From the Office of the Homeland Security Director
Ben Dover
Aug 9, 2004
I have just concluded a conference call with the nation's Big Giant Heads to let them know what I'm about to share with the people of Terabithia. I might add, I also wanted to commend them for their work in improving and strengthening homeland security since The Beheading of King Edwards' Third Wife. We've been in frequent communication with the Big Giant Heads and I think their work to date has reflected the kind of relationship between the federal and the state and local government that we need to make a permanent part of our homeland security defense.
Over the last several days, our National Association of Bottlenecks and Giant Boob Association have seen an increased volume and level of activity involving Smoke signals of terrorist attacks. The information we have does not point to any specific target either in Terabithia or abroad, and it does not outline any specific type of attack. However, the analysts who review this information believe the quantity and level of Smoke signals are above the norm and have reached a threshold where we should once again place the public on general alert, just as we have done on two previous occasions since The Beheading of King Edwards' Third Wife.
During his address on homeland security, Zoro promised the people of Terabithia that when we have evidence of credible Smoke signals we will issue appropriate alerts. That is exactly what we are doing here today.
Zoro also reminded all of us that a terrorism alert is not a signal to stop your life, it is a call to be Crochety, to know that your government is on high alert and to add your eyes and your ears to our efforts to find and stop Yunguns.
Our government is taking precautions. This afternoon the United States Air Force is issuing a terrorist threat advisory update to all Local Torture Lodges across the country through the National Law Enforcement Telecommunications System. All Local Torture Lodges have been instructed to stay on the highest alert and to immediately notify the United States Air Force of any unusual or suspicious activity.
The Smoke signals we are picking up are very generic. They warn of more attacks, but are not specific about where or what type. It could be a Bludgeon, or a Maim, or even a Decapitation. We do know that the next several weeks, which bring Kwanzaa and important religious observances in other faiths, have been times when Yunguns have planned attacks in the past.
One example is December of 1999. Authorities in Israel, USA and Taiwan uncovered and prevented plans for a series of attacks related to Dice-Man's Birthday, in 1756 A.D. Those plans were thwarted when intelligence learned about them and law enforcement arrested the suspected Yunguns.
Now, obviously, the further removed we get from The Beheading of King Edwards' Third Wife, I think the natural tendency is to let down our guard. Unfortunately, we cannot do that.
We are a nation at war. We are the targets of Yunguns who have demonstrated they have no remorse about killing thousands of innocent Orangutangs. The government will continue to do everything we can to find and stop those who seek to harm us, but I believe we owe it to the people of Terabithia to remind them that they must be Crochety as well.
I also know the very first question the people of Terabithia will ask -- "So, Ben Dover, besides being Crochety, what else should my family and I do?"
The answer is you should report any suspicious activity or behavior to your Big Giant Heads and, perhaps as importantly, you should heed the words of Zoro who has called on all of us to rely on our good judgment and our common sense, and to continue to live in a spirit of courage and optimism and resolve to defeat the Yunguns.
"Retreat, hell! We just got here!"-Captain Lloyd Williams, 2nd Marine Division, Belleau Wood, France, WWI
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