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Senator Tells TSA: Arm Pilots or Lose Funding
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| April 02, 2004
| Robert B. Bluey
Posted on 04/02/2004 10:02:05 AM PST by neverdem
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This is the only time I've ever agreed with Boxer that I can remember. Will wonders ever cease?
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posted on
04/02/2004 10:02:05 AM PST
by
neverdem
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posted on
04/02/2004 10:03:48 AM PST
by
neverdem
(Xin loi min oi)
To: neverdem
Perhaps Boxer believes she's actually in a tight race for re-election.
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posted on
04/02/2004 10:04:26 AM PST
by
My2Cents
("Well...there you go again.")
To: neverdem
This is the only time I've ever agreed with Boxer that I can remember. Will wonders ever cease?You noticed that too?? I had to re-read it 4x, perhaps it's a belated April fools joke? I'm simply astounded....
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posted on
04/02/2004 10:05:42 AM PST
by
Hodar
(With Rights, comes Responsibilities. Don't assume one, without assuming the other.)
To: neverdem
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posted on
04/02/2004 10:06:44 AM PST
by
freeeee
("Owning" property in the US just means you have one less landlord)
To: neverdem
what's the rush? ... I mean September 11, 2001 was only 2.5 years ago ... /sarcasm ...
I'm sure no more terrorists have come across the border or anything ... /double-sarcasm
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posted on
04/02/2004 10:11:25 AM PST
by
Bobby777
To: My2Cents
Perhaps Boxer believes she's actually in a tight race for re-election.Ding, ding...we have a winner! It's amazing how poll pressure will force a politician to start abiding by the wishes of the electorate (as opposed to the wishes of the minority special interests).
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posted on
04/02/2004 10:11:28 AM PST
by
SpyGuy
To: SpyGuy
Ding, ding...we have a winner!Apparently Bush is feeling no pressure from the polls.
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posted on
04/02/2004 10:13:34 AM PST
by
GSWarrior
(Obsessed with sects.)
To: neverdem
the remote location of the program's single training facility in Artesia, N.M. I'm still trying to figure out any logic behind this other than making it inconvenient. You don't need a lot of open land to teach pilots how to fight inside a very small room. Why not rent time at shooting ranges in the major hub cities (Atlanta, etc.) to make it easy for pilots to attend? It's not like you need a lot of skills to make the shoot/don't shoot decision:
Arab with a knife taking over the plane: shoot.
Drunk passenger verbally abusing flight attendant: don't shoot.
How many minutes (not hours or days) does it take to teach that?
We could even get the aircraft fusalage from Salman Pak in Iraq, take it back to the US, and use that for the opposite of its original purpose.
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posted on
04/02/2004 10:15:54 AM PST
by
KarlInOhio
(Clinton, advised by Dick Clarke, did nothing. - Ann Coulter 4/1/04, How 9-11 Happened)
To: SpyGuy
I can't find anything on any poll numbers that's recent. Some 2003 polls showing Boxer ahead by 14+ pts but that was before the 'Pub primary. Bill Jones seems like an okay guy. Any CA FReepers know much about him?
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posted on
04/02/2004 10:26:52 AM PST
by
BJClinton
(France has elevated their threat level from "run" to "hide".)
To: neverdem
You've gotta remember that the first head of TSA was Clinton's BATF director and the "F Troop" mentality still pollutes the agency. They'd much rather use police state tactics than arm non-officers.
-Eric
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posted on
04/02/2004 10:29:35 AM PST
by
E Rocc
(Democrats are to the economy what Round-up is to grass.)
To: neverdem; StriperSniper; Mo1
BOXER is for this, there's got to be a catch.
To: My2Cents; Hodar; All; *bang_list
I believe Boxer was one of the original sponsors of the implementing legislation, so my comment is somewhat misleading.
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posted on
04/02/2004 10:32:53 AM PST
by
neverdem
(Xin loi min oi)
To: neverdem
Arming pilots is a stupid idea. The point about controlling an aircrat is to keep hijackers away from those who control the aircraft. A shootout at 34,000 feet between hijackers and pilots is just plain stupid. A skilled pilot can do manuevers that would bounce hijackers off the overhead and reduce them to do nothing but puking their guts out. A 757 is stressed to 5.5 positive G's and 3.5 negative G's. Let pilots do what they do best. Fly. After 15 minutes of zero g parabola's with alternate pos G and neg G maneuvers a would be hijacker would be awash in a sea of puke and would beg to land.
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posted on
04/02/2004 10:33:42 AM PST
by
tcuoohjohn
(Follow The Money)
To: tcuoohjohn
A skilled pilot can do manuevers that would bounce hijackers off the overhead and reduce them to do nothing but puking their guts out. That worked 0/4 times on 9-11.
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posted on
04/02/2004 10:37:10 AM PST
by
freeeee
("Owning" property in the US just means you have one less landlord)
To: All
Stamp out Stupidity
Vote Republican
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posted on
04/02/2004 10:39:35 AM PST
by
Lady Jag
(I dreamed I surfed all day in my monthly donor wonder bra.)
To: neverdem
This is as bad as the reluctance to profile.
What an outrage!
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posted on
04/02/2004 10:55:34 AM PST
by
aculeus
To: SpyGuy
When are we going to get rid of the Clinton hold-overs?
To: tcuoohjohn
Arming pilots is a stupid idea. No, but asking for your opinion apparently is.
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posted on
04/02/2004 11:00:29 AM PST
by
Sloth
(We cannot defeat foreign enemies of the Constitution if we yield to the domestic ones.)
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