The Jack Bauer "Damnit" Security Advisory System
Jan 20, 2010 | 4:59 pm
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The Jack Bauer "Damnit" Security Advisory System
The Jack Bauer "Damnit" Security Advisory System
January 19, 2010
Does anyone really know the difference between orange and blue and yellow on the Department of Homeland Security's color advisory system? Of course not, but if Jack Bauer were running things, we'd all know just how scared we should be of terrorists.
If Jack Bauer ran Homeland Security, we wouldn't have colors, we'd have five levels of "Damnit," Bauer's favorite phrase to express just how mad he is at the terrorists. Here are Jack Bauer's five warning levels:
January 19, 2010
Does anyone really know the difference between orange and blue and yellow on the Department of Homeland Security's color advisory system? Of course not, but if Jack Bauer were running things, we'd all know just how scared we should be of terrorists.
If Jack Bauer ran Homeland Security, we wouldn't have colors, we'd have five levels of "Damnit," Bauer's favorite phrase to express just how mad he is at the terrorists. Here are Jack Bauer's five warning levels:
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I think we are currently at Level Brown.
Jan 20, 2010 | 10:07 pm
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Problem is, if one person overhears me* muttering as I walk through a TSA checkpoint ("damnit, damnit, damnit, damnit, damnit!"), the level's at Severe before you know it. 
*Hypothetical. I don't do TSA checkpoints any more.
*Hypothetical. I don't do TSA checkpoints any more.
Jan 21, 2010 | 8:36 am
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