Stop Political Correctness at US Airports! Begin Profiling!

Stop Political Correctness at US Airports! Begin Profiling!
A Commentary by J. D. Longstreet


What’s next in the quest for security at US airports? Cavity searches? Seems to me, that’s about the only thing NOT searched these days.

The US is fatalistically politically correct. We refuse to make a point of searching the very people we already know are the most likely, of all the people boarding aircraft in the US, to be carrying explosive materials, or weapons. Instead, our government is forcing EVERYONE to suffer the indignity of full body scans or “pat downs.”

The US Constitution used to protect American citizens from unreasonable searches. But the US government has made it clear in the past few days that unless the Supreme Court steps in and forces them to abide by the constitution they intend to continue violating the rights of American citizens.

Profiling is the answer to all this humiliation at US airports. We know what the profile of a person more likely than anyone else in the general public to be carrying a device, or materials, forbidden on aircraft. THOSE are the people the government should be patting down and body scanning – not grandmothers, 3-year old children, or even nuns.

So how would the airport screeners know to scan and or pat down? Well, let’s take a look at history for a clue:

1. 1968 Bobby Kennedy was shot and killed by a Muslim male extremist between the ages of 17 and 40.

2. In 1972 at the Munich Olympics, athletes were kidnapped and massacred by Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.

3. In 1979, the US embassy in Iran was taken over by Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.

4. During the 1980's a number of Americans were kidnapped inLebanon by Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.

5. In 1983, the US Marine barracks in Beirut was blown up by Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.

6. In 1985 the cruise ship Achille Lauro was hijacked and a 70 yearold American passenger was murdered and thrown overboard inhis wheelchair by Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.

7. In 1985 TWA flight 847 was hijacked at Athens , and a US Navydiver trying to rescue passengers was murdered by Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.

8. In 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 was bombed by Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.

9. In 1993 the World Trade Center was bombed the first time by Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.

10. In 1998, the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania were bombedby Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.

11. On 9/11/01, four airliners were hijacked; two were used asmissiles to take out the World Trade Centers and of the remaining two, one crashed into the US Pentagon and the other was diverted and crashed by the passengers. Thousands of people were killed by Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.

12. In 2002 the United States fought a war in Afghanistan against Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.

13. In 2002 reporter Daniel Pearl was kidnapped and murdered by Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40.

14. And now we can add: In 2009, 31 people wounded and 13 AmericanSoldiers murdered on base at Fort Hoodby a Major that was known as a:You guessed it - A Muslim male extremist between the age of 17 and 40.

Profiling could include the country of one’s origin, one’s behavior, one’s religion, one’s gender, and yes, even the color of one’s skin.

Profiling would make air travel in America much safer than it is today. To continue to lie to ourselves, as we do under the current politically correct non-profiling system, does not make us safer. In my opinion, it only makes us more vulnerable to would-be terrorists while denying Americans their constitutional rights.

I have to tell you, I view the government’s behavior at US airports as just another example of the Obama Regime’s lack of respect for the rights of US citizens under the constitution. Once more, they demonstrate their distaste for the limits the constitution places on government.

Americans are indisputably losing another of our cherished freedoms. That is the ability to move about as we please. Since the birth of the country we have had the ability to go anywhere within the states when we please, anyway we pleased. No longer. Our cherished mobility has been curtailed.

If we are to regain control of our government, we have to continue purging the government of the liberal-socialists remaining in the election of November 2012. Then, and only then, can we have a chance at regaining our lost freedom.

J. D. Longstreet

How Many States Plan To Disarm?

How Many States Plan To Disarm?
A Gun Ban in the US is Impossible
A Commentary by J. D. Longstreet
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Text of the 2nd amendment to the US Constitution:
“A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”

What part of “SHALL NOT” do the gun control advocates NOT UNDERSTAND?

This time, the US Supreme Court has been asked to decide if the states have the right to take your guns away. We’re talking about the state governments – not the federal government.

The “gun grabbers” have not given up. Oh, no! They are “true believers,” choosing to believe in the myth and the fairy tale that if you take people’s guns away America will be a safer place. They believe this in spite of the facts out there for everyone to see.

See, those stubborn facts tell a different story. Those facts tell us that when you mandate by law that citizens must give up their guns, law-abiding citizens will do it. They won’t like it. They will grumble and fuss, but in the end -- they will give them up. On the other hand the citizens who do not abide by the law will not give up their guns and, as a result, a huge power shift occurs. Power is snatched from the hands of the law-abiding citizens and given to the government and the outlaws…. but I repeat myself. Next comes anarchy.

I’ll make a prediction here. If the time ever comes in America when the government, state or federal, forces the citizens to give up their guns and the bad guys begin their reign of fear, a cottage industry will spring up all across the land. It will be an industry turning out homemade firearms. Soon that will turn into a full-fledged black market where underground illicit firearms factories will be created to meet the demand from citizens seeking protection for their homes and their families.

There is something very important the elite in this country do not know. That is -- just how easy it is to produce a firearm. Even “yours truly” produced homemade firearms while still a student in high school. I even had a single shot 22 caliber “zip gun” (made by me) sewn inside the sleeve of my black horsehide leather jacket! No Joke! I was serious then -- and I am serious now.

A fellow student produced a handgun so powerful it blew a nice fat, round, hole through the side of his father’s barn. And we were KIDS! How sophisticated do you think a couple of high school kids were about the intricacies of producing firearms?

The point is, just like prohibition, a ban on firearms in the United States will back fire and it will create more problems than ever expected by the gungrabbers and/or the government whether that government is state or federal. And mark this: neither a state government nor the federal government will be able to handle it.

Let us say, hypothetically, of course, that a state government decides to ban guns within that state. How long do you think it will be before thriving gun smuggling operations are set up to meet the demand for guns in that “gun-free” state? I’d give it hours. Maybe the leaders of the gungrabbers have not thought about this – but you can bet the ATF has!

Understand this. Banning guns in the United States is impossible. It cannot be done, except on paper. The citizens of this country will be armed.

The Supreme Court will, more than likely, hand down their decision before June of this year. The American citizens have already made their decision. They WILL have guns – one way -- or the other.

J. D. Longstreet

Now Comes the Door-buster Crowd Control Bill

ON the heels of the Wal-Mart Black Friday trampling death of Jdimytai Damour, New York City Councilman James F. Gennaro thinks he’s come up with a solution. A "door-buster bill” would hold retailers accountable for injuries.

According to the Chicago Tribune, New York City Councilman James F. Gennaro is working on a "door-buster bill" that would require large retailers and malls to make appropriate security arrangements whenever a big sales event is likely to attract large numbers of shoppers.

"We need to provide, at a bare minimum, public safety and security to make sure when people come to these things they are walking into a safe and secure environment," Gennaro said.

On the other hand, the National Retail Federation vice president, Joseph LaRocca, believes that this isn’t the answer. He wants customers to take responsibility for their own actions. He said that retailers don’t condone people rushing doors and overpowering employees but, "It is something the individual customer has to be accountable for."

A University of Michigan marketing professor, Aradhna Krishna, recommends that the “doorbusting” practice be stopped altogether because it creates a “herd-mentality” insanity.

She said the formula for the insanity is a simple one: superlow prices, increased demand, limited supply and a clock that's running down.

Neil Stern, a senior partner in retail consulting firm McMillan Doolittle has suggested that retailers to issue tickets “for entrance as part of crowd control.”

Can individuals be held responsible for their actions or inaction as part of a frenzied group? Is there is such a thing as a herd-mentality group insanity plea?

Perhaps large retailers and malls will eventually act in their own interest by adopting measures that will eliminate door-busting? But is yet another law necessary?

For background on this story see, “What is Wal-Mart’s Responsibility in the Death of Jdimytai Damour?”

Originally published at Digital Journal by Barbara Sowell

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