"Security" -- Not a Partisan Issue
Oct 14, 2004 | 12:42 pm
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Originally Posted by ender83
I echo bocastephen's sentiments.
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You are entitled to your opinion, however wrong it may be.
(Please take that as a friendly joke, as it was intended!)
Oct 14, 2004 | 12:44 pm
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Originally Posted by Analise
Absolutely, clearly even a plane filled with nude passengers with no luggage is not 100% impenetrable.
Last edited by Japhydog; Oct 14, 2004 at 2:22 pm Reason: Thought 'nekkid' was funnier than naked
Oct 14, 2004 | 2:08 pm
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Civics 101
Originally Posted by CameraGuy
You are forgetting about the fillibuster. No bill was going to reach the presidents desk that did not include Federal Screeners because Daschle and Gephardt threatened fillibusters.
I really don't see how two congressmen can be faulted for the birth of TSA.
Oct 14, 2004 | 5:50 pm
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I know that the house cannot fillibuster, but it was those two con men who "forced" the TSA upon us.
The reasoning behind this thought is easy:
In the hysteria following 9/11, the public was demanding that congress "Do Something". The Republican Leadership had a viable plan that did NOT include federal employees. Enter Daschle and Gephardt, they threatened to fillibuster in the Senate any bill that did not include federal screeners. They also threatened to portray the Republicans as doing "nothing" in the wake of 9/11 if the bill did not include federal screeners. The Republicans were in a no-win situation, the Democrats knew it and took advantage of it.
So, yes it was these two jackasses who are responsible for the TSA.
In addition to that, Daschle included language very favorable to the company that employed his wife. That language forced the TSA to purchase inferior equipment from his wife's employer.
The reasoning behind this thought is easy:
In the hysteria following 9/11, the public was demanding that congress "Do Something". The Republican Leadership had a viable plan that did NOT include federal employees. Enter Daschle and Gephardt, they threatened to fillibuster in the Senate any bill that did not include federal screeners. They also threatened to portray the Republicans as doing "nothing" in the wake of 9/11 if the bill did not include federal screeners. The Republicans were in a no-win situation, the Democrats knew it and took advantage of it.
So, yes it was these two jackasses who are responsible for the TSA.
In addition to that, Daschle included language very favorable to the company that employed his wife. That language forced the TSA to purchase inferior equipment from his wife's employer.