[cva66snipe]

You just don’t get it. They and not GW Bush and his friends did more to stop future attacks than anything to stop attacks. They chose their response and in doing so stopped the terrorist plans. Is GW Bush saying Americans need to arm themselves? What about the armed air crews? Where are they? We had planes hi-jacked out the ying yang in the 60’s and 70’s yet they were stopped not by violating law abiding citizens rights but by Air Marshals. We didn’t have a Stooge TSA to herd us around. Other than try and build data bases on you me and the guy next door and create jobs for yet more of his long time family friends Bush has used the WOT as an excuse for everything he wants done.

I won’t fly for two reasons. One is I refuse to surrender myself to search without warrant. The other is security now has everything so screwed up you stand a far better chance arriving on time by driving. Terrorism is nothing new. It’s just that people are now gullible as hell and buying into government generated fears.

[Emperor Palpatine]

Terrorism per se is nothing new.

Terrorism on the scale of 9/11 is. The potential for losing a city and half a million citizens in seconds makes the threat one that must be dealt with.

By any means necessary.

If that means listening into overseas calls, so be it. If that means closing all mosques and arresting all imams, so be it.

Incidentally, I have no problem driving anywhere. I have an Escalade. It certainly has better seat room and a better ride than any airliner and a much better sound system. Plus my Akita/Shiba Inu mix dog can ride shotgun with me.