Hello loyal readers.
Sorry about the week-long hiatus. I was in Washington D.C. for a while for the closing of my internship. It was a great time, but I was so busy that there was no opportunity to write. I have some great ideas for entries though, and I’ll ease back in with a short one.
In the course of my travels to and from D.C., I spent some time in four different airports: Sky Harbor (Arizona), JFK (New York), Atlanta, and Reagan (D.C.). In several, I remember hearing an announcement about the current TSA threat level: orange. No context was given for why it’s orange, why orange is bad, or what we should be doing differently than if it were one color lower (yellow?) or higher. So in my opinion, here’s what the announcement should actually say:
“Attention passengers, the TSA would like you to know that today’s threat level is orange. We really don’t know what that means, and neither do you, but it sounds sufficiently menacing ennough to make you wonder if you are in danger. But despite the apprehension you might feel at the moment, we certainly would not want you to change your behavior in any way, and for God’s sake don’t stop flying. Ceasing to do that would be helping the terrorists destroy the freedoms that they hate about us. Therefore, go on with your lives as usual, but with the nagging fear of a catastrophic attack and the certainty that only the government can save you from it. (Oh, and to do so, we’re going to need more money and more control over your life.)”
What are the chances the TSA steals this post and uses it for their next script?
