The similarities between the summer of 05 and 01 are beginning to worry me. If memory serves, the big stories in 01 were SHARK ATTACK! and missing, probably murdered, white girl (Chandra Levy). In 05, it's SHARK ATTACK! and missing, probably murdered, white girl (Natalee Holloway). Lots of hindsight blamed the media for concentrating too much on these stories in 01 and a false sense of security that allowed us to be totally blindsided by 9-11. Warnings (Bin Laden poised to attack America in the PDB) went totally unnoticed because of these salacious stories. I wasn't personally affected by 9-11 as I'm from the relatively sheltered midwest, but obviously the consequences for the whole of America are painfully obvious. If I find out Bush's schedule at any time involves reading to grade-schoolers, I am going into my basement and not coming out until the nu-ku-lar cloud is lifted and the all-clear is sounded.