[lostapathy]

Would you feel differently if power plants (also mostly not government owned) were attacked?

I know my analogy is a bit of a stretch, but at least at present it seems like the political parties are at the very core of american civilization (or lack thereof, depending on perspective)

[triplewipeass]

Protecting privately owned power plants at all costs is just another manifestation of the "too big to fail" mentality. If the comparison doesn't seem immediately relevant to you, see if you can find similarities between financial firms that failed to stay solvent and power plants that failed to adopt a security posture commensurate with the function they perform in modern society.

I'd much rather see the country face its problems and fix them, than hope Uncle Sam can paper over security vulnerabilities or the casino mentality on Wall St.