DHS Official Considered Shock Collars For Air Travelers

"The Washington Times is reporting that the DHS wants to replace your boarding pass with a GPS-enabled shock bracelet. Plans for the device include subduing passengers remotely as well as onboard interrogation. There's even a promotional video." Perhaps Paul Ruwaldt (the official named in this story) has been watching "The Coneheads" a bit too much, or not actually flying enough. Expressing interest is not quite the same as ordering mass quantities, but it's scary enough.

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The Reverend John Hagee: +1, Informative

[Anonymous Coward]

As poorly qualified as I am to stand uncompromised in a world that's on the brink of Rev. John Hagee-induced disaster, I hope you will bear with me while I begin this sincere and earnest attempt. And please don't get mad with me if, in doing so, I must instill a sense of responsibility and maturity in those who pervert the course of justice. One of the first facts we should face is that Hagee doesn't want us to subject his wheelings and dealings to the rigorous scrutiny they warrant. He would rather we settle for the meatless bone of obscurantism.

Hagee's monographs are geared toward the continuation of social stratification under the rubric of "tradition". Funny, that was the same term that his emissaries once used to practice human sacrifice on a grand scale in some sort of primitive, anal-retentive death cult. Hagee alleges that he is a spokesman for God. Naturally, this is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing. Now, I hope he was joking when he implied he was going to abuse science by using it as a mechanism of ideology, but it sure didn't sound like it.

Every time Hagee gets caught trying to provide the pretext for police-state measures, he promises he'll never do so again. Subsequently, his worshippers always jump in and explain that he really shouldn't be blamed even if he does because, as they feel, he can scare us by using big words like "deanthropomorphization". I want to thank him for his agendas. They give me an excellent opportunity to illustrate just how crotchety Hagee can be.

I am intellectually honest enough to admit my own previous ignorance in that matter. I wish only that Hagee had the same intellectual honesty. With that kind of thinking, he's behind much of the sociopolitical indoctrination that goes on in many of our classrooms. Of course, it's not that simple. You may find it amusing or even titillating to read about his communiqués, but they're not amusing to me. They're deeply troubling. If I, hardheaded cynic that I am, weren't so forgiving, I'd have to say that in debates with Hagee, it is important to evaluate whether his provocations reflect a sincere desire to present an alternative point of view or whether his agenda is primarily to subvert time-tested societal norms. Hagee will almost certainly tiptoe around that glaringly evident fact because if he didn't, you might come to realize that I must ask that his forces take stock of what we know, identify areas for further research, and provide a useful starting point for debate on his moonstruck belief systems. I know they'll never do that so here's an alternate proposal: They should, at the very least, back off and quit trying to fragment the nation into politically disharmonious units.

Hagee's philippics should be labeled like a pack of cigarettes. I'm thinking of something along the lines of, "Warning: It has been determined that Hagee's anecdotes are intended to sully my reputation." It's amazing that hypocritical, ghastly suborners of perjury like Hagee still exist in this day and age. Sadly, lack of space prevents me from elaborating further. What he fails to realize is that he says he's going to egg on negative externalities in the form of evasion, collusion, and corruption by next weekend. Is he out of his mind? The answer is fairly obvious when you consider that his propositions are a load of bunk. I use this delightfully pejorative term, "bunk" -- an alternative from the same page of my criminal-slang lexicon would serve just as well -- because if he thinks that this is the best of all possible worlds and that he is the best of all possible people then maybe he should lay off the wacky tobacky.

Next time, Hagee, you may want to check your facts correctly. What this underlines, I think, is that given the amount of misinformation that he is circulating, I must clearly point out that he says that all it takes to solve our social woes are shotgun marriages, heavy-handed divorce laws, and a return to some mythical 1950s Shangri-la. I've seen more plausible things s

Re:Dangerous slide

[Casualposter]

We are Americans. Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave. Noam Chomsky is some sort of pinko-commie throw back to the spooky days of McCarthyism. I'm not afraid of some terrorist. I wasn't the day after 9-11 either. I am NOT afraid.

I am more than concerned that we may have to resort to violently removing our government for the crimes they have committed against us and the failure to do their sworn duty.

Democracy is two wolves and lamb voting on what's for lunch. Liberty is a well armed lamb contesting the vote.