Flutterby™! : Imminently Elevated

The new DHS National Terrorism Advisory System has been released, which replaces the old goofy color coded terror alert system.

The new system has two threat levels, "Imminent Threat Alert", which is reserved for the weeks immediately preceding an election, and "Elevated Threat Alert", which I think has something to do with the way they used to run urban light rail.

As Lyn pointed out: "Elevated compared to WHAT? If it's *always* elevated, doesn't that mean: 'normal threat'?" and John replied: "THIS ONE GOES TO 11!".

Some day I hope I can speak freely about some of the government idiocies I've seen recently. Let's just say that ya know how I've kinda swung away from my rabid Libertarianism that I once held? Yeah, I still think the Tea Partiers are generally unintelligent dupes of the Koch brothers, but damn there's some constructive thumping that could be done by way of a suitably sized clue stick.