Why aren't we more afraid of terrorism?

posted in political by jon on 2004-07-20

Why aren't we more afraid of terrorists? Surely after September 11th we realize that THEY aren't playing games, but we continue to do so. Talk show hosts and news anchors constantly joke about the color coded alert system; liberal pantywaists bitch and moan about civil rights, and all we care about is who's going to get a rose on tonight's Bachelor. Is ANYONE reading the news closely? There is absolutely no doubt that we will suffer another terror attack at some point. They haven't stopped hating us, and we can't prevent every possible attack. Why does everyone seems to believe that terrorism is yesterday's news?Take a look at the following stories:Terror in the Skies, Again?This story, written by Annie Jacobsen, author of Terror in the Skies, relates her experience on a recent flight to LA. On this flight were 14 arab men, six in one group, eight individuals, carrying a variety of odd carry-on luggage and acting suspiciously. The following is a quote from her story.

From what I witnessed, Northwest Airlines doesn't have to worry about Norman Mineta filing a complaint against them for discriminatory, secondary screening of Arab men. No one checked the passports of the Syrian men. No one inspected the contents of the two instrument cases or the McDonald's bag. And no one checked the limping man's orthopedic shoe. In fact, according to the TSA regulations, passengers wearing an orthopedic shoe won't be asked to take it off. As their site states, "Advise the screener if you're wearing orthopedic shoes...screeners should not be asking you to remove your orthopedic shoes at any time during the screening process. " (Click here to read the TSA website policy on orthopedic shoes and other medical devices.)
Are we really stupid? Or do we truly believe that the next group of terrorists to strike will be Scandinavian?Arkansas officials say level of terror threat in state server grab unknown
State highway department officials say they still don't know who put al-Qaida messages on a state computer server. The F-B-I and other federal agencies are investigating, trying to determine if the incident was a hoax or if actual terrorists had tapped into the computer's server. Department officials discovered July 12th that one of their unsecured servers contained audio and video files from an al-Qaida-linked Web site. The appearance of the material in a state computer prompted the federal Homeland Security Department to wonder about the security of other state computers. The state says its other systems were unaffected.
Yeah...I'm sure it was just those crazy kids playing jokes again Report: Seattle refineries on terror alertThis REALLY thrills me since I'm flying to Seattle this weekend
Seattle, WA, Jul. 2 (UPI) -- Refineries along Puget Sound were on alert Friday due to concerns about possible terrorism.KOMO-TV, Seattle, said Friday three suspicious incidents possibly indicating refineries were under surveillance or targeted for a break-in prompted the Department of Homeland Security to pass the word to police and refinery security officials.KOMO said no specific threat had been received, however, security has been noticeably tighter in the area where gasoline for nearly the entire Pacific Northwest is produced.The higher state of vigilance was due to the theft of a set of gate keys from a refinery vehicle as well as two incidents in which suspicious characters were seen snooping around. KOMO said guards at one plant reported seeing a diver in the water as well as a person in a kayak who may have been videotaping the facility.
I saw a better link right around the time this story was reported. A kayaker videotaping an oil refinery, a set of stolen gate keys for the same refinery, and a frickin' scuba diver swimming around the area! Probably just crazy kids again.Find the 'Terrorists
We dare you to find the "terrorists" who perpetrated these ghastly acts.You see, we couldn't find any reference to Palestinian "terror, terrorism or terrorists" in any of the reporting by major news outlets this week, including Associated Press, Reuters, BBC, The Washington Post, The New York Times and others.

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