Comments on: LEVEL ORANGE

By: John Lemon

John Lemon — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

I know run all my students through a metal detector before entering class.

By: Steven

Steven — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Crud! You beat me by eight minutes! Of course, I suspect that two young children didn't come jump in your lap whilst you were trying to post.

By: James Joyner

James Joyner — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

You are correct, sir.

By: James Joyner

James Joyner — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Although, if memory serves me correctly, kids recently coming out of surgery aren't supposed to do any lap-leaping, especially during increased levels of terrorist alert.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

{spelling maven voice}
Shouldn't that be "scarEdy" cat decoder?
{/spelling maven voice}

By: James Joyner

James Joyner — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Could be. I was going to add an E some place but couldn't decide where. Not sure there's even such a word.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Not actually a dictionary word, but a school-yard insult of some use IIRC. But the spelling that you had earlier would have more likely been pronounced with a soft "a", like Scar -dee Cat. Thanks for the info. I was beginning to wonder how much more Vigilant, Prepared and Ready I could get. I think I'm about ready to consign "The World Has Changed Since 9/11" to the cliche bin as well. It's kind of like "Things will never be the same as they were before 9/11." Oh, yeah. people would be surprised how much things are *exactly* the same as they were before 9/11.

By: MommaBear

MommaBear — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Of course, one must mention that NOWHERE to be found is any mention of those departments having any competence.

By: Kathy K

Kathy K — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

"Actually, I don't think the world has changed a lick since 9/11, but certainly our perception of it has. "
Spot on!

Also, what MommaBear said, with the caveat that the agencies that may not be competent include our beloved agency of "Homeland Security".

(We should have gone orange days ago, IMAO.)

By: narciso

narciso — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Is it just me, or should we be that worried about
an organization, that is at best doing 1995 level
stunts (against poorly secured targets): By that
I mean, the attack against another Saudi National
Guard/Vinnell facility, not Khalid & Ramzi's dozen airliner plot out of Manila.The Casablanca
& Riyadh bombings, notwitstanding; (What is the
point of our outposts in Jiddah & Riyadh; they
don't gather intelligence, and until recently
they were providing Visa Express for the next
crop of sleeper cells

By: James Joyner

James Joyner — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Narciso, I think that our government should indeed be worried, since the aforementioned stunts are killing lots of people. I just don't think the population as a whole should worry because

The specific risk of getting killed by a terrorist is very, very low;

The risk is far lower still for people who don't live in a major metropolitan area--especially Manhattan and DC;

There's not a whole hell of a lot we can do about it, anyway, as individuals.

By: Dean's World

Dean's World — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

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