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A Full Body Scan of American Corruption
Michael Chertoff is the poster boy for this institutionalized corruption going on in America today. He is not unique. He is not an outlier of any bell curve. If anything, Chertoff’s form of corruption is average—it’s ordinary. It’s what everyone is doing: Everything within the law, everything that the law says he ought to be doing—yet the net effect is a blatant corruption that is personally despicable, and socially disastrous.
Michael Chertoff was the head of the Homeland Security Agency from February of 2005, to January of 2009. But after he left, he formed an outfit called The Chertoff Group—and was promptly hired by an obscure company called Rapiscan Systems.
Originally posted by Pryde87
Just wait for all these people who are against this, to start complaining that the government did nothing, next time an aircraft gets blown up.
Originally posted by aero56
reply to post by Fractured.Facade
And then this!!::dailypaul.com... He strips to avoid the pat down, and refuses at the request of TSA to put on his clothes to be patted down. When he refuses to get dressed, he is arrested again for refusing to complete the screening process!! He didn't refuse the pat down, only refused to get dressed.
Originally posted by HedyLamarr
I never thought that Sheppard Smith and I could agree on a topic... Hell almost froze over ;-)
6. Blame the crisis on your enemies. Whether it is a political enemy or some underground and/or subversive media that has yet to be controlled, it's their fault this crisis occurred in the first place.
7. Once all the crisis are in full bloom and threatening to destroy the country, come up with a solution and be the savior of the populace. Promise everyone that everything will be better if you just had the opportunity (aka control) given to you. Usually this leads to dictatorships or a similar type of governance. At this point you use the force (usually military) to suppress any further uprisings or oppositions and be the sole provider of the goods and services the people need and want.
Originally posted by Pryde87
Just wait for all these people who are against this, to start complaining that the government did nothing, next time an aircraft gets blown up.
I'd rather go through this and be safe than not go through it and have a terrorist blow me up.
This is just typical sensationalist over reaction.
Originally posted by ChocoTaco369
I want to make one thing painfully clear to everyone in this thread:
IT IS NOT YOUR RIGHT AS AN AMERICAN TO FLY ON AIRPLANES. IT IS A PRIVILEGE.
Nowhere does the Constitution state that you have the guaranteed right to fly on an airplane. If you do not like the procedures set in place at airports, THEN DO NOT FLY. Take a car. Take a bus. Take a train. Ride a bike. Walk. Just stop slowing down the line with your moaning and get the hell out of my way. If John Madden can travel the country on a daily basis on a bus, you can, too.
These airlines are private businesses. If you do not want to fly these airlines and subject yourself to FAA regulations, then don't. I'm tired of hearing these weirdos moan about procedure because they're afraid of being touched. I can't stand these nutcases where if you somehow bump against them, you just violated them. Guess what, if you were just about any other species on Earth, you'd be raped to procreate. Human beings are one of the rare species that actually consent to sex, so get over yourself.
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I can't stand the entitlement complex that the Socialists have brainwashed the American people into having.edit on 22-11-2010 by ChocoTaco369 because: (no reason given)