Fucking Paranoia (long)

Okay, I work in Nashville, and as you may have heard today, some nutbag decided he’d slash the throat of a Grayhound bus driver. Naturally, everyone in the area thinks that he’s a terrorist and we’re all going to die! :rolleyes:

I heard the news report this morning as I was getting ready for work. I immediately knew that it was just a lunatic trying to be “funny”. I mean, come on, hijack a Grayhound bus near Manchester, TN? (For those of you who don’t know, Manchester’s the kind of place where men are men and sheep are nervous.) There’s nothing fucking there! Of course, that doesn’t stop people from panicking.

I get to work and the damn door’s locked, and I say to myself, “Surely, they can’t be so stupid to think that bus thing was terrorist related and that we’re in any kind of danger?” [gameshow host] Bzzzt! Thank you for playing! Bob, who’s our next contestant on your life as a loser?" [/gameshow host]. Yep, they had the door locked because they were afraid that the big bad terrorists were coming to get them! :rolleyes:

Things weren’t helped when the governor came on the TV and said that Nashville was number 3 on the list of cities for a terrorist attack. What the fuck is that all about? Listen, dumbass, you were voted the absofuckingly worst governor of the US, you, sir, had a new mansion built out in the middle of fucking nowhere (along with a six lane highway which dead ends at your front door), complete with guard towers and armed guards because you were worried that someone would try and put a cap in your ass when you tried to force the statehouse to pass an unconstitutional state income tax! (And people wonder why the state’s short of money? Maybe its because you had to have a goddamn bunker built you paranoid fuck!)

Look, you dumbshits! There is no reason to worry about a terrorist attack! 99% of the population of NYC survived the terrorist attack on 9/11! Do you realize what that means? It means that even if Bin Laden were to start smoking the entire US production of crack and somehow decide that Nashville, TN was a good target for a terrorist attack, you would survive!

Finally, there’s nothing in Nashville that a terrorist would want to fuck with!!! Why? Because Nashville is little more than a hicktown! What do we have here besides countryfucking music? Not a goddamn thing!!! You boneheads have spent the past 30 years trying to promote Nashville as the home of country music, so there’s nothing else in this city! Period, paragraph.

And you know what? If Bin Laden were to decide to bomb Music Row (the “heart” of the country music industry), I’d help his fucked up goddamn ass just to teach you dumbshits a lesson! (Namely, that country music ain’t that great and that there’s more important things in life than that.)

So calm the fuck down! We’re totally safe here! (Unless you guys insist on being paranoid, then, I’m liable to go around blowing shit up!)

Hey. At least Nashville is an actual city!

Here in the middle of the middle of nowhere that is Stillwater, Oklahoma, OSU had more security at the last college football game than they did when former President Bush was a guest speaker! Mind you, the only signs we’ve had of anything going on is National Guardsmen that live here being called up and military helicopters flying over in route from Tinker to points unknown.

At the game they searched purses, fanny packs and jackets drapped over your arm. They confiscated bottled water brought in from outside. What the hell is up with that?

After half time to get back in, you had to have ticket and pass.

Oh, yeah. I’m sure that terrorists are just waiting for the chance to hit OSU. :rolleyes:

Thanks for reminding me, Arden, but for some stupid reason the national guard is no longer allowed to do flyovers of Adelphia Colosseum (where the Titans play) thanks to 9/11. I have no idea why, especially since they seem to be scrambling jets to provide “air cover” for any open air event like an NFL game. Yet another dumbass thing we can thank the terrorists for. :rolleyes:

Ah, that’s not just Tennessee. In the days immediatly following the attacks, I remember hearing a news report that said there would be no more fly overs of any kind over any major sporting event. No more Goodyear blimp.

Ya want paranoia? My roommate just told me this gem this morning:

He teaches drivers ed, mostly to teenagers, and got some not-so-great directions the other day. Finds himself at the end of a road, with a simple fence across a driveway ahead of his car, turns around, parks, gets out to check his map. There’s no indication that here is near a military base.

As he’s standing there a large military airplane passes directly overhead. He’s an airplane geek, so he turns and watches it pass with a smile.

Suddenly, a hardcore military type with an M-16 runs up to him, aims the gun AT HIM, and demands to know why he’s there. “Just a little lost, sorry” wasn’t enough, the guy checks his ID, asks for his SS#, phone#, address, employer, etc. and calls it all in. Turns out their source of info hasn’t updated the address to the one he’s been at for the past 6 years, so they hold him for a while so they can confirm his identity. They finally let him go.

Now, for the two days following this event, his phone service has noise, clicks and buzzes whenever he’s on the phone.

Yep, things are getting paranoid around here!

And it gets worse! We spent today under lock and key again! Why? Because they’re still worried someone’s going to show up and kill us all! :rolleyes: One of the salesmen is trying to convince the boss to let him pack a gun to work! (Yeah, and this guy’s stable! :rolleyes: He’s going through a divorce that’s gotten pretty nasty. This is not someone I want to be packing heat!)

Oh, and governor wacko has created a state Office of Homeland Security! I’m really starting to sick of this shit.

Well, ya never know when those bastards might head for Lynchburg and try to take out Jack Daniel’s!

:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: Oh Shit!!! I didn’t think of that! And I’ve only got half a bottle of Jack in the 'fridge! I better go get some more!!! :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

::: Tuckerfan grabs his keys and starts to run for the door and then realizes he’s being stupid and stops. :::