Friday, October 20, 2006

Sometimes fans can be too sensitive when their favorite team is not included in a national story. Even if it's one that would put their life at risk. A report came out earlier this week that seven NFL stadiums were targetted by terrorists for this weekend. The cities that would have fallen prey to a small nuclear bomb included New York, Miami, Atlanta, Seattle, Houston, Oakland and Cleveland.

Instead of being relieved that terrorists would not be in attendance at Paul Brown Stadium, Wes Steinum from Deer Park was offended. "Why not us? Don't we deserve to be wiped off the face of the earth like the folks in those other places?" Wes scrunched up his face, sighed, and continued. "Are we not attractive enough in the eyes of Al Quaeda or any of the other enemies our country has accumulated lately? Isn't Cincinnati sexy enough to be worhty of their attention?"

The dirty bomb scenario has since been revealed to be false, a poorly concieved one at that. The fact that this was a mde-up story makes it even worse in Wes's eyes. "Obviously, this fella wanted to make a splash so he picked cities that would get attention. I guess the Queen City ain't big enough to push a terrorist threat onto CNN or the USA Today."

Probably the second most frustrating part of this whole terror threat is one of the cities that was on the list: "Cleveland?! Come on! What self-respecting suicide bomber would be caught dead in the Mistake By The Lake?"