July 4th - Do you feel safe?

[Arthur Dent]

Law Enforcement will be on highest alert looking for ANYTHING. Actually, on the "good" side, it means there probably won't be enough cops patrolling neigborhoods busting you for illegal fireworks.

It also means, if your going down to the river to watch the Macy's fireworks, expect to get searched. My guess is if something happens, it will be a suicide bomber that will go off at a checkpoint into some major event. (They can import suicide bombers just like they imported hijackers.)

I'm starting to believe that we have given al-Qaeda too much much credit.

I'm thinking we don't give our law enforcement enough. I remember several reports about how they stopped over a dozen different plots for the millenium celebration a couple years ago. Who knows how many leads they;ve tracked down and stopped simply by issuing these public warnings?

And how about that guy they arrested in a "dirty bomb" plot. The guy was in custody A MONTH before the media found out and made a news story out of it. How many others have been arrested so far?


As for my July 4 plans, I'll be at a backyard bar-b-q like I do every year. I hate the huge tourist crowds.