And the REAL terrorist is....?

President Bush yesterday saw fit to dribble out some additional information about what he categorized as foiled Al Qaeda plots that were planned after September 11, 2001. Though last year he had introduced the fact that there was actually a plot to hijack planes with shoe bombs and crash them, yesterday's revelation was that the target was the Liberty Tower in LA...OOPS - he meant to say the LIBRARY Tower in LA. Liberty, Library, whatever - those words with L, I, B, and Y in them can be rough and after all, this is heady stuff, this counterterrorism.

Methinks Mr. Bush is trying to justify the defense-hefty budget he introduced just the other day.

What better way to do this than, under the guise of Homeland Security and ongoing diligence, to keep reminding us just how evil and crafy those nasty Al Qaeda folks are. I don't doubt that, but I think it isn't quite sporting to surface every now and then with "new information" that hits home regarding potential terrorist activity. Besides, there was a FANTASTIC opportunity yesterday as well which seems to have disappeared suddenly from the news. Late last night, news reports came out about the evacuation of a Senate building (if memory serves) due to sensors that are supposed to register nerve agents sounding off. However, it turned out that this was a false positive and that the only nerve agent was likely to be some gas dispensed by an overfed burrito eating government official. Talk about being ever vigilant, though! "Not only are we abreast of all shoe bomb activities, but we are also keenly aware of F-bombs as well!", Mr. Bush could have told us.

He might also have to rework his usage of the following titles:
Life, Library, and the Pursuit of Happiness
"Give me library or give me death"
The statue of library
The New York Public Liberty

At least he didn't say "nucular" (again).