Ahh Baloney.

Bringing up widows and orphans is a red herring and frankly disrespectful as hell. In case you didn't notice, the REASON there are 5000 affected families is because the Government had THIRTY YEARS of knowledge and experience and countless opportunities to get it right. And they didn't. They failed miserably.

They ABSOLUTELY knew what had to be done before 9/11 and THEY STILL DIDN'T GET IT RIGHT! Not once, but FOUR TIMES (at least)!

They'll simply not get it right on their own. They've PROVEN this. How many hearings on airport security? How many conferences? How much congressional testimony? All of which they ignored, pooh-poohed, or tabled for lunch.

You have confidence they'll get it right now? I don't. Especially if we all go quietly along with the stupider ideas instead of acting cranky as all hell and FORCING them to FINALLY get it right.

Going quietly along got a lot of people killed. Let's not repeat that horrific mistake on our part. We have a responsibility to hold them accountable and to make them do it smart, and right. Anything less and we are doing a disservice to them, to ourselves, and to the families of the lost.

Regards,
-Bouncer-