If you read the news, you'd think we've had some pretty close calls recently with some would-be terrorists. But if you actually find out a few crucial facts, you see that what we have are some morons attempting to be terrorists - or succeeding, if you define it as spreading fear - and not getting very far. Both the would be bombers in London just a few days ago and the guy who thought he could level JFK a few weeks ago apparently have the science knowledge of a 12 year old who has watched too many movies.

But - the parts of explosives and the half-baked plans combined with government agencies that need funding and media outlets that just can't wait for a juicy story all add up to some big fears. It's a good thing we don't have to worry about those 43,000 people killed in automobile accidents last year in the US. That's nothing to get excited about. Or the loss of habeus corpus - who needs it?