Posted on 06/23/2006 9:01:08 AM PDT by Maneesh
I think we need a mandatory retirement age for those in the government. Whether its elected office or appointed.
Oh, thank God!
I sincerely wish Mr. Mineta a full recovery from his ailments, and a very enjoyable retirement, far away from anything involving the security of the United States. A mah-jongg club, perhaps ...
I'll say. Oh, you mean real back problems, not a spine-ectomy? Well, Mr. Mineta, for that you have my sympathy but you were still the wrong person for the job, especially when it came to arming the pilots.
Maybe now we can have some long overdue profiling within our transportation system.
He does walk really hunched over...looks his age in person.
His resignation is good news; really has screwed up the aviation (among others) biz.
~GCR~
Yep, time for him to go. Will the TSA and all those bureaucrats added to the public dough go with him since the TSA was his brainchild?
This Putz should have been fired Sept. 12, 2001.
Mineta should have been given his walking papers the day after 9/11. The union jobs program that turned into the Home Land Security mess started with his stupid P.C. aviation rules.
Good Riddance! This job was waaaay over his head!
Hopefully the TSA and Homeland Security will go with him.
Homeland Security is out of control against the citizens, not the terrorist. Bureaucracy will kill this country before islamofacists will.
YES! One more Affirmative Action doofus out the door!
Yeah, but I'm afraid the Prez will hire another PC person just like Mineta. My worst fear - we'll be stuck with another "you can't profile anyone" guy because Prez Bush, on such things, just doesn't get it. Hope his advisors steer him on the right path this time, and get someone tough in there, but I won't hold my breath.
*chuckles*
BYE NORM! Don't let the door hit ya' on the way out!
He's hitting the road.
That is a concern, I do hope that the next guy strongly believes in profiling like the Israeli Airlines does. I am an American originally from India and have never been stopped or checked but have seen old ladies and moms stopped at airports all the time. Poltical correctness will literally kill us and I pray that the next guy is someone like Dick Cheney. A no nonsesne serious hardball guy is what we need.
I'd be more inclined to make them take an "I am stupid" test.
"A no nonsesne serious hardball guy is what we need."
I second that motion!
Maybe now we can start profiling Muzzies!! Mineta has been the main obstacle to the TSA's inability to profile them.
With him gone, perhaps the TSA can start getting back to rational behavior and leave the grannies and 3 year-olds alone.
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