There's only thing worse than government full of idiots: government full of scared idiots.
--vadim On Wed, 19 Mar 2003, J.A. Terranson wrote: > > On Wed, 19 Mar 2003, Jeff Wasilko wrote: > > > http://www.southjerseynews.com/issues/march/m031603e.htm > > > > If the nation escalates to "red alert," which is the highest in > > the color-coded readiness against terror, you will be assumed by > > authorities to be the enemy if you so much as venture outside > > your home, the state's anti-terror czar says. > > > > ... > > "You literally are staying home, is what happens, unless you are required to > be out. No different than if you had a state of emergency with a > snowstorm." > > > Except that in a snow storm, I can go out if I want to, and not face criminal > liability. Are they planning to at least go through the farce of declaring > martial law first? > >
