Paranoid yet?

The city of Boston was recently a target of an ad campaign for a movie to be released this Summer. The ads were outdoor, live ads of little Space Invader-like aliens from a show called "Aqua Teen Hunger Force," a cartoon I love that is not about water, teens, or hunger. It's a meatball (Meatwad), a milkshake (Master Shake), and a box of fries (Frylock) who reminds me of Samuel L. Jackson. ATHF is releasing a movie in March!

Anyway, the city of Boston shut down completely when people thought the blinking-light, notebook-sized doo-dads. Quote from an AP article:

"It's almost too easy to be a terrorist these days," said Jennifer Mason, 26. "You stick a box on a corner and you can shut down a city."

O'Connor said there's nothing wrong with being vigilant, but said she said it was ridiculous to shut down a city "when anyone under the age of 35 knew this was a joke the second they saw it."

Now, here's where you decide for yourself.
Everything must be questioned and perused and zeroed-in-on, dissected and perceived as a possible threat to our safety, both nationally and locally, due to the threat of terrorism in our nation. And when that threat arises, we can run the other way while our government, local or national, steps in to help us out and save us. (Katrina, AHEM... 'scuse me, must have had a Social Security Payment receipt in my throat)

OR

You can understand that this is exactly what the terrorist WANT YOU TO THINK, that you are safe and that you don't need to pay attention and nobody is a suspect! Then they will pounce! See how it happens? Who can you trust? The government that really accelerated our position in the Middle East for the sake of one man makin' his daddy proud? Or the terrorists who want us dead because of the daddy-proud-makin' guy?

Personally, I trust the meatball.


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