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Anti-Anti-Terrorism

By Robert Stacy McCain on 12.28.09 @ 6:08AM

For liberals, politics trumps American safety.

When Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab tried to detonate an explosive aboard Northwest Airlines Flight 253 on Christmas Day, liberals were quick to warn against the clear and present danger.

It wasn't the threat of al Qaeda-trained bombers blowing up Detroit-bound planes that concerned them. Rather, liberals feared that Americans might blame the Obama administration for failing to protect them from terrorists or -- perhaps even worse -- demand action against the violent extremists who want to kill us all.

Liberals believe most of their fellow citizens are benighted troglodytes, so there was also the frightening possibility of a xenophobic hate-crime backlash. Monitoring one reliable barometer of elite sentiment, Andrew Breitbart remarked: "Based upon my NPR listening sessions, I am fearful that reactionary Americans are going to go on a rampage against Nigerians tomorrow."

While the anti-Nigerian rampage failed to develop over the holiday weekend, there were "reactionary Americans" willing to criticize the Obama administration. Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-Mich.) said the president needs to "connect the dots," and accused the administration of trying to "downplay the threat from terrorism."

As if on cue, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano told CNN that there was "no indication that [Abdulmutallab's attack] is part of anything larger," and further declared that "the system worked."

Given that the would-be terrorist got past security with explosives in his underwear, and was foiled only by a faulty detonator and a brave Dutch passenger, Napolitano's claim provoked scoffing by conservatives. Michelle Malkin depicted Napolitano with a red clown nose. "Jasper Schuringa is 'the system,' apparently," Mary Katharine Ham quipped, referring to the young Dutchman who subdued the 23-year-old Nigerian.

Napolitano's assurance that Abdulmutallab's attack was not "part of anything larger" seemed to contradict reports from ABC News that the 23-year-old Nigerian had trained for his attack in Yemen with al Qaeda, which provided him with his bomb. ABC also reported that investigators believe Abdulmutallab had been influenced by radical imam Anwar al-Awlaki, spiritual advisor to Malik Hasan, whose one-man jihad at Fort Hood left 13 dead in November.

Among the "reactionary Americans" who saw Abdulmutallab as part of something larger was the chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee.

"This year the American homeland has been the target of an attempted terrorist attack more than a dozen times," Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman told Fox News, describing an apparent "breakdown" that permitted warnings about Abdulmutallab to go unheeded. "To me, most significantly, what happened after this man's father called our embassy in Nigeria? What happened to that information?"

Lieberman furthermore suggested that, if neglected, Yemen could become a terrorist haven. "Iraq was yesterday's war. Afghanistan is today's war. If we don't act preemptively, Yemen will be tomorrow's war. That's the danger we face."

Lieberman's call for preemptive action provoked an obscenity-filled tirade from liberal blogger Spencer Ackerman, while Matthew Yglesias of Think Progress remarked, "The good news is that while progressives basically need Joe Lieberman's vote in the Senate to pass domestic legislation…nobody needs to listen to him about Yemen."

Yglesias then emphasized the "political context" of U.S. military action in Yemen: "Nobody likes to see American airstrikes happening inside their country. But if the political context is right, people can see it as the lesser of two evils. If the context isn't right, that can build support for al Qaeda faster than it kills terrorists."

By portraying U.S. military action as a basic cause of Islamic extremism, liberals thereby implicitly argue that U.S. military action can never be the appropriate response to Islamic extremism. The more we attack al Qaeda, Yglesias suggests, the more Muslims will resort to terrorism -- unless we have the proper "political context," whatever that means.

Do Yemenis really have such a nuanced perception of "political context"? This need concern us only if we accept the tacit proposition that there is potentially unlimited support for al Qaeda in Yemen or elsewhere in the Islamic world. However, more than eight years after the 9/11 attacks there is no real evidence that the U.S. military response has made Islamic radicalism more widespread than it was in 2001. Suicidal pursuit of violent death lacks universal appeal and the human resources of al-Qaeda are not infinite. Therefore, U.S. military action should not be contingent on "political context," but rather on whether it kills terrorists or, at least, deprives them of the opportunity to plot new attacks at their leisure.

Liberal reactions to the Abdulmutallab case are very much reminiscent of liberal attitudes during the Cold War. What was important to liberals then was that the U.S. avoid provoking Moscow, and that outspoken anti-communists should not be allowed to exploit public fear of the Soviet menace to the detriment of well-meaning liberals like Alger Hiss, Owen Lattimore and Harry Dexter White.

From the so-called "anti-anti-communism" of the liberal past, we have arrived at the anti-anti-terrorism of the liberal present. We are not permitted to question the good intentions of liberals, although perhaps it is still permissible to point out the destination of the road notoriously paved with such intentions.

topics:
Terrorism, Liberalism

About the Author

Robert Stacy McCain is co-author (with Lynn Vincent) of Donkey Cons: Sex, Crime, and Corruption in the Democratic Party (Nelson Current). He blogs at The Other McCain.

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Marc Jeric| 12.28.09 @ 6:20AM

I would apportion the guilt for Muslim jihadi terror attacks as follows:
1) 50% to the terrorist himself; and
2) 50% to the politically correct, multicultural, liberal, progressive ruling elite;
Why so? Well - they have forbidden us to profile these young, male, educated, rich Muslim criminals, even though 100% of terrorists are exactly that.

Dave24| 2.9.10 @ 10:53AM

Yes, this is the best way to engage those we disagree with: call them names and impugn their motives. I want to know, when did we conservatives become: a) total pussies who put safety above our freedom (remember Franlin's bon mot: people who put safety above freedom deserve neither); and b) ranting lunatics who hate our countrymen more than we do those who really threaten us? Look at the posts here. We have more anger at supposed liberals (who are these "liberals" on whom so much conservative ink has been spilt?) than against our real enemies, which includes many who work from within to undermine conservatism in the name of what? the newest version of no nothingism?

Don't worry about our safety; we conservatives will sell out our rights, freedoms and principles faster than the liberals could ever take them away without even a whimper just as long as we're safe from the terrorists. Puke.

Lullaby's, Legends and Lies| 12.28.09 @ 6:38AM

Wouldn't it be great, if we could just waterboard this scum-bag today? Maybe then, we could find out, if he's the first of 100 terrorist's, or if he really is just a lone wolf. But I guess we'll just have to wait, until the next jet falls out of the sky, to figure that out for sure. We are definitely back to the pre-9/11 state of mind, if we treat this guy as a criminal, instead of, an enemy combatant as we should. Have we as a Nation, lost our collective minds?

Son oF Sam| 12.28.09 @ 3:13PM

whoa, Whoa, WHOA: waterboarding? Are you serious? No, no, NO, my friend, that's torture, and we can't do that. Here's what we should do:

1) find some plastic surgeons

2) bring them AND this sawed off wannabe Osama to Gitmo or Detroit, or wherever the hell Janet "what is that thing on her head?" Napolitano has sent the other terrorists

3) have the surgeons "re-assign" this pig's gender from "scumbag" to female

4) have him re-named Princess Jasmine, dress him in silk robes, and throw his sorry ass out into the prison yard

5) sit back and crack open a cold one while (s)he savors the irony of life under strict sharia law

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Lullaby's, Legends and Lies| 12.28.09 @ 6:09PM

That idea is so much more sick than waterboarding, I love it!! Let's do the same thing to Maj Hazan (the traitor), or however the hell you spell his name too (and No?, I don't really care to know how to spell it correctly either).

Son Of Sam| 12.28.09 @ 10:12PM

Thank you so much, L to the 3rd... I was about to suggest getting out the blowtorches and pliers and getting medieval on his ass, but I really doubt Quentin Tarantino has a tough enough posture on Islamic terror

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Darin| 12.28.09 @ 7:02AM

It will likely take such an attempted attack to succeed before the American public will DEMAND we implement workable airline security. That means profiled screening and various other measures that have a proven record of success.

Melvin| 12.28.09 @ 7:19AM

The damn paradox of it, the TSA escorts Ivana Trump of an aircraft because she voiced her displeasure at pint sized domestic terrorists running up and down the aisle screaming. But then the airlines allow a man with explosives strapped to his crotch damn near burn an airplane out of the air.

Beer For My Horses| 12.28.09 @ 4:54PM

Ha - that's funny Melvin!

Yes, the TSA was really impressive the way it dispatched Ms. Trump but lord I hope they didn't attempt a full body scan after they got her off the plane.

Martin J smith| 12.28.09 @ 7:22AM

In the case of this particular administration I have two intertwining issues explaining the problem: One is pure stupidity and incompetence which is a direct result of the naive political correctness of this lot.
Two: And this is evern worse for me to even think: Thge Left Democrat Party wants a terror attack on this country for their own political purposes--but mostly from Obama himself. He despises the voters and many Democrats look upon say folks who protest their policies as their enemy. So, my theory goes--who cares if some die --they deserve it. Problem is, terrorists do not ask for voter registration cards. So, even the most ardent of Obama supporters would fall just as much victim as you or I. Obama is a very angry man ( at this country I mean-thus his constant appologies) and I truly believe the new policies for airline security are not really meant to stop terrorism. They are meant to annoy the innocent passenger and trun them off from being careful and being concerned about their safety. A president truly concerned about our safety would aim at looking at passenger lists and behavior of passengers on and off the plane. Bottom line though: one needs to focus both on racial,ethnic,religious and political profiling as well as beavioral patterns and travel patterns to catch the terrorists--not kindergarden exercises.

C.K. Amos| 12.29.09 @ 4:15AM

You wonder: Are they really this stupid and incompetent?

While the answer seems obvious, it seems just as obvious that, by their Marxist design, what they do is intended to ruin our country and subvert, if not do away with, our freedoms.

Ret. Marine| 12.28.09 @ 7:32AM

Upon further investigation of my X-sources, it's believed Yeman is nothing new as far as a terrorist base, and has been for the past ten years and continues to be as such today. There are 147 million skinney's living in this rat hole of a Nation all living at around $2.00 a day. Remember this is the spot where 18 of our Naval personnel were murdered and to date the only suspect charged in the case was released back to the Country, courtsey of, you guessed it, the obamster administration vis holder and his X-law firm.
As far as the current DHS team and the snake-head running it, well let's just say they wouldn't know a terrorist from a returning Iraqi/Afghanistan Veteran, a pro-lifer, or a Ron Paul supporter keeping their arses free to be as bumb as they are. We are talking about a person who could not keep illegals out of her state even while being paid to do so. But, fear not oh agressors of the American right to self expression, self rule of unrestrained liberties, we might have to reak havoc upon the idiots-r-us club that pretends to ignor and leads us not unto conclussions. They deserve it and have been so far guilty of far worse crimes yet to be held accountable. Their day is coming and I for one will demand they explain their actions regardless of their feel good intentions.

Rocco| 12.28.09 @ 2:44PM

Ret. Marine, unfortunately the only way to get accountability is to try and execute (same day) these ass-clowns. Think "office hours" with a much more severe sentence (firing squad, perhaps). The vermin in this government have to be extirpated. PERIOD.

Thomas| 2.6.10 @ 8:06AM

RET MARINE, 12-28-09,
I read some time ago, about a American Officer in the very early 1900s, caught about 30/40 muslim terrorists, somewhere abroad, reported to his superiors, of his actions, and was told not to torture them, he returned to his men, stood all of the terrorists against the wall, brought in a pig, used the pigs blood to soak all thier ammunition in, reloaded thier wepons, and promptly shot all but one, this guy was allowed to go, he must have done a right royal job of informing all and sundry of the demise of his fellow comrades, RESULT, no more terrorisrt acts for over sixty years or so, how about that, the perfect salution, maybe then, they may leave us in peace, Thomas.

Inge| 12.28.09 @ 7:45AM

I have a thought, although it is NOT politically correct, and maybe even radical; but I like to call a spade a spade. Here it is:
All muslims fly on separate airplane, muslim pilotes, stewardess, and all
All non-muslims fly on separte planes, whether christians, buddhist, jews, whatever else there is.
I'm sure, the attempts of blowing up planes, or achieving their '72 virgins' would be easier that way.
As long as we are afraid to name the enemy, which is 'Islamic jihad or muslims', the enemy is us.
Lets separate enemies from non-enemies, the airlines also save lots of money, smany security related procedures can stop.
I am getting really tired of this so-called pc-related double speak. I do not offend other, why am I always ecpected, and asked to be offended?

glenny| 12.28.09 @ 2:53PM

Inge, I'm with you except for "All muslims fly on separate airplane...". You don't really want an airliner FILLED WITH MUSLIMS flying into the US, do you?
How about we let them fly in a caged area in the back of the plane, AFTER being stripped searched? glenny ; )

Zork (the) Hun| 2.8.10 @ 3:35PM

I had ideas along the same line, but I thnk that there is a much easier solution that would bring a whole lot of other benefits as well. SCRAP the FAA and give all security responsibility back to the airlines giving them absolute authority on how to handle security while also holding them financially responsible for any damages.
As it stands, this incident is used by the FAA to demand even more power and control over the industry.

Big J| 12.28.09 @ 7:47AM

About Yemen: Liberals need not worry about military action there. We will simply send them some more money (that we don't have) for "counter terrorism" measures. Then, we'll release upwards of 50 suspected terrorists currently housed in Gitmo. Shortly afterward, the peaceful Muslims there will love us again, and we can all sit around the campfire singing Kum Ba Ya.

Sarc button off.

Another thing: Trying to determine whether this was a coordinated effort or "a lone wolf" attack completely misses the point. Similar comments were made about Hassan. This type of thinking is indicative of complete ignorance about radical Islam.

Whether one Jihadist or one million is or are involved in a given attack is completely irrelevant. Radical Islam IS OUR ENEMY - period. End of discussion. This pre-9/11 mentality is simply going to get more Americans killed.

So, ladies and gentlemen, I submit the answer is to make everyone sit in their seats for the last hour of each flight, have all of your pillows and blankeys confiscated, and give up your laptops. That'll teach 'em to smuggle a bomb in their underwear.

Knee-jerk national security. You gotta love it.

DaveS| 12.28.09 @ 8:16AM

I do not blame Obama for the event. He and Napolitano are guilty of the non-response afterward. Hasan, and now this? Duh.

Ned| 12.28.09 @ 8:17AM

Why President Bush was so wonderful.
President Bush's response was a breath of fresh air from the stale environment of "business as usual."
I will always be grateful that for at least seven years and change we had a leader who understood that we are dealing with folks who respect only one reaction from an adversary. That you treat them as equals and kill them for their barbaric crimes.

Jim O'Brien| 12.28.09 @ 8:23AM

There were numerous red flags that should have prevented the Nigerian from boarding the plane in Amsterdam and attempting to destroy it in flight near Detroit.
1) His own father, a Nigerian banker, reported to the U.S. Embassy several weeks ago that his son was a security threat; 2) the terrorist had no luggage; 3) the terrorist paid cash for his ticket; and 3) he was already on a list of terror suspects. The government is telling us the list is impossibly long, etc., but think about this: All major U.S. banks, such as Bank of America, have millions of customers and billions of transaction. Yet, they manage to keep separate records for each and every one of them on their computers.

Obama and Holder are too busy granting 9/11 terrorists the rights of American citizens, with show trials in NYC, to be bothered with the still very real terrorist threat. Napolitano has been too busy suggesting that military veterans are a potential threat to worry about screening procedures for Islamic radicals who pose a real threat.

Isn't it time to get rid of political hack Napolitano and insist that she be replaced by a professional? Isn't it time for Obama to resign?

What we have now is this: government fails to keep terrorist off the plane, and the government's "solution" is to have Americans wait in longer lines, sit in their seats longer, et cetera, ad nauseum.

dum &dummer;| 12.28.09 @ 8:28AM

it is my belief that vast parts of our economy are as much a part of the jihadists target as is killing people. the airlines are already in trouble, and will only become more so with each one of these attacks, failed or not. i, for one will not be flying anymore until this administration gets serious about the threat we face. which means i will not be in the air any time soon i'm afraid. better to be inconvinienced and alive, than dead and having this fool of a president telling everybody to not jump to conclusions as to why i am dead.

Claire Solt| 1.5.10 @ 12:10PM

The airlines have trouble because they are hit hard by ups and downs. congress has made them vulnerable because they only do one thing. They would fare better as part of conglomerates where the impacts of oil shocks etc could be softened by other less sensitive lines of biz.

Northern Rebel| 12.28.09 @ 9:06AM

Look, until we realize that these animals hate us, and want to wipe us out, we're spinning our wheels.

The goal should be to kill as many of them as it takes, until they are unable to wage war. Any means necessary, should be used, especially dipping our bullets in pig fat!

While waiting for a movie, after my Colts lost (wahh!) I did something I never do. I watched 60 Minutes.

Amazingly, they were very balanced on the Afghanistan problem, much more so than "president" Anti-Christ.

If we don't destroy the Taliban in Pakistan, and Afghanistan, it will become a base of operation for the muslim sub-humans, and it will be just a matter of time before an Israeli, or American city is smoldering again.

Paul Wisse| 12.28.09 @ 10:43AM

Northern Rebel:

I agree with you except the part about 60 Minutes being balanced. The only reason the story supported the military solution, is because it's Obama's war now. We saw no such justifications for military action or "balanced" reporting from them when Bush was President.

Tim| 12.28.09 @ 9:30AM

Why hasn't the Justice Department brought that Dutch guy up on charges for brutally beating the alleged " man trying to cause a disaster" ?

WE HAVE TO LIVE UP TO OUR IDEALS! VIOLENCE NEVER SOLVES ANYTHING!

yada,yada

Melvin| 12.28.09 @ 9:40AM

Next thing we will be told, "Big Napolitano" will say, " Disregard that everything that you have heard. Carefully examining the facts Homeland Security has determined that Mr.Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab did not have an explosive device, as we initially thought, as the events unfolded Homeland Security having reached a decision that Mr. Abdulmutallab had a defective personal gratification device that overheated under the blanket, and the United States government under the behest of President Obama profusely apologizes for having Mr. Abdulmutallab's privacy invaded."
My opinion my seem a bit absurd, but no less absurd of Janet Napolitano declaring that the bomber's actions were not part of a larger plot.

bluecollarbytes| 12.28.09 @ 9:42AM

At the end of the day, the 'political context' in question relates to whatever Barack needs to do to survive politically.

Anthony| 12.28.09 @ 10:09AM

In one sense the system did indeed work properly. Americans took the situation into their own hands and did what the bumbling fools in the Obama Administration failed to do.
Our Italian fascist look alike, Janet Napolitano, says all is well, that is, as long as those "Right-wingers" are under control.
This is indeed a lesson for us all folks; we need to do to the Washington political establishment what these brave folks did to this Islamist terrorist. Knock them down and take control!!!Happy New Year!!

S.L. Toddard| 12.28.09 @ 10:42AM

Uh oh. Looks like we have to conquer Yemen now as well.

Lullaby's, Legends and Lies| 12.28.09 @ 11:55AM

It's good to see you getting on board, when are you enlisting?

baldwin| 12.28.09 @ 8:13PM

Mr. Toddard rest assured that no one in Yemen, (or anywhere else for the matter), is in fear of military attack from this administration.

Rmm| 12.28.09 @ 10:43AM

One has to wonder, when are these inept so&so;'s going to pull their collective heads out.
The comment that the 'system worked' from Napolitano is utter poppycock. This administration continues down this dangerous path of believing that these thugs can be smooth talked. Face it, America is despised by this crowd and the sooner these 'flower children' wake up and accept the reality that they would have their heads handed to them, I for one, could rest a little easier.

David J| 12.28.09 @ 4:52PM

They will never pull their heads out of ... That is why we must kill them all, now (leftists & Muslims). They hate this country, and the time for war on them is far overdue!

C.K. Amos| 12.29.09 @ 4:06AM

They cannot pull their heads out of that orifice. They have terminal HUTA syndrome. That's fine with me, but let them segregate and then destroy themselves, sparing us.

Northern Rebel| 12.28.09 @ 11:20AM

Paul Wisse: Good point.

Al Adab| 12.28.09 @ 11:25AM

As long as the Left adheres to moral equivilance as the basis of their political philosophy, we are in danger. Evil does exist and all the imagining of a differnet human condition will not make it otherwise.

The problem lies in those, now in charge, who feel that indeed we deserve the ire leveled at us by others for whatever "collective guilt" we may have. RMM see clearly that the current administration does not prioritize the safety of our nation and the preservation of our Constitution. They invision a different world, one without the perceived overreach of American power both economic and certainly military. Their Faith can only lead to a new dark age of tyranny and violence both here and throughout the world. Their future is not a pleasant place.

C.K. Amos| 12.29.09 @ 4:03AM

They have no faith in anything other than themselves. Lacking a moral anchor, they can be nothing more than morally equivalent or morally agnostic.

It's been said before, but it seems even more applicable, given Obama's and his minion's and state-controlled media's handling of this: Liberalism is an intellectual, emotional and spiritual disease.

Gill O’Teen ✝✡| 12.28.09 @ 11:32AM

Once accessory general hold-em determines that Jasper Schuringa failed to advise umar farouk abdulmutallab of his rights under OUR CONSTITUTION all charges arising out of this incident will simply disappear. After all the system did protect us 100% from 97 year old women traveling with their grandmothers and 2 week old children with liquid explosives hidden in their bottles.
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davelnaf| 12.28.09 @ 12:19PM

Of course, commentators need something to comment about—it is their profession and livelihood, after all. And it is important for us to be aware of liberal and leftist ideas because these people are overrepresented in government. But the ideas of the kook bloggers and academic minded types are not important and can be safely ignored.

Dixie Pixie| 12.28.09 @ 12:36PM

Gentleman and Ladies.

The solution is obvious and profitable.
Simply charge a surcharge for every Muslim equal to the value of the aircraft, cargo and passengers.
How many Muslims have 200 million dollars to fly to Chicago. Not many I think.

No Muslim passengers, no security ploblems.

MikeBee| 12.28.09 @ 1:07PM

Some ideas for quickly resolving the problem and protecting from future incidents:

1) Adopt racial and religious profiling. All Muslims who wish to fly will be strip-searched before each leg of the flight. They will not be allowed to carry anything onto the plane, including purses. All trips to the restroom will be monitored by stewards/stewardesses who will accompany such Muslims to the restroom, while the restroom door must remain open for them.
2) In order to adopt procedure #1, procedure #2 will be enforced (so, maybe, the numbers are switched?). All U.S. Senators and U.S. Congressmen will be restricted to flying only on flights that contain people of the Muslim faith. Private aircraft will be immediately grounded.

Adopting procedure #1 above will ensure that airport lines are faster, including for Muslims. How long will it take to be passed to the head of the line and strip-searched? Certainly less time than lines are taking right now. Faster and more convenient for everyone involved. And safer.

Liberals will scream and cry that this will be like the encampment of Japanese-Americans during World War II. Response: this is NOT forced encampment; instead, this places Muslims at the head of long airport lines, makes airport lines faster, even for Muslims, and makes flights safer.

Talk with my grandmother: as an American with dual Japanese citizenship during WWII, she was forced to hide in a convent for nine months, lest she be placed in an internment camp in the U.S. (This was after she was rescued, by MacArthur, from a Japanese prison camp in the Philippines). She was happy to be inconvenienced a bit so that all Americans could be safer, including herself.

Louis Jenkins| 12.28.09 @ 7:20PM

That's what rubs me the wrong way. Can't profile a Muslim because that's just plain wrong. It ain't PC. So Grandma Jones, Grandpa Joe, aunts, uncles, people from all walks have to be searched and screened. Concentrate on the bast--ds that are doing the hideous work of Islam! It would sure cost a lot less money and speed the process up.

Howard| 12.28.09 @ 2:02PM

I enjoy analyzing the Liberal/Progressive/Leftist mindset. There are always a few givens:
1. The problem always starts with the US. Our capitalist system is always reason for our problems.
2. Being predominately white and Christian is also a reason for our "problems" with the more benign outside world.
3. The influence of Jews (especially amongst hard core leftists, is in itself a reason for our being wrong, and being hated.
4. Relying on the military is always wrong. Diplomacy and perhaps law enforcement are always preferable, no matter what.

That my friends is why no matter what the situation, the left's response will always follow along the lines described above. Logic and reason always are inferior to feelings and hope.

Gill O’Teen ✝✡| 12.28.09 @ 2:36PM

I am hearing on the radio that one of Nappy’s proposed new security measures is to prohibit airline passengers from having anything on their laps during the final hour of every flight. But isn’t this blatant discrimination against procrastinators still attempting to join the mile high club?
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David J| 12.28.09 @ 4:47PM

Do we need any more proof that Democrats HATE the USA?

WRJonas| 12.28.09 @ 8:38PM

It was only a month ago we learned that The Transportation Security Administration , TSA ,an agency of the Department of Homeland Security did post on line 93 pages of secret procedures , measures and standard operating procedures for airport and air terminal security. Secretary , Janet Napolitano immediately rushed to the main stream media to assure us that no damage had resulted from the colossal blunder. Every one nodded their heads in agreement and the matter vanished .
Now we have Janet Napolitano telling us this is just an isolated incident and there is no need to be concerned.
It is obvious this Administration and this official are completely incompetent and must be dismissed at once.
Will people have to die before Obama understands that his job is to protect Americans ? He is failing miserably and this seems to be his rapidly growing " legacy".

Osamas Pajamas| 12.28.09 @ 9:49PM

We'll get nuked by these jihadi bxstxrds sooner or later and the surviving Democrats, if any, will blame the USA and capitalism.

Sam| 12.29.09 @ 12:37AM

I cannot believe some of you people are actually raising the possibility of attacking Yemen.

We are supposed to be a world power and leader. Not a bully who attacks every nation that happens to have terrorists active in their country.

Bottom line: This was a security lapse. That is what we should be focusing on- not some stupid idea about attacking Yemen.

C.K. Amos| 12.29.09 @ 3:57AM

The clearest and most present danger to the U.S.--and, really, the world--is Barack Hussein Obama and his thugocracy, including the party which he heads.

With his behavior since inauguration, it seems that he's already broken his oath of office.

But, then, given that he likely didn't mean what he said, regardless of his hand being on a Bible once owned by Lincoln, maybe he hasn't broken anything.

For certain, words are just words to him. Their meaning and applicability evaporate as they leave his lips.

Oh, yeah: George W. Bush was behind all of this, from the Yemenis to al-Qaeda to the terrorist on the plane, to lax security in Nigeria and Amsterdam, etc.

Too bad Obama had to take a break from his golf game to deign to make the absurd statement he did.

Richard Baker| 12.29.09 @ 8:17AM

Sam:
If your enemy is staging/training from a specific point then you go and eliminate it. I'm sorry that this seems hard to understand but don't worry. You won't have to soil your knuckles, there are many who'll go and eliminate the threat. You know, Orwell's "Rough Men." Enjoy your freedom, pal. It doesn't come free.

Frances Campbell| 2.9.10 @ 3:16AM

the worst of the christmaS SNAFU WAS THE PANTY BOMBER WAS PERMITTED TO BOARD WITHOUT A PASSPORT.. AN OLDER GENTLEMAN SPOKE TO THE AIRLINE EMPLOYEES--TELLING THEM THAT IT IS DONE ALL THE TIME--THE BOY IS A REFUGEE FROM THE SUDAN.. HOW FAR DO YOU THINK YOU OR I WOULD GET ATTEMPTING TO BOARD AN INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT WITH NO PASSPORT? I WONDER WHO THE OLDER GENT WAS WHO SPOKE UP FOR THE PANTY BOMBER.. IN A EARLIER BLOG--THE MILITARY MAN WAS GEN. PERSHING AND IT HASPPENED IN THE PHILLIPINES.. AFTER ALL BUT ONE OF THE TERRORISTS WERE SHOT WITH AMMO DIPPED IN SWINE BLOOD THE BODIES WERE BURRIED IN A TRENCH WITH SWINE ENTRAILS COBVERING THEIR BODIES. THE SURVIVOR WASS A GOOD MESSENGER AS THERE WERE NO MORE TERRORISTIC ATTACKS FOR MANY YEARS. EVEN THE WORD ASSASSINS COMES FROM THE ARABIC. WE NEED TO WAKE UP HOLDER AND NAPALITANO OR BETTER YET FIRE THEM.

Poptropica | 4.8.10 @ 10:59PM

thanks you very much for your information
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