[antimedia] antimedia: This is beyond ridiculous....

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Posted by antimedia:
This is beyond ridiculous....
http://www.antimedia.us/posts/1153245551.shtml


   ....in fact [1]absurd.

     A federal inspector general has analyzed the nation's database of
     top terrorist targets. There are more than 77,000 of them â up from
     160 a few years ago, before the entire exercise morphed into a
     congressional porkfest.
     And on that list of national assets are ... 1,305 casinos! No doubt
     Muckleshoot made the cut (along with every other casino in our
     state).
     The list has 234 restaurants. I have no idea if Dick's made it. The
     particulars are classified. But you have to figure it did.
     Why? Because here's more of what the inspector general found passes
     for "critical infrastructure." An ice-cream parlor. A tackle shop.
     A flea market. An Amish popcorn factory.
     Seven hundred mortuaries made the list. Terrorists know no limits
     if they're planning attacks on our dead people.
     The report says our state has a whopping 3,650 critical sites,
     sixth in the U.S. It didn't identify them â remember, we wouldn't
     want this list of eateries, zoos and golf courses to fall into the
     wrong hands.
     That number, 3,650, is so high I'm positive we haven't heard the
     most farcical of it yet.

   Gotta keep the pork coming, you know.
   Something like this tells you that our politicians are not really
   serious about security. They see it as a way to pad the nest, please
   constituents and keep themselves in office. In fact, they see
   everything in that light.
   Isn't it time for term limits? (Hat tip to [2]Bruce Schneier.)

References

   1. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003123566_danny13.html
   2. http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2006/07/top_terrorist_t.html