Originally Posted by
doober
Memo to King: STOP invoking 9/11, please. We are tired of it!
And from Tom Ridge in the link:
If what we have is the best they can do, it's a sad state of affairs.
Linky
At least we are hitting an exposed nerve - so that's a good thing.
I wonder how many people have died of car accidents and murders in Peter King's district since 9/11? I would hazard to guess that it is far more than 400. The problem with the TSA boot lickers is they have no sense of probability or priority. Even if a 9/11 event occurred every year it would still be dwarfed by deaths caused by accidents, murders, and medical conditions, yet the US is spending itself in to oblivion trying to prevent something for which the threat is insignificant. What really steams me about the "anything for safety" crowd is that while they love to feel safe by being felt up at the airport yet they completely ignore what happens to the planes behind the scenes. Improper maintenance, poor pilot training, and an FAA in the airlines pockets have all lead to fair more accidents than terrorists ever could hope for. I'm sure if people found out their plane was being serviced in some third world sweat shop with no FAA oversight by mechanics who can't even read the service manuals they wouldn't feel so safe boarding the plane, regardless of the number of TSA patdowns.