Mike Bloomberg On The Terror Plot

3:38 am EST June 6th, 2007 | Terrorism | 7 Comments

don't panic

NYC Mayor:

“There are lots of threats to you in the world. There’s the threat of a heart attack for genetic reasons. You can’t sit there and worry about everything. Get a life,” he said.

That “What, me worry?” attitude pretty much sums up Bloomberg’s advice to New Yorkers on the terror plot. As far as he was concerned, the professionals were on it, so New Yorkers shouldn’t let it tax their brains.

“You have a much greater danger of being hit by lightning than being struck by a terrorist,” he added.

I think Mayor Bloomberg is more or less right here. Yes, terrorism exists and we should all be aware of it in our daily lives (people traveling with me on the DC metro probably a little more than high schoolers in Okoboji, Iowa, but your mileage may vary) but there’s no reason to follow along with the conservative lemmings and lose your shit every time Fox uses the NEWS ALERT graphic. People during WWII lived in a world on fire with a genocidal madman focused on world domination, but from the American homefront to the Brits on the front lines – they worked together to keep themselves sane. No reason we can’t do the same now.

Leave it to Michelle Malkin and company to get their knickers in a twist.

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7 Responses to “Mike Bloomberg On The Terror Plot”

  1. merlallen says:
    June 6, 2007 at 6:42 am

    I drive to work on 405 every day. I take my life in my hands 10 times a week.

  2. Enlightened Liberal says:
    June 6, 2007 at 7:48 am

    I would have to take a long look at Bloomberg if he ran for the Presidency. Even if he ran as a Republican. Moot point, since he couldn’t ever get the Republican nomination.

    Bloomberg is right. The terrorists win if we treat every half-baked plan as a reason to go to high alert and lose our civil liberties.

  3. Nimrod Gently says:
    June 6, 2007 at 8:04 am

    Again, what is Bloomberg doing with the R by his name?

  4. Jeremy says:
    June 6, 2007 at 11:57 am

    Oliver, did you just randomly choose Okoboji? My entire dad’s side of the family lives there.

  5. Dugger says:
    June 6, 2007 at 12:16 pm

    Many a successful attack was ta some point a ‘half-baked’ plan. I love how the second guessers find something to grouse about when we stop Ts. Or how tough they get. “Anybody could have taken those guys down!”

  6. Nimrod Gently says:
    June 6, 2007 at 12:26 pm

    Yeah, you love it so much you don’t actually take in any of the specific points they make because they make too much sense.

  7. Bengt Larsson says:
    June 6, 2007 at 1:37 pm

    Bloomberg said that? I like this guy.