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Quote by: tivodan1116 Well, the tone of it aside, I'm surprised you don't agree... Don't you feel used by politicians when they parade out 9-11 and "terrorism" to justify any old thing they want to do? It's like when a governor signs a law requiring DNA samples from everyone sitting in a garden at the governor's mansion surrounded by rape victims.
The people behind this type of legislation are using YOU and victims of 9-11 to justify spending ridiculous amounts of money on pet projects staffed by cronies that do nothing to protect us against another attack.
And, sorry to say, but as horrifying as that was, there are about a million ways to die that are much more likely in this country then "foreign terrorist attack". Assuming i'd like government money spent on anything, why don't we start with those? |
The news account is about a planned gas attack on NYC subways. Do you have any information that the report is false? Anything at all? Chuck Schumer did point out that the NYC Homeland Defense budget had been cut by 40% so that Omaha and other similar hotspots might get more money. In this one case I agree with Schumer, as surprising as that may be, at least to me anyway.
And what in bloody hell are you talking about - "a governor signs a law requiring DNA samples from everyone sitting in a garden at the governor's mansion surrounded by rape victims?" Does that translate into something intelligable?
Of course I am angry about politicans using 9/11 to justify assaults on our freedom and to commit murder in our names around the world. That doesn't mean however that there are not those out there who are trying very hard to kill as many of us as possible.
And as New York City has been the target more than once and as my family lives and works in and around the city I tend to take it seriously. So I tend not to have patience with "Boogidy Boogidy" blathering or those who claim that Osama works for Bush and everything bad that happens is due to some vast conspiracy.