Posted on 05/24/2006 4:48:24 AM PDT by FerdieMurphy
Long past time to take a meataxe to the federal government.
News from the airlines continually goes from bad to worse.
They can't even do air marshalls right any more...but they want us to believe they can process 12-20 MILLION illegal aliens, thus showing how stupid they tbink we are.
As far as I am concerned, it's just another useless, rotten to the core, government agency.
Seems like the head of the FAMS has an ego bigger than Kofi Annan.
Early in the formation of DHS it was planned that the employees in this large new agency would not be covered by Civil Service, the very thing that makes it difficult to fire people and makes bureaucracy so intractable. It doesn't sound as if that happened.
If it did happen, this may be efforts by the unions and the established bureaucrats to force it back in.
FAMS also requires marshals upon check-in for flights to identify themselves as air marshals in front of waiting passengers and requiring them to board the aircraft prior to passengers by not going through security as do other passengers.
All that is missing is the announcement : " Attention passengers. Will are now starting pre-boarding for all air marshals. All air marshals wishing to board, check in at the gate now "
Well, not really. Civil service has an unwritten rule. Hire good people if you can, but always promote idiots to supervise them.
Bismarck was right: God protects fools, drunks and the United States of America. I simply cannot believe how incredibly stupid our bureaucraps are - to compromise the cover of the Air Marshals who's lives are on the line on our behalf - and despite that, there have been few if any acts of terror in the skies.
We should be on our knees every day, being thankful that this rank stupidity doesn't end up costing hundreds or thousands of lives. That, and we should fire the idiot(s) responsible for the dress code, entry procedures and leaking of procedures to the public. Maybe something will actually be done if the Congresscritters understood that the Capitol Building is a primary target, and *their* worthless asses were on the line if the Marshalls are identified and killed prior to a hijacking.
However inflammatory it may sound, it's become very true, right up the line.
Oh, they've had schooling & training (so have the seals @ the circus), but the idiot in them prevails.
Oh, don't forget the other problem of distraction.
Noses far up the pal in front of them, just like the elephant parade, nose~tail, nose~tail, etc., ad infinitum!
If there's no difference between Republicans and Democrats. I guess we don't care that John Conyers is waiting in the wings.
You have to promote those without a backbone. it also helps if they are fundamentally dishonest. When trying to maintain the agency line, you have to have managers you can "trust".
Hee Hee. I have fond memories of the idiotic plans management came up with. Immediately upon announcement of the plans, the under-supervisors got on board and said it was a good plan. Meanwhile, the rest of us rolled our eyes and carried on until the plan fizzled out on its own.
You wrote two sentences and I still don't understand what they mean.
I apologize.
Have you had your three martini lunch?
I tried to ignore you. Give it a rest you silly prat. You're turning missing a comma inrto a federal offense. Don't be a numbskull. My last communication.
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