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The Joke's On Us (Mark Steyn On Obama's KeyStone Cops Approach To Islamic Terrorism Alert)
National Review ^ | 1/02/2010 | Mark Steyn

Posted on 01/02/2010 4:24:07 AM PST by goldstategop

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Mark Steyn writes this morning the Obama Administration's Keystone Cops approach to Islamic terrorism and complete indifference to the thug states on planet have made a joke of American national deterrence. One of the least noticed effects of Big Government is not only a dismissal of what's really important but a bumbling incompetence that manifests itself in addressing real threats to the country. Our enemies understand full well they have nothing to fear from America in the coming year. Happy New Year!

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find only things evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelogus

1 posted on 01/02/2010 4:24:10 AM PST by goldstategop
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Actually, the “yoke’s” on us (for real).


2 posted on 01/02/2010 4:33:05 AM PST by SonOfDarkSkies (Al Qaeda only hijacked commercial aircraft...Obama hijacked the White House!)
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3 posted on 01/02/2010 4:35:45 AM PST by Diogenesis ("Those who go below the surface do so at their peril" - Oscar Wilde)
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One of Steyn's underappreciated points is that an Al Qaeda jihadist doesn't even need to board a plane to commit mass murder. Thanks to the bunched check in lines mindlessly created in Western airports, a homocide bomber can blow himself up right in the check-in terminal, killing hundreds of people. To say nothing of the inconvenience of waiting hours to get screened before boarding your flight. At Ben Gurion airport, all that stuff is taken care of in under 25 minutes and there are no long lines to allow a homocide bomber to find an inviting target on the ground. We need to do things differently but we won't because political correctness is far more important than instituting sane and effective aviation security policies.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find only things evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelogus

4 posted on 01/02/2010 4:36:36 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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*Steyn-O-Bump*

...complacent cop-show jargonizing...

Exactly.

5 posted on 01/02/2010 4:36:45 AM PST by Yardstick
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Bambi’s only intellectual development comes from the Rev Wright’s and Bill Ayers of the world... he is not equipped for foreign policy. However, even if he was, as a Muslim, he would act exactly the same as he is.

Which begs the question...does he support our enemies our enemies out of incompetance or design?


6 posted on 01/02/2010 4:37:26 AM PST by ez ("Abashed the Devil stood and felt how awful goodness is..." - Milton)
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Bingo.

Mark Steyn is so facile at being Mark Steyn that it’s a good thing he is.


7 posted on 01/02/2010 4:38:30 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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And if the TSA was unionized... that would solve everything.

Is it too late for a 2010 resolution; and that being not to fly anywhere in 2010?
8 posted on 01/02/2010 4:40:58 AM PST by sjm_888
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Design. It is planned; and the dhimmi public, helped
by the manipulating MSM, the greedy bankers and the
scheming foreign nationals, has come close to suicide.


9 posted on 01/02/2010 4:41:18 AM PST by Diogenesis ("Those who go below the surface do so at their peril" - Oscar Wilde)
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The TSA restrictions could only have been drawn up by morons. The Pantybomber has no check-in luggage; he WAS the bomb! Banning more objects would not have eliminated the threat unless you could take him out of the equation and that can't be done without profiling. But better to impose a slew of stupid restrictions on airline passengers than to profile because its not politically correct to ban a human bomb from an airplane. All the TSA has guaranteed to jihadists is they have nothing to fear at all from its new regulations. And next time, they will succeed.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find only things evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelogus

10 posted on 01/02/2010 4:42:30 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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Janet Incompetano

LOL!

11 posted on 01/02/2010 4:43:16 AM PST by Rocky (Obama's ego: The "I's" have it.)
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Liberals called President Bush a moron.

Now, we have a brilliant liberal administration and frequent attempts by middle-eastern types to terrorize the population in the United States. (Notice that they can’t credibly blame the prior administration and woudln’t dare.)

It’s Absolutely amazing how the press and psychotic citizenry can characterize bright and dedicated people as morons and indoctrinated morons as brilliant intellectuals...absolutely amazing; the dangerous thing is that anyone who takes on the mantle of liberal Democrat becomes, instantly, a brilliant intellectual who has no patience with mere mortals. (Thinking of buying stock in a company that manufactures jackboots.)

IMHO


12 posted on 01/02/2010 4:43:59 AM PST by ripley
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Maybe the answer is a pre-security-check security check then. They frisk you right as you get out of your car. That way you can’t blow anyone up as you’re getting frisked later. Of course, that’s when al Qaeda switches to bombing malls.


13 posted on 01/02/2010 4:44:16 AM PST by Yardstick
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Mark Steyn punctures hot air and grasps reality better than anyone.

The “pundit” Chuck Todd says that Janet Incompetano is BO’s next choice for the Supreme Court (She’s BO’s favorite Cabinet Secretary except for Gates.) She should be sent packing back to Arizona.


14 posted on 01/02/2010 4:47:00 AM PST by Malesherbes (Sauve qui peut)
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In Obama's world, in a shooting battle, life footage would bring us the sounds of gunfire and thousands of shouts of "You have the right to remain silent!" and "Put down your weapon and step away!"

For three days, he had remained silent — which I believe is a world record for the 44th president.

Zingo!

The David Broders and Boston Globes spinning about how cool and calm and wonderful these boobs are has been darkly hilarious. They must sit around after each disaster and toss out ideas: "How about...he was suffering from FOOD poisoning, and..." "No, no, he has to appear strong, even though he was golfing." "Maybe we can say it's a new Zen thing, swinging the club promotes blood flow to the brain?" "That's not gonna fly...please, Mary, you're a woman what do YOU know about golf?" "I GOT IT! Steady, like he's in command!" "But won't that contradict our first story--which was that he intentionally wasn't making like this was a big deal....?"

That last one was the premise behind a piece posted on FR-wonder if the writer of that has reconsidered?

15 posted on 01/02/2010 4:48:19 AM PST by Darkwolf377 (Bostonian conservative, atheist prolifer)
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“King Barry the Incompetent” bump.


16 posted on 01/02/2010 4:48:35 AM PST by roaddog727 (It's the Constitution, Stupid!)
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Knickerbomber. LOL! Pure Styne.


17 posted on 01/02/2010 4:52:58 AM PST by kitkat (Obama hates us. Well, maybe a LOT of Kenyans do.)
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How much money are we giving Transportation Security Administration?
Anyone feel safer with this bunch of socialists and garbage in charge?
We certainly are not getting our moneys worth.
Obamma lamma ding dong and his chicago mob henchmen are going to get a whole lot of us killed.
And if and when it happens ALL HELL will break out.


18 posted on 01/02/2010 4:53:47 AM PST by Joe Boucher (This marxist punk has got to go.)
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Unless you positively have to do so, that’s a really good idea. In fact, after having been singled out for special treatment at a number of airports because I am clergy (that would be Anglican Catholic deacon at the time), I swore off flying altogether. It’s gotten to the point where airlines should be paying their customers, is how I see it.


19 posted on 01/02/2010 4:54:31 AM PST by BelegStrongbow (I'm still waiting for Dear Leader to say something that isn't a lie)
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“”””But, if it takes the White House three days to react to an attack on the United States, their rapid-response unit can fire back in nothing flat when Dick Cheney speaks””””


One of my favorite lines from this Steyn commentary.


20 posted on 01/02/2010 4:56:34 AM PST by Presbyterian Reporter
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