While reading this article yesterday about how White House officials repeatedly pushed for elevated threat level warnings using only the flimsiest of evidence, it occurred to me that we really haven't had such warnings since Mr. Bush was reelected.  Seems to me this was almost a monthly occurrence throughout 2004, so my question of the day for our loyal IRONMOUTH readers is this:

Why haven't there been the same level of terrorist alerts this year as we saw last?

a.  Tom Ridge no longer heading the Department of Homeland Security.

b.  Terror alerts an integral part of the President's re-election campaign and no longer needed.

c.  Terrorists no longer hate our freedoms and seek to destroy them.

We encourage you to come up with your own explanation, if you can.....