Posted on 06/01/2002 2:27:47 PM PDT by The Magical Mischief Tour
Edited on 04/22/2004 12:33:40 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
SAN FRANCISCO
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
I've never read anything containing so much tragedy that was so downright gut-mangling funny. LOL!
America's Fifth Column ... watch PBS documentary JIHAD! In America
Download 8 Mb zip file here (60 minute video)
Bush is a Republican and therefore spineless. He signed the bill because that was the easy thing to do, just as he snorted fire for most of last fall because everyone else was snorting fire.
Those who believe that all his recent wobbliness is part of some fiendish plot to surprise Saddam are probably still waiting for the Special Prosecutor to leap out at Clinton and shout "boo!" Sorry, folks, Ken Starr is Mr. Republican and Bush is following in his footsteps.
Bush COULDN'T veto this bill because if he had, there would have been NO BILL, which in turn would have held back security. (And I suspect you know that.)
Dubya ought to dump his FBI Director AND his Secretary of Transportation, then get two real leaders who can whip those departments into shape.
X) NOTE: This question is for Savannah employees only:
On September 11, 2001 the World Trade Center towers and the Pentagon were hit by airplanes highjacked by:
a) Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
b) Jeff Gordon and the Rainbow Warriors
c) A 46 year old crew-cut-adorned white male who had just returned from Parris Island and was wearing a red cap with a USMC emblem and wearing a red shirt honoring the USMC 1st/Platoon 1033 and his son's graduating into the United States Marine Corp.
d) Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
Time limit for the question is two minutes, please take your time so as not to tax the two brain cells you still have.
The bill he signed offers less security not more. By Federalizing airport security he has guaranteed that it will be more costly and less efficient, just as everything that the Ferderal Government is involved in.
The bill he signed offers less security not more. By Federalizing airport security he has guaranteed that it will be more costly and less efficient, just as everything that the Federal Government is involved in.
The main reason I feel this way is that I can't figure out why Lt. Miller needed the wire cutters to begin with. Presumably, the cutters were intended to let Lt. Miller open his mouth if he choked on food in an emergency. However, since all he is eating is in liquid form, he wouldn't need to open his mouth to clear liquid out of it.
A couple of years ago, a friend of mine had his jaw wired shut for 3 months to correct complications from TMJ surgery, and he was limited to liquid food for that entire time (and was not issued a pair of wire cutters, BTW). Whatever he ate had to be either liquid or processed along with enough water to make it liquid through a Cuisinart (and it was quite a sight watching a Big Mac and fries spinning around in a food processor, which he did more than once). I also know a couple of doctors and a registered nurse, and all have confirmed that they have never heard of any patient with their jaw wired shut being able to eat solid food of any kind, even Jello (which had to be in liquid form).
I think that Lt. Miller's doctor is the only one who might conceivably deserve any criticism in this case. All the doc had to do was write a note that Lt. Miller could show to airport security, and I don't believe that any of this would have happened (20-20 hindsight, I know). Also, with nerve damage, Lt. Miller probably wasn't able to clearly speak to the security people to explain his situation, therefore making a note of some kind doubly important. (The story did note that Lt. Miller telephoned the news media, so I guess he was able to communicate clearly enough, after a fashion).
If there are any doctors lurking, please correct me if I'm mistaken about any of my assumptions.
It is not the IQ of the screeners that we have to worry about. It is that of the policy makers.
The Federal "airport security" measures, driven by pure PC nonsense, will go down in history as the most idiotic government initiative of all time, IMO.
In the "good old days", he would be tarred and feathered. Justifiably so.
Whoops! Guess Ashcroft will be watching me now!
This reminds me of the Bush Secret Service agent who was rousted from a flight last fall. He didn't think the rules applied to important government employees such as himself either, just us peons in the general public.
Well, fellas, welcome to the real world. Air travel has changed forever, so get used to it.
For heaven's sake, all they had to do was ask the pilot. Too bad their "officials" were "too busy."
Fly USAirways next time, bud.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.