Bush Cries Wolf

Big Brother:

But this leads me to all this suspicion and fear of conspiracy about the latest terrorist warnings, well outlined, by the way, in the Post's White House Briefing by Dan Froomkin (there we go again, with the Post!) This is a pathetic state of affairs. Anyone with a mind ought to know by now that Bush has pretty much ignored the real war against terrorism (he's busy losing a war on "terror"). As a result we are even more susceptible to a terrorist attack than we were in the Fall of 2001. Al Qaeda has decentralized and grown, Afghanistan is on the edge of chaos and the Iraq war has been a boon for recruitment for Islamic extremists. From reports I've read (look 'em up, I'm being lazy), among other things Homeland Security has not addressed a issue near and dear to my heart (and home): inspection of cargo containers at the nation's ports. My roommate Steve and I have laid a bet: he wagers the dirty bomb will go off in the middle of Manhattan, I say it will go off at the container docks two blocks west of our place. This is a fun bet of course: we'll neither of us be able to collect on it. But many, many people don't -- or can't -- take Homeland Security seriously anymore. So many people are suspicious of the warnings, sure that the administration is only trying to change the subject. And so our suspicions are directed at the Bush administration, not at possible attacks. And so we are even more vulnerable. Ah, me, I sigh again. How is it that anyone can still be supportive of this morally bankrupt, dangerous administration?