Credit where it's due.

There are a lot of moves the Obama administration is making that cause me to cringe - but if they manage to get rid of this fear-mongering, intelligence insulting holdover from the Bush era, it would be a goodness.

Hit & Run; No More "Orange You Glad" Terrorism Policy Puns - Reason Magazine:

"Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano... is reportedly considering scrapping the post-9/11 color-coded warning system. For nearly eight years, it has kept the politically useful fear of terrorism at the front of our minds by informing us all whether the terrorist threat was a high tangerine, or merely an elevated school bus."