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The Blame Game
Washington is doing what it does best. Blame someone else and take no responsibility for whatever happens.
And it is not only the politicians. The media, and I mean all media, is so busy looking for whomever they can pin the latest terrorist "leg bomber" attempt on, that the extent of the blame game has lowered the level of mediocrity to sub par levels.
I don't care if you listen to Fox News, they blame President Obama for even going on vacation. On CNN, they blame former President Bush for not fixing the communication problem, after all he had 8 years. The A.C.L.U. doesn't want racial profiling. Congress is afraid to take any position. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said it didn't work and then retracted her statement. The CIA doesn't talk to the FBI, the FBI doesn't share with Homeland Security. We should rename it Homeland Insecurity.
Here is a novel idea, take a cue from Nike sports. JUST FIX IT! Quit looking for an escape goat! Quit putting tactics in place to delay travellers in America. The TSA is a joke in the U.S. but the real problem is not in this country. The "leg bomber" did not originate in this country. He boarded a plane in Nigeria and transferred in Amsterdam (without going through additional security) bound for Detroit.
Why not have bomb sniffing dogs inspect every passenger at the final boarding point before leaving for the U.S. In this case, it would have been Amsterdam and it would have stopped the "leg bomber" from getting on the airplane. And we would not need additional insecurity checks in our travel procedures and I probably would write about some other government attempt to interfere in our lives.
JUST FIX IT!
And it is not only the politicians. The media, and I mean all media, is so busy looking for whomever they can pin the latest terrorist "leg bomber" attempt on, that the extent of the blame game has lowered the level of mediocrity to sub par levels.
I don't care if you listen to Fox News, they blame President Obama for even going on vacation. On CNN, they blame former President Bush for not fixing the communication problem, after all he had 8 years. The A.C.L.U. doesn't want racial profiling. Congress is afraid to take any position. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said it didn't work and then retracted her statement. The CIA doesn't talk to the FBI, the FBI doesn't share with Homeland Security. We should rename it Homeland Insecurity.
Here is a novel idea, take a cue from Nike sports. JUST FIX IT! Quit looking for an escape goat! Quit putting tactics in place to delay travellers in America. The TSA is a joke in the U.S. but the real problem is not in this country. The "leg bomber" did not originate in this country. He boarded a plane in Nigeria and transferred in Amsterdam (without going through additional security) bound for Detroit.
Why not have bomb sniffing dogs inspect every passenger at the final boarding point before leaving for the U.S. In this case, it would have been Amsterdam and it would have stopped the "leg bomber" from getting on the airplane. And we would not need additional insecurity checks in our travel procedures and I probably would write about some other government attempt to interfere in our lives.
JUST FIX IT!
posted by Brian J Perks at
7:25 AM
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