SUNDAY EVENING DECEMBER 27, 2009
As the government spokesman called him, 'the terror suspect' was on a list of people with potential terrorist connections for the last two years but somehow managed to elude the infamous 'no-fly' list for some reason. Does it mean this is one more reason that someone or some group of people, aside from our useless elected officials, that are employed in a particular government agency that has the initials DOHS doesn't view people of this ilk as potentially dangerous? Or does it mean that this is one more example why the FBI should have been expanded and allowed to handle these matters from the get go and this 'particular' agency should never have been formed to begin with.
It appears that the twenty three year old Nigerian terrorist Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab is the son of a Nigerian banker was not only on the list as a 'potential' but actually did have ties and was trained by al Qaeda which means he managed to fall through the cracks somewhere along the line. But, putting aside the facts that (1) he was a real terror suspect and (2) he managed to disappear for a month while he was in training for the big day and (3) he managed to waltz right on to an airplane destined for the United States brings me to my real question. Why hasn't the agency that is charged with protecting our country asked for every list that exists anywhere in the world and then make sure that no one on those lists, terrorist, potential terrorist, associate of terrorists, terrorist wannabee, Islamic extremist, terrorist sympathizer and on and on and you get the point, are ever allowed to travel on aircraft coming or going from the United States or anywhere in the world for that matter. These people should not be allowed in a hot air balloon let alone any type of aircraft that can potentially deliver them and their weapons of mass destruction to any destination, even a wrong destination.
Now the airlines are preforming another knee jerk reaction with the new 'no leaving your seat one hour before landing' rule, it seems that the brilliant thinkers missed the point that the next terrorist to try this will have an explosive device that may not require a trip to the bathroom to set it off. And again, none of this nonsense would be necessary if this inept individual was prohibited from flying in the first place. By the way, there's no excuse for not having access to lists compiled by intelligence agencies from around the globe, it's been eight years since 9/11, haven't the agencies responsible for our security learned anything.
MONDAY MORNING DECEMBER 28, 2009
I thought I had covered this story pretty well and even gave Janet Napolitano a break, call it Holiday softness, but then this morning she jumps right onto the excuse wagon, which by the way is parked right next to the turnip truck, if that's any indication as to how people are picked to head up government agencies. "Our system did not work in this instance" was the quote by Napoloitano on the 'Today show', and that's supposed to be that. The Obama administration says they are launching investigations into the two areas of aviation security where the failure took place, I hope one of them is the removal of the head of Homeland Security because this attack, it is not an attempt, was 100% avoidable.
On Sunday Ms. Napolitano said the system did work and then Today she did a slight backtrack, I'm sure after someone explained what had actually happened, and she said the part of the system that worked was the part where they notify other flights and law enforcement on the ground about the incident soon after it happened, I hope this excuse came from a speech writer and wasn't of her own making because if it was she' an idiot then she's an idiot.
So as things go the spin doctors are hard at work trying to diminish another serious breach of security under the watch of the Obama administration. The fault lies directly the three people at the top of the security pyramid and they are Barack Obama, Eric Holder and Janet Napolitano, these three are the people who who are completely responsible for the implementation of our security measures and any breakdown or deficiencies are their fault.
Well there's one good thing that came out of all of this, 44 and Buff Arms are safe in the warm Hawaii sun on another all expense taxpayer paid leg of the Obama world tour while terrorists make their incursions into our country and the economy languishes.
Thanks for reading,
"Terrorism can be defeated, and very simply just requires the harshest of consequences".
Christopher Baron
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Saturday, December 26, 2009
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Maybe it's time to re-think crime and punishment and really get the point across that 'if you can't do the time don't do the crime'.
I normally stay away from crime as a blog topic since I am one of I think many in the country that feels the legal system no longer works to put the guilty away for deserving sentences but looks for ways to release the guilty back into society without regard for the outcome. The murders in Seattle are a perfect example of a system in chaos. Maurice Clemmons, the murderer was originally sentenced to a very long sentence in Arkansas for a series of violent crimes when he was sixteen, then Governor Mike Huckabee commuted his sentence based on recommendations he received and what also appears to be his own rather liberal approach to crime and punishment. Mr. Clemmons went on to violate his parole and was sent back for what appears to be a slap on the wrist sentence and the rest is recent history.
There has been much made of politicians commuting sentences in recent years and not necessarily in a good sense. Our presidents do it on their way out of office to show their magnanimity, when much of what they do is based on how much they were paid off, to let some of those whose sentences were commuted hit the streets. Bill Clinton had Marc Rich a scumbag of the highest order whose commutation led to an investigation into payoffs by his wife to the Clinton's to get him freed and was subsequently let go by our current Attorney General Eric Holder, who admits that he exercised extremely bad judgment. George Bush wouldn't give Louis 'Scooter' Libby a complete pardon though which shows what disdain he must have for his 'not born to the manor' former Veep. Governors also get into the commuting game as evidenced by former Governor Huckabee and in many ways with similar results but less publicity which moves me to today's point.
If I've said it once I've said it a thousand times, my father would say that to me when he was really pissed at me, it's time to throw prison reform, prison reformers, anti death sentence advocates and any other goofs with liberal attitudes towards crime and punishment, out with the bath water. This so called noble experiment taking a soft approach toward crime is a complete failure and it you don't believe it look at today's headlines. There have been more people released that go right back to their old ways than you can shake a bloody caning rod at. Which is one of the forms of punishment we should adopt from our Asian neighbors. What's wrong with the electric chair, I'll bet it scared the living daylights out of many a potential murderer and kept them from doing the crime for fear they would fry. What's wrong with the gas chamber or the the single bullet to the back of the head Russian style. And in the spirit of going green what about the gallows, it's re-usable and if the rope is hemp fully recyclable. Sentence someone to prison for ten years and they should serve ten years, life means just that, LIFE, which to the uninformed means you leave feet first. Sex offenders, hand them their package in a jar of formaldehyde.
There is a way to make this happen and it starts at the ballot box. We as a people are for the most part quite law abiding and as such should not have to live under the spectre of violent criminals being given soft treatment at our expense.
Thanks for reading,
"Punishment is justice for the unjust"
St. Augustine
354 - 430 Theologian
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There has been much made of politicians commuting sentences in recent years and not necessarily in a good sense. Our presidents do it on their way out of office to show their magnanimity, when much of what they do is based on how much they were paid off, to let some of those whose sentences were commuted hit the streets. Bill Clinton had Marc Rich a scumbag of the highest order whose commutation led to an investigation into payoffs by his wife to the Clinton's to get him freed and was subsequently let go by our current Attorney General Eric Holder, who admits that he exercised extremely bad judgment. George Bush wouldn't give Louis 'Scooter' Libby a complete pardon though which shows what disdain he must have for his 'not born to the manor' former Veep. Governors also get into the commuting game as evidenced by former Governor Huckabee and in many ways with similar results but less publicity which moves me to today's point.
If I've said it once I've said it a thousand times, my father would say that to me when he was really pissed at me, it's time to throw prison reform, prison reformers, anti death sentence advocates and any other goofs with liberal attitudes towards crime and punishment, out with the bath water. This so called noble experiment taking a soft approach toward crime is a complete failure and it you don't believe it look at today's headlines. There have been more people released that go right back to their old ways than you can shake a bloody caning rod at. Which is one of the forms of punishment we should adopt from our Asian neighbors. What's wrong with the electric chair, I'll bet it scared the living daylights out of many a potential murderer and kept them from doing the crime for fear they would fry. What's wrong with the gas chamber or the the single bullet to the back of the head Russian style. And in the spirit of going green what about the gallows, it's re-usable and if the rope is hemp fully recyclable. Sentence someone to prison for ten years and they should serve ten years, life means just that, LIFE, which to the uninformed means you leave feet first. Sex offenders, hand them their package in a jar of formaldehyde.
There is a way to make this happen and it starts at the ballot box. We as a people are for the most part quite law abiding and as such should not have to live under the spectre of violent criminals being given soft treatment at our expense.
Thanks for reading,
"Punishment is justice for the unjust"
St. Augustine
354 - 430 Theologian
Don't forget to check out my other blogs http://www.theindependentpost.com/ http://www.christopherbaron.com/ http://www.theindependenttimes.blogspot.com/ just click on the links and they will take you right there.
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