In Washington D.C., there is a big kerfuffle being made about all the security checkpoints. The fed received some intelligence from Pakistan on Friday and released an upgraded terror warning. That sparked off checkpoints in and around D.C., where police were visually checking every car by glancing through their windows.

Tempers are running high and the Bush bashers are claiming that the whole thing is staged for political reasons. They are half right. Bush's opponents have politicized the 9/11 terror attacks. The commission was busy pointing the finger of blame at America and Bush bashers are asking "What did he know and when did he know it." That puts him in the tenuous position of having to cover his ass. If he failed to issue a terror warning and something happened, we would never hear the end of it. Now they are trying to have it both ways by saying "what's with all the terror alerts?"

Another factor has to do with political correctness. With officials not allowed to profile suspects, they have no choice but to check every person and every car. We wouldn't want to hurt anyones feelings, now would we?

In the end, of course, it's all bullshit and the people are no safer this week than they were last week. Unless of course you think we'd be lucky enough to actually spot a terrorist by simply looking in the windows of cars stuck in rush hour traffic.