Do you agree with the Obama administration that ISIS is an "imminent threat"?

[Lydia Leftcoast]

105. They've cried "wolf" too often

I remember when there were supposedly terrorist based in Britain who were going to blow up planes over the Atlantic by combining liquids in their carry-ons.

Turned out that they had just discussed it, and that none of them even had passports (which are required to board an international flight--no passport, no boarding).

Yet for several days, people were allowed to carry NOTHING on board except their boarding pass. Not their wallets, not their keys, not their computers.

Fortunately, British security officials backed down after people raised hell about having their wallets, keys, computers, and other essentials stolen out of their checked baggage.

But still, seven years after a plot that never got past the idle discussion stage, we're still putting our 3-oz. travel sized shampoo in plastic baggies.

Even if terrorists do attack U.S. and European targets, the chances of being caught up in such an incident are minuscule. I've been in two car accidents and narrowly missed being killed by a falling utility pole. There are many ways to die prematurely, and terrorism is actually one of the least likely.