Time to ratchet up the fear level again?

Republicans (and their friends like Joe Lieberman) are beginning to show signs of losing control of the masses.

How do we deal with that? How can we survive? The war in Afghanistan, Iraq, Israel/Lebanon, and the threat of Iran’s nuclear program don’t have them afraid enough…

Hey, I know. Remember Wag the Dog? That worked extremely well when we went in to Iraq. We had them all afraid of the WMDs. Maybe it’s time to ratchet up the fear level again.

Anyway, Britain apparently foiled another airline / terrorist plot today. And since they foiled it, we need to ratchet up the fear level. Set the “threat level” to red for the first time ever. Of course a foiled plot justifies the highest ever threat level. For the first time ever. How can you even question that?