nothing the government does makes me feel safe...i make myself feel safe by putting myself firmly in the Hand of the God whom i serve...nothin' else needed....

government was never meant to provide safety other than to wage war...manage money supply(man, are they blowing that now)...moderate international trade...ridiculous what we have allowed it to become...

@mejicojohn - yur an idiot

kinda gives an "urking" feeling =/

@trunthepaige - another aa/eoe scheme unionized against the people.

I was thinking this would be one great time for everyone who actually pays taxes to become self employed/independant contractors.

@mejicojohn - yeah you are either for us or against us--unless you have nuclear weapons or a big wad of cash or natural resources we need. It rang hollow. Andrew Napalatano has been steady in his opposition against the patriot act and homeland security since its inception. He does have credibility on the issue. Conservatives lambasted him for challenging Bush on civil liberties.

@homefire - I understand your point . I think though that investigative journalism uncovering such gross mismanagement  is sending up a red flag to everyone, if nothing else for everyone to be more aware and not trust those entrusted to protect you and does serve a true positive value here. Understand I am not saying it to be argumentative  or to be dismissive of your valid point. I think it does need to be weighed in the balance. OTOH, if we were saying quadron 3 would not detect a nuclear missile breach in its sector above 10000 feet or that to crash the militarys computers all you need to do is follow these five specific steps. In fact, they have not given the exact details, but were fairly general. The point was we are hiring non trained personnel to defend ourselves against trained personnel and unless there is public pressure (through public awareness) to change it, it will be the weak link and where we are hit. I am pretty sure that the reports on airport security breeches already had been tried with small items that could be easily dismissed as mistakes.

I had a brand new two male end two inch long brass connection I picked up at a hardware in New Port Ritchey to solve a design flaw that I misplaced (lodged under the bottom corner of my carry on bag) My brief case had a very thin bent screw driver covered with residual in a small ziplock so the build-up could be analyzed, that I put in placed in a zipper compartment (and forgot about). I went on three trips through security and the brass fitting was never discovered. I found it after I pulled it out for another trip and there was dog hair on it and I vacuumed the inside of the bag. My briefcase,  The second trip, tsa flipped out on me in denver for a potential weapon (which it was), but I had set off the chemical "blow" test in the screening device, as I had been working with several chemicals that day. That is what made them look closer, otherwise. I had reasonable and plausible deniability about the screwdriver, but I was pretty matter of fact, you want a gummy screwdriver freaking keep it, but I would sanitize my hands because I dont know what the substance is, that is why it is in a baggie.

@oeshpdog2 -Let me preface my reply with the fact I am a realist and because of my worldview I dont live in fear .With that as a premise: I think you/we have a right to be shocked at the abysmal failure rate--100%. I will "give" for a realistic failure rate of perhaps 20% (which is unacceptable) but 100% is inexcusable. It shows a systematic failure and is a false and expensive sense of security. You have a right to be pieved and demand action. I believe that was the intent of both videos by the producers, to provoke action. Thanks for your input!

I posted on this on Wednesday.  It is messed up.  Affirmative action hasn't helped.

@trunthepaige - Right on, that's how it works.  

@villainwasright - http://provokingthought.xanga.com/videos/0c30f1082143/

I posted the original video on wednesday also. I read your post yesterday and came back to get the video link for you and got sidetracked., though if I remember your story took a different angle.

They're busy watching us instead of the real terrorists! Am I right about that?