The so called terror alert is

[Bitwit1234]

a threat by al-queada to attack malls in Chicago, California and some other during the crowded Christmas Season.

The FBI did have the guts to say it was unsubstantiated.

[shadowknows69]

1. Fine then

everyone should stay home and mail order and help bush destroy our retail economy.

[soothsayer]

2. terra! terra! Terra! boogety boogety! the sky is falling!

[Hydra]

4. "Osama will eat your children!!!"

[hobbit709]

6. When in danger, or in doubt

Run in circles, scream and shout. If we're scared enough, we will spend more money that we can't afford.

[Fresh_Start]

3. thank goodness the monetary crisis and price of fuel

will keep the malls empty this holiday season.

Now can't we all accept that the Bush administration was positively prophetic to anticipate al qaida threats to malls?

[NightWatcher]

5. isnt this threat a few years old? The only thing that I'm scared of is

christmas fruitcake

[malaise]

7. Then why is it on the news? n/t

[Eurobabe]

8. Americans have more to fear with the crazies who jockey for parking spots

during the Xmas rush. A few years ago, some guy told my mother he would shoot her, for taking HIS spot.

[redirish28]

9. AHHH reusing "Fear story"... So Cool

[Journeyman]

10. I was far more impressed with the threat of al Qaeda frogmen attacking our shipping. . .

than I am with the fear of al Qaeda shoppers.

Remember when Washington asked Hollywood scriptwriters to join the "Homeland Team," and help devise possible terrorist scenarios for al Qaeda attacks? I guess the Writers Guild strike extends coast to coast, even to Homeland's Fiction Department.