Not sure. I did not even know this list existed then. :D On Thu, Dec 31, 2009 at 10:13 AM, Zaphod Beeblebrox <zaph0d.b33bl3b...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I don't remember a lot of vitriol towards bush when the shoe bomber > was stopped. Wouldn't that be more analogous to the current > situation? > > On Thu, Dec 31, 2009 at 8:52 AM, G Money <gm0n3...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> On Thu, Dec 31, 2009 at 8:43 AM, Scott Stroz <boyz...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> The lack of outrage. >>> >>> As I said, if this happened last year, there would be quite a few >>> posts blaming/slamming Bush. Instead we get, 'yea, well it technically >>> is his fault, but you know, he has been kind of busy' >>> >> >> I actually disagree. I don't think we'd be seeing a lot of posts blaming >> Bush or flippin' out. People try to blow up airplanes. We try to stop them. >> Sometimes....they get through. We need to keep our calm. >> >> Its the typical my side is right, your side is wrong bullshit we see >>> here (and in politics in general) every damn day, and it annoys the >>> piss out of me. >>> >> >> I honestly don't see where you are getting this.....??? >> >> >>> Do I really think its Obama's fault? Not really. Yes, he is where the >>> 'buck stops', but to think he has knowledge of every little detail of >>> everything our government does is ridiculous, (and I thought it was >>> ridiculous when Bush was in office as well). However, it has become >>> obvious that the issues we had with inter-agency sharing of >>> information in 2001 still exist, to some extent, today. And that is >>> where I think Obamas responsibilities lie. >>> >> >> Ok....i think we all agree with that. >> >> >>> Did he personally know this problem still existed? I don't know. >>> Should he have known? I would like to think so. >>> >> >> Perhaps i'm flippant about this because I've always considered airport >> security to be nothing but a smoke screen. Designed to construct this >> illusion to the people that they are 100% safe when they fly. I get no sense >> of security from them, nor will I chastize them when something like this >> happens. >> >> You are MUCH more likely to die in your car on your way home from work >> tonight, than you are getting on an airplane that is going to be blown up. >> >> >>> But, now that we know it still exists...fix the fucking thing. >>> >> >> Or don't.....whatever. Just not a big deal...but I know I'm in the minority >> on this. >> >> >>> Oh, and its nice to know that the stupid TSA rules that are doled out >>> after incidents like this are just as ridiculous under Obama as they >>> were under Bush. >>> >> >> Now THAT i agree with. Stupid stupid stupid! Overreaction....closing the >> barn door after the horse has left. The video Mikey posted illustrated this >> amusingly. >> >> -- >> We're baptized in these waters >> And in each others blood >> >> >> > >
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