Napolitano On Failed Terror Attempt: "The System Worked"

Oh, something went off.................the rocket in his pocket is the rest of the story. Somebody smelled some roasted Muslim crotch...........he's still fuming.

We are left UNPROTECTED by this Administration.

Napolitano: "The system worked" DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano said that the thwarting of the attempt to blow up the Amsterdam-Detroit flight this week demonstrated that "the system worked."

Asked by CNN's Candy Crowley on "State of the Union" how that could be possible when the young Nigerian who sought to set off the bomb was able to smuggle explosive liquid onto the flight, Napolitano responded: "We're asking the same questions."

Napolitano added that there was "no suggestion that [the bomber] was improperly screened."

The only thing that worked was the bomb did not go off, and brave passengers and crew were able to stop it before mass murder took place. The DHS had nothing to do with stopping this and this better change quick.

dar63

I understand that President Obama called and gave her a "Solid B+" on her performance.

Well, using that logic, she'd be up to a solid A-, after stopping this attack! Just like him and health care.

What a joke!

dar63: Just found this, thought you would enjoy it.

Dateline 1871: Chicago Fire Chief Declares--'The System Worked!'

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/mark-finkelstein/2009/12/27/dateline-1871-chicago-fire-chief-declares-system-worked

Lets see. Number of Americans killed by airplane borne terrorists during the first year of the Bush Administration = 3000. Number killed in Obama's first year = 0.

Partly because of safeguards put in place by the Bush administration. Funny how we all forget to mention the attacks during the Clinton administration. Or the fact that 9/11 was probably planned during the Clinton years. There are no siant or sinners here.

How about if we just get rid of the party bull@!$%# and be Americans? Is that so damned impossible?

I understand that President Obama called and gave her a "Solid B+" on her performance

I'm sorry, I support Obama, but if a B+ is ok with him for the security of this country, I have to say, I will be really surprised. Actually, I think he's sending her a message, if that comment is true, because I think Obama will accept nothing less than an A+. and she should know that.

To me, anything less than an A- for a high ranking Administration Official, is a failing grade. And, although I'm an Obama fan, and at this time, my score for the Prez is an A-. I still have faith that he will do ok, but right now, he needs to wrap his act a little tighter. Replacing Janet N. will go a long way to help along those lines.

Replacing Mrs. Napolitano with whom?

Someone that actually wants to protect the homeland..........US.

The destruction of a plane plus the damages of the kamikazi in the ground.

The system "did not work", thanks God.

Time to put cameras in the planes' toilets and the heck with the privacy. Loonies are loose..

Replacing Mrs. Napolitano with whom?

Preferably someone with a military or intelligence background, and not someone whom you'd expect to find working the register at Walgreens

Maybe "heckuva job" Brownie is available.

Replacing Mrs. Napolitano with whom?

Dick Cheney. Problem solved!

Preferably someone with a military or intelligence background, and not someone whom you'd expect to find working the register at Walgreens

I have to disagree Tango, she looks more like a Wal Mart greeter to me....

Replacing Mrs. Napolitano with whom?

Preferably someone with a military or intelligence background, and not someone whom you'd expect to find working the register at Walgreens

I have to disagree Tango, she looks more like a Wal Mart greeter to me....

BRUTAL...

Perfectly true and agree on both counts, but ouch!

"the system worked"...what a waste of space!

I disagree with both you and tango, Andy. To me, she looks like the person who runs the dressing rooms and picks up the hangers - running a cash register is way over her head!

I think she looks like the cafeteria lady...........

You all are brutal! Walgreens, Walmart, the dressing room hanger lady, cafeteria lady.

She wouldn't be qualified for them. You have to be poor and willing to work for slave wages on a part-time basis.

I hope she's out of a job, just don't send her back here! (AZ)

And just FYI, it's not "Mrs." she's not married, it's MS.

Thanks. I thought that Janet was married.

Here's a few facts on Napolitano, even if she's no hero to the right:

She's the former U.S. Attorney General for AZ., and the former Governor of AZ. She was recognized as one of the better and brighter governors AZ. has had, even being handily re-elected while conservative extremists have controlled the AZ. legislature for decades, and continue to.

I'm no fan of hers since she abandoned the state and left us to bear the incompetence of a right wing governor who with the right wing legislature can't organize a one car funeral.

I'm guessing that when the smoke clears from the volley of knee jerk accusations, her comment will be better understood. Let's say two weeks.

she's not married, it's MS.

I guess that's part of her problem...lol

AZPADDY

yeah, so what? What she said was stupid - at least you should be able to admit that.

I've never denied the statement was "stupid". What I've asked is why conservatives are working so hard in trying to make this stupid statement some kind of general judgement on the Obama administration when the head of the previously warned embassy is a Bush appointee?

Obama's been in office for almost a year, why doesn't he have his own appointee at the embassy?

It's not automatic that appointees are replaced by an incoming administration. It should have been with the new Obama administration.

He may very well appoint his own after the stink conservatives are raising regarding the U.S. embassy being warned about this attacker. After all, this makes two Bush appointees that were warned in advance of a terrorist plot involving airplanes.

He just wanted to commit suicide. He was too incompetent to mix the chemicals properly. He was just a misfit looking for recognition and was willing to trade his life for it.

Dude, we know what REAL Al-Qaida operatives can do. Fly multiple large planes into multiple large buildings. You’re insulting those who died in 9-11 just trying to confuse the difference between a psychotic retard and a real Al-Qaida terrorist. And if your goal is to have the DOH arrest every single nut job with a death wish in the world so you are not unconvinced by it, then you’re as silly as this sack of dung.

He just wanted to commit suicide. He was too incompetent to mix the chemicals properly. He was just a misfit looking for recognition and was willing to trade his life for it.

Really? I haven't read that yet -- do you know him personally or just making assumptions?

Be very careful with comments about needing to improve the quality of the bomb for it to operate properly. This administration is very likely to begin a remedial device assembly program to help correct such deficiencies - taxpayer funded of course.

Rockhead #4

"She bankrupted Arizona"?? "She's destroying our National security"??

Only your third accusation has any merit. She did make an asinine comment.

How could any Democratic governor "bankrupt" a state that has been under conservative extremist legislative control for decades?

How, exactly, is she destroying our "National" (sic) security?

Do you have what little guts it takes to answer? Tell me your smarter than your comment, if you can.

AZPADY

maybe instead of labeling people who disagree with this ADM, and veterans, and others as "right wing extremists" who apparently are so dangerous they need a special bulletin sent to local police stations across the country, she should have instead focused on the muslim extremists in our country - like Hasan, and maybe she should have done something about this underwear bomber when his own father contacted the US...just for starters.

I disagree with right wing extremists across the board, not just right wing extremist veterans. Remember, conservative extremists DO NOT have a monopoly on military service or patriotism in general, despite their posturing. Who was the "special bulletin" referring to?

Here's a "maybe" for you: Maybe this terrorist wouldn't have had the chance to blow up a plane if Bush had gone after Bin Laden instead of fiddling ( and wasting lives ) in Iraq. If GWB was still in the white house, what color of "The amazing technicolor terror code" would we be under today?

Silence..........

Red?

Yellow?

Orange?

Did you ever ask yourself why the Dept. of Homeland security used a public alert in the first place?

When an American citizen was boarding a flight in Israel, he asked an armed security officer why the Israeli government didn't have a similar public warning system. The officer replied with a grin: "Why would tell our enemies what are strategy is?"

Maybe this terrorist wouldn't have had the chance to blow up a plane if Bush had gone after Bin Laden instead of fiddling ( and wasting lives ) in Iraq.

or maybe if Bin Laden was killed in the 90's he wouldn't have done it in the first place...

or maybe if Reagan previously hadn't stopped Iran from taking over Iraq we wouldn't have had to deal with that issue (but would be dealing with a much bigger one)...

or maybe if we hadn't gone to the middle east for oil and decided instead to be self-sufficient and discover a better way...

or maybe if...

you can do this all day.

Did you ever ask yourself why the Dept. of Homeland security used a public alert in the first place?

Simple. To instill a sense of vigilance on the part of the citizenry as well as law enforcement and security personnel. I thought everyone knew that.

And I've got some land in Az. that will soon be beachfront property that I'll sell cheap!

Who was the guy that let slip - publicly - that he was pressured to use the color coded alert system to enhance the chances for Republican political victory? I'll Google it later, but you remember him, right? He later set a land speed record backpeddling as fast as possible, to keep in good graces with the G.O.P.

What do you think the color should be now?

Shawn

Maybe. But isn't maybe what this article is all about? Maybe this bomber would have been stopped before getting on board if.........maybe maybe maybe.

The system didn't work, and luckily, neither did the bomb. The world will be more vigilant from now on. End of story. Maybe.

Who was the guy that let slip - publicly - that he was pressured to use the color coded alert system to enhance the chances for Republican political victory?

Actually he didn't say that but simply wondered aloud about it in his book. He has since clarified his position:

Ridge says he did not mean to suggest he was pressured to raise the threat level, and he is not accusing anyone of trying to boost Bush in the polls. "I was never pressured," Ridge said.

You have shown yourself not to be an honest commenter. Thanks for letting us all see that and to judge your commentary accordingly.

Who isn't honest Waynester?

Tom Ridge writes a book saying he was pressured by Bush administration officials to ramp up the warnings during the 04' election and you accuse me of lying? As if I'd made the whole thing up?

My comment is a simple statement of fact, verified by your own comment. He "wondered aloud" - in a published book! LOLOLOL!!! What...he didn't mean to publish his wondering aloud??

C'mon Waynester, what color should the terror alert be??

Who isn't honest Waynester?

The point was you didn't tell the whole story and you spun the part that helps your partisan agenda That's dishonest.

C'mon Waynester, what color should the terror alert be??

Whatever the professionals think it should be, assuming the Obama administration hasn't run the most competent ones out of the government service.

And if the system is so lacking why hasn't the One changed it?

Oh, I don't know......because it was used for political purposes? Just like Tom Ridge said it was? Because it's not needed is the obvious reason.

Oh I told the whole story. It just doesn't take long to tell it. The Bush administration used the color coded terror alerts to divert attention and sell fear for political purposes. Tom Ridge resigned his position as Sec. of Homeland Security because he wouldn't and couldn't be a part of that, wrote a book about it, then tried desperately to deny he said what he said. Period.

I'm just being facetious when I ask what color the terror alert should be. Pick any color. It doesn't really matter because we've been under red conditions since 9/11. President Obama - or as you refer to our president - "the One" - thankfully hasn't insulted our intelligence by trying to use fear to garner support.

There was a very famous Democrat who once told a nation "We have nothing to fear but fear itself". That nation was in very similar circumstances do to very similar reasons. He was selling confidence not fear. President Obama refuses to use scare tactics as well.

Tom Ridge resigned his position as Sec. of Homeland Security because he wouldn't and couldn't be a part of that,

Stop lying. That's not what he said and you know it.

Why are liberals always such @!$%#s?

OK........tell me why you believe Ridge resigned. To write a book? LOL!

FYI you've just been added to the old ignore list so don't waste your time.

Suit yourself, but here, and I quote, is what Tom Ridge had said in his book: "It was after this incident that I knew I must resign". The "incident" he was referring to was the pressure he recieved from Ashcroft and Rumsfeld to raise the terror alert ( 4 days after the Democratic National Convention ) based on 3 to 4 year old intelligence information.

It's too bad some folks refuse to debate the facts, and choose instead to "cover their ears", use vulgarity as reason, and dismiss those who disagree.

They know that he had terrorist links and still did not make it onto the no fly list. Amazing.

Sounds like they haven't fixed that complicity problem the government has had since 9/11.

She does remind me of The guy, Bagdad Bob during the initial invasion telling everyone that things are just fine and we are winning. Of course he was only giving the official spin also. Clueless.

No. This was not Bush's fault. It was not Obama's fault. It was the fault of the terrorists and the Dutch and Nigerian security forces that failed to detect his explosives. He was not on the no-fly list because he did not meet the criteria put in place after 9/11 to be barred from flight into the U.S.

Just another Bureaucrat trying to take credit.

She did not take credit for anything.

Let me understand this. His father went to the US Embassy and told them that he thought that his son was a terror risk and that don't qualify him to be on the no fly list. Just exactly what does it take?

Maybe he should have been wearing his underwear out the outside of his pants..........then the system might have worked.................LOL

VIVA --

Wearing our underwear outside of our pants will be on the next set of TSA guidelines. Please stop giving them ideas --- LOL

What it takes is confirmation from another source or specific information he was flying to the U.S. (the 'derogatory' information referred to). Otherwise, I could simply call up and say you were a threat and keep you off of planes.

I think Napalitano's "the system worked" comment was stupid, but let's deal with the facts. He came in through Nigeria and the Netherlands, both sovereign nations (I know rightees struggle with that concept). However, we (the U.S.) did not screen and board him. So, if we really want to prevent crappy screening we should suspend flights from there until they get their act together.

Well, if we are going to defend against any loony from doing something, give the money to us.

A fire extinguisher in every seat.

And not the private parts of the passengers have to be screened.

that's a good one.............

Just exactly what does it take?

Gotta be Caucasian American.

Apparently, it takes a non-Bush appointee to be in positions of responsibility. The head of the Nigerian embassy was appointed by GWB in Nov., 07'. This makes two Bush appointees that were warned - in advance - of a terrorist plot against the U.S.

Ambassadors serve at the fancy of the President.

If BHO/HRC kept him, direct your complaints to them.

Good to know...Determined

I have no complaints with them.

I was curious as to why conservatives were using the idea that the U.S. embassy was warned in advance as a vehicle to lay some kind of blame for this on the Obama administration when the embassy head is a Bush appointee. I then pointed out to the pointers that this makes two Bush appointees that have been warned in advance of a terrorist attack, but remained silent.

If the embassy effed up, direct your complaints to GWB/CR. They appointed her. It's just possible that GWB appointed a sleeper cell terrorist member as the head of the U.S. embassy in Nigeria, but I wouldn't want to point any fingers.....

If the embassy effed up, direct your complaints to GWB/CR. They appointed her. It's just possible that GWB appointed a sleeper cell terrorist member as the head of the U.S. embassy in Nigeria, but I wouldn't want to point any fingers.....

Obama and his State Department assumed responsibility for every US embassy and the embassy personnel on January 20, 2009, if he or Clinton didn't think they were qualified, they had more than ample time to replace them and install their own people...the information that was given by the terrorist father and ignored is Obama's and his administration's problem...and no one else.

I was curious as to why conservatives were using the idea that the U.S. embassy was warned in advance as a vehicle to lay some kind of blame for this on the Obama administration when the embassy head is a Bush appointee.

So when you're at a restaurant and the cook poisons the food, you're OK with the manager saying, "don't worry folks, the previous manager hired them, not me", or when you're at work and someone commits a heinous crime, you're good with their manager saying, "thank heaven's I didn't hire them even though I'm in charge of them...".

So when your teacher beats or molests a child, it's OK that the principle brushes it off with, "previous administration hired them, not me - have a good day".

Interesting...and interesting idea of leadership in action.

Not blaming Obama for the event, but to blame Bush because someone that he hired that is working for the new "manager" did something wrong...wow.

Oh, so....your reasoning can be applied to the last administration too, right? I mean, the information given to the incoming GWB administration by the outgoing Clinton admimistration concerning Bin Laden and the information given to Condoleeza Rice - in writing - warning of a terrorist attack using planes was the responsiblity of the GWB administration "and no one else", correct?

I'd agree with that. After all, applying logic across the board is only fair.

Shawn. You've missed my point. My point is that attacking president Obama/Napolitano for this failed attempt while simultaneously denying GWB/Rice was responsible for ignoring 9/11 is hypocritical of conservative extremists.

BTW....restaurant / poison food?.....teachers / molestation?.......work / heinous crime....? wow. WTF??

My point is that attacking president Obama/Napolitano for this failed attempt while simultaneously denying GWB/Rice was responsible for ignoring 9/11 is hypocritical of conservative extremists.

Oh trust me AZ, I push a certain degree of blame for 9/11 to Bush as well for not heeding warnings as he was C.I.C. at the time, just as I blame the Obama administration for it's current shortcomings.

I blame Napolitano for making such an asinine statement in a quick attempt to pull a "nothing to see here, everything's fine people" moment. She should have simply said, "we're investigating to see what happened" (and left it at that). To parallel, it was about as pathetic as crying out "Mission Accomplished".

There are some things that you can look to a previous administration for but for a great many (that people would like to dismiss regularly) where you have to look to see who's boss today.

(restaurant / poison food?.....teachers / molestation?.......work / heinous crime....? wow. WTF?)

I learned a long time ago that for some people to get the point, you have to take it to a perspective that people can relate to. Most people can relate to dining school and work examples moreso that government officiating and the like.

Yes, Napolitano's statement was plain stupid. In Az. she had a reputation as an intellectually superior governor, and this makes her statement even more bizarre.

If that same statement had come from Sec. of Homeland director Sarah Palin, we wouldn't be so surprised. Of course that's another topic for another day...LOL!

Sorry for the "WTF", but I'm used to a more combative response from the right on Newsvine.

sean-4,

Ferrari5k must have struck a nerve. Out came the name calling and race card.

Thank God they only persecute American Ex-military, The Middleclass, and Christians and allow rich Middle Eastern Terrorist a free pass.

See --- the system worked.

sean-4

You didn't refer to anyone in particular or anyone on this thread, You simply acknowledged that someone else here summed up the views of some members of a well known political group.

And you get censured for that. From people who like to claim they stand for "Freedom".

LOLOLOL!!!! If this were a library, we'd be warming our hands with burning books.

I remember an administration so desperate to claim victory, that the head of that administration used the word "victory" as many times as possible in every public setting he could, and even strode across the deck of an American aircraft carrier and claimed "Mission accomplished".

Now THAT was a dumbass statement from a dumbass president, and amazingly, with a smirk on his face.

Craig19

"They are lucky that the bomb didn't work either". HHmmmmm....I thought the passengers and crew were the lucky ones. Are you saying that The administration would have been "unlucky" if the bomb worked?

Had that rule already been in effect, it just would have prompted the bomber to set off the explosives earlier, when the plane was high over the Atlantic and the passengers were not yet rousing themselves in preparation for landing.

That higher altitude means a greater pressure differential between the cabin and the atmosphere. What that means is the force pushing outward from inside the aircraft are greater at altitude than at sea level.

I am still trying to figure out what they hope to accomplish or prevent by confining the passengers to their seats one hour prior... this does nothing to alter the behavior of a terrorist except he'll take a piss sooner in flight... am I missing something?

dar63

All day, everyday, I work on airplanes, and this "new rule" is just more bullsh!t.

This is government at it's worst, a bunch of dumbass idiots.

you're so good with words............( :

no, just snarky..............

She would not secure the border in Arizona while she was there, why would we expect her to do better while in charge of the security of the nation?

really sean and what does that have to do with this seed? Oh yeah, nothing...moving on

Sean;

I recommend not posting it demonstrates your lack of intelligence and suggests your too ...ummm what's the saying? " cerebrally challenged" to be anything but a liberal.

Damnit! I hate it when the "bad guys" have a better plan than we do!

Mike.........sounds like the nut got scared and stalled in the bathroom.

Maybe, or else he had second thoughts about a half-ass bomb stuffed down his trousers, especially since the guy from the day before suffered third degree burns in that same area. That's a bad place for a failed bomb.

If I am going to stuff a bomb in my underwear, it better damn well blow me up completely. I don't want to go to heaven as a eunuch, that won't please my 72 virgins.

damn.............I didn't know that's how you spell eunuch. Thanks, Mike!!!! smile

Hey, I'm sorry, but when some Imam told me that god wanted me to stuff a bomb down my pants, I'd have laughed in his face, and renounced my religion. If god wants me to blow my pecker off, he can pack sand.

Mike, you're so snarky..........and make your point too!!!!!!! Homey don't play.

Yeah I don't get that either...I'd be like..."what about Achmed? Can't Allah want him to do it instead? No one really likes him anyway"...

Allah (Jeff) and Achmed (Bob)...............LOL

I remember people saying the same thing about Vietnamese Monks that were setting themselves on fire in the 60's. Something about Bar-B-Q?? All funny hilarious comments, I'm sure.

There were also the rebels in Cuba in the late 50's that were willing to blow themselves up as long as they could take a few Cuban government soldiers with them.

People willing to blow themselves up, or set themselves on fire?? Could we be missing something here? What's that old saying about history repeating itself......

It may come to that when we put millions into a system where Doctors won't have time to see all of them.

I've been tactfully holding-off on this comparison, but yeah, no doubt!

Or, as I like to say," if you like the military industrial complex, you're going to love nationalized health care".

Wait until that $80 hammer is your pace-maker.

Brandon, it is people like you who keep people like her employed.

Has Barry made a comment??????

Not that I know of but I'm so tired of seeing his mug on the television I was actually relieved. lol

Has Barry made a comment??????

It would get in the way of more important things like Barry playing golf.

Well..........what about the teleprompter, has it made a comment??? smile

I think it took a vacation from Obama. Probably tired of his lip-syncing.

:D

Has Barry made a comment??????

Yes, he said the surf is b*tchin' and the lobster sho is fine.

I hear "shark feeding" was on his itinerary. Oh wait, that's when he goes back to visit congress and the senate.

LOL times three..............

Has Barry made a comment

umm, not yet, he's busy getting together his "shout out" list compiled first.

umm, not yet, he's busy getting together his "shout out" list compiled first.

Great point vol fan, the "shout out" could become a tradition for Obama, when commenting about terrorists attacks on his watch.

most excellent dude................surf's up!!!!!!!!!!!

yeah, the important stuff comes first...

Had to post this again dar...hope you don't mind.

Just one example of Obama's "non partisan" comments concerning terrorism before he became the President.

"The record shows that George Bush and John McCain have been weak on terrorism," Obama told reporters. "Their approach has failed. Because of their policies, we are less safe, less respected and less able to lead the world."

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN18281320

Hmm, Obama gives a shout out before addressing the horrific situation of a Muslim extremist who killed thirteen soldiers and wounded 40 more, then a Muslim extremist nearly kills 200+ passengers on a plane in the United States and he thinks we need silence --- strange time to be silent...is there not a pattern here?

is there not a pattern here?

Yeah, STFU & STFD whenever the President says so....

Let the crotch sniffin' begin.............I think I'll start driving again.

Let the crotch sniffin' begin...

Eeewww!!

my bad.............

funny, though!

Naplolitano was just being the big cat in a litter box trying to cover up her feces...kindest way I could put it...Trying to make light of a bad situation is how it really came off to me...just cover up with words.

Thank God, Jasper was there...........maybe he can have Nap's job.

Three cheers for Jasper!

Hip, hip...

Jasper for HHS Chief!!

typo on 18. 3 - should be DHS.

I know, I know!

now instead of a comedy show..........how about Billy O getting a crack at them? he would tear them a new one.............they need it, full of it.............idiots.

mindless zombies, marching, chanting..........Bush fault, Bush fault, Bush fault

Are you suggesting he did nothing in 8 years that we are still contending with?

If so, one word: TARP.

I have a longer list of words, including TSA (which still fights the last "war", doesn''t look ahead).

Granted it hasn't gotten a whole lot better yet, but Bush doesn't get an automatic pass on the deep holes he and Cheney dug. It's hard to walk off in the promised direction when you have to restore the patient's pulse and get him ambulatory, first. --- But, perhaps that was what was intended with the October 2004 Surprise (you know, back when 'the economy is [was] strong'?

It's the same old mantra. Everything bad--blame Bush. Everything good--give credit to Obama. Maybe Obama can't accept responsibility because he is irresponsible.

It's the same old stupidity.... Americans letting themselves be polarized by talking head media clowns who make a fortune keeping us angry at each other. Meanwhile, back in the real world, corporate money is buying off our elected officials and eliminating us from the democratic process.

If we keep letting idiots like Glen Beck and Michael Moore dangle carrots in front of our ADD faces, we are doomed.

Divide and conquer. Wake up America.

This is what our politicians do, getting drunk.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5Y9X5ggxzA

I would like to believe we are all still capable of forming thoughts and opinions on our own.

Yes I'm sure you do. I'm sure most people can't admit they are polarized by the entertainment business called the media. That would make them lemmings.

I would think that intelligent, free thinking individuals would see that we have been eliminated from the democratic process and the childish bickering that the media promotes to get ratings is NOT getting anything accomplished.

Delusion. The new American state of mind.

Actually I read he got the Visa over a year ago on Bush's watch but don't let that effect your hate. His father did warn the embassy and he was put on the watch list and should have been stopped at the airport.

That's correct and it should have been revoked on Obama's watch when his father alerted our Embassy of his son's radical Islamic beliefs...weak excuse for this administrations incompetence.

He did not board that plane on Bush's watch, he did it on Barry's watch. This is all on the anointed one's head, for it is his administration.

If nobody gets killed, that usually means a successful response in the Public Safety business. It is impossible to plan for every contingency. They tried that once, it was called the Titanic, and we all know how that turned out.

What if was another "sleeper" in the flight?

How much is the responsibility now of the passengers?

Guidelines are needed ASAP.

and then get on board without a passport...........yeah, that makes sense

Yep. His father indeed warned the U.S. embassy in Nigeria. The embassy headed by a GWB appointee. I think that GWB may have appointed a "sleeper "to run that agency, with the idea of attempting a bombing AFTER the Democrats gained the white house.

This is a theory only, of course, but I've used same line of reasoning and logic that Orly Taitz, Glenn Beck, Michelle Malkin and the other professional Obamabashers use to question the presidents place of birth, patriotism, religion and responsibility for this failed airline bombing.

How could GWB get away with this? Could Cheney's latest "Wack-a-Mole" press release be related??

The embassy headed by a GWB appointee.

And serves at the pleasure of the Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and President Obama.., they have had almost a year to put in their own ambassador if they choose to...they didn't.

And serves at the pleasure of....bleh bleh bleh.....

I was asking if anyone here thinks the GWB appointee could be a "sleeper" terrorist, that waited till now to attempt this attack? Do you think Cheney's latest press release is related?

Your sounding more desperate with each post.

I was asking if anyone here thinks the GWB appointee could be a "sleeper" terrorist, that waited till now to attempt this attack?

No.

Do you think Cheney's latest press release is related?

No.

Your sounding more desperate with each post.

Agreed.

Asking questions is not an act of desperation. Resorting to dismissive one word non-responses due to having no alternative, is.

OK, more that one word here goes...

Considering that the members of the "I Hate George W Bush Club" have, amongst the many insults laid upon him, consider him to be an idiot. The premise that a previously appointed Ambassador (2 years ago) is actually a "sleeper terrorist" is not the act of an idiot but of an evil genius able to think beyond his next trip to the potty room.

So which is it, is "W" the idiot of all idiots (A), which would make him incabable of planning such an evil plot. Or a genius (B) and you, as well as others would be wrong about the man. A one letter response will suffice.

The Cheney thingy... The first premise - George W - is ridiculous so the premise that it is related is a false premise. On a side note, I though the Bush haters believe Cheney was the brains behind the Bush. But if you answer - B, then yes they are related, let the conspiracy theory's begin and my man "W" is a genius.

Your sounding more desperate with each post.

The previous post is perfect as is and is clear in its intent to convey a message. As previously stated - Agreed!

RR98411

Great point, but don't waste your time, the people who believe this nonsense are immune to the logical paradox it creates.

RR

Somehow, my response ended up #62, on pg. 3.