Sean - thanks for the comments..BUT..WHY are your "lips sealed"?
THIS is one of the problems, IMHO. An unwillingness to "level" with the American public. Let us know what we are up against, so that we can confront it head on.
Instead, the USG plays this little game of telling us to "go about our lives..don't let the terrorists win..etc". HOWEVER - that is a likely recipe to produce a lot of DEAD PEOPLE.
I am SHOCKED AND AMAZED at the number of "ostriches" we have (my own spouse included). People do not want to be bothered and distracted from their normal lives with news of our impending destruction. I, on the other hand, think that the 99+% who are NOT PAYING ATTENTION need to start - and start NOW. Take precautions to prepare. To save themselves and their families from the LIKELY hit of a WMD here on US soil.
Tell your friends in the USG that they need to start ***LEVELING WITH US*** and quit putting the facts through the PC filter. Tell us what we are up against, and what we face. Let the American people take responsibility for getting ourselves through this - since we sure as hell know the government is not going to come to each of our own home towns and do it for us.