Posted on 12/04/2004 11:39:17 AM PST by ApesForEvolution
Yes, they do but they've been through years of testing while Mexico is using pesticides that we have banned because someone thought they were unsafe.
"What a brain dead statement to make, I always thought this guy had a screw loose."
Ain't that the truth! These days, it is absolutely critical to appoint people who understand how the media will seek to twist everything you say into propaganda. With Tommy, the media doesn't even have to try very hard. This poster child for Retards-R-Us just gives the enemy all the information they need. What the hell.
PS : Is it just me,or does he look like a ventriloquist's dummy?
Yes, what a loaded comment. It's like saying, "And every night I worry about them coming across the weak links in the Mexican border and then going into any hardware store to buy bomb parts and then walking into a crowded airport terminal in the unguarded public entries and setting it off"
Our ports are our borders, look at a map sometime.
Man, what was I thinking!?
lol
Hey, who's buried in Grant's tomb??
G'night...
Yet another Beltway gasbag with "insert foot fully into mouth" disease: "Come to think of it, this problem I haven't done anything about for the past four years could end up being pretty serious, now that I think about it."
Don't think that qualifies as 'the bright side', but unfortunately you are right otherwise. It does have the potential for greater governmental meddling and power.
Maybe it was the kneejerk utterance of an inveterate statist.
Or maybe the culture of the agency he headed made mush of his brain.
We had a poster here on FR years ago who worked in the agriculture inspection industry. He told us some areas of potential sabotage (chickens) but refused to get specific for reasons of security. Thompson said a correct and true thing. But he held up a big flag and said, "Terrorists, are we ever weak in this dept!"
Isn't Thompson a Democrat? Reason enough to speak like this, don't you think?
No, he's a Republican and the former governor of Wisconsin.
He gained much notice in the areas of both welfare reform and school choice when he was governor.
What food are we importing from the Middle East? The only thing I eat that comes from Europe is canned olives I picked up at Trader Joes. What the hell was Thompson railing on about?
I sure wish our enemies would be so "forthright" in telling us where their vulnerabiliites lie. Other countries must be amazed as they watch the American officials identify for their enemies where they are weak.
Dick Cheney is right in saying that it's not a matter of "if" we will be attacked again, but "when."
I totally agree with your conclusion. TT is no idiot, and if he feels we are vulnerable in this area, why not give the American people a "Heads up?"? Additionally, to believe he has somehow now planted this is terrorist's minds is naive. Poisoning foods is as old as the hills. It is the reason kings employed food and wine tasters. If the tasters dropped dead, the king would go for meal "B." I'm quite sure this tactic was on the terrorists agenda before TT spoke.
"Ain't I somethin"?
Come on now. Let's use a little common sense.
You actually think that al Qaeda and company HAVEN'T thought about poisoning the food and/or the water???!!!
It's NOT as easy as it may seem, and can be detected early on. Besides, they (al Qaeda) aren't likely to go for killing small amounts of people, which is all that it would effect before detection would occur, they want the big numbers of deaths (bang for the buck), like deadly chemicals spread through the air over and around large cities.
No sense panicking on this kind of crap.
My guess is that he was lashing out at someone in his department who stonewalled his efforts in this area.
Seemed stupid none the less.
"Damfool comment from Thompson. Buh-bye Tommy-boy."
... and don't see you again!
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