It isn't that Big Sister Napolitano doesn't understand the current threat from jihadis. It is because these people consider ALL of the American people to be potential threats to their regime. They want the ability to "keep an eye on" all of us, and put us into situations where those of us who will resist totalitarianism can be identified, and later, winnowed out. This is why the petty Hitlers of the TSA detain anyone who complains. They demand compliance in return for non-safety, knowing that it is merely the assertion of safety on their part and not the reality of it.
Who then should we fear more? The jihadi underwear bombers, or the domestic enemies of liberty and the Constitution?
Both is the correct answer.
Mike
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just a great reason to not fly - which by the by if done with enough conviction (and numbers) will force another industry into licking the governments feet.. The airlines will be nationalized, subsidized, consolidated, and in the end they will be as American as Amtrak.
Almost makes one wonder if this trend (force an industry to failure, nationalize the portions to be kept, see "GM" and "Chrysler") is intentional.
Well...
We could seal our borders. We could put Muslims on the no fly list. We could stop Muslim immigration into America by the thousands every year. We could stop propping up the likes the Shah, Saddam, Bin Laden and ad nauseum and training and arming them.
We could also,
Type in your search bar:
1. Project for a New American Century.
2. Dick Cheney + Caspian Sea.
3. Map + Caspian Sea + Oil Pipelines.
4. Shanghai Cooperation Organization
5. Shanghai Cooperation Organization + Muslim Brotherhood.
6. Georgia + Caspian Sea Oil. (Georgia the country. Remember our recent proxy war spat?)
7. Afghanistan + Caspian Sea Oil Pipelines.
8. Iran + Caspian Sea Oil Pipelines.
9. Bush + Caspian Sea + Oil Pipelines
10. Shanghai Cooperation Organization + Oil Pipelines
11. Map + Shanghai Cooperation Organization.
12. Military defense of oil pipelines + Caspian Sea.
13. You've got to go where the oil is + Dick Cheney
This is just a small example. See what you find. Isn't it all just lovely!
Determine the objective. Consider what or who will be a barrier to the objective. Build tension by rumor. Tension begets fear and hate. Fear and hate begets the wanton elimination of the barrier to the objective.
Fear and hate works both ways.
"The good Lord didn't see fit to put oil and gas only where there are democratically elected regimes friendly to the United States. Occasionally we have to operate in places where, all things considered, one would not normally choose to go. But, we go where the business is." - Dick Cheney
(And business is good).
And no. I am not defending the Jihad. But I am not defending "our side" either.
Several years ago, I applied for TSA. Army Vet, retired Corrections; firearms, baton and OC instructor.
Took the test and was asked to take a seat and wait for my name to be called.
I observed individuals getting called in two ways: One at a time, or groups of four. I was in a group of four, while I noticed several people (male and female) who needed help with reading the test (Non-English speaking) get called individually.
Well, I was canned, as well as the other 3 middle aged, white males. Everyone in my group was a Vet and type A personality. The non-English speaking applicants were being offered jobs!
A source of mine within the TSA told me that there was an internal memo instructing the testing centers to hire more females and minorities while specifically excluding people with my type of background!
I will only fly as a last resort...
Your Lexington Bodyguard
Scott T.
I fear the government more. Bin Laden can't effectively repeal the Bill of Rights -- much more long-term harm to our republic than morons with IEDs in the BVDs.
Our government is more of an immediate threat to me than jihadis, though I do not dismiss them. Apparently polar bears are a threat to the gov't, also, since the mighty O has been using CIA assets to watch them. Absolute lunacy!
Both is the correct answer.
Mike
III
Brutus sez:
"We could seal our borders. We could put Muslims on the no fly list. We could stop Muslim immigration into America by the thousands every year."
Like the joke about lawyers at the bottom of the sea, that would be a good start... along with sealing the southern border and deporting the millions of invaders from that quarter. And, yes, I know how unlikely that all is.
"We could stop propping up the likes the Shah, Saddam, Bin Laden and ad nauseum and training and arming them."
Agreed, but... that's really old news, thirty or forty years ago, at which time we were using them against one another and against the Soviets... little ol' thing called the cold war.
And, last I checked, we have undone some of that by deposing Saddam, giving thirty million Iraqis at least a chance at the 21st century. Ditto Afghanistan, hounding bin Laden into a cave.
And I would remind you that, thanks to Jimmah Cahduh's antisemitism and stabbing an ally (the Shaw), however flawed, in the back, we have the mullah-ocracy in Iran, the biggest and most virulent of the state sponsors of terrorism. You know, the guys who pray daily for the return of the Caliphate, the conversion of the whole world to Islam, the destruction of America and Israel, etc, etc, even unto the destruction of their own country? The ones actively and defiantly seeking to become a "nuclear power"? Think that's all about oil?
"The good Lord didn't see fit to put oil and gas only where there are democratically elected regimes friendly to the United States." Dick Cheney
Did the Good Lord also instruct Congress to accede to the demands of the environazis so that we could not develop our own energy resources and cease our dependence on ME oil?
Where were "we" supposed to find those resources to meet the energy needs of this nation? You think its just all about "eeevilll oiiiil" and big profits?
As just one example, the Saudis could have made a paradise of their shitty little sandbox with all the development and oil money we have poured into them for many decades. Where would all that hate for the West have been then? But they didn't. Instead they allowed, cowered before, even aided and abetted the Wahabist malignancy growing on the inequity and excesses of the "royal" family. Is that our fault as well?
We. Are. Not. Responsible. For. Their. Cultural. Regressive. Fanaticism.
It will not wither just because we "disengage".
Meanwhile, where's all that Iraqi oil we supposedly went there to "steal"? Frankly, they should cut us a deal for spending our blood and treasure freeing them from a tyrant, but I have yet to hear about it.
aughtsix said...
Agreed, but... that's really old news...
So what is our excuse for propping despots, supporting them, and arming them now? The great 1 Billion Muslim uprising? Of course, there are various other despotic countries in South America, the African Continent, Eastern Europe, Eurasia ... that "we" have a keen interest in donating Billions of fiat notes and arming and supporting their ... democracy.
And, last I checked, we have undone some of that by deposing Saddam...
Yea, sure. Lets send our congress, senate, president, state legislature, city councils over their. Then see how long it lasts. We have killed more Iraqis than Saddam (whom we propped up, supported, gave intelligence on his enemies, armed and gave WMD for our proxy war with Iran). Bin Laden? He's dead. By the way, last time I checked the FBI most wanted terrorist list ... still no mention of 911 or the murder of 3,000 American citizens. Odd. And we have killed, maimed, or displaced over a million Iraqis who will never get a taste of democracy. But they were all terrorists anyways.
And I would remind you that, thanks to Jimmah Cahduh's antisemitism and stabbing an ally (the Shaw), however flawed...
One word, Israel. And yes, oil. They are the southern gateway to the Caspian Sea. Iran is also between those two ... rock and a hard places. Coincidence? And the Shah? You have got to be kidding! I suppose in your mind, if it is OUR despot killing and jailing their own people, it is okay? Caliphate? And we are what ... killing them in the name of Jesus?
Did the Good Lord also instruct Congress to accede to the demands of the environazis...?
Where were "we" supposed to find those resources to meet the energy needs of this nation? You think its just all about "eeevilll oiiiil" and big profits?
FINALLY! The cat slips out of the bag! OIL!
"Where were "we" supposed to find those resources to meet the energy needs of this nation?"
We. Are. Not. Responsible. For. Their. Cultural. Regressive. Fanaticism.
I never said we were. Are they responsible for ours? By the way, I don't see "them" meddling for our resources.
And finally:
As just one example, the Saudis could have made a paradise of their shitty little sandbox with all the development and oil money we have poured into them for many decades. Where would all that hate for the West have been then? ...
We don't have to buy their oil. And ... your government does not have to kiss the Saudi Royal arse either. Neither does your government need to arm the Saudi Royals to the teeth, which they use to suppress their own people. (But they are our despots and we get oil from them).
Were you saying something about oil, meddling and Rome has no borders?
This is what happens when your government and money interests become dependent by policy on foreign commodities ... rather than being SELF SUFFICIENT.
Ya know, we have oil deposits in America that rivals the M.E. and Caspian Sea region. It's not "THEIR" fault we don't drill our own oil.
And what Old Rebel and Carl said. Do you see 1 Billion Muslims sitting in the seat of congress, senate, state legislature, city council?
IF THE THREAT of the Muslim horde was as great as they make you believe, our borders would be shut tight. We would stop the immigration of thousands of Muslims into America every year. AND, the only peoples being made to show their sexual organs to the TSA would be Muslims.
You are being conned and used aughtsix. While there is no doubt that there are terrorists in this world, they are being used, by your own government, to suppress US and at the same time an excuse into the Caspian Sea region.
And one more thing, when you "accidently" kill innocent people, like whole families ... you create another "terrorist". I would.
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