Comments on: Umm.. what about big strong hands?

By: starbender

starbender — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 21:47:27 +0000

Considering they don’t check ANYTHING going into the bottom of planes—Why Do They Check Us At All?????

By: starbender

starbender — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 19:47:27 +0000

Considering they don’t check ANYTHING going into the bottom of planes—Why Do They Check Us At All?????

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 13 Aug 2006 23:52:42 +0000

You have a point about the stupidity of the reactionary measures that have been taken in British airports. But unfortunately, your example takes away from your argument. If terrorists could wreak a significant amount of damage with their bare hands, then they wouldn’t go to the trouble of trying to smuggle explosives or other weapons onto a plane. Furthermore, hands have uses other than to hurt others, even “big strong” ones. Explosives are meant, quite obviously, to explode. The liquid variety can easily be used to bring down a plane.

I don’t blame the President for trying to use the incident “to his political advantage.” If a crisis can be used to strengthen the government’s leadership and to unify the country, then great. Of course, if you’re of the camp that believes that Bush should be impeached, you might think differently. Just remember – we have to stay strong until the second he leaves office, no?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 13 Aug 2006 21:52:42 +0000

By: Chris Abraham

Chris Abraham — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 06:51:06 +0000

Is is possible to depressurize a plane with big strong hands against the exit door or is there a “flying” lock safe gap?

By: Chris Abraham

Chris Abraham — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 04:51:06 +0000

Is is possible to depressurize a plane with big strong hands against the exit door or is there a “flying” lock safe gap?

By: Anthony Citrano

Anthony Citrano — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 01:52:31 +0000

Also: you can buy many liquids inside the “sterile” gate areas of most airports. So, are people somehow being de-liquified at the gates prior to boarding? So stupid.

The only common sense on the matter I’ve seen in the press all day has been Tucker Carlson’s show, where he is asking all the right questions (such as “Are we thinking deeply about why these people are willing to kill themselves to hurt us, and what are we doing about that?”)

A couple tidbits from his exchange with Bush security advisor Frances Townsend:

Townsend [on profiling]: “We find that offensive..”

Carlson: “Yes, it’s offensive. On the other hand, so is waiting in a line for three hours or destroying the American economy…. why aren’t we smarter about it?”

Townsend [on the 'airport inconveniences']: “Do I resent [the inconvenience at the airport]? Yes. But I’m not angry with the government and I’m not angry with the screeners. I’m angry with the bad guys who’ve put us in a position to make us have to go through that..”

Carlson: “Simply because there are bad guys trying to hurt us doesn’t give us the right to be dumb.”

Thanks Tucker, we need ya buddy.

By: Anthony Citrano

Anthony Citrano — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 23:52:31 +0000

Also: you can buy many liquids inside the "sterile" gate areas of most airports. So, are people somehow being de-liquified at the gates prior to boarding? So stupid.

The only common sense on the matter I've seen in the press all day has been Tucker Carlson's show, where he is asking all the right questions (such as "Are we thinking deeply about why these people are willing to kill themselves to hurt us, and what are we doing about that?")

A couple tidbits from his exchange with Bush security advisor Frances Townsend:

Townsend [on profiling]: "We find that offensive.."

Carlson: "Yes, it's offensive. On the other hand, so is waiting in a line for three hours or destroying the American economy.... why aren't we smarter about it?"

Townsend [on the 'airport inconveniences']: "Do I resent [the inconvenience at the airport]? Yes. But I'm not angry with the government and I'm not angry with the screeners. I'm angry with the bad guys who've put us in a position to make us have to go through that.."

Carlson: "Simply because there are bad guys trying to hurt us doesn't give us the right to be dumb."

Thanks Tucker, we need ya buddy.