Here we go again. Buy duct tape stocks now, because tomorrow, you're going to see a blitz of media mayhem about the latest alert.
Meanwhile, check your water, your KI and your sources of heat, if they are right, this could be ugly.

I cannot express how tired I am of all this.

If Harry Truman were around today, you think he'd put up with this? I doubt it. He'd pull the Enola Gay out of mothballs and send her over to Bin Laden's homeland to do some business.

They pull our chain. We jump. Talk about classic conditioning.

I think it's as much CYA as anything else. Could you imagine the uproar if the DHS didn't up the threat level & we DID get hit?
gino

When I turned on the morning news and received all appropriate "alerts" I can assure you that the mood seemed to be "business and travel as usual." Few people even seemed annoyed by the fact that the Bush administration was saying "something will happen", but all admit they have heard this story one to many times in the post 9/11 era. I understand caution, but fewer people are taking any preparation steps or changing their plans. Comments I have heard today range from "I wonder if Tom Ridge is crying wolf again or what?" to outright, "The terrorists are winning, because everytime they scurry about our gov't reacts in a fear of cowardice." These comments are heard, which I ususally counter with are you even prepared in case of any event. Look at the earthquake in California. How many were unprepared will never be known, but we will hear about a lot of them versus those that had some kind of plan.

Stargazer
ASAP= Always Suspicious Always Prepared

Well, the Enola Gay is currently on museum duty, so that's ruled out. And of course, Bin Laden's backyard is now full of Americans, so I'd not want to vaporize those good folks.

Problem is there's nothing to hit!

But I agree with you, this pavlovian conditioning is wearisome, at best, and crazy at worst.

Meanwhile, the California earthquakes remind us again what a realistic emergency plan looks like.

Regards,

Marty

True, it is too bad there isn't a country called Al Qaeda-stan to attack.