tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post6264507308892557341..comments2024-03-13T21:26:03.011-07:00Comments on Right on the Left Coast: Views From a Conservative Teacher: Does It Really Matter Who's In The White House When Determining If A Government Action Is Right Or Not?Darrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-9955844995941376902010-11-27T11:52:15.089-08:002010-11-27T11:52:15.089-08:00Yes we have laws, that's my point, those laws ...Yes we have laws, that's my point, those laws do not allow ex-judicious kidnapping from US soil.<br />Obama has done nothing about the excesses of the USA Patriot Act, warrant-less wiretapping (again, there are supposed to be checks and balances), we now have to "show our papers" to travel to Canada or Mexico (yet NAFTA means that goods travel with almost no inspection). <br />The one problem with profiling is that you can get lax on general inspection. You need to have profiling <i>and</i> random inspection. <br />Oh, and never mind that not only is the security not forward thinking (looking for what's already been done) but it ignores the fact that none of the recent attempts ever went through US airports, and that the screening would not pick up body cavity devices or implanted explosives (which were already used by AQAP against a Saudi security officer)Billnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-82711603304189938042010-11-27T08:49:12.453-08:002010-11-27T08:49:12.453-08:00You know, I've been thinking about it, and may...You know, I've been thinking about it, and maybe my comments about profiling being the answer are off the mark . . . I mean, just look at the guy they just caught trying to blow up a Portland town square -- I mean he wasn't . . .oh, wait. Never mind.maxutilshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11294262473781967372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-34661851750449994992010-11-26T18:20:44.942-08:002010-11-26T18:20:44.942-08:00Can I chime in? I was upset about the expansion o...Can I chime in? I was upset about the expansion of wiretapping and search and seizure provisions then, and I'm equally upset about the TSA procedures now, especially since EVERY SINGLE terrorist act on a plane, including 9/11, could have been prevented by profiling. And, if devout Muslims don't like it, perhaps they should stop blowing things up.maxutilshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11294262473781967372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-11398769398154103722010-11-26T15:23:56.814-08:002010-11-26T15:23:56.814-08:00Jose Padilla was a traitor. We have laws to deal ...Jose Padilla was a traitor. We have laws to deal with traitors.<br /><br />Are you as angry with President Obama, who has explicitly and specifically targeted an American citizen for assassination? I'm not--the target is an American-born imam currently thought to be operating out of Yemen.<br /><br />I'm not a traitor. I'm not a terrorist. I don't fit any profile of a terrorist. Don't treat me like a terrorist. Real terrorists? I'm pretty "liberal" about how we deal with them.<br /><br />But be sure that I want people watching. I don't want to give the government enough power to start calling anyone it wants a "terrorist". I absolutely believe in watching the watchers.Darrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-8887018351370497262010-11-26T15:01:02.845-08:002010-11-26T15:01:02.845-08:00I'm sorry, but no, the right was not complaini...I'm sorry, but no, the right was not complaining in the slightest as Jose Padilla, a US citizen, was picked up, on US soil, and denied pretty much every single constitutional right. It doesn't matter if he was guilty as sin, he has those rights. I see to remember that the President (and you) swore to uphold <b>The Constitution.</b> It was wrong then, it's wrong now, and <i>everyone</i> should have been screaming bloody murder then, and should be doing the same now.Billnoreply@blogger.com