Posted on 01/30/2002 7:05:40 AM PST by Conservababe
MSNBC reporting that SF airport evacuated because of explosive residue found on passenger shoe at check point. Passenger left area before being questioned further.
Saundra...I admire you. But, Condit seems to be only running for his seat again...to give his wife and kids a last grap at the pot of campaign monies.
Forget this loser and wait for the grand jury?
I agree.
Here we are, trying to give the the "greedy victims" allowances of monies that they not try to sue the airlines...which in turn are controlled by the Feds...in regards to safety.
Is anyone interested in safety here...or lawsuits?
I am becoming increasing tired of the whole farce, myself.
I am laughing so hard, I have the hiccoughs...heaven forbid that sercurity chase down a man with a warrant out for his arrest...
Sorry about the length of the following, but I think it is appropriate.
AIRPORT SCREENERS WILL NOT BE REQUIRED TO HAVE HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMAS!!!!!!
-------- - - - -ANYONE WANT TO TAKE A GUESS WHY???????
- - - - - - - - - -------------------- I wonder what the recruiting posters are going to say? "Didn't finish 9th grade? Have we got a job for you!" What about entrance exams? Are they going to have something to do with Legos(c) and finger-painting? But wait. There's more.
To ensure we never offend anyone - particularly fanatics intent on killing us - airport screeners will not be allowed to profile people.
They will continue random searches of 80-year-old women, little kids, airline pilots with proper identification, Secret Service agents who are members of the President's security detail and 85 year old Congressmen with metal hips.
Pause a moment and take the following test :
In 1979, the U.S. embassy in Iran was taken over by:
(a) Norwegians from Ballard;
(b) Elvis;
(c) A tour bus full of 80-year-old women; or
(d) Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.
In 1983, the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut was blown up by:
(a) A pizza delivery boy;
(b) Crazed feminists screeching that being able to throw a grenade beyond its own burst radius was an unfair and sexist requirement in basic training;
(c) Geraldo Rivera making up for a slow news day; or In 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 was bombed by:
(a) Luca Brazzi, for not being given a part in "Godfather 2;"
(b) The Tooth Fairy;
(c) Butch and Sundance who had a few sticks of dynamite left over from the train thing; or
(d) Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.
In 1998, the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania were bombed by:
(a) Mr. Rogers;
(b) Hillary, to distract attention from Wee Willie's women problems;
(c) the WWF, to promote its next villain: "Mustapha the Merciless;" or
(d) Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.
On 9/11/01, four airliners were hijacked and destroyed by:
(a) Bugs Bunny,
(b) the Supreme Court of Florida trying to outdo their attempted hijacking of the 2000 Presidential election;
(c) Mr. Bean; or
(d) Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.
How'd you do?
Did you detect a pattern that would indicate we'd better take a close look at a certain type of individual who might be boarding an airplane with something on his mind other than "What's the in-flight movie?"
You think so? Horrors! You're nothing more than a closet racist who could never be hired as an official federal airport screener. You probably molest goats too - but that's another column.
So, as it now stands, we have the Transportation Security Administration (letterhead: "No way WE'RE flying.") trying to improve the professionalism of airport screeners by lowering standards and forbidding the use of common sense in screening people. Makes sense, right? Right.
Pardon me while I go bang my head against the wall. Maybe that'll help me understand --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hmmm. Did you get that off that Al Qaeda training CD?
I'm not buying the excuses for this idiot either. But what the heck were they thinking in security? They had to have made him remove his shoes in order to inspect him. So either they gave him his shoes back even though they found explosive residue on them, or he took off without shoes on. Even in wacky San Francisco, I think a man running through an airport without shoes on would stand out in the crowd. And why didn't the guards try to stop him from going far in the first place?
Before 9/11, I remember seeing several stories about how much thievery goes on by the airport's baggage handlers. Forget about thinking that those luggage "locks" will protect you -- they have keys for all those locks, and it's child play to dig through your stuff.
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