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Bin Laden is dead, we've been told. What a relief! According to the official White House explanation of events, it was Bin Laden who masterminded the 9/11 airplane hijackings and commanded his minions to fly them into the World Trade Center buildings. Therefore, we were told, we needed to bring in a whole new layer of airport security across America to keep us all safe from the evil mind of Bin Laden. This, of course, gave rise to the TSA.
Now over 60,000 agents strong, the TSA is the agency that feels our junk while ordering us to throw away our bottled water. They're the ones that march us through those naked body scanners or order us to spread our legs while they feel our private parts with the backs of their hands. We're all repeatedly being backhanded by our own government agents, in other words.
Why America needs a boogeyman
Don't hold your breath on all this, of course. America needs Bin Laden, you see. Or someone like him. Because every great war needs a great boogeyman. And Osama Bin Laden, even though he has been reported dead at least nine times over the last decade, has served a much-needed role to keep people focused on a war effort that has brought America no peace, no security and no freedom.
Originally posted by AnteBellum
Good luck with this coming true.
I think things are about to get much worse for us all!
Originally posted by Viking9019
Terrorist threats will occur more often now so i think security will be beefed up.....sadly.
Originally posted by AnteBellum
Good luck with this coming true.
I think things are about to get much worse for us all!
Uh, not so fast. You see, even though we were told that Osama Bin Laden was the "evil mastermind" behind the terror that threatened America, and even though the so-called "war on terror" was focused in large part on hunting down this one individual, President Obama now tells us that killing Bin Laden has made America more dangerous than ever before.
Huh? Wasn't killing Bin Laden supposed to make us safer? Sort of like killing Hitler and taking out the Nazi war machine?
Originally posted by thisguyrighthere
The rest of us will just get chopped up and canned like tuna while the pretty fish in the bowl gets all the love and attention.
The only thing that can save liberty at this point is burning the whole thing down and starting over.
Originally posted by RUSSO
Originally posted by thisguyrighthere
The rest of us will just get chopped up and canned like tuna while the pretty fish in the bowl gets all the love and attention.
The only thing that can save liberty at this point is burning the whole thing down and starting over.
Agree with you about all you wrote. Just one more thing, Were we free sometime in the history? sfy
Originally posted by jimmyx
wow. Obama gave the order and special OPS took out Osama bin laden....and...now....WE ARE LOSING OUR FREEDOMS!!!!!.....yeah...(yawn)...of course we are. look, do some laws need to be changed?...yes...do some laws need to be done away with?...yes....should some laws be enacted?...yes. i guess because i'm one of the "sheeple"...i haven't noticed that any more of my freedoms have been taken away.
Originally posted by jimmyx
wow. Obama gave the order and special OPS took out Osama bin laden....and...now....WE ARE LOSING OUR FREEDOMS!!!!!.....yeah...(yawn)...of course we are. look, do some laws need to be changed?...yes...do some laws need to be done away with?...yes....should some laws be enacted?...yes. i guess because i'm one of the "sheeple"...i haven't noticed that any more of my freedoms have been taken away.
Now that Osama Bin Laden is dead, can we fire the TSA and bring back (some) freedom in America?
Originally posted by Silcone Synapse
reply to post by RUSSO
Now that Osama Bin Laden is dead, can we fire the TSA and bring back (some) freedom in America?
Sadly I doubt it,I would expect tighter controls and security searches in the near future at least.
The security people are edgy right now,globally.
Hopefully its for nothing,but who knows whats happening behind the scenes right now?
Originally posted by amari
reply to post by RUSSO
When 911 happened the people of The United States Of America gave up many of their freedoms by way of the Patriot Act under the guise that the government will protect you from terroists. The people will be unable to fire the TSA because it is a control mechanism entrenched in place by the government and we are told to further prevent terroism. ^Y^
Originally posted by thisguyrighthere
Originally posted by RUSSO
Originally posted by thisguyrighthere
The rest of us will just get chopped up and canned like tuna while the pretty fish in the bowl gets all the love and attention.
The only thing that can save liberty at this point is burning the whole thing down and starting over.
Agree with you about all you wrote. Just one more thing, Were we free sometime in the history? sfy
By "we" do you mean the US?
If so, I'd say the freest we've ever been was from 1783 to 1794.
That was the brief window of time where we had no tyrant to rule over us.