Action for the sake of action...

[alexpgp]

I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganizing, and what a wonderful method it can be for creating the illusion of progress...

    -- Petronius Arbiter

I shudder at every mention of "action" being taken in response to events of two days ago, especially "action" being undertaken by Congress or any other government agency. Any such new measures are more likely than not to fall within the scope of "reorganization," as mentioned in the quote above.

Though I am not an expert in security, the only change I saw in gaining access to JSC this morning was a line of traffic extending almost a mile down Saturn Ave., to Bay Area Boulevard. A few cars were being directed off to the side of the entrance gate to be searched. My rental (pickup truck with a covered payload bed) was let through with no problem.

Do I feel safer? Not appreciably, but then again, if we leave aside airplanes piloted by suicide jockeys, I've never felt particularly threatened, either.

Cheers...

Comments

[bandicoot.livejournal.com]

Yes - this increases "security" guards against pretty much non-existant threats, while real threats can't be guarded against no matter what measures are taken. It's all an illusion.