[MissAmericanPie]

President Bush: "Everything possible is being done to protect American citizens."

Really?

Robert Muller: "More terrorists attacks against Americans are inevitable, there is nothing we can do".

Dick Cheney: "What he said".

So where do we line up for our copy of the Quaran and register with the terrorsits as a prisoners of war?

Of course none of them can dare speak the truth, that being, D.C. considers American citizens far more expendable than trade agreements. It's far easier to sacrifice citizens on the altar of "free trade" and replace the lost "worker units" with waiting third world masses.

[Piquaboy]

Rather than offending anyone, we should just let them kill us.

[goldstategop]

F B I = Flubs Bureau Of Inaction.

[the gillman@blacklagoon.com]

If one should want to get a true understanding of our enemy, I recommend the book "Black Dog of Fate" by Peter Balakian. It will give a truly chilling insight into our enemy's character.

We are a nation of spoiled children and fussy eaters.

[Diogenesis]

What happened to, "of the people, by the people and FOR THE PEOPLE"?

[TomGuy]

The Administration and Congress are walking a precarious tightrope, trying to balance the National mood against the PC mood.

That is a dangerous activity, especially if they fail. If another major terrorist act occurs on U.S. soil, I think we will see a vigilante-ism that hasn't been seen since the 1800's. And I wouldn't be surprised to see many of the elected officials (even to the upper levels) literally tarred and feathered in public. We haven't seen that in many decades.

Either the politicians don't recognize, or they choose to feign ignorance, that there is still an undercurrent of rage Americans are containing within themselves. Every time we see the photos or videos of that horrific September 11th morning, the seething wrath swells up. We still contain it within ourselves and trust that the government is protecting us. The politicians have one chance to "get it right." They fail us again, and they will loose the American rage, the Americans' wrath--as much against them as against the enemy.

[tahiti]

"We have a soft belly. In effect, we do not, according to bin Laden, have the will or determination to do what is necessary to protect the safety and security of this nation."

This is true because all U.S. citizens have allowed an unconstitutional regulation to be implemented that prevents us from protecting ourselves.

That unconstitutional regulation is the prohibition of U.S. citizens "...right to keep and bear arms..." on an aircraft.

Box cutter wielding Arabs would have stood no chance of commandeering a commercial aircraft with maybe a third to half of the passengers exercising their constitutional right.

And do not give me that crap about "well, what if there is an accidental discharge, that will cause a crash."

An aircraft can sustain multiple bullet holes without experiencing a massive decompression that would destroy the aircraft during flight. See the article posted in this forum, two days ago, about the pilots association wishing to have pilots armed in the cockpit. That group also discounted the potential devasting effect of multiple bullet holes in an aircraft.

We will not be secure until we are armed.

[Dialup Llama]

>and are allowed to verbally abuse and spit at the guards with instructions to the guards not to respond.

What the F? Who is running that camp? Walt Disney? Get some Russians in there who actually know how to run a prison camp.

[Dialup Llama]

>Robert Muller: "More terrorists attacks against Americans are inevitable, there is nothing we can do".

Any official who repeats the litany- Nothing could have been done. Nothing is being done. Nothing will be done- should be fired.

[oldvike]

Bush is a politician, he's got 80% approval numbers and his only goal is to get re-elected. Why should he do anything different?

I thought Bush was different when I voted for him. How sorely mistaken I was...