[Beck_isright]

"No, people have had two years to contemplate how bad the next attack will be."

I'll leave you with one thought. If a semi full of 40 Mexicans can make it 300 miles inside the US border (Victoria, TX), then how hard would it be to smuggle a well shielded 500 kt yield nuclear device 150 miles into Los Angeles or Phoenix? No, the people are in denial. They won't acknowledge the threat, just as they will not not acknowledge the economic problems. Until they get burned, they will continue to play with fire. The last 5 years was not a lesson. It was an episode of "24" in the sheeple's minds. My fear is that our lax attitudes towards border security, bank security, ethics in business, and the inability of the sheeple to vote out liars will cost this nation 200,000 dead and a collapsed economy.

[djf]

But "the people" tried to do something about illegal immigration by patrolling the borders, everytime something like this happens, they get bitch-slapped by the guv or some special-interest group.

[Orangedog]

The last 5 years was not a lesson. It was an episode of "24" in the sheeple's minds. My fear is that our lax attitudes towards border security, bank security, ethics in business, and the inability of the sheeple to vote out liars will cost this nation 200,000 dead and a collapsed economy.

Spot-on! I think a lot of people are hopelessly addicted to escapism. Case in point: Three days after 9/11 I was getting some coffee at work and there were four guys ahead of me bitching because all that "World Trade Center stuff" was on all the networks 24/7 and it was totally screwing up baseball season. God forbid if Los Angeles being vapoized would cancel the Superbowl!