DHS joke of the day: "The guy was stopped in time"
Dec 27, 2009 | 9:34 am
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DHS joke of the day: "The guy was stopped in time"
Janet Napolitano on CNN defending the monumental failure:
"The guy was stopped in time."
Right. Passengers put the flames out after the device misfired.
This statement shows how clueless this affirmative action-appointed cabinet member is.
Will Obama fire her?
"The guy was stopped in time."
Right. Passengers put the flames out after the device misfired.
This statement shows how clueless this affirmative action-appointed cabinet member is.
Will Obama fire her?
Dec 27, 2009 | 9:51 am
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I live in Detroit on the flight path for Metro airport. This scares the living daylights out of me.
I would rather take hours to be screened, including the see-through machines, than be blown up in an airplane. Yes, it is inconvenient, but so is death, don't you think?
If you refuse to be screened, then a proper strip search is in order. Screw civil rights. Killing me is robbing me of MY civil rights.
This guy was on the terroist watch list and the American Embassay was warned by his father to not be allowed to fly to America. And he had a one-way ticket. HellllLLLLLLloooooo . . . . . . This should have been an automatic trigger for a thorough search, or even denial of passage.
I would rather take hours to be screened, including the see-through machines, than be blown up in an airplane. Yes, it is inconvenient, but so is death, don't you think?
If you refuse to be screened, then a proper strip search is in order. Screw civil rights. Killing me is robbing me of MY civil rights.
This guy was on the terroist watch list and the American Embassay was warned by his father to not be allowed to fly to America. And he had a one-way ticket. HellllLLLLLLloooooo . . . . . . This should have been an automatic trigger for a thorough search, or even denial of passage.
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Dec 27, 2009 | 10:06 am
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Yeah, heck of a job......and by the way, let's put Harriet Miers on the Supreme Court....after all, she was the Chairman of the Texas Lottery Commission. That position always produces the best SC nominees.
Heck of a job, indeed.
nice one
Heck of a job, indeed.
nice one
Dec 27, 2009 | 10:09 am
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What a farce. "Stopped in time".
Stopped before he can try it again now that he knows what doesn't work?
What about his co-horts assuming he wasn't acting alone. They now know too what doesn't work.
Stopped before he can try it again now that he knows what doesn't work?
What about his co-horts assuming he wasn't acting alone. They now know too what doesn't work.
Dec 27, 2009 | 10:11 am
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Dec 27, 2009 | 10:14 am
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I would rather take hours to be screened, including the see-through machines, than be blown up in an airplane. Yes, it is inconvenient, but so is death, don't you think?
If you refuse to be screened, then a proper strip search is in order. Screw civil rights. Killing me is robbing me of MY civil rights.
This guy was on the terroist watch list and the American Embassay was warned by his father to not be allowed to fly to America. And he had a one-way ticket. HellllLLLLLLloooooo . . . . . . This should have been an automatic trigger for a thorough search, or even denial of passage.
If you refuse to be screened, then a proper strip search is in order. Screw civil rights. Killing me is robbing me of MY civil rights.
This guy was on the terroist watch list and the American Embassay was warned by his father to not be allowed to fly to America. And he had a one-way ticket. HellllLLLLLLloooooo . . . . . . This should have been an automatic trigger for a thorough search, or even denial of passage.
Dec 27, 2009 | 10:51 am
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Then you would be wasting those hours. The TSA theater you see at every airport has nothing to do with real security.
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Dec 27, 2009 | 11:06 am
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She was chosen because she was thought to be "brilliant" on the Mexican border issue, and given a cabinet post as political payback for her early support.
Dec 27, 2009 | 11:08 am
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Dec 27, 2009 | 11:13 am
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I would rather the authorities (that we are funding everytime we fly via the 9/11 Security Fee) were more effective at dealing with the latter issues you raise (an individual that clearly should have 'popped up' when his reservation was made, and been subject to far more scrutiny) and then perhaps the general population at large wouldn't have to subscribe to your suggestion of giving up all civil rights so we can be strip searched at the airport.
Dec 27, 2009 | 11:15 am
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I live in Detroit on the flight path for Metro airport. This scares the living daylights out of me.
I would rather take hours to be screened, including the see-through machines, than be blown up in an airplane. Yes, it is inconvenient, but so is death, don't you think?
If you refuse to be screened, then a proper strip search is in order. Screw civil rights. Killing me is robbing me of MY civil rights.
I would rather take hours to be screened, including the see-through machines, than be blown up in an airplane. Yes, it is inconvenient, but so is death, don't you think?
If you refuse to be screened, then a proper strip search is in order. Screw civil rights. Killing me is robbing me of MY civil rights.
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