A nation racked with fear.

Moonliner · 05-23-2005, 02:56 PM

There must be someone, a group, a website, an organization, someone out there. Who are they?

Someone must feel the same way I do. Fear is gripping this country, fear is driving policy, fear is percolating throughout our society and it's all a bunch of hogwash. There are not Al-qa’ida bugaboo's hiding under every rock. We are not "at war". This nation was "attacked" by a grand total of 19 people. Hell that's not even a full platoon. Hardly an invasion force worthy of the "war" cry. We do nothing but give them strength by running around like a bunch of stirred up ants and for what?

The reaction of this country is just loony, we are spending vast amounts of money as a placebo for security. Money that will not be spent, improving roads, on medical research, superfund cleanup, etc.. How many untold thousands will die because a bridge collapsed, a new drug was not developed or toxic waste seeped into that playground?

Has all this airport security had any effect? I don't think so. Given that all the new security has caught exactly ZERO terrorists, and no more planes have fallen out of the sky you have to conclude there simply has been no threat.

Bag checks at sporting events and amusement parks? What a bunch of hooey. Much more stringent measures than that have had little effect on the suicide bombers in Israel. Again, I've never heard of a single case where someone was stopped with a bomb or some such at a bag check and yet nothing has blown up. So again we are left to conclude there just is no threat.

In Minnesota, the school had metal detector plus a security guard. What happened? The psycho kid just shot the security guard first then walked into the school anyway. Killers and Terrorists have a funny way of not following your rules so the type of “security” being used is pointless.

It's time to put some sense back into this country. Yes, we need an effective intelligence service that is free to operate overseas, yes we need some freedom for the FBI to peruse potential criminals here in the US but we don't need an entire economy driven by fear.

05-23-2005, 02:56 PM	#1
Moonliner 8/30/14 - Disneyland -10k or Bust. Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 9,022	A nation racked with fear. There must be someone, a group, a website, an organization, someone out there. Who are they? Someone must feel the same way I do. Fear is gripping this country, fear is driving policy, fear is percolating throughout our society and it's all a bunch of hogwash. There are not Al-qa’ida bugaboo's hiding under every rock. We are not "at war". This nation was "attacked" by a grand total of 19 people. Hell that's not even a full platoon. Hardly an invasion force worthy of the "war" cry. We do nothing but give them strength by running around like a bunch of stirred up ants and for what? The reaction of this country is just loony, we are spending vast amounts of money as a placebo for security. Money that will not be spent, improving roads, on medical research, superfund cleanup, etc.. How many untold thousands will die because a bridge collapsed, a new drug was not developed or toxic waste seeped into that playground? Has all this airport security had any effect? I don't think so. Given that all the new security has caught exactly ZERO terrorists, and no more planes have fallen out of the sky you have to conclude there simply has been no threat. Bag checks at sporting events and amusement parks? What a bunch of hooey. Much more stringent measures than that have had little effect on the suicide bombers in Israel. Again, I've never heard of a single case where someone was stopped with a bomb or some such at a bag check and yet nothing has blown up. So again we are left to conclude there just is no threat. In Minnesota, the school had metal detector plus a security guard. What happened? The psycho kid just shot the security guard first then walked into the school anyway. Killers and Terrorists have a funny way of not following your rules so the type of “security” being used is pointless. It's time to put some sense back into this country. Yes, we need an effective intelligence service that is free to operate overseas, yes we need some freedom for the FBI to peruse potential criminals here in the US but we don't need an entire economy driven by fear. __________________ - Taking it one step at a time.
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