Comments on: This Ought to Give You Pause http://firedoglake.com/2005/12/14/this-ought-to-give-you-pause/ Firedoglake weblog Fri, 17 Feb 2012 04:53:59 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: anon http://firedoglake.com/2005/12/14/this-ought-to-give-you-pause/#comment-40550 anon Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2005/12/14/this-ought-to-give-you-pause/#comment-40550 <p>Whata bunch of idiots. If you want shooting war on the street, this is one way to do it. Air marshall on airplanes makes sense because passengers can’t carry guns.</p> <p>Since I presume they do not wear uniforms nor official badges, the potential chaos, confusion, and disasters that’ll follow is not worth the extra security they provide beyond what we have now with uniformed officers.</p> Whata bunch of idiots. If you want shooting war on the street, this is one way to do it. Air marshall on airplanes makes sense because passengers can’t carry guns.

Since I presume they do not wear uniforms nor official badges, the potential chaos, confusion, and disasters that’ll follow is not worth the extra security they provide beyond what we have now with uniformed officers.

]]> By: spaghetti happens http://firedoglake.com/2005/12/14/this-ought-to-give-you-pause/#comment-40551 spaghetti happens Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2005/12/14/this-ought-to-give-you-pause/#comment-40551 <p>“I’m wondering how much training and [of] what sort the air marshals get before they are sent out to patrol.”</p> <p>Yeah, we got a look at how important Homeland Security considers training to be when we heard that Heckuvajob Brownie gave as one reason for stalling on the Katrina situation that people still had to be trained. This, after FEMA had been under DHS for four years.</p> “I’m wondering how much training and [of] what sort the air marshals get before they are sent out to patrol.”

Yeah, we got a look at how important Homeland Security considers training to be when we heard that Heckuvajob Brownie gave as one reason for stalling on the Katrina situation that people still had to be trained. This, after FEMA had been under DHS for four years.

]]> By: jlr http://firedoglake.com/2005/12/14/this-ought-to-give-you-pause/#comment-40552 jlr Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2005/12/14/this-ought-to-give-you-pause/#comment-40552 <p>This may seem trivial, but with measures like these, you can pretty much kiss the tourism industry good-bye. I for one would not even consider going to the US for a vacation under these conditions.</p> This may seem trivial, but with measures like these, you can pretty much kiss the tourism industry good-bye. I for one would not even consider going to the US for a vacation under these conditions.

]]> By: brkily http://firedoglake.com/2005/12/14/this-ought-to-give-you-pause/#comment-40553 brkily Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2005/12/14/this-ought-to-give-you-pause/#comment-40553 <p>i am wondering if they will be on the lookout for any of us? cointelpro has been revived, you know, see <a href="http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10454316/">this NBC News report.</a> <br />“A year ago, at a Quaker Meeting House in Lake Worth, Fla., a small group of activists met to plan a protest of military recruiting at local high schools. What they didn’t know was that their meeting had come to the attention of the U.S. military…. A secret 400-page Defense Department document obtained by NBC News lists the Lake Worth meeting as a “threat” and one of more than 1,500 “suspicious incidents” across the country over a recent 10-month period. … One of the CIFA-funded database projects being developed by Northrop Grumman and dubbed “Person Search,” is designed “to provide comprehensive information about people of interest.” It will include the ability to search government as well as commercial databases. “</p> i am wondering if they will be on the lookout for any of us? cointelpro has been revived, you know, see this NBC News report.
“A year ago, at a Quaker Meeting House in Lake Worth, Fla., a small group of activists met to plan a protest of military recruiting at local high schools. What they didn’t know was that their meeting had come to the attention of the U.S. military…. A secret 400-page Defense Department document obtained by NBC News lists the Lake Worth meeting as a “threat” and one of more than 1,500 “suspicious incidents” across the country over a recent 10-month period. … One of the CIFA-funded database projects being developed by Northrop Grumman and dubbed “Person Search,” is designed “to provide comprehensive information about people of interest.” It will include the ability to search government as well as commercial databases. “

]]> By: RT http://firedoglake.com/2005/12/14/this-ought-to-give-you-pause/#comment-40554 RT Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2005/12/14/this-ought-to-give-you-pause/#comment-40554 <p><i>If that doesn’t give you pause, then you aren’t thinking hard enough. </i></p> <p>I agree, but so many things this Administration is doing scare the devil out of me, that I can’t remember what it was they’re doing that scared the devil out of me this time last week.</p> <p>That’s what <i>really</i> scares me.</p> <p>[nitpick]<br />‘marshal’ is spelled with one ‘L’, not two.<br />[/nitpick]</p> If that doesn’t give you pause, then you aren’t thinking hard enough.

I agree, but so many things this Administration is doing scare the devil out of me, that I can’t remember what it was they’re doing that scared the devil out of me this time last week.

That’s what really scares me.

[nitpick]
‘marshal’ is spelled with one ‘L’, not two.
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]]> By: Mr. Natural http://firedoglake.com/2005/12/14/this-ought-to-give-you-pause/#comment-40555 Mr. Natural Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2005/12/14/this-ought-to-give-you-pause/#comment-40555 <p>Not long ago I was in the regional Social Security office in Astoria, Oregon. I overheard a couple of local city cops talking about how they were going to become air marshals. I am here to tell you that generally speaking, these are NOT HIGH QUALITY LAW ENFORCEMENT officers, but dipshits who see big paychecks with little oversight. These ARE the DARK DAYS, my friends!</p> Not long ago I was in the regional Social Security office in Astoria, Oregon. I overheard a couple of local city cops talking about how they were going to become air marshals. I am here to tell you that generally speaking, these are NOT HIGH QUALITY LAW ENFORCEMENT officers, but dipshits who see big paychecks with little oversight. These ARE the DARK DAYS, my friends!

]]> By: patience http://firedoglake.com/2005/12/14/this-ought-to-give-you-pause/#comment-40556 patience Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2005/12/14/this-ought-to-give-you-pause/#comment-40556 <p>Its long past time to reign in the TSA. This organization is a total waste of money and an actual danger to the nation. </p> <p>Mark it on your calender as the first to go after Team Bush is out of power.</p> <p>Soldiers are not needed anywhere on the streets of America -ever.</p> Its long past time to reign in the TSA. This organization is a total waste of money and an actual danger to the nation.

Mark it on your calender as the first to go after Team Bush is out of power.

Soldiers are not needed anywhere on the streets of America -ever.

]]> By: Prof http://firedoglake.com/2005/12/14/this-ought-to-give-you-pause/#comment-40557 Prof Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2005/12/14/this-ought-to-give-you-pause/#comment-40557 <p>new thread</p> new thread

]]> By: mkultramaroon http://firedoglake.com/2005/12/14/this-ought-to-give-you-pause/#comment-40558 mkultramaroon Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2005/12/14/this-ought-to-give-you-pause/#comment-40558 <p>Rayne and sonofslothrop~</p> <p>RE: Osama, </p> <p>FYI:</p> <p><a href="http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/IMAGES/fake-to-real.gif">http://www.whatreallyhappened......o-real.gif</a></p> <p><a href="http://kurtnimmo.com/?p=53">http://kurtnimmo.com/?p=53</a></p> <p><a href="http://kurtnimmo.com/?p=98">http://kurtnimmo.com/?p=98</a></p> <p>Osama and al Zar-INSERT NAME HERE-qui are, unquestionably, the Emmanuel Goldstein of this fiction…</p> <p>~</p> Rayne and sonofslothrop~

RE: Osama,

FYI:

http://www.whatreallyhappened……o-real.gif

http://kurtnimmo.com/?p=53

http://kurtnimmo.com/?p=98

Osama and al Zar-INSERT NAME HERE-qui are, unquestionably, the Emmanuel Goldstein of this fiction…

~

]]> By: Ann in AZ http://firedoglake.com/2005/12/14/this-ought-to-give-you-pause/#comment-40559 Ann in AZ Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2005/12/14/this-ought-to-give-you-pause/#comment-40559 <p>You shoulda seen George Carlin on Imus this morning in regard to the Viper plan. To paraphrase, he said they should consider putting marshals in cabs, too! Guess you had to be there. Anyway, there’s a new thread you know.</p> You shoulda seen George Carlin on Imus this morning in regard to the Viper plan. To paraphrase, he said they should consider putting marshals in cabs, too! Guess you had to be there. Anyway, there’s a new thread you know.

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