I shall repeat myself. It is good to associate with people who encourage you to stretch your talents. Those who wish to treat you like a little booboo and put you in a box are demonic. I bring this up because of the totally aggravating assumption that members of the public are demanding protections from dingbat terrorists that repeat in yokel Appalachia what has just been played up in the national news. Doh. In the old days, terrorism was defined as that which was vicious and unpredictable. Now, kids in WNC schools are playing Newtown.

A $17,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security funded the drill. The grant was distributed by the N.C. Division of Emergency Management. C3 Applications, a firm based in Vilas, N.C., was hired to plan and coordinate the mock drill. A final report detailing its evaluations and recommendations will be released within 30 days.

Feel better, now? Huh? Huh? Frankly, I’m terrified at the way the federal government spends money; and I’d be less terrified by random acts of violence if the governmental dudes would once again grant us the liberty to fend for ourselves.