Andrew Price
You know that ridiculous color-coded terrorism threat level chart? The Department of Homeland Security is reevaluating whether a vague system for panicking the public that nobody pays attention to anyway makes sense.
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We went on a little rant about being afraid of terrorism the other day. We still stand by it. But it gets harder when things like this happen....
If Fox News started a gas station, it'd probably be this one - Terror-Free Oil. Yes, this really exists, and yes, they sell freedom fries.
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