Does anyone else wonder why Shrub was cutting Air Marshalls while...

[gully]

simultaniously stating that an attack from Al Qaeda is likely?

Now that's homeland security ey? :nuke:

[whoYaCallinAlib]

1. Anal cranial inversion syndrome.

Next question.

[arcane1]

2. the same reason they made the terrorism futures market

and the same reason Bush is going on vacation in August again, and the same reason the color code didn't change despite the alert:

LIHOP 2


2+2+2+2, etc...

[samsingh]

3. it seems very weird

there's a whole bunch of misdirection going on.

[Bridget Burke]

4. Why were armed pilots banned, summer of '01?

This column in Worldnet Daily asks:

"A 40-year-old Federal Aviation Administration rule that allowed commercial airline pilots to be armed was inexplicably rescinded two months before the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, leading aviation security experts to lay at least some of the blame for the tragedy at the feet of airlines, none of which took advantage of the privilege while it was in effect.

"The FAA adopted the armed pilot rule shortly after the Cuban missile crisis of 1961 to help prevent hijackings of American airliners. It remained in effect for four decades.

"But in July 2001 – just two months prior to the Sept. 11 attacks – the rule was rescinded. "

www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=27647

Of course, pilots are now allowed to go armed again. I've got serious reservations about the policy, but think the timing of the ban was a bit odd.

It coincides with Ashcroft's decision to avoid flying commercial. Wonder if he's resumed?

[ElementaryPenguin]

7. I explained this to someone the other day, and they were shocked!!

Lookd like the Junta was trying to set us up for 9-11 The Sequel, with the latest air marshal move! Homeland Security has enough money to snare child pornographers - but not for air marshal motel bills? WTF?? Move along, folks. Nothing here for you to see.

[Loonman]

5. The weaponsgate flap

That's why all this goofy shit about ferries and radios is coming out.

Karl Rove is a friggin' genius.

[Zero Gravitas]

6. Right Hand not knowing what Far Right Hand is doing

Cut Air marshals = Pay for tax cuts, no-one important flies commercial anyway.

New Terra Warning = Frighten the sheep into submission and stoke up that jingoistic Nationalist "support" for Former Governor Bush.