Terrorism is Not America's Biggest Threat, It's Some Republican's Biggest Bet

You know you really can't win when it comes to making laws that solve entrenched problems. Our big problem... no not our big problem... our recurring problem, is one of terrorism. The solution to the problem is not any one thing, but a bunch of procedures working in tandem. This would include full body scans, more precise and escalated profiling, and greater coordination between intelligence agencies. Also, our watch list/no fly list system clearly creates a loophole big enough to fly a plane through.

Republicans are busy latching onto to this issue to obscure steadily improving economic numbers, as they would love to have the election be all about terrorism and foreign policy. They are experts at sounding tough when it comes to terrorism and obscuring the lack of difference between Obama's actions and those of previous administrations.. The only distance between them is Guantanamo and the procedures for resolving the status of captured terrorists and militants. In all else Obama has been quite vigorous, but Republicans are not inclined to let a political opportunity slip.

But it's a long, long way to election and their strategy depends on economic decline and terrorist success. Cynical.

Solutions to the actual problem remain hard to implement because of the American tendency to think two opposing thoughts at the same time. In this case, "protect me from terror" and "don't do anything that violates my civil rights or convenience."

Other News:

• Britain readies itself for full body scanners and increased profiling;  prepare to be the meat in the sandwich between the two approaches, with the former being costly for wide implementation and the later being annoying.

• Fornicating couples rush to capitalize on home prices, tax credits all willy nilly-ish .

• Ireland, Greece, Spain, Iceland and Dubai, please report to the principals office, and don't stop to smoke a cigarette in the bathroom with the United States!

• The soft featured wisened face of Bernanke speaks to economist types about the his future role in popping kid's bubbles and the need for greater parental authority. He suggests that it was a lack of regulation, not low interest rates, that led to the bubble. Fed officials indicate concerns about the effect of higher interest rates on non-speculative parts of the economy.

• The Transportation Security Administration places adds new procedures for certain people, from certain places. You know who you are, so don't make us name names and cause a scene. This comes after the Netherlands and the U.K. have moved to add full body scanners.