[DLfromthedesert]

The September 11 fiasco happened under FAA rules. That's the FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, FYI. So you think the CIA, FBI and INS protected us? Get the bad guys OUT of our country; reform immigration laws. DON'T create more federal workers and federal bureaucracies to hassle American citizens. Better change your username to BigGovernmentRules.

[RightRules]

Did you read my post before you hit the 'reply' button?

I am not in favor of federalizing airport security in the sense most are thinking. I do believe that it should be a military operation. Those folks are accountable and certainly not overpaid. If we have confidence in what these people are doing to keep our a$$es free "over there", why can they not be trusted to protect those free a$$es from these knife-wielding kooks who are still getting past our privately-owned "security" folks.

Oh, and please don't give me the liberal babble about how these poor screeners are soooooo underpaid. Police officers are underpaid. Firefighters are underpaid. Military soldiers are underpaid. They're gettin' it done. The people running these lowest-bidder security operations -- and the airlines who engage them -- are not gettin' it done.

Hope that desert sun ain't too much for you, my friend.

[RightRules]

BTW, don't expect my wishes to go anywhere. This security issue has become a huge political football. Good things never happen with the hacks start trying to use an issue to make political hay.

Prediction: we will federalize this job. Then, the PC police will insist that we hire these poor, displaced screeners. We will wind up with a better-paid version of the status quo. Hence, my open plea to Ridge to take it out of the hands of Congress.

[RightRules]

Incidentally, I think my proposed solution does not contribute to big gubmint.