A couple of days ago, I received an email from a prominent “conservative” in the Lehigh Valley, addressing both the “incompetence” of Secretary of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano, and the “stupidity of our bureaucrats” in their reaction to Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab’s attempted “panty bombing” of a US airliner. By now, we’re all aware of Napolitano’s promptly announcing that “the system worked” when a terrorist actually detonated a failed explosive device onboard a US airliner on Christmas day. And, by now, we’re also well aware of the new regulations placed on air travelers for potty breaks and where they place their hands and what they can put on their laps while “flying the friendly skies”. Hearing my friend’s concerns, I offer the following commentary in response:
On the issue of Janet, “yer doin’ a great job Nappie”, Napolitano, I’ve got to say she was right…the system did work just fine. Of course I’m not talking about the US Department of Homeland Security and our intelligence system. I’m talking rather, about the system envisioned by America’s founders, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison: When our corrupt and buffoonish federal government failed us yet again, “we the people” got up out of our seats, took effective measures, and took care of the so-called “Panty Bomber” ourselves. According to that same system, “We the People” are doing the same thing when it comes to the federal government’s so-called “healthcare reform”, the bogus threat of so-called “climate change” (formerly known as “global warming”), and the sham of so-called “government stimulated economic recovery”. On all of these issues, “We the People” are rising up from our seats, formulating and demanding effective measures based on reality, not on false crises invented by ruling class elitists like Barack Obama’s shadow-government czars and his chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel. In 2010, “We the People” are poised to elect real citizen servant leaders to replace the self serving career politicians who occupy the seats of American federal government in Washington, D.C. The beauty of the “system” envisioned by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison is that, as a matter of “natural law”, the “system” of government they envisioned and put in place will always work as long as “We the People” are willing to assert our will to choose liberty over tyranny.
Second, responding on the “stupidity of our bureaucrats” in the aftermath of the attack of the “panty bombing” terrorist, “the government” is doing what it always does. When one individual or a very few do something stupid like wrecking an oil tanker or something heinous like gunning down innocent defenseless people, the government ALWAYS responds by cracking down on the liberty of the law abiding citizen. So of course, in the present case, their response is to turn the “friendly skies” into “Con-Air”, not for the terrorists, but for all law abiding air travelers. All they need to add are the handcuff belts and leg shackles!
Happy New Year to all! May 2010 be a year where “We the People” restore legitimate purpose to a government “of the people, by the people, and for the people”, which will once again reflects the spirit of our nation’s founding in a way actually worthy of our “own consent!”
December 30th, 2009 at 8:39 PM
Donald,
The best any bureaucracy can do is respond to what has already occurred, that is clearly what is happening now. Because of the recent terrorist attempt airline travel will be further complicated for law abiding tourists. I read a post on another blog that was perhaps half in jest that question whether enough C-4 could be placed in a rectum to get it aboard a plane. Is this next?
If the terrorist understood we were serious about keeping them off of our planes we’d all be safer, however because those in charge of our security refuse to profile (because they don’t want to offend sensibilities) the safety of everyone is compromised.
Scott Armstrong