This might have been the dumbest thing to ever come out of American politics.
I can't believe anyone gave one split second of mindful attention to the absurdity that was the Homeland Security Advisory System, aka, the terrorism-alert color chart.
Did anyone actually plan their day according to its hue? Did someone book a flight with the hopes of flying on a green day, only to cancel the trip once the clock struck red?
Oh, the humanity! The destiny of a color chart-watcher hangs in the balance, somewhere between orange-yellow and yellow-orange. In the evening, their dreams of tomorrow rest peacefully on a dusk of yellow; just to feel the dagger of the sun, there on a bloody horizon, orange breaks to curse a morning where all that was planned was yellow.
It's so clear that the joke was on the People. We obviously didn't need the chart. No one paid any attention to it, and now Uncle Sam is tossing it.
Before he could sell us security, Uncle Sam had to sell us fear. He offered fear with this ridiculous color chart, and we bought it.
For anyone who still navigates their fearful lives according to that ol' terrorism vane, take it from a Former Citizen: The monster you should fear is the government. And if you want a color to describe Uncle Sam, trust me, it's red.
I can't believe anyone gave one split second of mindful attention to the absurdity that was the Homeland Security Advisory System, aka, the terrorism-alert color chart.
Did anyone actually plan their day according to its hue? Did someone book a flight with the hopes of flying on a green day, only to cancel the trip once the clock struck red?
Oh, the humanity! The destiny of a color chart-watcher hangs in the balance, somewhere between orange-yellow and yellow-orange. In the evening, their dreams of tomorrow rest peacefully on a dusk of yellow; just to feel the dagger of the sun, there on a bloody horizon, orange breaks to curse a morning where all that was planned was yellow.
It's so clear that the joke was on the People. We obviously didn't need the chart. No one paid any attention to it, and now Uncle Sam is tossing it.
Before he could sell us security, Uncle Sam had to sell us fear. He offered fear with this ridiculous color chart, and we bought it.
For anyone who still navigates their fearful lives according to that ol' terrorism vane, take it from a Former Citizen: The monster you should fear is the government. And if you want a color to describe Uncle Sam, trust me, it's red.
Hi Liz,
Concering the Homeland Security Advisory System, aka, the terrorism-alert color chart, I have found a more applicable use for this system. I have been using it as a food guide!...I.E. If the color is "red"...I focus on eating red colored foods. {Apples, red peppers,.etc...You get the idea!} This practice has enabled me to not only eat healthier but also a wider variety of foods as well!...I think this is a practice all Americans should adopt!!
Hmm. Wouldn't that put green foods at the bottom? Or is this not a pyramind - just a way to eat colored foods?
Splendid: "critics say the different colors are too vague to deliver enough information to be useful." Uh, yeah. They're colors.
yea. The idea of altering our behavior according to a color spectrum is the silliest idea I've ever heard of. It's too silly for a Kindergartener to comprehend.
Blue foods? Doesn't sound too healthy.
Blueberries. Are there any other blue foods?