CONSTANT VIGILANCE
I’m just watching the news stunned at the unfolding airport threats. Apparently the UK uncovered and apprehended a group of terrorists that were going to detonate a bomb targeting 10 planes coming into the U.S. Their plan to combine a red dyed reagent with a sports drink and detonate it using a flash from a disposable camera was thankfully thwarted. It has sense raised the terror threat and has elevated the restrictions to get through airport security requiring passengers to throw away make-up, bottled drinks, tooth paste, anything that resembles a liquid reagent along with banning any electronic devices like cameras, cd players, IPODS!
I’m not complaining (although i will miss being able to block out the rest of the plane with some Kathleen Edwards). I’m just a little shocked. I mean come on a sports drink! Just the fact that it was so strategically planned and then nearly executed!! blows me away.
Of course Jaythan and I have the pleasure of hosting the president in our great state today. His always eloquent syntax on the events unfolding are what I can only describe as his usual bumbling misrepresentation of what’s really going on but since this isn’t a political rant I digress…
While the news is iterating that these threats have been solely concentrated in the UK, I think it’s naive to not focus on the fact that we, the United States were the end target of this attack!! and are still very much at the top of what i can only assume to be a very short hit list. On a personal note, I can’t help but be worried about the upcoming travel we have planned in our family. i just finished booking tickets for my brother and his wife to come up at christmas not to mention the rest of our family coming up in a matter of weeks for the baby. and my parents as we speak out of the country (alright not technically as they’re in alaska but whatever!)
If anything maintaining “CONSTANT VIGILANCE!!!” 
will help us all to be aware of whats going on out there!
Well, I feel better having gotten this all out! You gotta love having a blog!
thanks for listening.
I know… it’s so hard to believe what is happening right now! I’m just glad they were able to catch them before anything happened. On another note… have ya’ll heard about the 2 arrested in Ohio during a traffic stop? Check out this link: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/nation/4109291.html
What is crazy is that a few weeks or months ago, my mom noticed some middle eastern men in Wal-Mart (which is where she works) that kept purchasing all their pre-paid cell phones. After seeing this happen a few times, she reported it to her supervisors and at some point the FBI was called in and interviewed her. The FBI took the surveilance taps, but that is the last we have heard about it…
Hey… I got a little confused on the whole “website” line before with my last comment. Now check it… it will take you to our “MySpace” page.
xoxoxo
I guess I have a different take on the event in London with the terrorists. You see, I don’t want to be afraid and I don’t think we should be. The job of the a large portion U.S. government is to stop just this type of thing from happening. The fact that one time they missed something and a disaster occurred is just a example of statistics. We have always had people who wanted to destory the U.S. for of one reason or another. Unfortunately, our government has decided to tell us how afraid we should be, even if the chance of another attack on U.S soil or on a plane is remote. In addition, if we become afraid, if we let the actions of a very small group of people change the way we live or change the way we treat people different from us then we deliver a victory to the terrorists because that is the very definition of what a terrorist is. So, don’t be afraid. Be the courageous person I know you to be. If we are in a war with terrorism, then the only way to win is to show courage even in the face of casualties which always happen in war.