'US foils al-Qaeda plot' to bomb airliner. The subhead reads: Obama was informed of the plot in April which never posed any risk to the public, the White House has said. So why are they telling us now? Oh wait, election year. Never mind. Oh and the nefarious means employed by the deadly al Qaeda bomber? Underwear bomb. But this was "an upgrade of the underwear bomb that failed to detonate aboard a jetliner over Detroit on December 25, 2009." I guess they will have to try, try again. So bend over, America!
Personally, I hope the TSA overreacts, because that may be the only thing that stops the ongoing criminal violation of our constitutional rights. I mean, underwear bomber trying to board a plane in Yemen? Sure, I guess so. But it feels like another bullshit story planted by the spooks to remind us to be afraid (and not pay attention to our diminishing constitutional rights and the huge chunk of change being diverted to Michael Chertoff and the other military industrial complex whores). And if the TSA overreacts and people cancel flights or avoid plane travel, just a few screams from the airlines and the supposed necessary precautions will go away. It's all about money, and it always has been.
Hope they unionize, hope it's SEIU, hope O'Blowme - an admirer of RayGun - fucking fires them all.
Posted by: JDM | May 08, 2012 at 02:58 PM
Wow, JDM. I know you are strongly pro-union and, as a result, dislike the milquetoast SEIU, and I have to agree with you a million percent. That would be fabulous. Obama is seen for what he is, and a bunch of people who think it's ok to get paid to violate the 4th amendment every fucking day lose their jobs. And no, that's not harsh at all, it's the goddamn truth. GMB
Posted by: gmb | May 08, 2012 at 08:56 PM
I heard on the radio this morning that Kip Hawley, former TSA boss, thinks that existing screening procedures would have caught this bomb.
Still, that doesn't mean that the current TSA management won't try to use this as an excuse for some grotesque new invasion of our privacy. We shall see.
Didn't the Repubs rig the legislation that created the TSA -- back when they controlled the WH and all of Congress -- so that the workforce can't unionize?
Posted by: MaximusNYC | May 09, 2012 at 11:56 AM
Max: Look at my next post. Looks like the spooks are cutting out the middle men and are providing their own underwear bombers. As for Kip and the others, fuck them. The Israelis manage to screen without stripping people, and it's not like they are afraid to cross lines when they have to. GMB
Posted by: gmb | May 09, 2012 at 09:27 PM