Holy Exploding Underpants Batman!

So many possible puns about exploding underwear...
Sadly, not a one is terribly funny at this point.

Now Janet Napolitano, Homeland Security Director? That's funny - or a bad joke at any rate.
'The system worked' she says.....really?
This, of course, coming from the same monumental ignoramus that would rather refer to the 9-11 attacks as a 'man made disaster' than an act of terrorism.
Brilliant.

The president was a little slow out of the gate with an announcement.. first calling our would-be crotch-bomber (WbCB)an 'isolated extremist' before turning around the next day with more appropriate languaging, actually referring to him as a 'terrorist'. I wonder if that was physically painful for Mr. Obama, referring to someone as a 'terrorist'?
After all, the 'War on Terror' is over
and Major Hassan was suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder / disgruntled employee / psychopath who just happened to have 'Soldier of Allah' printed on his business card...
yet I digress

So many screw-ups, so little time.

State Department? Check. Hilliary's house is obviously not in order. C'mon now, WbCBs dad went to the American embassy in Nigeria and gave us a head's up! Somebody sucks...I'm just sayin'

CIA? Check. So, who watches the watch list anyway? Maybe they were just busy trying to dot all of their 'I's' and cross all of their 'T's' since the Justice Department is still trying sodomize them..?

Director of National Intelligence / National Counter Terrorism Center? Check. Agencies created / expected to 'connect the dots' as it were.... not so much.

Of course, then we have the obligatory ass-covering drills. Fingers being pointed whilst thumbs were clearly up requisite rectums...
*heavy sigh*

So, now what?
Is it too much to ask that the the current administration at least give the illusion of being serious about the threat of terrorism? Honestly, I think they are more serious about it than they look. My tiny brain tells me team-Obama is so very concerned about being the 'anti-Bush' that any and all attempts will be made to convince the world at large (including ourselves) that they are indeed the 'Hope and Change' the salivating masses have been promised.
Just one problem -
Sometimes, appearance actually IS important.
Little things, like the appearance of 'dithering' over troop levels in an unpopular war,
failure to properly identify your enemy (Islamic terrorists)
little things like that.

With any luck (and continued prodding) one can only hope the administration will view this as a wake-up call
to stand up
firmly grasp their collective sack
and do what they are supposed to do - that is, keep us safe.
Otherwise, those who wish to kill us all - smelling blood in the water - will only become more emboldened.
The next guy might actually figure out how to ignite his underpants...
Next time we might not be so lucky