Posts Tagged ‘ security ’

Endless Targets for Terror

Dec 10th, 2010 | By | Category: Featured, Politics
The Number of Potential Terrorist Targets Is Essentially Infinite Terrorists seek to kill people and/or destroy property in pursuit of a political goal. They may exercise some discrimination in selecting targets, but because people and vulnerable property are everywhere in the United States, they have a wealth of potential targets—there are ...read more

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The Forest, the Trees and the TSA

Nov 29th, 2010 | By | Category: Featured, International, Politics
With all the naked viewing and groping going on, I wonder if this is the United States of America or the back room of an adult video store. We have two major problems here, the TSA and its intrusive unconstitutional invasions of our rights, and the bigger question of why ...read more

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Airport Sexual Assaults Don’t Increase Security

Nov 22nd, 2010 | By | Category: Featured, Politics
A recent CBS News reported a poll (taken between November 7 and November 10) in which 8 out of 10 of the 1,137 adults surveyed answered the following question “Yes”: “Should Airports Use Full-Body X-Ray Machines?” Poll results change over time as information is released and people revise their opinions. It may ...read more

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Welcome to the Machine, Part I

Feb 14th, 2007 | By | Category: Macro Economics
"Welcome my son, Welcome to the machine. Where have you been? It's all right -- we know where you've been... -- Pink Floyd, "Welcome to the Machine" (1975) For prophetic visions of where we're headed, forget the economists, philosophers, historians, politicos -- and especially climatologists (30 years ago, they predicted an impending ice age, for ...read more

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