What price political correctness?

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unless you're on an overnight flight, that doesn't leave you much to do on the plane, and trust me, and eight hour flight is just a touch boring without some music

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I rarely listen to music on a plane.I read.

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Besides, isn't it possible that this 'Foiled plot' is merely a nice little publicity stunt for Mr Blair? He's not been too poular lately.. this could be just what he needs, and just the excuse to push through national identity cards.

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Mid-term elections are also coming very soon here in the states, and the Republicans are in some very close races.I really can't ignore the incredibly fortuitous timing of this event.Fear worked for Bush in the last election.

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Here's the problem: You don't increase security after a significant threat was established after-the-fact.

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Yeah, it's too bad that the Bush White House took so much focus off of Bin Laden in specific and terrorism in general once they got into office.Edited by schrafinator, : No reason given.