What were they thinking?!

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BRATISLAVA, Slovakia — A failed airport security test ended up with a Slovak man unwittingly carrying hidden explosives in his luggage on a flight to Dublin, Slovak officials admitted Wednesday — a mistake that enraged Irish authorities and shocked aviation experts worldwide.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,582132,00.html

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[JohnRich 4]

News:

"The system worked!"

- Janet Napolitano, United States Secretary of Homeland Security

[Andy9o8 3]

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News:

"The system worked!"

- Janet Napolitano, United States Secretary of Homeland Security

By now, everybody knows how that statement has been twisted, spun, demagogued and politicized, to the absolute silliest. You wanna keep shootin' blanks, knock yourself out.

[Skyrad 0]

Apparently 'TDs will be asking some serious questions'. Well there you go, Ireland vents its spleen.

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News:

"The system worked!"

- Janet Napolitano, United States Secretary of Homeland Security

Gee JR.. I didn't know she was in charge of Ireland and Slovakia too

[kelpdiver 2]

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News:

"The system worked!"

- Janet Napolitano, United States Secretary of Homeland Security

By now, everybody knows how that statement has been twisted, spun, demagogued and politicized, to the absolute silliest. You wanna keep shootin' blanks, knock yourself out.

If you make a stupid statement like "the system worked," you're gonna get skewered for it. She started retreating less than 24 hours later, and last night I heard Obama threw Intelligence under the bus to make up for it.

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and last night I heard Obama threw Intelligence under the bus to make up for it.

As he should have.

[skyrider 0]

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News:

"The system worked!"

- Janet Napolitano, United States Secretary of Homeland Security

By now, everybody knows how that statement has been twisted, spun, demagogued and politicized, to the absolute silliest. You wanna keep shootin' blanks, knock yourself out.

If you make a stupid statement like "the system worked," you're gonna get skewered for it. She started retreating less than 24 hours later, and last night I heard Obama threw Intelligence under the bus to make up for it.

No, the American People did that when we some how elected "him"!

[billvon 3,173]

>"The system worked!"

The system did indeed work for that incident. On 9/11/01 - not so much.

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>"The system worked!"

The system did indeed work for that incident.

Only if you define "working" as "letting someone with an alert on their passport/visa, no luggage and a bomb in their underoos on board the a/c".

Mike
I love you, Shannon and Jim.
POPS 9708 , SCR 14706

[billvon 3,173]

>Only if you define "working" as "letting someone with an alert on
>their passport/visa, no luggage and a bomb in their underoos on board
>the a/c".

Nope. I define "working" as "the passengers and crew stopped a bomber from destroying an airplane." I define "not working" as "the passengers and crew let the terrorists take over the plane and kill thousands of americans."

Now, you are quite correct that the system for detecting the bomber before he got on the airplane did NOT work. Context matters, eh? But cherrypicking is so much easier if your only goal is to smear someone you hate.

[kelpdiver 2]

any system that relied on a passenger for resolution is not a successful one, unless the bar for success is so shallow that lack of disaster translates to success.

[billvon 3,173]

>any system that relied on a passenger for resolution is not a successful one . . .

??? It is the only thing that stopped the fourth aircraft from being used against another target on 9/11, and it stopped both the shoe bomber and this guy. Clearly it is one method that is effective at stopping terrorist attacks.

Any defensive system needs layers, from background checks to passenger screening to physical security in the secure areas to passenger and crew intervention. And while many things failed that day, the actions of the crew and passengers worked out very well.

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>Only if you define "working" as "letting someone with an alert on
>their passport/visa, no luggage and a bomb in their underoos on board
>the a/c".

Nope. I define "working" as "the passengers and crew stopped a bomber from destroying an airplane." I define "not working" as "the passengers and crew let the terrorists take over the plane and kill thousands of americans."

Of course you do.

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Now, you are quite correct that the system for detecting the bomber before he got on the airplane did NOT work.

That was my point, yes.

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But cherrypicking is so much easier if your only goal is to smear someone you hate.

Yes, of course...the ONLY reason to criticize 'the system' is because we HATE the people running it.

How's the view from up there on your ego? Must be impressive.

Mike
I love you, Shannon and Jim.
POPS 9708 , SCR 14706

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But cherrypicking is so much easier if your only goal is to smear someone you hate.

Mikee is easy....

Napolitano is:

Older female in position of power( non hot)
Successful
Democrat
Member if the Obama Administration

Pretty much the worst nightmare for our good "conservatives" around here

[billvon 3,173]

>Of course you do.

So if you were on such a plane, you would sit there meekly as a terrorist brought the plane down, and try to stop anyone acting against him? That would be your definition of "the system worked" on the airplane?

Hope I don't have people like you on the next plane I fly on, then.

>How's the view from up there on your ego? Must be impressive.

Generally, if your insults have nothing to do with the subject matter, they don't come off as even clever.

[mnealtx 0]

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But cherrypicking is so much easier if your only goal is to smear someone you hate.

Mikee is easy....

Napolitano is:

Older female in position of power( non hot)

And this has what to do with her job performance?

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Successful

Up until 12/25/2009, perhaps.

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Democrat

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So?

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Member if the Obama Administration

So?

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Pretty much the worst nightmare for our good "conservatives" around here

Only if the conservatives around here do like you do and judge on ideologies.

Mike
I love you, Shannon and Jim.
POPS 9708 , SCR 14706

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Only if the conservatives around here do like you do and judge on ideologies.

Well that one pegged the ole IRONY meter and broke the damn thing.

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>Of course you do.

So if you were on such a plane, you would sit there meekly as a terrorist brought the plane down, and try to stop anyone acting against him? That would be your definition of "the system worked" on the airplane?

Nope - I never claimed that. Nice attempt to put words in my mouth, though.

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Hope I don't have people like you on the next plane I fly on, then.

Nice smear, Mr. Green-text dude.

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>How's the view from up there on your ego? Must be impressive.

Generally, if your insults have nothing to do with the subject matter, they don't come off as even clever.

That's why you got the response you did - your insult to me had nothing to do with the subject matter, and didn't even come off as clever.

Mike
I love you, Shannon and Jim.
POPS 9708 , SCR 14706

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Only if the conservatives around here do like you do and judge on ideologies.

I think we have a pretty decent selection of people who use the term "liberal" pretty interchangeably with "stupid," "unpatriotic," or pretty much anything else bad.

Just sayin'

Wendy P.

There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown)

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Only if the conservatives around here do like you do and judge on ideologies.

Well that one pegged the ole IRONY meter and broke the damn thing.

You just THOUGHT it was working because the last time you posted, it swung 3 times around the dial counter-clockwise and ended up just left of center.

Mike
I love you, Shannon and Jim.
POPS 9708 , SCR 14706

[mnealtx 0]

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Only if the conservatives around here do like you do and judge on ideologies.

I think we have a pretty decent selection of people who use the term "liberal" pretty interchangeably with "stupid," "unpatriotic," or pretty much anything else bad.

Just sayin'

Wendy P.

That goes the same for both sides.

Mike
I love you, Shannon and Jim.
POPS 9708 , SCR 14706

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Only if the conservatives around here do like you do and judge on ideologies.

Well that one pegged the ole IRONY meter and broke the damn thing.

You just THOUGHT it was working because the last time you posted, it swung 3 times around the dial counter-clockwise and ended up just left of center.

Oh yeah forgot.. only the fringe right is free of any ideological judgement on subject.

What is the name of your fantasy world again??

[mnealtx 0]

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Oh yeah forgot.. only the fringe right is free of any ideological judgement on subject.

Never claimed that - just that you aren't the 'moderate' you claim to be.

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What is the name of your fantasy world again??

Reality.

Mike
I love you, Shannon and Jim.
POPS 9708 , SCR 14706

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Only if the conservatives around here do like you do and judge on ideologies.

I think we have a pretty decent selection of people who use the term "liberal" pretty interchangeably with "stupid," "unpatriotic," or pretty much anything else bad.

Just sayin'

Wendy P.

Wendy.... i just love how nice you are and I'm being serious. You always add to a conversation and go about it very well. Kudos to you
I would also reply to that comment and say that the same applies on the other side...... just do a search for Lucky's posts.

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