TSA: Target-Shifting Administration

So, the TSA is on the offensive, defending their offensive actions.

Yeah, I know. That sentence doesn't sound right. But then, neither does what the TSA is doing.

They're under the impression that inconvenient means safe. It doesn't. It means inconvenient.

They're also under the impression that arrogant bastards mean protectors. It doesn't. It means arrogant bastards.

And, they're under the impression that creating long lines of people in public places is safe. It isn't. It's a target.

Think about it.

If a terrorist wants to cause fear around air travel, what to they have to do? Take out an airplane?

No. They have to take out a lot of people.

Take, say, a DC-10. They hold from 250-380 passengers.

Passengers wait in line at a security checkpoint at Hartsfield-Jackson Airport in Atlanta. Image source: MSN

Take, say, an airport. In September, 2010, Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson had 7,261,721 passengers travel through its gates. That means in 10 minutes, on average 1,681 people go through the gates in 10 minutes. There are three checkpoints: North Terminal, South Terminal, and Main Checkpoint.

If all three are operating, and handling the same number of people, then, in 10 minutes, 560 people will go through a checkpoint.

Of course, some times it will be a lot less. Some times it will be a lot more. But, the point is, in 10 minutes time, on average, nearly twice as many people are waiting to get through a gate in Atlanta as will be on a DC-10.

So, where does the terrorist need to strike? On a plane?

No. They have the TSA making a lot of people stand together for minutes at a time. And that's where they will hit, when they next hit air traffic. On the ground. At the long line the TSA has for you.

And, when that happens, what will be next? The TSA moving the checkpoints to the entrance to the airport building itself? Wouldn't surprise me. Because all that does is shift the target.

You see, to me, that's the problem with how the TSA is handling things. Well, the whole handling of people's boobs and genitals and such, too. But all the TSA has succeeded in doing is making people miserable and shifting the terrorists' target from 30,000 feet in the air to 560 bodies standing in line.

Nine years and this is what they came up with?

And liberals want the government running things.

Playing cards. Race cards.

The circus was in the area this week. Oh, wait, it was just Al Sharpton. Different clown entirely.

How did Sharpton's appearance work out? Great, as far as I'm concerned. His candidate lost.

Speaking of crazy racists calling other people racist...

The NAACP was visited by Michelle Obama, who said the group must "increase its intensity." They did that by calling the TEA Party racist. They actually said "elements"were racist. And, of course, by elements, they mean "white people."

Just who are these Colored People that National Association is looking to Advance? Of course, if they changed their name to the current "correct word/phrase" for blacks, they'd be the NAAAA. Which might not be a bad idea. Sounds like a bunch of sheep, mindlessly following their shepherd. Or Judas goat.

But maybe NAACP is right after all: National Association for the Advancement of Calumniation and Prevarication. Yeah, that fits.

Of course, all these lies and racism from the NAACP is beginning to confuse me. The NAACP is repeating lies about others and using race as a rallying point. Didn't they also do that in the 1930s? Or was that NSDAP? It's getting harder and harder to tell the difference.

Now, it seems that the TEA Party isn't the only racist group. Al Qaeda is racist. This is after an attack in Africa. I suppose the blacks killed in the 9/11 attacks in the U.S. were simply killed because they were around a bunch of white people. Ditto for the blacks killed in the 7/7 attacks in the U.K.

Suddenly, Al Qaeda is racist. Does this mean that the administration will take the war on those terrorists seriously now? Or does it just mean that Eric Holder will sue Al Qaeda?

I'm hoping the former, since, in the left's mind, this charge of Al Qaeda being racist makes them almost as dangerous as the TEA Party.

Proof it's working, unless you look at the facts

The Obama administration caught a lot of flack over its policies for dealing with terrorists. Like Mirandizing the pantybomber. And civilian trials for terrorists captured in battle.

When Dick Cheny, along with Liz Cheney (Cheney: The Next Generation) criticized the administration's policies last week, the left went nuts. Okay, more nuts.

Then, word came out about several Taliban captured in Pakistan. That, cried the left, was proof that Obama's policies were correct.

But facts are stubborn things.

Like the fact that this was in Pakistan. The U.S. didn't capture them. Had it been Iraq or Afghanistan, then it might indeed be that the U.S. military captured them. But the U.S. isn't conducting military raids in Pakistan. (Not that we'd admit to, anyway.)

No, the Pakistani captured those terrorists on Pakistani soil. The U.S. is able to question them when Pakistan grants permission, but they remain in Pakistani custody. And, last time I checked, U.S. law doesn't apply. Nor do U.S. policies.

Prisoners of the Pakistani don't have the right to remain silent. And there are no guarantees that an attorney will be provided.

Word is now that Pakistan might not even turn the prisoners over to the U.S.

So, I fail to see how Pakistan capturing and questioning Taliban is a win for Obama's policies. Unless Obama's policy is to do nothing.

If only. Doing nothing is often preferable to doing the wrong thing.

Solving the GTMO problem

While I disagree with the president, I am still an American. And I have a duty to my country to help in any way I can.

One of the president's biggest problems -- as Obama sees it -- is the prison at Guantanamo Bay (GTMO). And he is right about this: GTMO is a public relations issue for the U.S. Of course, he is one of the ones that made it a PR issue. But, the fact remains, it is an issue.

He wants to close GTMO, but he has no clue on what to do about the detainees there.

The president needs help.

And I'm here to help.

Putting our differences aside, I have the solution to the GTMO "problem."

Let's simply announce we've released everybody from GTMO -- released them back in the countries where we found them. We don't actually release anyone; just say we did.

It's not like Obama is above telling a little White Lie. Or, in his case, a Half-White Lie. Since he'll lie to the American people, he should have no problem lying to non-Americans, like the French, the Iranians, the Iraqi, the Canadians, the Germans, the MSNBC news anchors... We just tell them all that we have released the detainees, and we don't know, or care, what happened to them after that.

The next thing to do is wait a week while they go all ga-ga over the "release" -- then we announce that we've expanded the Air Force Flight Test Center (Detachment 3) research facility at Groom Lake (you might know it as "Groom Lake" or "Area 51") and have converted the facility at GTMO to military research.

Again, that would be only a Half-White Lie, since we would be researching. Only we'd be researching terrorists. With water.

Groom Lake is very secure because of the nature of the testing that occurs there. You can't just go there. Reporters can't just go there. Don't believe me? Try it.

And here's the best part: tell Joe Biden that the research being done there is related to the aliens that crashed at Roswell. He can't keep his mouth shut, so he'll start that rumor. And the people that support Obama are the same kind of people that believe aliens crashed at Roswell, so it would fit their preconceived notions. Everything will take care of itself.

There you are, Mr. President. You have your solution to your GTMO "problem."

• The facility continues functioning as-is
• The research and alien cover story explains why no one can go there to verify anything

Oh, and Mr. President? You're welcome.

Obama to right past CIA wrongs, blow up Los Angeles

WASHINGTON (AP) - Following recent revelations of harsh interrogation techniques during the Bush administration, coupled with the release of a CIA memo stating that those techniques were effective, the Obama administration has decided to "right past wrongs" and accomplish what the terrorists couldn't: blow up Los Angeles.

"High value information came from interrogations in which those methods were used and provided a deeper understanding of the al Qa'ida organization that was attacking this country," Adm. Dennis C. Blair, the intelligence director, wrote in a memo to his staff last Thursday.

Admiral Blair sent his memo on the same day the administration publicly released secret Bush administration legal memos authorizing the use of interrogation methods that the Obama White House has deemed to be illegal torture. Among other things, the Bush administration memos revealed that two captured Qaeda operatives were subjected to a form of near-drowning known as waterboarding a total of 266 times.

"We were shocked when we learned the full extent of the inappropriate techniques approved by the CIA under the previous administration," White House press secretary Robert L. Gibbs told reporters. "That's one of the reasons we made the memos public. We want everyone to know what was done, supposedly in our name, and that this administration does not condone such actions."

Nakatomi Plaza in Los Angeles was the first building destroyed in the Obama administration's attempt to right past wrongs.

The president plans to go even further, Gibbs said.

"It would be unconscionable for this administration to look the other way, just because those tactics achieved results. It was wrong to use them, and we should not benefit from their use," Gibbs stated. "The president had directed that, since those tactics obtained information that prevented a major attack on Los Angeles, it is only right that we carry out the attack on ourselves."

Late last night, the Nakatomi Plaza in Los Angeles was destroyed. It was one of the high profile targets of the operatives that were to carry out the attacks on the west coast.

"We have transcripts of all the information obtained from Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and Abu Zubaydah. They listed all the targets and the time frames of the scheduled attacks," Gibbs said. "We are looking to compile a list of all those who were at or near the targets on the dates in question. Their deaths were prevented by these illegal interrogation tactics. The president seeks to correct that."

Getting what you voted for

With the President ordering the closing of Guantanamo Bay, the question arises: what to do with the prisoners there?

Of course, there are some on the left that think they need to be released. This, despite ongoing reports of former detainees returning to terrorism.

However, let's assume that the administration recognizes that the bad guys are bad guys and need to be kept locked up somewhere.

Some states are saying they don't want them. And I agree. I don't want my state housing them.

But, then again, my state voted for McCain.

I have a solution that ought to make everybody happy: Spread the Guantanamo Bay prisoners around among the states that voted for Obama. I mean, after all, he campaigned on the promise to close Gitmo. So it's not like they didn't know he'd do it, right?

Well, it was okay with them if he did. So much so that they voted him into office.

I'm for having those responsible for putting Obama into office having to put up with the consequences.

Here's the plan: There are, by one count, 245 prisoners at Guantanamo Bay. 28 states and the District of Columbia awarded 365 Electoral Votes to Obama.

Spread them out accordingly.

For each Electoral Vote for Obama, a state gets just over 2/3 (0.671) of a prisoner. Here's the breakdown:

State	Electoral Votes	Guantanamo Bay prisoners
California	55	37
Colorado	9	6
Connecticut	7	5
Delaware	3	2
D.C.	3	2
Florida	27	18
Hawaii	4	3
Illinois	21	14
Indiana	11	7
Iowa	7	5
Maine	4	3
Maryland	10	7
Massachusetts	12	8
Michigan	17	11
Minnesota	10	7
Nebraska	1	0
Nevada	5	3
New Hampshire	4	3
New Jersey	15	10
New Mexico	5	3
New York	31	21
North Carolina	15	10
Ohio	20	13
Oregon	7	5
Pennsylvania	21	14
Rhode Island	4	3
Vermont	3	2
Virginia	13	9
Washington	11	7
Wisconsin	10	7
	365	245

This could solve all kinds of problems.

Terrorists for Obama

I'm glad to see the McCain campaign is finally kicking it up a notch. They're holding Obama's feet to the fire concerning his association with terrorists, such as William Ayers: The mainstream media is in the tank for Obama on this, failing to ask the hard questions, or follow up on the BS answers Obama and his flunkies give. It's up to alternative media to get the word out. And that's you!