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Topic: GOP seizes on terror issue
Fanta46's photo
Tue 12/29/09 09:39 AM
BS!
It's just more political posturing by the Repubs.

The Admin of the TSA can't change policy.
Obama doesn't even have the power.
????Congress maybe????

Fanta46's photo
Tue 12/29/09 09:46 AM
Edited by Fanta46 on Tue 12/29/09 09:46 AM
Meanwhile,

Southers cleared the Senate commerce and homeland security committees and awaits a full Senate vote.

The American Federal of Government Employees -- one of two unions vying to represent TSOs one day -- said in a statement that the security breach "might have been avoided if there had been a strong security professional at the helm of the agency."

"Erroll Southers has the background and experience needed to strengthen security measures at TSA. The hold placed on the nomination and confirmation by Senator DeMint runs counter to prudent national security," AFGE said.

The National Treasury Employees Union said, “The agency clearly is in need of a permanent leader who can begin to resolve some of its pressing issues.”

“This continued delay in seating a permanent TSA administrator only impedes efforts to strengthen the agency,” said NTEU president Colleen M. Kelley. She wants senators to vote on Southers before the holiday recess.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/federal-eye/2009/12/wheres_the_tsa_administrator.html


The safety of airline passengers remains impeded by the Republican Party.

Impeded,
To retard or obstruct the progress of. See Synonyms at hinder.

mygenerationbaby's photo
Tue 12/29/09 10:20 AM
Edited by mygenerationbaby on Tue 12/29/09 10:20 AM
Nice work, Fanta...Republicans had their chance to muck up the works. It's time to play fair. Give Obama his day at the helm. He shouldn't have to waste so much time trying to please the ghosts of the past. God they're annoying. All they do is pick pick pick. Meanwhile, the rest of the world is laughing their @$$e$ off, because we can't get it together. Like it or not, Democracy won this round. Back off and quit your dam whining (to all the snarling RedVested Dogs).

Full body scans are not facist. That's like saying campfires are the only politically correct way to cook meat. What's the matter? Is showing what you got making it too hard for you to destroy the world. We sooorrry.

JustAGuy2112's photo
Tue 12/29/09 10:26 AM
OMG.

Fanta, sometimes you just kill me.

I ask again. If the Dept of Homeland Security HAS the power to require all international airports to install and maintain all that fantastic equipment that " might " have stopped the attempted attack...

Then why haven't they done so long before now???

Again. Like usual, the government works strictly on a reactionary basis.

Something bad happens, then it's like a Keystone Cops routine. The Government runs around, completely confused shouting out " WE HAVE TO FIX THIS ", without any real clue as to how to do it.

And, of course, since the people in charge are all confused, they run to their normal fallback position.

BLAME THE REPUBLICANS

I would think that you, of all people, would start getting tired of hearing the Dems pass the buck.

They are taking NO responsibility for ANYTHING.

mygenerationbaby's photo
Tue 12/29/09 10:41 AM
What's a raison d'etere, Fanta?

mygenerationbaby's photo
Tue 12/29/09 10:46 AM
I see what you're saying. But I must respectfully disagree. Dems are not trying to pass the buck. They're trying to do the jobs they were ELECTED to do. If that means wasting time trying to get REPUBS off their back, so be it. I think Obama should blow them off. He gave them plenty of chances to participate. All they ever do is criticize. Hey, no one was killed. And you're taking this little ball and running around screaming with your head cut off. Because you don't love your Mother. Not in this life anyway.

no photo
Tue 12/29/09 12:12 PM

BS!
It's just more political posturing by the Repubs.

The Admin of the TSA can't change policy.
Obama doesn't even have the power.
????Congress maybe????


Only you and dems could take the facts and distort them this way.....IT WAS EIGHT MONTHS BEFORE OBAMA EVEN NOMINATED ANYONE TO HEAD UP THE TSA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THE NOMINATION DIDNT EVEN GET TO THE SENATE UNTIL NOVEMBER. So DEMINT HAS BLOCKED IT FOR ONLY ONE MONTH.....that is sure not delay and obstruction to the degree that you are trying to pin on the republicans over this matter.

laugh laugh laugh

Fanta46's photo
Tue 12/29/09 12:18 PM

Nice work, Fanta...Republicans had their chance to muck up the works. It's time to play fair. Give Obama his day at the helm. He shouldn't have to waste so much time trying to please the ghosts of the past. God they're annoying. All they do is pick pick pick. Meanwhile, the rest of the world is laughing their @$$e$ off, because we can't get it together. Like it or not, Democracy won this round. Back off and quit your dam whining (to all the snarling RedVested Dogs).

Full body scans are not facist. That's like saying campfires are the only politically correct way to cook meat. What's the matter? Is showing what you got making it too hard for you to destroy the world. We sooorrry.


Darn Republicans.
They are only concerned with themselves.

They could care less or the people.

no photo
Tue 12/29/09 12:34 PM


Nice work, Fanta...Republicans had their chance to muck up the works. It's time to play fair. Give Obama his day at the helm. He shouldn't have to waste so much time trying to please the ghosts of the past. God they're annoying. All they do is pick pick pick. Meanwhile, the rest of the world is laughing their @$$e$ off, because we can't get it together. Like it or not, Democracy won this round. Back off and quit your dam whining (to all the snarling RedVested Dogs).

Full body scans are not facist. That's like saying campfires are the only politically correct way to cook meat. What's the matter? Is showing what you got making it too hard for you to destroy the world. We sooorrry.


Darn Republicans.
They are only concerned with themselves.

They could care less or the people.


Darn Democrats.
They are only concerned with spending trillions of dollars over and above what the Treasury takes in.

They could care less about our children having to pay a price for it.

no photo
Tue 12/29/09 01:08 PM
De Mint has raised an interesting question - if TSA is unionized what happens when they go on strike?

Fanta46's photo
Tue 12/29/09 02:52 PM

Meanwhile,

Southers cleared the Senate commerce and homeland security committees and awaits a full Senate vote.

The American Federal of Government Employees -- one of two unions vying to represent TSOs one day -- said in a statement that the security breach "might have been avoided if there had been a strong security professional at the helm of the agency."

"Erroll Southers has the background and experience needed to strengthen security measures at TSA. The hold placed on the nomination and confirmation by Senator DeMint runs counter to prudent national security," AFGE said.

The National Treasury Employees Union said, “The agency clearly is in need of a permanent leader who can begin to resolve some of its pressing issues.”

“This continued delay in seating a permanent TSA administrator only impedes efforts to strengthen the agency,” said NTEU president Colleen M. Kelley. She wants senators to vote on Southers before the holiday recess.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/federal-eye/2009/12/wheres_the_tsa_administrator.html


The safety of airline passengers remains impeded by the Republican Party.

Impeded,
To retard or obstruct the progress of. See Synonyms at hinder.

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