Posted on 01/02/2010 12:10:02 PM PST by John Semmens
While admitting that there are imperfections in the nations security measures against man-caused disasters, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Nipplitaliano maintained that the system is basically soundcomparing the avoidance of a Christmas Day bombing of a Northwest Airline flight to a football teams goal line stand.
Look, nothing happened, Nipplitaliano insisted. No bomb went off. Sure, the guy never shouldve been allowed on the plane in Nigeria or Amsterdam. Granted, the lack of a passport would normally prohibit a person boarding an international flight, especially for a person on the terror watch-list. But these errors occurred outside US jurisdiction. The important thing was our back-up plan worked.
The back-up plan apparently is to rely on unarmed passengers to take action against on-board terrorists. The would-be bomber, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, was tackled by a passenger before he could set off the bomb.
Nipplitaliano urged critics not to forget that thousands of flights landed safely without incident on the same day. I mean, even if a flight were to blow up everyday, it still would represented less than a 1% casualty rate. Which is, I think would be reasonably tolerable considering how much worse it could be.
President Barrack Obama concurred in Nipplitalianos assessment, calling the bombing attempt an isolated incident. There were thousands of flights that day and only one was attacked. Even if it had been successful it would not have represented a significant threat to our government or my personal safety. Americans can rest assured that even if a plane they are on is destroyed, the critical components of our society will be protected.
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And this is spot on government elitism:
"Even if it had been successful it would not have represented a significant threat to our government or my personal safety."
John, your best article has to be the one with the Vet’s Benefits where you had John Stewart commenting. I’m still receiving that one from the guys. Someone copied it and passed it around as if it was real Breaking News. The last one I received in that format was just over a week ago.
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