[WhistlingPastTheGraveyard]

Could someone explain to me why we need to Bash the security alert level being raised...

Because the amateur comedians have forgotten what it's like to lose 3,000 souls in an instant.

Really, there's nothing more disconcerting than opening up a thread like this and reading the all the moronic attempts at humor... as if we were invincible or something.

Showers, series, hugh... yeah, that's hilarious stuff people.

[mewzilla]

Laughing beats crying. Or cowering.

[Palladin]

OK, Mohammed, you can go back in your hole now.

[snopercod]

Speaking for myself, I'm not making fun of the threat, I'm making fun of the government behemoth which is supposed to make us safe.

Duct tape and plastic sheets? Confiscating nail files from little old ladies at airports? Give me a break today.

If the government was serious about doing anything, they would have already resurrected the Civil Defense organization of the 50s and embarked upon a training and preparedness program among the local populations.

They would have activated the state militias to stand watch in various places.

They would have locked down the borders with Mexico and Canada.

But no, they continue to build empires and make stupid announcements on TV.

[Bobby777]

no offense intended ... but, I think it's the non-specificity of these alerts that is the problem ... what shall we do at Orange that we don't do at Yellow? ... our enemies plot for surprise ... they were here sometimes for years, before they executed ...