I just read a news article about 6 nuclear warheads mistakenly flying over the U.S. There was a poll included in the article asking people if they would describe the incident as "alarming." Ok, first - how does a B-52 bomber become "armed with 6 nuclear warheads and flown across several states"? Duhhhrrrrr... don't we have our nuclear warheads clearly marked? Are they not clearly separated from other bombs? How could they possibly have "mistakenly armed" a bomber with nuclear warheads?! That's the BIG STUPID! The other stupid thing is that apparently more than 6600 people (at the time this post was written) are not alarmed by this story - 34% of those who took the poll. REALLY? It does not alarm them that a mistake like this could happen. It does not alarm them that a B-52 armed with SIX NUKES may have flown over their house. It does not alarm them that B-52s are old planes and have had their share of problems. None of this alarms them. FREAKING AMAZING!! The fact that 34% of the people who answered the poll were not alarmed by the story is in itself alarming to me. A full one-third of the people who read the story and took the poll are not intelligent enough to be concerned by what they read in the story. Oh - by the way - the top story on MSNBC tonight was not this, nor the Republican debate. It was "Pavarotti Dies." I am not unsympathetic to those who loved Pavarotti and the wonderful gift he shared with us all, but greater men have died with barely a jot from the press. God help us.
P.S. I think I see how the next "terrorist attack" is going to occur.
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Here are two points made to me by my father-in-law and my wife respectively. The mistake made by the military in this case (arming a B-52 with 6 nuclear warheads) could have happened because our military is stretched to the breaking point, OR, flights like this have been happening for awhile under the George W. Bush Administration, and someone with a sense of responsibility finally found out about this one and decided to talk about it. Either situation frightens me even more.
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