By William McCullough
He who lets the world….choose his life plan for him, has no other faculty than the ape-like one if imitation….John Stuart Mill
Janet Napolitano, the fearless bovine Director of Home Land Security has issued a proclamation, “Get used to invasive pat downs.” Unfortunately for the American people her bureaucratic fumbling coupled with inane policies of this administration, put us all at risk with unintended consequences.
The most serious of these unintended consequences is the rapidly accelerating abuse of power by an ill trained and under educated amateur security apparatus, the TSA. In time they may be more of a danger to the American people than any terrorist threat. One might even be so bold as to suggest that they are rapidly evolving into a Gestapo like arm of Home Land Security, and the American people are sitting back and giving up their freedom for security that doe not even exist.
To us that know our history that analogy is fitting. Hitler and by rote all other totalitarian socialists made good use of under-educated semi professional security amateurs as their agents of repression, they are easy to manipulate and susceptible to abusing their authority.
As for Napolitanao, Forrest Gump was perhaps prophetic in his declaration of “stupid is as stupid does.” The TSA is a good example of bureaucratic intention gone wrong and it seems the American public hasn’t got a clue. Just my opinion.
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Oh on the same note, I saw a spoof of a new terror detection expert for screeners at the airports. It’s a Jewish Rabbi, everyone must hug before they’re permitted to go through security. No need for any other detection equipment, unless the ELF (or some other radical atheist group) starts doing more then derailing chemical trains & firebombing car dealerships. Killing terrorism with hugs, now that’d make for a great t shirt on a silk screen.
I’m just going to boycott flying commercial until the shit hits the fan & the feds get their asses sued into lawful practices again and/or racial/cultural profiling makes a comeback. I say we make Americans put their religion on their DL’s & Passports, then all of us Christians can just bypass the renta cops at the security checkpoint. Besides it’s not racial profiling really when 85% of TSA are blacks & they’re neighbors with Muslims flying commercial. I say neighbors as in neighboring ghettos.