Seen on the street in Kyiv.

Words of Advice:

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- The TOFF *

"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown

“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie

"Thou Shalt Get Sidetracked by Bullshit, Every Goddamned Time." -- The Ghoul

"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad

"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown

"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers

"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

* "TOFF" = Treasonous Orange Fat Fuck,
"FOFF" = Felonious Old Fat Fuck,
"COFF" = Convicted Old Felonious Fool,
A/K/A Commandante (or Cadet) Bone Spurs,
A/K/A El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago, A/K/A the Asset,
A/K/A P01135809, A/K/A Dementia Donnie, A/K/A Felon^34,
A/K/A Dolt-45, A/K/A Don Snoreleone

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

What is the Difference Between the TSA and the Girl Scouts?

While the TSA is, no doubt, guilty of severe overreaction in the aftermath of the Testicle Bomber, (c'mon, confusing honey with PETN), there is one point to keep in mind, and that is one of the basic rules of bureaucracy: Nobody loses their job because they overreacted.

The system that delays millions of travelers and causes millions more to not fly or take another mode of transportation isn't going to be criticized by anyone other than those people who were foolish enough to hold onto airline company stocks. The system that has one "leaker", one guy who gets through to try something, is going to be criticized and some people might be fired.

The reason, of course, is because the fright-based media and our political structure are both populated by people with the emotional maturity of toddlers.

Let's be truthful here: The reason the Dick-Burning Bomber got s far as he did was because nobody flashed on the red flags that were there, indicators that have been known since back before the days of terrorism to the days when what they were concerned with was people smuggling drugs. It did not take the Squarepants Bomber's father ratting him out to the CIA to trigger alarms, the guy's own conduct should have done that.

If adults were in charge, those holes would be plugged, without a lot of fuss or fanfare.

Which is why the answer to the question posed by the title of this post is: Competent adult supervision.

1 comment:

Cujo359 said...

That's always been the problem with dealing with security folks - they'll never get in trouble by following the rules, no matter how insane those rules might be. At the rule-making level, there's no such thing as too restrictive or too counterproductive.