Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Scott, I wish you did sound like a crank... Ric Carter On Mar 31, 2006, at 2:38 PM, Scott McLoughlin wrote: > Let's face it. In Israel (and Turkey, etc.) security is REAL. In > the US, our > Homeland Security is a complete JOKE. The US citizens who actully pay > for all of this are just one big "soft target" unworthy of real > protection, hence > the ports and border and NOLA fiascos. > > The main thrust of security post 9/11 is to whittle away at our > rights and > make the populace scared, hence the current NSA wholesale > communications > phishing expedition fiasco, harassing photographers, GITMO, > reclassifying > public documents and so on. > > I must sound like a crank, but I don't even watch the news every > night. > It's just happening all around all of us in broad daylight - you > don't have > to dig around for examples. So, so sad. > > Lord, I wish some righteous politician would just stand up and tell > the > truth to the US public. > > Scott > > Frank Filippone wrote: > >> Good point... another item to add the idiocy list. >> >> BD has a good point..... too much time and trouble hassling obviously >> innocent people, not enough time and effort spent working on real >> problems.....Harbors is a real threat, and since I live in LA, it >> is a real >> threat out here. There are 15Million containers a year through >> the LA >> harbor. That is roughly 40,000 a DAY. Now there is a challenge >> worth >> pursuing.....How easy it would be to put something n a single >> container and >> get it through the port security.... Especially once the Labor >> Unions take >> over control of security. >> >> I told this story before, watching some 6 year old girl get >> frisked at >> security : a flight from Kauai to LA a few years ago... Her seat >> was picked >> for extra special random examination ( My wife got lucky too). >> Saw the same >> thing with a 80+ year old grandmother.... all white bread types. >> >> Israel has dealt with this type of problem for years. They have a >> different pattern of looking for the bad guys than the US has. I >> still >> think that looking in the eyes of bad looking guys tells you >> something, and >> checking the pockets of a 6 year old tells you nothing. >> >> Now, how do I get to be King so I can fix this situation? >> >> Frank Filippone >> red735i@earthlink.net >> >> > > -- > Pics @ http://www.adrenaline.com/snaps > Leica M6TTL, Bessa R, Nikon FM3a, Nikon D70, Rollei AFM35 > (Jihad Sigint NSA FBI Patriot Act) > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information