You'll get no arguments from me on these points.
jf
RBHouston@aol.com wrote:
> Am I the only one that thinks Norman Mineta is insane? First he says airport
> security cannot "profile" when looking for terrorist, in spite of the fact
> that 100% of the terrorism was perpetrated by young, male, middle easterners?
> How about we only profile 90% of the time and check grandma's and little
> kids the other 10% to keep the politically correct crowd happy?
>
> Now the govenment has announced that pilots will not be allowed to carry
> firearms. The reasons cited now are lack of training (even though the
> majority of pilots are ex-military with previous training and have offered to
> take the same training as sky marshals) and that a stray bullet might hit
> some "electrical system" (guess they went to electrical system when the rapid
> depressurization argument was proven invalid). One congressman (D-SC)
> indicated the locked cockpit door should be enough. My guess is he's never
> flown or never looked up from his first class martini long enough to see the
> flimsy door. Apparently he also doen't give a damn about the lives of any of
> the passengers or flight attendents.
>
> OK...off the soap box, donning the flame suit...but beware, I shoot back!
>
> Robert Houston
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