Michael Chertoff Parodied in The Onion
“While 9/11 has historically always fallen on 9/11, we as Americans need to be prepared for a wide range of dates,” Chertoff said during a White House press conference. “There’s a chance we could all find ourselves living in a post-6/10 world as early as next July. Unless, that is, we’re already living in a pre-2/14 world.”
“1/1, 1/2, 1/3, 1/4, 1/5,” Chertoff continued for nearly 45 minutes, “12/28, 12/29, 12/30, 12/31—these are all plausible and serious threats.”
Not very far from reality. Refuse to be terrorized, everyone.
HJohn • January 14, 2009 12:25 PM
His ramblings were kind of annoying, to be quite frank, but part of his point was correct. If we expect someting on 9/11, the last date a terrorist will do something on is 9/11. Compartmentalizing ourselves like that leaves a vulnerability where they know we aren’t looking.
Of course, if he was implying that we should handle every day like it is the next 9/11, well that’s just dumb and I refuse.