There was a point to this post? On Jan 11, 11:47 am, plainolamerican <[email protected]> wrote: > Obama is not satisfied with a near miss, he wants competency > and accountability. > ------- > Obama says we are at war > > http://www.thefoxnation.com/president-obama/2010/01/08/obama-we-are-war > > On Jan 11, 10:11 am, VT Sean Lewis <[email protected]> wrote: > > > LMAO, > > > shooting a gun in a pressurized cabin would have the same effect as > > a bomb, so claiming if Americans could carry guns on plains > > would have prevented 9/11 is a joke! > > > Obama was upset because the system did not work as well as it should > > have on ALL levels. A type error allowed the terrorist on board. his > > name was misspelled by one letter. > > > Unlike Bush and his LIE explaining 9/11 as an event no one could have > > foreseen, Obama is not satisfied with a near miss, he wants competency > > and accountability. > > > For this Republicans are complaining? It is the Bush system of HLS > > that caused the log jam in the first place. > > > On Jan 11, 10:58 am, "M. Johnson" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Can the Government Keep Us Safe?by Andrew P. Napolitano > > > What a week we have all just endured! While the Democrats were re-writing > > > the federal takeover of healthcare behind closed doors, the public face > > > of the federal government was fixated on denying and then explaining all > > > the gaps in its intelligence gathering. The Obama administration has been > > > finger-pointing over who in the government let a murderous thug on a > > > plane in Amsterdam that he tried to explode over Detroit. First, the > > > government said that the system worked. Then the President said it > > > didn’t. Then he announced that the intelligence communities and security > > > people would start to talk to each other so the bad guys could be kept > > > out. Weren’t they supposed to be doing this all along? > > > At Newark Liberty Airport last Sunday, a TSA agent left his post, and a > > > young man walked past it to kiss his girlfriend good-bye. Then the young > > > man turned and left the secured area and left the airport. So far no > > > harm, no foul. But because the government’s surveillance cameras in the > > > airport didn’t work, the feds panicked and ordered over 10,000 passengers > > > to leave the terminal, go out into the 15-degree Newark, NJ cold at > > > night, and then re-enter the airport. Flights were delayed and missed, > > > kids did not get to school on Monday morning, and soldiers were listed as > > > AWOL. All because the government overreacted to a kiss. This humiliated > > > the feds: New Jersey's 86-year-old senior Senator Frank Lautenberg > > > demanded that the guy who kissed his gal be hunted down and prosecuted > > > because of the chaos he caused. He caused? Let’s see; the government has > > > cameras that watch us every time we scratch our noses, and when those > > > cameras don’t work, the government blames the person whose picture it was > > > supposed to be taking? Come on. > > > All this, of course, brings out the false argument of liberty versus > > > security. And we hear it from the Progressives that the government must > > > take our freedoms in order to keep us safe. That’s hogwash. Freedom is > > > our birthright. It doesn’t come from the government; it is part of our > > > humanity. America is the only country in the history of the world > > > dedicated to the truism that we are endowed by our Creator, as Jefferson > > > wrote, with certain inalienable rights, and among these are life, > > > liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. The government has forgotten basic > > > civics: "Endowed by our Creator" means that our rights come from God and > > > not from the feds. "Inalienable" means that we and our freedoms cannot be > > > separated, unless and until we are convicted by a jury of violating > > > someone else’s rights. What is the value of being safe if we are not > > > free? Did our forefathers flee the kings and despots of Europe and come > > > here to be safe? Did Patrick Henry say "Give me safety or give me death?" > > > Here is the mistake that the Big Government crowd wants to thrust upon > > > us: They want to balance liberty and safety. There is no such thing as > > > balance when it comes to freedom. We will not trade freedom for anything, > > > or balance it against anything, and we certainly won't give it up to the > > > TSA. > > > Can the government keep us safe? I don’t think so. Airline travel is > > > safer today because pilots have guns, cockpit doors are like bank vaults, > > > and the passengers have become courageous. All this was done by > > > individuals in the private sector, not by the government. I’ve said it > > > before and I’ll say it again, if the feds had not stripped us of our > > > natural rights to keep ourselves safe – by keeping and bearing arms – > > > 9/11 would never have happened. How about letting the airlines decide who > > > gets on the planes, rather than a TSA worker who leaves his post? When > > > industry competes for your business, you fly where you want to go, you > > > get there in comfort and safety, and you do all this at a competitive > > > cost. When the government runs the show, you stand in the cold night air > > > for six hours because of a kiss. The government can’t deliver the mail, > > > it can’t operate surveillance cameras at an airport; it can't pay back > > > its debts; it can't tell the truth. That would be the same government > > > that wants to manage your healthcare. > > > America, do you see what happens when we rely on the government too much? > > > It gets authoritarian and we get weak. Our children grow to expect from > > > the government what we once did for ourselves. Government is a fearful > > > master. It is not faithful to us; it is not truthful to us; it can’t > > > produce for us. It doesn’t obey its own laws; it doesn’t keep us safe; > > > and it won’t leave us alone. It is mortgaging our futures, raising our > > > taxes, and treating us all like children. > > > What to do? Challenge it at every turn. Expose it to friend and foe. > > > Educate all you know about what you see and hear every day on this show. > > > And return no one to the government who has stolen your freedom. > > > And one other thing: The God who gave us life also gave us liberty. He > > > loves us. Praise Him from the roof tops, and ask Him to save us from a > > > government that is out of > > > control.http://www.lewrockwell.com/napolitano/napolitano13.1.html-Hide > > > quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -
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