It’s that most wonderful time of year, again. Sleigh bells ring, are you listening? The halls are being decked with boughs of holly, fa-la-la-la-la.
(La-la la la.)
And, of course, Congress is warning us that terrorists could kill us within the next five years using weapons of mass destruction.
A prize-winning panel — at least one that earned a blue ribbon — believes that a biological or nuclear attack is likely between now and 2013. After that, the window of attack is closed and terrorists will have to use pointy sticks or something.
So, remember, these next five years are borrowed time. According to former Senator Bob Graham, we could be looking at “9/11 times 10 or a hundred.”
9,110 or even 91,100, people. We don’t even have calendars that read like that.
In related news, Congress doesn’t know that the elections are already over.
Update (5:51 PM):
OK, just checked the math. Actually,(9/11) * 10 = 8.181818…
and
(9/11) * 100 = 81.818181…
Still, this does not compute on any reassuring calendar known to Americans.