, so by attacking a country that has not attacked us we are “winning the war on terrorism?” Seems to me that real “terror” is when we’re afraid to fly on an airplane to visit grandma on Christmas.
Or does “winning the war” only apply to friends & family of those in high places who stand to make a boatload of money on this — the ones who got the no-bid contracts because they just happened to “be in place” in the country that was chosen to be attacked? When we talk about paying for reconstruction, we need to remember whom we are paying.
Becky