Stossel Comments on the Boston Terror Scare

This isn't really germane to the main focus of this blog; nevertheless, I found John Stossel's take on Boston being brought to its knees by the Mooninites to be rather insightful, particularly with respect to the potential pitfalls of centralization:

Boston's crazy reaction reinforces the theme I've been sounding in recent columns: Decentralization of authority is always better than centralized power. Imagine if the federal Department of Homeland Security imposed procedures on all cities for when suspicious devices are spotted. The whole country might have come to a standstill.

Also worth checking out is this article about how the Boston incident did not significantly boost the ratings for Aqua Teen Hunger Force. The article failed to mention that the show is currently in reruns (and almost all the previous episodes are available on DVD), which may have something to do with the stagnant ratings.