Thursday, May 12, 2005
F & B
A fair and balanced addendum to yesterday's Hmph post.... I shouldn't blame Spokane authorities for the dangerous barriers. A couple years ago, when I saw the problem, I wrote to my favorite non-corrupt councilman. He replied that he also saw the problem, but there wasn't anything the city could do about it. The arrangements were designed and ordered by Homeland Security.
Do we see a pattern here? Remove all possible weapons from good people on airplanes so they have no chance to defend themselves, but carefully avoid screening Arabs. Guard the borders -- except for the 75% we don't guard -- and then criticize citizens who attempt to revive genuine Civil Defense. When cities and libraries interfere with enforcing the Patriot Act, do nothing about it.
The worst thing about Homeland Stupidity is that it gives rational justification for leftist questions about our motives. Are we really fighting a serious enemy, or are we just looking for ways to spend lots of money? I'll admit it here and now: Sometimes I wonder. ¶ 8:21 AM
Do we see a pattern here? Remove all possible weapons from good people on airplanes so they have no chance to defend themselves, but carefully avoid screening Arabs. Guard the borders -- except for the 75% we don't guard -- and then criticize citizens who attempt to revive genuine Civil Defense. When cities and libraries interfere with enforcing the Patriot Act, do nothing about it.
The worst thing about Homeland Stupidity is that it gives rational justification for leftist questions about our motives. Are we really fighting a serious enemy, or are we just looking for ways to spend lots of money? I'll admit it here and now: Sometimes I wonder. ¶ 8:21 AM
