Some days, I think that the only thing that occurs less frequently than actual terrorist plots or attacks is public figures speaking reasonably about terrorist plots and attacks. But that’s exactly what Michael Bloomberg, the mayor of New York City, seems to have done:

WCBS-TV quoted Mr. Bloomberg as saying:

There are lots of threats to you in the world. There’s the threat of a heart attack for genetic reasons. You can’t sit there and worry about everything. Get a life.

The mayor added, “You have a much greater danger of being hit by lightning than being struck by a terrorist.”

Maybe there’s hope yet for rational thinking in the face of mindless, media-driven fearmongering.

If he’s so smart, why isn’t he rich?

Uhh…nevermind. :^)

Part of me wishes Ed Koch was still on the national stage. For several years after he was Mayor of NYC, he was a fixture on various talking head type shows, and he didn’t exactly mince words.