Sequester Security Nightmare?
Mar 4, 2013 | 5:41 pm
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I'm thinking the sequestration requirement is so insanely stupid that the fee part is ignored, and departmental spending just gets a flat rate cut. Every department, every program (unless specifically exempted), no intelligence is allowed to be brought to bear. It was supposed to be so stupid that it would FORCE a compromise to be negotiated. To say more would invite a transfer to OMNI-ville.
Mar 4, 2013 | 5:45 pm
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If this imbecile can't manage with 8% less (hint: eliminate some harassment) then she should fired, in addition to being tarred & feathered then deported to North Korea for being a disgusting, un-American scumbag.
Mar 4, 2013 | 6:43 pm
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Airports contradict Janet Napolitano's sequester claim
However, when contacted by The Daily Telegraph, spokespeople for both O'Hare and LAX, as well as representatives from the travel industry, denied that airports had been hit by delays.
"We haven't had any slowdowns at all," said Marshall Lowe, a spokesman for LAX. Mr Lowe said that he had been on duty over the weekend and received no reports of unusual security delays.
DeAllous Smith, a spokesman for Hartfield-Jackson, said: "There have been no abnormally long lines at the security checkpoint nor unusual aircraft delays at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport as a result of sequestration."
"We haven't had any slowdowns at all," said Marshall Lowe, a spokesman for LAX. Mr Lowe said that he had been on duty over the weekend and received no reports of unusual security delays.
DeAllous Smith, a spokesman for Hartfield-Jackson, said: "There have been no abnormally long lines at the security checkpoint nor unusual aircraft delays at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport as a result of sequestration."
Time for Ms. Napolitano to get out of the office and visit some airports.
Mar 4, 2013 | 7:08 pm
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I meant all federal agencies. Pistole can take a 100% reduction and make America a better place. All the rest 3 to 5% without even working up a sweat.
Mar 4, 2013 | 7:13 pm
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...ter-claim.html
Time for Ms. Napolitano to get out of the office and visit some airports.
Time for Ms. Napolitano to get out of the office and visit some airports.
Mar 4, 2013 | 7:26 pm
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Mar 4, 2013 | 7:56 pm
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Mar 4, 2013 | 8:18 pm
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Oh, yeah, NOW they shut up...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/9908416/Airports-contradict-Janet-Napolitanos-sequester-claim.html
I guess not, Luis. There's a time to put down the shovel and stop digging.
(And wow, the commenters on the Telegraph site make TS&S/CBPD look like high tea in a Jane Austen novel.
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Originally Posted by Telegraph
Luis Casanova, a regional spokesman for the Transport Security Administration (TSA), said "we've been asked not to comment on the subject [of sequestration]" and referred calls to DHS.
(And wow, the commenters on the Telegraph site make TS&S/CBPD look like high tea in a Jane Austen novel.
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Mar 4, 2013 | 8:59 pm
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Are they so incompetent that they did not get AP management on board with the plan before spreading the scare stories?
Wait, just answered my own question. Sorry. As you were.
Wait, just answered my own question. Sorry. As you were.
Mar 4, 2013 | 9:04 pm
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/9908416/Airports-contradict-Janet-Napolitanos-sequester-claim.html
I guess not, Luis. There's a time to put down the shovel and stop digging.
(And wow, the commenters on the Telegraph site make TS&S/CBPD look like high tea in a Jane Austen novel.)
I guess not, Luis. There's a time to put down the shovel and stop digging.
(And wow, the commenters on the Telegraph site make TS&S/CBPD look like high tea in a Jane Austen novel.
)
Mar 5, 2013 | 4:44 pm
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Or stop checking IDs.
Or stop checking BPs.
Or stop using the nudeoscope.
Or stop making passengers take off their shoes.
Or stop sexually assaulting passengers.
Or stop the idiocy over liquids.
So many things could be done that would keep the lines moving and have no or a positive effect on safety since there would be fewer employees with fewer distractions.
Or just ____can the entire TSA and give the responsibility for airport and airline security back to the airports and airlines.
Or stop checking BPs.
Or stop using the nudeoscope.
Or stop making passengers take off their shoes.
Or stop sexually assaulting passengers.
Or stop the idiocy over liquids.
So many things could be done that would keep the lines moving and have no or a positive effect on safety since there would be fewer employees with fewer distractions.
Or just ____can the entire TSA and give the responsibility for airport and airline security back to the airports and airlines.
Bruce
Mar 5, 2013 | 10:22 pm
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...ter-claim.html
Time for Ms. Napolitano to get out of the office and visit some airports.
Time for Ms. Napolitano to get out of the office and visit some airports.