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Old 04-16-2013, 11:22   #1
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A False Sense of Security

A False Sense of Security


So now that we've been attacked again how do you feel about spending trillions on security that doesn't work? I listened to more than one idiot commenting that "security will be tighter", please tell me how?

The same idiots are saying that Americans will need to give up some Freedoms for security. Even the Gov of Mass said there will be "bag" checks. Let's just throw that pesky constitution out the window.

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As a former soldier with a mission for counter-terrorism (not to be confused with "anti"-terrorism) the only way to stop terrorism is to find and terminate the source of the problem.
Janet Napolitano & DHS just last month is now allowing pre-screening for saudi nationals, do you really think that saudis screening saudis is going to work?

"Excerpted from The Hill: House Homeland Security Chairman Mike McCaul (R-Texas) is pressing for answers about why the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has begun talks to allow air travelers from Saudi Arabia to use a pre-screening system to fly to the U.S.
In a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, McCaul and nine other Republicans on the committee asked for more details about what steps the department is taking to guard against potential terrorists using the Global Entry to enter the United States.
The lawmakers pointed to the 15 hijackers involved in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks who were from Saudi Arabia as a key reason to be concerned.
“As members of the House Committee on Homeland Security, we seek assurances from the department that passengers from countries added to the program will receive the appropriate screening,” they wrote.
“This committee is supportive of the department’s efforts to expand trade and increase travel to the United States. However, we remain vigilant for vulnerabilities that our enemies can exploit to gain access to the homeland. Expanding Global Entry to high-risk countries may represent such a risk.”
http://patdollard.com/2013/03/republicans-press-incessant-homeland-security-threat-napolitano-on-dropping-passport-security-for-saudis/

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In the last 11 years we've spent trillions on security, have Americans spying on Americans, drones flying over America, fusion centers in almost every city, Janet Napolitano telling Americans to arm themselves with scissors while DHS purchases military M-4's and billions of rounds of ammo to defend themselves. And now a flagrant disregard for the constitution and justified as "for our safety".

Our current rational: Let's keep courting and invite those that would kill our children to our country with open arms. And when we're attacked let's blame the tools used to kill Americans instead of the murderers themselves. Let's spend another trillion dollars on "security" and let's place a totally incompetent individual as the head of that agency & money. We will not strike fear into the hearts of these killers by showing them no mercy, no quarter and hunting them without relent instead let them know we are upset and ask them to please stop. Just as in the attack on Benghazi, the murder of an American Ambassador, and a few good men, let's quote our current national leaders and say, "What does it matter now?"

You know that quote:
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”
― Edmund Burke

It holds no meaning when the masses are at full stride and heading over the cliff.

The Sheeple Generation is now officially here.
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Old 04-16-2013, 11:55   #2
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You can add Ben Franklin's statement on that (I paraphrase): Any people that sacrifice liberty for security will find neither and lose both.
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Old 04-16-2013, 12:17   #3
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There is not enough money

The is not enough money to put a cop on every block..........Though the government will try to do it.

Look for an expansion of the TSA's mission, budget and people.
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Old 04-16-2013, 12:25   #4
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The is not enough money to put a cop on every block..........Though the government will try to do it.

Look for an expansion of the TSA's mission, budget and people.
You are right Pete. They will try to spin more need for the bag police (TSA) The problem with TSA is they are not Police or investigators. They are just door checkers and nothing more.......
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Old 04-16-2013, 12:29   #5
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The Reason Behind It

Is Money IMO. The more the Government spends, the more enslaved we become.
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Old 04-16-2013, 12:58   #6
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Thank you, TS. We need to ask ourselves what the limit is to our ever-increasing level of political correctness, and start calling these barbarians what they are...and take extreme action for once. The ones responsible in all likelyhood were not in Boston, and not the ones that actually placed the ordinances. Maybe never been there. They are in the countries that we are coddling to. We can play "Whack-A-Mole" forever, but until we drop the niceties and answer a barbarian act with a superior barbaric act, we will not make any progress.
I often wonder how many terroristic acts have been stopped that we never hear about (and maybe don't want to hear about). Is the problem bigger than the general public knows about?
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Old 04-16-2013, 12:16   #7
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...give up some Freedoms for security.
Mass graves through history are filled with the adherents to that, right up until they pitched forward into the ditch.

Claire Wolfe's comments in the late 90's are lookin' downright prescient.
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