Sunday, November 21, 2010

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Hillary Clinton - 'I Would Avoid Enhanced Pat Down if I Could, Who Wouldn't'

Posted: 21 Nov 2010 03:15 PM PST


Hillary Clinton seems to be trying to take positions on both sides. She says that she would want to avoid the 'enhanced pat down' but that it is a necessary security measure.

Video embedded below.



"On Face the Nation, host Bob Schieffer asked Secretary Clinton whether she would submit to one of TSA's controversial new patdowns.

"Not if I could avoid it. No. I mean who would?" she responded.

However, she did note that while she feels the new patdowns should be made less intrusive, they are still a necessary security measure."

Tanks Being Sent Into Afghanistan War For The First Time

Posted: 21 Nov 2010 02:57 PM PST


I have heard some people making references to the failed soviet action in the 1980's. That seems an unfair comparison. If the generals on the ground think it will help, I say let them have some. An Abrams tank rolling down the street is a heck of an ambush deterrent. That said, pictures of a burning or destroyed tank would be a major propaganda win for our enemies.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/18/AR2010111806856.html

"The U.S. military is sending a contingent of heavily armored battle tanks to Afghanistan for the first time in the nine-year war, defense officials said, a shift that signals a further escalation in the aggressive tactics that have been employed by American forces this fall to attack the Taliban.

The deployment of a company of M1 Abrams tanks, which will be fielded by the Marines in the country's southwest, will allow ground forces to target insurgents from a greater distance - and with more of a lethal punch - than is possible from any other U.S. military vehicle. The 68-ton tanks are propelled by a jet engine and equipped with a 120mm main gun that can destroy a house more than a mile away."

Whoopi Goldberg - 'TSA Enhanced Pat Down Not Conferable, But Does Not Mind a Squeeze in The Name of Safety'

Posted: 21 Nov 2010 02:41 PM PST


Video embedded below.



"In response to Huckabee saying he is not happy about a government employee going into people's pants at the airport, Goldberg reminds him "no it's not comfortable and it's not the way I would like to live, but if it's going to keep me from getting blown out of the sky, you can check anything you want. And if you feel something you like and squeeze it, what am I going to do?""

Young Boy Strip Searched by TSA

Posted: 21 Nov 2010 02:32 PM PST


Video embedded below. (via)



From the video description: "Lets get the facts straight first. Before the video started the boy went through a metal detector and didn't set it off but was selected for a pat down. The boy was shy so the TSA couldn't complete the full pat on the young boy. The father tried several times to just hold the boys arms out for the TSA agent but i guess it didn't end up being enough for the guy. I was about 30 ft away so i couldn't hear their conversation if there was any. The enraged father pulled his son shirt off and gave it to the TSA agent to search, thats when this video begins."

SNL Pokes Fun at 'Enhances TSA Pat Downs'

Posted: 21 Nov 2010 02:14 PM PST


Video embedded below.

Pope Benedict XVI - 'Condom Use is Acceptable in Certain Cases'

Posted: 20 Nov 2010 08:28 PM PST


My understanding of Pope Benedict XVI comment is not that he is condoning birth control, but that he would find the use of condoms 'acceptable' under some circumstances. The example being bantered about is a prostitute using one to help stop the spread of HIV

Head to http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/theanchoress/2010/11/20/pope-condoms for the most comprehnsive analysis of the Popes comments I have found.

'Enhanced Pat Down' Leaves Passenger Soaked in His Own Urine

Posted: 20 Nov 2010 08:01 PM PST


These stories are going to be filtering out with increasing frequency.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40291856

"On Nov. 7, Sawyer said he went through the security scanner at Detroit Metropolitan Airport. "Evidently the scanner picked up on my urostomy bag, because I was chosen for a pat-down procedure."

Due to his medical condition, Sawyer asked to be screened in private. "One officer looked at another, rolled his eyes and said that they really didn't have any place to take me," said Sawyer. "After I said again that I'd like privacy, they took me to an office."

Sawyer wears pants two sizes too large in order to accommodate the medical equipment he wears. He'd taken off his belt to go through the scanner and once in the office with security personnel, his pants fell down around his ankles. "I had to ask twice if it was OK to pull up my shorts," said Sawyer, "And every time I tried to tell them about my medical condition, they said they didn't need to know about that."

Before starting the enhanced pat-down procedure, a security officer did tell him what they were going to do and how they were going to it, but Sawyer said it wasn't until they asked him to remove his sweatshirt and saw his urostomy bag that they asked any questions about his medical condition.

"One agent watched as the other used his flat hand to go slowly down my chest. I tried to warn him that he would hit the bag and break the seal on my bag, but he ignored me. Sure enough, the seal was broken and urine started dribbling down my shirt and my leg and into my pants."

The security officer finished the pat-down, tested the gloves for any trace of explosives and then, Sawyer said, "He told me I could go. They never apologized. They never offered to help. They acted like they hadn't seen what happened. But I know they saw it because I had a wet mark."

Humiliated, upset and wet, Sawyer said he had to walk through the airport soaked in urine, board his plane and wait until after takeoff before he could clean up."

EPA Overreach in The Age of Obama

Posted: 20 Nov 2010 07:50 PM PST

NY Democrats Find Two Voting Machines in a Trunk For Close State Race They Are Trailing

Posted: 20 Nov 2010 07:46 PM PST


What were the odds... Anyone want to bet their are enough votes in them to put the Democrat over the top?

http://legalinsurrection.blogspot.com/2010/11/ny-dems-pull-voting-machines-out-of.html

During the recount process, Democrats did not just find new ballots, they found two new voting machines:

Two new voting machines were located last night in Buffalo, according to Sen.-elect Mike Gianaris, a Democratic attorney helping his party's efforts in ballot counting.



Incumbent Democratic Sen. Antoine Thompson trails GOP challenger Mark Grisanti by 821 votes, but Gianaris said the new voting machines and how they've been handled are a "total disaster" and "complete mess," adding that lawyers for Thompson are considering legal action that might force a complete recount of paper ballots optically scanned by the machines.



This would involve an amount of paper not seen in 50 years; elections in recent New York history have until this year been conducted with mechanical voting machines, not electronic machines that scan paper ballots. Such a recount would take a long time, to the dismay of people hoping the Senate will be clearly decided before January, when it is set to reconvene....
Democrats must win Thompson's seat, as well as seats held by Sens. Suzi Oppenheimer and Craig Johnson, to maintain a 32-30 majority in the chamber. Oppenheimer is leading her GOP challenger, but Johnson is trailing.
When this trick doesn't work, what will be next?

Obama on The New TSA Security Measures

Posted: 20 Nov 2010 07:40 PM PST


He seems to be supporting them. Obama says that the underwear bomber was not discovered by medal detectors; of course it would not have been picked up by the naked body scanners either.

Video embedded below.

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