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X86Daddy asks: "TSA's latest announcement banning all fluids (toothpaste even) from carry-on luggage is the icing on a very sour cake. Many passengers are growing tired of the invasive security screenings, the increasing prices, lost and stolen luggage, and the decreasing quality of service with commercial flights in the United States. However, given the geographical size of this country and the lack of rail options, flight remains the only practical method of travel for most destinations. Can anyone suggest alternative flight services? Are there websites that connect Cessna or other small scale air charter services with interested passengers? I've found CharterX and CharterHub but they seem more geared toward executives looking for jets. Does anyone have experience traveling this way? Is the price point a lot higher, making this a dumb idea (just resign myself to buying toiletries at every destination and prepare for the mandatory anal probes in '07)?"
In order to be fair, this ultimatum should be only *after* we have stopped our meddling in the Middle East. All troops should first be unilaterally withdrawn and all aid to Israel should cease.
Disengagement combined with a harsh hand in case of further attacks is the only way that we can preserve our society and the sacred liberties upon which this country was founded.
-b.
Anyone who thinks Bush's war on terror (more accurately described as war OF terror) is a success need only look at what happened over the past several days. Fortunately the Bushies were given a heads up, so they could tip off their cronies (overlords??) as to invest in all those security-related stocks.......
And that terrorist stunt in the making - weren't we already tipped off to that by the Phillipine intelligence some years back??? NOT TOO MENTION, that trick has been shown on spy shows dating back to the '60s. Aren't those clowns in DHS paid big bucks to predict this stuff? Certainly shouldn't come as any big surprise, then...
No, the attacks would continue. And continue. And continue.
We are the only remaining superpower as such we are expected to be the worlds guardian (we supply a ridiculous percentage of the UN forces), people expect us to throw them money (free food, free supplies), expect us to stay out of their country (conflicts with part one), and not patronize them (conflicts with part 2).
All pulling out of Israel will do is... oh nothing, because the Palestinians aren't attacking Israel because we're there, they are attacking Israel because it's Israel.
The middle east wants Israel NOT to exist.
The U.S. not existing would be icing on the cake.
Any other 'theories' or 'ideas' are delusional at best.
http://www.andrewsmcmeel.com/godsdebris/
Here's an idea. Racial profiling. It works. Really...
3cx.org - A truly bad website.
Well, we can be sure that we can kill that many. I'm not sure how the ranks would "swell" after we knocked em down hard. Real hard. Anyone been bothered by any fanataical Imperial Japanese lately? Yeah, didn't think so. Playing nice and playing war are 2 different things. One you teach to kids, and the other you teach to soldiers. You send soldiers halfway across the world to play nice for 2 years while the other guy is playing war, pay him what ammounts to $2 an hr and then your surprised when he feels that the people of the US didn't let him do his job?
Somewhere between the Peace Corps and the Marine Corps are the Firmly Nice Brigade. They are immensly popular with the indecisive, kinda patriotic middle of the road types, but unfortunatly, they have never won a battle as they have never beeen able to stand up their unicorn cavalry unit.
The Firmly Nice brigade are also popular with terrorists, especially thise from really rich arab nations like Saudi. See, their countries dont get invaded at all, since they are protected by the finest (US and UK) milataries in the world, so their children sleep calmly even while their dads dream of virgins while dozing off during their last flights here in the US.
Toss a coin, send the Peace Corps or the Marine Corps in, fully funded, and let them do whatever they want to convince a country that there are different ways of doing things. When one doesnt work, you'd better send the other. If you want to be sporting about it, let the country in question call it in the air.
Or, you can look at history, tally up all the countries that have been set right by Marines, Peace Corps and whatever else, and then be logical and let the numbers decide. We are nerds, right?
Besides, there's this thing you might've heard of called checked baggage that'll have no problem taking those kinds of things. If it's longer than a weekend trip, you're probably using it already. Hell, I've even shipped a case of beer that way (carefully packed, with each bottle bubble-wrapped) without problems, and I don't see that option going away anytime in the near future.
Then again, we can't let mere logic get in the way of the moonbats' BDS-afflicted rants, can we?
20 January 2017: the End of an Error.
Did I miss something? I thought I read about a small incident where a plane or two flew into a building in a city somewhere in the USA about 5 years ago? Yeah, that's right...it happened on September 11th, 2001. A few people died but it wasn't such a big deal as I remember it. Some posters here have helped me clear a few things up. 1. The President of the US was the person who ordered the planes to hit those building, Right? 2. Our friendly muslim brothers sent everyone in the US sympathy cards after this small event. 3. Oh, yeah..there were a few people who whined that the government didn't do enough to stop this small and insignificant event from happening but they did form a subcommittee to investigate why the US government allowed this little evnt to happen. 4. The radical muslim community is just misunderstood and they just need a little love and huggin. After this therapy, they will just go back to their home country and priase the god they love. 5. Santa Claus lives. The Easter Bunny is healthy. The Tooth Fairy gives out checks now too. 9-11 isn't President Bush's fault. Let's put the full fault of this crap right where it belongs...on the terrorists. Misplaced anger? Blaming the US for terrorism? Seems a little weird but maybe I see things differently. I tend to blame the people who kill other people. What about you? Guess not at /.
Your a fucking idiot. Get over yourself. I'll take a 2 hour wait in line with the inability to bring certain items in a carry on (just pack them and check them) over getting blown the fuck up What? Would you prefer the goverment just sit back and do nothing all the while knowing there is a real possibility that people are going to bring explosives in certain carry on items and try to bring down several planes? What the fuck is the goverment supposed to do?