Comment Re:Government Exploiting a Tragedy (Score 1) 1105
I must admit that upon hearing the first report of the first jet crashing into the WTC, I honestly thought that it was some kind of ploy perpetrated by DUHbya and his cronies in some kind of pathetic attempt to garner higher job satisfaction ratings in the polls and get himself elected for a second term. Quite frankly, I would not be surprised to hear that the whole ordeal was bankrolled by Daddy Bush and his well moneyed connections just to force a war to stimulate the economy.....but I'm not jaded or anything. (sarcasm added)
The fact is, the shit hit the fan in a Big Big Way on September 11th. Yes, it was a horrible thing and it should not have happened. HOWEVER, banning knives at airports and non-ticketed passengers from passing through the gates will NOT prevent more hijacked commuter flights by religious fanatics from the Middle East. Passing knee-jerk reaction legislation that allows for the government to have a backdoor to ALL encrypted digital correspondance will NOT stop it; and passing even more bigger, badder, more intrusive laws that null & void the Constitution and Bill of Rights and otherwise turn this country into a totalitarian regime will NOT do one damn thing to stop terrorism. Quite simply, the United States needs to stop being the world's policeman and sticking its nose into the world's business. That means allowing Iran/Iraq to nuke each other back to the stone age if necessary, and not intruding into anyone else's business, and NOT training nutcases for whatever foreign war the U.S. has an abiding financial interest in. (Do we all know that the CIA actually TRAINED Bin Laden?? Yes, it did, dear naive, innocent, 'it can't happen here' Americans!) It's just very unfortunate that Bin Laden turned the tables and thought it might be fun to bite the hand that feeds him.
The bottom line is that the tragedy in NYC was caused BY the politicians, specifically, U.S. foreign policy. Blame Reagen. Blame Daddy Bush. Blame all of the "Cold War" cronies that Baby Bush put back into office.
You know something, it's just too bad that one of those jets didn't crash into the Capitol Bldg, but then, who would really care if a bunch of elitist, bloated, ivory tower politicians bit the dust?
The fact is, the shit hit the fan in a Big Big Way on September 11th. Yes, it was a horrible thing and it should not have happened. HOWEVER, banning knives at airports and non-ticketed passengers from passing through the gates will NOT prevent more hijacked commuter flights by religious fanatics from the Middle East. Passing knee-jerk reaction legislation that allows for the government to have a backdoor to ALL encrypted digital correspondance will NOT stop it; and passing even more bigger, badder, more intrusive laws that null & void the Constitution and Bill of Rights and otherwise turn this country into a totalitarian regime will NOT do one damn thing to stop terrorism. Quite simply, the United States needs to stop being the world's policeman and sticking its nose into the world's business. That means allowing Iran/Iraq to nuke each other back to the stone age if necessary, and not intruding into anyone else's business, and NOT training nutcases for whatever foreign war the U.S. has an abiding financial interest in. (Do we all know that the CIA actually TRAINED Bin Laden?? Yes, it did, dear naive, innocent, 'it can't happen here' Americans!) It's just very unfortunate that Bin Laden turned the tables and thought it might be fun to bite the hand that feeds him.
The bottom line is that the tragedy in NYC was caused BY the politicians, specifically, U.S. foreign policy. Blame Reagen. Blame Daddy Bush. Blame all of the "Cold War" cronies that Baby Bush put back into office.
You know something, it's just too bad that one of those jets didn't crash into the Capitol Bldg, but then, who would really care if a bunch of elitist, bloated, ivory tower politicians bit the dust?
