OK. In order: OmegaPaladin – since I don’t know you (or your age, political party, or anything else) re: your comment about me being a “peacenick,” I guess all I can do is say if I am, I’ve earned the right to be one honestly, as a Vietnam Vet. When I returned to “the world” in 1968, some hippies at the SeaTac airport spat on me, calling me a ‘baby killer.” So I guess in the world of the prejudiced, I’ve come full circle. Goodie for me. Huh? (Lesson – take it from a 62 year old war veteran that it’s frequently a lot easier and more cost effective to impose some brains and judgement on your trigger finger than to try to stuff the bullet back down the barrel later.) If you’re wrong, and you really need to shoot ‘em, you can do it tomorrow. (Bush and Cheney never learned that one, and I’m disappointed that Colin Powell was so easily compromised.) If I cared enough about educating the locals (remember, I’m from Massachusetts…..my bumper sticker would simply say “War is Sometimes the Answer.” So much for the peacenick.
Javelin: For your benefit, I’m spending a bunch of hard earned dough to try to get TSA to behave. Contrary to your stereotype, I did vote against the Iraq war. Problem was my congressman (Ed Markey D. Massachusetts) is more interested in getting re-elected than doing what’s right, and I guess my sales pitch wasn’t any more convincing than it was for Javelin, so he didn’t listen. But please meet at least one person who isn’t inconsistent by your measure. My guess is I’m not alone.
Helen of Troy:
Why don’t you (and everyone else for that matter) come out from behind the bushes and identify yourself. If you know some stuff that the rest of us don’t about the formation of the watchlist, we’d like to interview you.
Fred Gevalt
