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Ah, our federal bureaucracy — some things never change. (Raw Story):
A Government Accountability Office investigator smuggled live bomb components into a federal building in just 27 seconds, then assembled a bomb in a restroom and ventured throughout the building without being detected, a leaked tape revealed Wednesday.In addition, congressional investigators were able to penetrate every single federal building they probed without any difficulty – 10 in all. A shocked Senate Homeland Security Chairman Joe Lieberman (I-CT) went off on the news in an article Wednesday by ABC News.
“Just think about it. In this case, in this GAO test, ten different federal buildings in different cities in the country were all compromised,” Lieberman is quoted as saying in the report. “If a terrorist group just did that in two or three federal buildings, it would not only really hurt some people; it would create a real crisis of confidence here in the United States about our homeland security.”
Homeland Security released a tepid statement to the network’s reporters, saying the department “is committed to providing government facilities and employees with a first class security force. The Federal Protective Service (FPS) is charged with that critical mission and DHS takes the concerns raised in the forthcoming GAO report very seriously.”
Here’s more from the ABC report.
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The point…There really isn’t any plan to protect federal buildings or federal employees (or anyone for that matter) from bombs or terrorists or alquaedaededododo.
That’s all just decoration – a means to spend money and make politicians look fierce and strong and courageous.
The real motivation behind beefing security is two fold:
1) Keep Americans afraid. YOU are going to be killed, any day now, by a brown non-Christian that wants to f*ck your ass if you don’t vote for me, support my party, and worry incessantly about things you cant control.
2) Pay defense contractors. The only industry left in America is defense (aka Military Industrial Complex). We need to keep giving them money so they will hire people and create infrastructure that “protects” us (except when it doesn’t see above) and keeps the industry flush with cash that gets funneled back to politicians and political parties and pundits to help keep us all scared, obedient and participating in our own brainwashing.
So they can’t protect us from the GAO, much less al Qaeda,yet we’re supposed to believe that the Bush/Obama policy of pumping billions into the coffers of the defense contractors, plus spending ten billion a month to kill people in south Asia, is making us “safe.” And a good portion of the American public actually believe it! Is it any wonder the rest of the world regards the US as a sick, bloody joke?
Cheerio, Pam!Just a few thoughts regarding the chart… if we’re all about to be blown to ALPHABITS, wouldn’t it be best made clear to the American public by declaring a “Code PEBBLES” or “Reeses Pieces“?
I realize, this will probably still go unnoticed by many of the FROSTED FLAKES within our borders, but even a “snap-crackle-POP!” would get the idea of impending doom across better than Booberry…
And won’t someone please think of the POP-TARTS??
Why do you hate America?You obviously want to see us all made into Crunchy Granola. Or Crispy Critters. Commie!
That’s simplebecause she’s a [whisper it] liberal. All liberals hate America. It’s axiomatic.
Froot Loop!Grape Nuts, both of you… bet you think you’re just Special K, dontcha!
Just wait ’til I’m done with my 40% Bran Flakes. I’ll show YOU! Make ya into Shredded Wheat, I will…
Seriously, thoughThere really ISN’T a practical way to ensure safety in all federal buildings or public areas. It sucks and it’s scary.
Bring it on, Pinko!I’m ready fer ya. I’m strong to the finich cause I eat my…er…Wheaties.
As a character in a Hitchcock movie once said:“Things go crazy from time to time. The world has to be watched very carefully.” There is no defense against madness. None. Alas.
Hang on, gotta get General Mills in for reinforcement…Hmm- this may go into extra innings!
And besides, OBVIOUSLY the line would be:
“I’m light on my FEETIES
‘Cause I eat my Wheaties!”
(shakes head in disappointment…)
Right.Or as these great and wise sages sang:
“Clowns to the left of me
Jokers to the right
Here I am
Stuck in the middle with you!”