BE AFRAID! BE VERY…OH, NEVER MIND….What a surprise. One week after the election, having successfully freaked the bejeebus out of folks in the Red States who don’t actually face any real threat of terrorism, the Bush administration has lowered the threat level from orange to yellow. Yes, that’s right. Nothing to worry about anymore, nothing to look at here, go about your business, everything’s back to normal.
Who said raising and lowering the threat levels was purely political? Pshaw.
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