hello, yes, I live 20 minutes from that sting op.

[amezri]

So.. Albany, NY has made national news today. Whoopie. *rollseyes* Some bull about a sting operation that's been going on for over a year and two mosque leaders were arrested this afternoon for laundering money and attempting to buy a SAM. Hrm.

This, added to the increased alter level in the city, has caused several people in my mother's office to refuse business trips down to the city.

Look, people. You're going to have to die sometime. It's really not good to be afraid of everything because the government says this or that might happen. Just go about your business - that's a way to defeat terrorism, too. If you're all huddled in your house afraid to go outside, you're letting them win.

And for those people who suspect the color-coded terror alert system is a political tool, check this out. It's a fairly interesting theory/timeline: Bush gets negative comments, terror alert level is raised, people go crazy.

There's also this chart illustrating Bush approval ratings vs. Terror Alerts. Lookit all those terror warnings at the end there....

anyone interested in the above two links, I've created a juliusblog feed.