That means that every "hoax" or every warning must be taken as real until definitively proven it's not -- even if that slows traffic and disrupts economies for the next month. After that, we can readdress these things.
My suggestion to you is start thinking about the U.S. election as the only thing on the planet that matters. Your future depends on it.
While I agree with you that we have to take any hoax or funny comment about bombs on planes serious, I don´t think that the election of the US President is crucial for my life. It definitely has a deep influence on your life, but I´m pretty sure that the foreign policy will not change much. Both candidates don´t want to give Germany a veto on US security, so what advantages do we have? LOL
Seriously, Kerry and Bush will continue to fight terrorist structures where ever they occur and continue to believe in the North-Atlantic partnership. And finally, it is not my decision. All I can do is watch, and I promise you that I will do that.