Friday, August 11, 2006
Is it my imagination?
Or does the terrorism threat level always go up a few months before an election? See, these politicians think we're going to all get scared, and vote Republican because they keep us safe, but I think they're wrong.
I think they're out of touch with America. You see, Americans don't have much of an attention span. We'll all stand up and take an interest the first time... but eventually we're going to get bored.
This high threat level means long, slow lines at the airport. It means no liquids or gels in your carry on. It means you have to take your damn shoes off again. And don't even think about bringing that dangerous lipstick or eyeliner on-board!
Yes, it means a lot of things... but one thing it does not mean is increased safety. Nobody's going to detonate a lipstick container, or take the captain hostage with his toothpaste tube -- not when it's still so easy to sneak a bomb into the luggage.
And that's the problem -- we have CNN, ABC, the local news, whatever. We know how easy it is for rookie reporters to sneak a suspicious package into a plane without ever being scanned.
This increased threat level, and all the hassles that go with it, are only going to make voters hate the Republicans. I, for one, would vote for anything but a Republican, just so that in the coming years, I can board an airplane in a timely manner -- and do it without having to take off my shoes first.
Republicans don't keep me safe. Hell, they don't even keep me scared. All they do is find ways to inconvenience me.
I think they're out of touch with America. You see, Americans don't have much of an attention span. We'll all stand up and take an interest the first time... but eventually we're going to get bored.
This high threat level means long, slow lines at the airport. It means no liquids or gels in your carry on. It means you have to take your damn shoes off again. And don't even think about bringing that dangerous lipstick or eyeliner on-board!
Yes, it means a lot of things... but one thing it does not mean is increased safety. Nobody's going to detonate a lipstick container, or take the captain hostage with his toothpaste tube -- not when it's still so easy to sneak a bomb into the luggage.
And that's the problem -- we have CNN, ABC, the local news, whatever. We know how easy it is for rookie reporters to sneak a suspicious package into a plane without ever being scanned.
This increased threat level, and all the hassles that go with it, are only going to make voters hate the Republicans. I, for one, would vote for anything but a Republican, just so that in the coming years, I can board an airplane in a timely manner -- and do it without having to take off my shoes first.
Republicans don't keep me safe. Hell, they don't even keep me scared. All they do is find ways to inconvenience me.
Labels: national security, politics
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