Hold Onto Your Underwear: This Is NOT a National Emergency

Throughout the article "Hold Onto Your Underwear: This Is NOT a National Emergency",Tom Engelhart states that Americans are in constant trouble on a daily basis and even in massive danger. He states some common facts that 14,180 Americans were murdered, 11,000 died of the swine flu during April and December of 2009, and there were about 35,000 (approximately) fatal car accidents and so on. However he goes into more detail with specific current events such as U.S Airways flight 1549 in which the pilot made a successful yet miraculous landing on the Hudson River and U.S airways flight 253 in which the infamous Nigerian terrorist Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab attempted to set off a bomb which would of killed close to 250 people if the attempt was successful. Again It would certainly have represented a safety and security issue that needed to be dealt with. But it would not have been a national emergency, nor a national-security crisis. It would have been nothing more than a single plane knocked out of the sky, something that happens from time to time without the intervention of terrorists.

Generally if anyone was to analyze life and dangers on a daily basis, there is apparent danger on a daily basis. For example physiologically you could be fine and in great health one day and then the next succumb to cancer or an injury such as a torn ACL (Anterior Cruciate Ligament). We face dangers every day and diseases and sometimes there is no way to avoid them but we may ask, who is responsible for causing all of these dangers. Is it fate balancing the universe out, is it religious, or do human beings put themselves in a position in which would be dangerous? Honestly this a more of a complex question that does not pose a correct answer and is there a correct answer. Personally most human beings do position themselves in such danger every day. When it comes to infectious diseases such as the swine flu or the Ebola virus, do we actually practice prevention in our society. Or maybe when we walk out the door first thing in the morning and commute to school or work and get into our car are we in danger from reckless or intoxicated drivers etc.? Truly who knows but when it comes to homeland security and the defense of our nation there have been some apparent problems that should be prevented and should of been such as 911. Any of these situations could of been prevented with a more detailed security system but why would we just start to improve airport security after a tragic event happened? Shouldn't airport security (homeland security) should of prepared for the worse and had this type of security system implemented in the first place before all these tragic events? But this situation perfectly portrays that human beings are imperfect, bi products of science or religion.

1. Why are human beings subjected to danger on a daily basis and if so is this more of a matter of fate or religion?

2. Who is responsible for terrorism in the United States, is it the government?