I'm Feeling Safer Already

"The release of the [9/11] video adds to concern over recent intelligence that has counterterrorism officials increasingly worried about a possible attack against soft targets, such as shopping malls, as the holiday season approaches."

Here's the entire story on CNN. Short version: A video of the 9/11 attack appeared recently on an Al Qaeda website. The particular video is apparently one that authorities were unaware of. And, once again, increased "chatter" is being heard amongst various terrorist circles, although it is not clear if this is something to be genuinely concerned about, or merely diversionary tactics by said terrorists.

Homeland Security--god, what an Orwellian name if there ever was one--probably will bump up the terror alert sometime soon. But don't let that keep you from shopping. Maybe go to your local Target Store. Buy something that matches the terror color code.

It was just a week ago that our President told the soldiers in Iraq that, by fighting them over there, we wouldn't have to face them here.

Which was/is A LIE. We are STILL facing terrorism here. Attacking Iraq was a SETBACK in the War on Terror. It's making the world MORE dangerous, not less. It's amazing how something as simple as that is incapable of being understood by the people in charge. They're either ignorant, or don't care. If they don't care, then they're evil--because the consequences of their actions are putting millions of people's lives in jeopardy all over the world.

Every time Bush takes the stage and does his sound-out-the-syllable act--you know, when he barks out something that appeals to his simplistic brain like "they hate us because trrists hate freedom. You see, they hate freedom. They want to destroy freedom. Because they hate freedom," I want to shake the guy--and then I want to shake the lemmings that call themselves "the White House Press Corps." I mean, what the hell does this guy mean, and why the hell aren't they calling him on it? Why doesn't SOMEONE from the press show a scintilla of backbone and ask the Resident something like, "Mr. Resident, you tell us that the terrorists hate freedom--can you elaborate? Just what exactly DO you mean by this statement?

A thousand people will have a thousand definitions of freedom--some, like a lot of folks in Louisiana, think of freedom as freeway--in other words, they're car worshippers. Others might think that freedom is choice of church, or school, or job, or whatever. To summarize: freedom is a simple word that describes a very complex idea. To dismiss acts of terrorism (or to dismiss acts of resistance to occupation, which is NOT terroristic at all) as simply "they hate freedom" is a disservice to the public. We deserve real explanations, not reconstituted, regurgitated crap unfit for dogs. So, Mr. Bush, tell us what you MEAN when you say this. What freedom do they hate? Why do they hate it? What do you intend to do to protect the homeland from additional acts of terrorism? Do domestic criminals like Tim McVeigh receive the same attention as foreign criminals when it comes to tracking terrorists? Etc. Etc.

All of these are valid questions a genuine free press would ask. But these days, the press corps is worse than Alan Colmes...