New Terror Level: Color Brown for Crap!

Well, it is great to see that our 'war on terror' (or as Bush calls it 'war on terra') was handed another victory today. Supposedly, UK and US officials, along with help from Pakistan, foiled (which seems to be the word of the day) a terror (terra) plot that would have targeted 6 to 20 flights to be bombed over the Atlantic Ocean.

I am glad that we 'foiled' the plot. Still, I am a person that wonders half of the time if these 'foiled' plots are real or just another PR stunt for Blair or Bush when their approval ratings drop. But this one seems to be real.

But the reason I am writing today is to bring attention to the color-coded terror levels. I guess we moved up to a yellowish-orange today, I have no friggen clue.

What cracks me up about these terror levels is that they always change the terror level AFTER something happens, and not before. After the anthrax deaths, they raised it. After 7/11, they raised it. And after this 'foiled' plot today, they raised it (on flights between the UK and US).

Maybe I was mislead. I assumed that these terror alert levels were created to 'warn' us about a possible terror (terra) attack. Instead, it seems they are just being used 'after' the fact.

Yeah, great warning system. That is kind of like the person who turns on their blinker after they are already in the turn lane, or saying 'fore' after someone already got knocked in the head with a golf ball, or yelling 'watch out' after someone is already hit by the bus. You catch the drift.

Basically, these color coded systems are 'reactionary'. They only change the color in reaction to what is happening in the world at that time. Oh, I forgot, they do it during major holidays as well. I understand, we have had so many terror attacks during national holidays. Any terror expert can tell you that the terrorists usually attack when the people and government don't expect it (like September 11th).

So, the main point of the article is...'what the hell is the use of the terror codes'? Are they there to tell me something bad already happend?

I think it was really created to as a coloring book for Dubya, so he could understand the terra threats better.