Incompetence of government is a known & a fact! That is why we don't want them running a national healthcare program.
****************************************************************************************************** On Dec 12, 8:12 am, "M. Johnson" <[email protected]> wrote: > Uh-Ohby Becky Akers > We’re doomed: someone posted the pattern for Superman’s cape and a link to > the manufacturer of its magic fabric on the net. That means bad guys with > sewing machines and the desire to leap tall buildings in a single bound > probably can after 15 minutes of cutting and stitching. Heck, the capes may > even endow them with X-ray vision so they can peer through our clothing. > Oh, wait,bad guys already do that. And now they’re wiping egg off their faces > afterpublishing online a classified manualdetailing the highly hush-hush > rigmarole for "airport security screening." Supposedly rife with "sensitive > security information," these 93 pages confirm what we all know: anyone > wearing a badge or one of the State’s unfashionable outfits glides past > checkpoints without hassle from the Transportation Security Administration’s > (TSA) goons. So do "foreign dignitaries equivalent to cabinet rank and > above," though these are the most dangerous sociopaths on the planet: they > lie, steal, and start wars. Indeed, were you listing threats to the public’s > safety, you’d begin with them and bubonic plague. Not the TSA. It grants > these liars, thieves, and murderers a pass so LaWanda and her blue gloves can > spend more time groping innocent taxpayers and passengers. > Evidence that the TSA’s checkpoint charade is just that – a charade – is as > extensive as it is compelling. Screeners routinely fail to find weapons > smuggled past them in tests, whetherthe TSAitself, theDepartment of Homeland > Security[DHS],other bureaucraciesorcollege kidsadminister those tests. Even > if screeners could find contraband, there’s no reason they should: neither > studies nor common sense say that disarmed passengers are safer than those > who can defend themselves. So the "secrets" this manual divulges are about as > critical as the prototype of a certain cape. Judge for yourself: the TSA’s > crackerjack management posted the manualmonths ago, yet even with its > information available to "the world," asSenator Joe Lieberman (I-Conn) > moaned,no planes have crashed into buildings since. > Then there’s the TSA’s own testimony. The agency excused its leak by > admitting that neither the manual nor the procedures it discusses are > significant: "Although the document was describedas containing ‘security > sensitive information,’ a TSA statement said the traveling public had not > been endangered." This isn’t the first time the agency has inadvertently > confessed its futility.It said pretty much the same thing when "federal > transportation officials"discovered managers helping screeners cheat on the > aforementioned tests: "At no time was the security of the airport in > jeopardy." If cheating on tests and leaked manuals matter so little that they > don’t compromise security, why bother with the TSA at all? > Regardless, the usual morons are caterwauling. Rep. Bennie Thompson > (D-Miss.), who never seems to tire of his role as the TSA’s outraged > overseer, feigned astonishment as he does each time more of the agency’s > incompetence hits the headlines. As always, he swore the TSA will fly > straight hereafter or – or – um… > Poor Bennie. He can’t threaten the agency into reform because he’d never, > ever consider abolishing it or even cutting its budget – goodness, no! > Passengers can suffer anddieso long as Bennie reigns as head of the House > Committee on Homeland Security. Ergo, he dug out his dog-eared script to > declaim,"We are deeply concerned by this incident, as it appears to > demonstrate some challenges that TSA faces in the handling of > security-sensitive information …" Yo, Bennie: ya think the"challenges" they > faced two years agomighta been a clue? > Then there was "U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-Me), the ranking member of the > Senate Homeland Security Committee, [who] called [publishing the manual] > ‘shocking’ and ‘reckless.’ ‘I intend to ask DHS how this security breach > could have happened, what specific actions will be taken to prevent this type > of reckless dissemination from ever occurring again, and how it will remedy > the damage that has already been done,’ said Collins, in a statement." > Actually, the only shock here is Susie’s ignorance. Everyone knows that > "security breaches" are a way of life at both the inept TSA and its > incompetent parent, the DHS; too bad the penalties for bungling among > bureaucrats aren't asdraconian as those for confusion and forgetfulness among > passengers. Nor does Susie seem to realize that "TSA manuals are sharedwidely > with airlines and airports and available in the aviation community," > according to a "former homeland security official." Yet Senator Simpleton is > one of the dunces allocating our money to the TSA while decreeing the abuse > it may dish out at airports. > Still, perhaps she’s wising up: "This manual providesa road map to those who > would do us harm." > Yep. We serfs have known that for > years.http://www.lewrockwell.com/akers/akers115.html -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. 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