Obama administration says Emirates Airlines Dropped the Ball; 9/11 Commission Vice-Chair Says U.S. Govt Is Dropping the Ball

So the Obama Admin has had their eyes on this Pakistani man for 2-3-4 days(?) and he walked right onto a flight headed for Dubais.
They were probably racially profiling him!
Does Pakistani mean muslim?
ROFLMFAO

Ever notice with Obama and his administration it is always someone else’s fault? (BP, airlines, obstructionist Republicans, greedy Wall Street, greedy doctors, greedy insurance companies, etc., etc.).
Ever notice Obama and his administration always seem to be caught flat-footed?
Ever notice that Obama and his administration have a hard time identifying and implementing effective solutions to REAL problems we face (e.g., jobs, terrorism, Gulf oil slick, etc.)?

Ever notice Obama and his administration always seem to be caught flat-footed?
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I wonder what his average is on those 18 holes of golf he plays everyday?

Our borders are open while the U.S military protects the borders of Germany and S Korea?
We send Billions in Foreign aid to countries that ridicule U.S. Policy?
Our elected public servants appoint political hacks that have no idea what to do in a crisis?
Look in the dictionary under POLITICAL HACK…. Thats a Picture of Janet Napolitano.
Won’t get fooled again in 2010

“Obama administration says Emirates Airlines Dropped the Ball”
You really have to sympathize with the regime. They are forced to operate in a world with so many screw ups. Thankfully their execution is perfect…

Absolutely STUNNING.
These whitehouse guys are BRILLIANT.
A master stroke of foreign policy.
Whine and moan that about an organization that kept your administration from looking like the fargin keystone cops AGAIN.

Obama … take blame? The Messiah?
NO WAY … He’s perfect … just ask him!

And “these people” are protecting our country …. We are soooooo screwed!

Dear Mitt Romney,
We’re waiting.
Sincerely,
2012

Great comments, Whole Truth. Superb writing.

It’s Bush’s fault. That’s always Barry’s excuse.

OK, so let me get this straight. This morning I read about the heroic airline that stop the muslim terrorist from taking off.
This evening, that same airline “dropped the ball”, and now is the bad bad, incompetent company.
Will the Obama Administration EVER claim responsibility for anything?

Yeah Obama is a socialist with his apollo friends and union socialists. Its not Obama who caught this guy it’s the brave NYPD , FBI and others who mostly can’t stand your beloved horrible leader. who.. in less than one year has made a mess with his huge govt, a horrible healthcare plan 70% of us didnt want! His deep hands in socialist apollo group and his socialists czars you need to wake up fool

I’ve said it from the beginning – this is what happens when you take an intern and make him the CEO after only 18 months of employment. In. Over. His. Head.

In another article they are report6ing that this clown was caught because they were listening to his cellphone call. basically….so he was caught because of the Patriot Act!

jazzjig first learn your history Clinton knew where bin laden was at but failed to act on the information to capture him before he went into hiding. Secondly why did it take the airline to stop his escape and not stopped by TSA after he had purchased a one way ticket with cash to Dubai. You would think after the panty bomber they would of learned but I guess not. This amateur administration has failed again and will not accept responsibility just like the slow response to the oil spill these fools have proven time over time they are over their heads and are going to get innocent americans hurt.

Is there ANYTHING this administration DOESN’T immediately blame on someone, anyone, else? Unbelievable.

If Bill Clinton hadn’t been focused on playing cigar games with Monica he could have allowed the CIA to shoot down Bin Laden over the ocean as he was leaving Somalia. He received 3 phone calls in a span of 3 hrs from the CIA, but his concerns were about the legal ramifications of shooting down the worlds most wanted man. If he would have OK’d the CIA request 911 would not have happened! Go ahead libs blame Bush. I wish obama would quit protecting his Islamic buddies.

333maxwell: Oh good. Let’s cut some more spending by our intelligence agencies then. We were very lucky last night.

Even though the Airline did not have an updated no fly list it looks like that there would have been an agent or two at the Airport looking at faces.
But then again they could have been looking for guys and gals who didn’t like the new healthcare plan and had some tea party surrounded by agents.

Bahahaha….Aint my fault!

Mike Said: “If Bill Clinton hadn’t been focused on playing cigar games with Monica he could have allowed the CIA to shoot down Bin Laden over the ocean as he was leaving Somalia.”
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…. LOL…. yeah, yeah… and maybe if G.W. Bush had put 168,000 troops in Afghanistan instead of Iraq, and the $800 Billion effort that funded Iraq into Aghanistan also, maybe we would have captured Bin Laden before he fled to Pakistan.
Oh well…

Barry once again playing the blame game. Barry is never responsible for anything. Barry said he was going to put experts on this bombing case and get to the bottom of this. Then he picked up the phone and called Billy Ayers another expert in bomb making!

So why didn’t the FBI notify TSA to stop him from boarding. TSA and FBNI work for Homeland Security.
jschmidt | May 4, 2010 8:45:58 PM
Uh, they did. The airline didn’t update their watch list in time, and the standard review of the manifest caught it in plenty of time. (A couple hours later and they’d still have caught him – but the plane would have had to be recalled.)

What ever happened to admirable trait of a President saying, “I take FULL responsibility for this happening and will get to the bottom of it and fix it.”
Obama has a problem in wanting to take credit, only when it makes him look good! How many people out there wish they hadn’t voted for this empty suit?

It’s a pretty new territory.
Posted by: 333maxwell | May 4, 2010 7:52:28 PM
It is? Where have you been? I’m sure it’s all new for the Hopey Changey crew but really. It’s been around a while, dude.

Apparently this guy was granted US Citizenship under Mr. Obama’s watch…
Another error for Ms. Clinton’s State Department…
Why haven’t we seen an interview with this guy’s American wife? The media was more interested in the details of Tiger Wood’s problems…

Keep your eye off the birdie, while they redirect the blame!!!! All going as planned until the Civil Americans thwarted the plans of the “GLOBAL Arbitrators”!! How many were in that secret meeting? Plant the “Bomb”, get out of the Country!!!

Hey jhw, Lets do some math,
75 cruise missles x$1 mil. = $75 mil.
75 Arab tents X $15=$1125 none dead and no Bin Laden
Makes sense to me.
Proverbs say “Even a fool is esteemed wise when he’s quiet.” I say, or they open their mouths and remove any doubt

Doesn’t sound like the airline’s fault here. The fact that they have to update the list is a problem with the system. The federal government should simply have a database that the airlines query for each passenger. The current system shows that the feds are being cheap and it almost led to a terrorist escaping.

You mean Obama should take FULL responsibility for the Custom and Border Protection agency catching the man with their double checking system?
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YES!
I want our idiot President to show some humility, instead of ALWAYS finger-pointing. FYI, he’s not omnipotent!

With today’s technology, there is no reason Emirites should have to pull the list frequently. Each airline should have it pushed to them with each update. If my iPhone can do it for something trivial like sports scores, the government and airlines can do it for something important like the no fly list.

Thanks Pakistan for catching some of the bad guys over there who were helping Faisal Shahzad.
President Obama, his team, our own FBI, Police, Homeland Security people, as well as others who keep us safe and two New York City vendors did us all proud.
If George W. Bush, the Neo Cons and their supporters didn’t drop the ball by dragging us into Iraq for no good reason and on a lie we would have had more resources to take care of Afghanistan and those plotting against us.

The TSA was totally incompetent in this. They and the Obama Administration should take the whole blame for letting him through airport security.
Example: In San Jose, CA, most of the TSA employees don’t even speak proper English. They speak Phillipino and, at best, broken English. They all should be fired and replaced with competent, intelligent people — people who can punch names into a “no fly” manifest list.

I almost never defend Obama and Incompitano, BUT there was one report that the plan was to let him go through security to see that he was un-armed and what he was carrying, and see if he met up with anyone on the plane. Was anyone else taken off the plane? On news radio I heard two other passengers were…
The Emirates are some of the most pro-Western of the Moslem, Arab, mid-East countries, but it’s relative.

THEY dropped the ball… by letting him LEAVE their country. The UNITED STATES FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SYSTEM dropped the ball by letting him IN ours! Our Nation stands practically DEFENSELESS against our enemies. All the while our federal government keeps letting them in. Not ONLY do we need tougher laws for immigration… we need them for ALL VISITORS too! OUR GOVERNMENT DROPPED THE BALL. They’re to blame.

“That redundancy is built in,” the official says. “It’s not luck it’s design. It was good work by CBP.”

When will the Obama Regime take responsibility for ANYTHING??
They are like a bunch of little spoiled children. What’s the point of having leaders if all they can do is blame others?

Once Barry Obama loses his majority in november
the real Obama will surface.
Being the narcicist that he is he will not be able to control his anger when he discovers that he is a lame duck.
This guy is a SOCIALIST and most do not give up power easily.maybe that explains the riot control classes that the military has been mandating their officers attend.

All I know is this: The terrorists were successful under George W. Bush. You may prove me wrong if you can. Otherwise, a bit of humility, please!

I didn’t know Emirates Airlines ran homeland security.

Now he blames someone else once again for his shear incompetence.
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There was no ‘shear imcompetence’. The administration located and caught a terrorist within 48 hours.

Maybe they won’t make the same mistakes…
Quo Warranto | May 4, 2010 9:44:43 PM
Fear, Fear, FEAR!!!
When did America become such a nation of cowering wimps?

Turkey trots to water XX Where is RPT Where is the current nominee to head TSA? XX The world wonders.

There were two of two successful radical islamic terrorist attacks against America, inside America,in the past 4 months. The Christmas bomber was 100 percent successful on execution and luckily the bomb did not work. He
successfully flew on an airliner to America where he activated a bomb on
the airliner over an American city. That the bomb itself didn’t blow was
moot. He did everything in his plan, except the bomb didn’t work.
Then per today’s news, another (probably) Taliban trained yahoo buys a car for cash, fills it with silver slutes, gasoline, propane and (fortunately the wrong kind of) fertilizer, drives it into downtown Manhattan, sets off the initial bomb sequence and, again luckily, the bomb didn’t work. A second totally successful terrorist attack with an unsuccessful explosion.
Two of two successful attacks with two of two unsuccessful bombs. Those
are horrible statistics. Are you people fine with these stats or is it time to finally hold Holder, Nepolitano, Jones and company to task??

An airline company’s job is to fly people around. Its not their responsibility to catch terrorists.

Yes the airline was to blame, except for the Taliban training, the lack of a name on the no fly list, the fact that this person was in the country at all after visiting terror training camps..all of which the Obama regime missed…OOOPS…How many terror attempts does this make in now since Obama and his regime have been in power?

Why wasn’t a be on the lookout flashed to the airports?
Posted by: Zaggs | May 4, 2010 10:15:20 PM
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Wake up Zaggs – the terrorist was caught by the Customs and Border Protection agency of the United States.
A ‘be on the lookout’ WAS flashed to the airports.

This morning (Tues.), I heard on ALL the news channels the “reporters” stating ‘the suspect was arrested trying to board a plane to Dubai.’ EVERYONE was saying the same thing… arrested trying to board a plane. THIS IS WRONG. The suspect WAS on the plane and the plane was taxing toward the runway. THE LIES HAVE INCREASED AND THE PRCOCESS OF HIDING THE TRUTH HAS INTENSIFIED. Do you feel safer than you did a year, two years ago? Me neither. The enemy is determined to kill Americans… destroy the United States. Once we see that as the TRUTH and call our enemies out, we may have a chance to save our country. If not, we will never be safe. WE ARE IN A WAR AND WE NEED TO ADDRESS IT, FIGHT IT AND DEFEND OUR COUNTRY EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US. How? Be honest and you know the answer.

BTW, you guys have nothing. They caught the dang guy.
Posted by: secondlook | May 4, 2010 10:23:03 PM
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Just like Bush caught Bin Laden (“Dead or Alive”) and eliminated the Taliban and al Qaeda from Afghanistan.

I guess I missed Robert Gibbs Press Release which announced the turn over of U.S. Border enforcement from DHS to the Government of the UAE.

Too many crazy republicans that no longer make any sense. Reagan must be weeping somewhere.

Sounds like we need computer technology that can update in real time? Hopefully all the airlines can update more quickly.
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Absolutely. Not sure what the problem is there at all.

Ft. Hood
Christmas underpants bomber
Now this
Things are not going too smoothly, someone is acting stupidly!

What, the annoited ones made a mistake..how can that be? Obvioulsy it is Bush’s fault, Haliburton, big business greed, Insurance Company failure, Wall Street Greed, ….always pass the buck!

The airlines are not in charge of the security lines to get into the boarding area. The TSA is. Grandma gets strip searched but he waltzes through. Great. I feel safe.

Not only did the plane leave the gate, it almost took off. The airplane had taxied to the point it was #1 for departure and about to take the runway. The controller was about to clear EK 202 to “position and hold” but in mid-sentence ordered the plane back to the gate.

Napolitano is incompetent.
The underwear bomber…this one. As the former governor of Arizona, she should know better than anyone how important it is to enforce the federal laws now on the books.
Why is she still in this position?

2012 !!!! If we last that long….

Guess fighting Terrorists is a lot more difficult than the liberals think.
Posted by: Shades of Gray | May 4, 2010 11:08:38 PM
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Nobody said it was easy. Well . .. except for Bush who boasted he’d get Bin Laden “Dead or Alive” and failed . ..
You’ll also remember he said ‘Bring it on’ and that wasn’t too smart either . .. not with our parents watching their children being put in death’s way.

Don’t forget. We didn’t have a disaster because the bomber was incompetent. Our guys are really great at catching the bad guys AFTER the fact. That doesn’t prevent the bomb from exploding! This time we were just lucky. He goofed. Prevention is what will save lives. Probably a little profiling is necessary.

Missing Reagan, Your rant there makes no sense.

secondlook,
What part didn’t you understand and I’ll explain. Peace through strength? Is that a hard concept for you?

its always someone else’s fault.
i hope our next president is a MAN not a crybaby.

But Bush was smart enough to prevent an Islamic terrorist attack from 2003 until he left office.Can Obama claim the same?
Posted by: Nephron | May 4, 2010 11:23:17 PM
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Smart enough? Islamic terrorists had just done major damage to the United States with the attack and total destruction of the Trade Centers – they didn’t need to attack again.
They focused on all of the other countries they hit.

It’s the Emirates fault, it’s BP’s fault, it’s Goldman Sachs fault, it’s Israel’s fault, it’s the insurance company’s fault, it’s the Republicans fault, it’s the Tea Party’s fault, it’s Bushs fault….are you beginning to see a pattern here?

TSA should not rely on the airlines to stop the fugitive. The TSA should do the stopping. Or are they not allowed to carry guns? Homeland Security messed up.
Posted by: jschmidt | May 4, 2010 11:30:42 PM
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The Customs and Protection agency is part of the Government of the United States – they were properly alerted and apprehended the man.

Obuma blames
everyone but himself.
he is the C an C, top Dog.
when something so called works (nothing has yet)he takes credit, but if there
is a problem, blame someone else.
TSA should of stop this guy before he got on the plane.
HS should of caught him before he planted the bomb.
no, it took a malfunction, an a street vendor.
2010/2012 change you will belive in.

“Nobody said it was easy. Well . .. except for Bush .
blah blah blahditty blah . . . .” – tierra
Listen darling, didn’t you get the memo from yesterday?
Please update your talking points.
They are sooooo last year’s tennis shoe.
“Prevention is what will save lives. Probably a little profiling is necessary.” – Charles Baker
No Probably about it, Profiling is a necessity.
Time to get serious Uncle Sammy.

Missing Reagen – I will make this very simple. If you miss somebody learn to spell their name correctly. Here’s the deal. The rhetoric has changed. Not much else. I happen to agree with it. I understand you guys have issues with thinking people. You don’t do it well. You prefer caveman types. Here is a secret. All that he man “bring it on” threat stuff? Didn’t make us safe.

tierra, you or secondlook would make great replacements for Incompetano. Keep making excuses for your god obama. A dutch passenger on a plane and a failed bomb attempt are the only reason these terrorist attacks were prevented.
Oh, and BTW, Bush was in office 8 months when 9/11 happened. What was Clinton doing for 8 years before? Much of the Bush presidency was a disaster, but stop acting like your rooting for a sports team – the current administration is NOT the picture of competence. You guys come off like spokesmouths for the Democrats but you’re probably not bright enough to draw a paycheck from the DNC for it.

Oh, and BTW, Bush was in office 8 months when 9/11 happened.
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Yes, I know and he’d been on vacation at his ranch in Texas for most of August . . . so he really shouldn’t be blamed.

Oh, and BTW, Bush was in office 8 months when 9/11 happened.
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Yes, I know and he’d been on vacation at his ranch in Texas for most of August . . . so he really shouldn’t be blamed.
Posted by: tierra | May 4, 2010 11:41:53 PM
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p.s. – I don’t ‘blame’ Bush for 9/11, anymore than you can blame Obama for this whacko or the other. I mean Obama had only been in power for a few months more than Bush when the ‘Christmas’ bomber tried his plane trick – so that must be Bush’s fault right?

tierra you’re so not doing this right. Take a set of rules and apply it to ONLY that other side. Completely dismiss said rules when it pertains to your guy. And don’t forget. Bush, whom let the biggest attack happen, was the best one ever to keep us safe AFTER the big one happened. We need to completely dismiss he was in charge when it took place. And lastly? Take the new guy that walks into an almost depression and blame everything economically on him as well.

So…Mayor Bloomburg figurs that it might have been a person who was upset about Obamacare who planted this bomb? May I respectfully ask how this idiot actually got elected?

Everything is ALWAYS someone else’s fault. Obama thinks (and is supported by the lamestream media) that he and his administration are only responsible for what they SAY they are responsible for. Everything that may be a negative is someone else’s fault – preferably Bush, conservatives, Tea Parties, Limbaugh, Beck, Fox News, Wall Street, the evil rich – but almost anyone else to do. He reminds me of the 5th graders I taught for many years.
Wait, I take that back. It is an insult to my 5th graders.

Only God and Obama have never made a error, and Obama will get around to blaming God for something. What a wimp.

secondlook,
Thanks for the spelling correction. I say beta male, you say “caveman types”. Since you on the left are so much smarter than we are, can’t you find a more appropriate way to describe Reagan and what conservatives want in leadership than “caveman” types.
You may have to think a while. I can wait.

“The right wing has been clamoring for it. They want to prove Obama is a weakling.”
Only an unpaid hack or a sick idiot would say such a thing. Obama is proving HIMSELF to be an ineffective weakling. Like Bush, he’s done nothing about the border. Like Bush, Homeland Security is still a mess. Looks like we gout ourselves a Bush 2. LOL @ you.

Whine? LOL – I’ve cited how ineffective Bush was. You can’t say the same about Obama. He’s perfect.
He’s gone golfing more than Bush did in his entire time in office? I guess that’s Bush’s fault too.

tierra wrote: “It has gotten to the point where i really think that Obamba hates america!!
Posted by: craig | May 4, 2010 11:51:58 PM
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The slimy tactics of the Republican right – to demonize and smear the Democrats and the President.
Despicable.”
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Uh, tierra…Republicans aren’t demonizing and smearing the Dems and Obama.
They’re doing it all quite nicely, to themselves.
Just look at any national poll of the Congress, which the Dems control. If those polls are in any way accurate, then you’ve just called the majority of the American people (including a majority of independents, such as myself) a bunch of fools, for falling for it.
This is waaaay beyond the Repubs, tierra. This is raw, pure Obamaism and liberalism, self-destructing as only they can do.

I never said Obama was perfect. I simply said republicans have lost their minds and any ability to reason. You don’t point blame at one while completely ignoring your guy doing worse. It’s stupid to sit here with a guy that was caught and forget Bush got how many killed when he was in charge? Oh, but that’s right. That wasn’t him. That was the democrat before him.

Uh, tierra…Republicans aren’t demonizing and smearing the Dems and Obama.
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Yeah, back when I made a peep about Bush and a war when they said I needed to burn in hell that was just joking. Back when I was guilty of treason. Had no morals and values. Noooo. They don’t demonize. But what do I know? I don’t pay taxes or my bills. I hate my country.

Second Look,
There you go again with your left intellectualism, “Republicans have lost their minds and any ability to reason”.
I just can’t keep up with you.
Can you be more precise with your words? What do you mean?
I know you are not throwing every Republican in the same category as completely crazy people who have lost their mind – like in institutions.
But maybe it’s just me. Maybe I’m not smart enough to understand what you are saying.

Nephron – Obama has nominated at least two for TSA. The right keeps running them off. Put the blame where it belongs. They’ve held everything up since he got in.

So now we know that the bomber was a registered Democrat who ranted against Bush.
We know that mysteriously an explosion occurred on a BP oil rig (where 11 Americans died), conveniently allowing the administration to go after “evil oil.”
We know that 9/11 happened after a series of failed attacks on the World Trade Center during the Clinton administration, and that Al Gore was fully prepared to steal the election to be president during the attack (it was Bill Clinton himself who lamented that the attack didn’t occur during his administration).
Rahm Emanuel said, “Never let a serious crisis go to waste.” I’m beginning to think that all these terrorist attacks are manufactured by the Democrats to pursue their agenda of destroying this country and remaking it into a Communist society.

So now we’re so desperate we’re going to get into how a terrorist registered to vote? I wonder how that liberal church shooter was registered in 2008. He killed two. I can fathom. He hated liberals and gays.

Reality Inde – You are so full of spin you are a waste of time. Your type puts me to sleep. Missing Reagan can carry on a conversation without Fox talking points. You? Evidently not.

secondlook wrote: “So now we’re so desperate we’re going to get into how a terrorist registered to vote? I wonder how that liberal church shooter was registered in 2008. He killed two. I can fathom. He hated liberals and gays.”
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Secondlook, if the Times Square bomber had been a white male Republican Tea Partier, you couldn’t shout it enough. You shrug this off just because the man was a Democrat. If he’d been a Repub, you’d be the chief trumpeter.

secondlook wrote: “Nephron – Obama has nominated at least two for TSA. The right keeps running them off. Put the blame where it belongs. They’ve held everything up since he got in.”
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THANK GOODNESS. Obama only nominates radicals and buffoons.

Tierra,
You are not old enough to remember Reagan. Reagan in both elections swept the country. Obama, Clinton didn’t even get close to those numbers. Try again you self serving lib

tierra wrote: “Yes, but Reagan had only 35% approval – meaning that (in your terms) 65% of the people didn’t support him.
This President is doing just fine.”
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No, tierra…he’s not doing just fine, and there’s NO WAY he’s getting 49 states in his re-election in 2012, assuming he even gets enough to be reelected, at all (which is far from certain). Reagan’s numbers dipped largely because of the ’82 recession, which America came roaring back from. Not the same, this time, around. The country’s more divided, this recession is different…and it’s being worsened by Obama. He’s not looked at the same as Reagan — to Obama’s political detriment.
He’s not doing even remotely fine…his party even less so.

During the Reagan amnesty Congress promised to secure the borders, enforce deportment laws (whiich they wrote), and develop a computer tracking system to monitor all who enter and leave the U.S.
Like all things political, it was merely lies.
Lying by the President, and Congress is tyranny, and an impeachable offense. Refusing to enforce the laws you write, and refusing to defend the Constitution are also impeachable offensives.

More demonizing and smearing of the Democrats. The Democrats are evil, only the Republicans deserve to rule America, etc, etc, etc . ..
Posted by: tierra |
Honey, it’s your mirror image.

Did you ever notice how ever since January 20, 2009 our domestic security has deteriorated?

this recession is different…and it’s being worsened by Obama.
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Unemployment under Reagan was over 9% for 19 straight months. Unemployment under Reagan was over 10% for 10 straight months. Obama has done far better than that after a far worse economic collapse.

Honey, it’s your mirror image.
Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn | May 5, 2010 12:29:44 AM
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Not at all, we have 8 years of Cheney, Bush, Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz and that lot to compare.
Scooter Libby was charged, tried, convicted and sentenced to jail for criminal acts committed in Cheney’s White House. It’s not demonizing when they do it.

Interesting tidbit. McClatchey reports that Faisal Shahzad is the son of a former Pakistani Air Force officer living in an upscale area outside Peshawar, and FP’s Blake Hounshell makes the observation that there appears to be an ongoing “pattern of mediocre sons from elite families becoming terrorists. Osama bin Laden’s dad was a wildly successful contractor with close ties to Saudi royalty. Underpants bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab’s father was a prominent Nigerian banker and one of the wealthiest men in Africa. Perhaps they feel like failures next to their successful dads, and militancy offers a pathway toward self-respect.”
I know that doesn’t add anything to the rather odd (and dull) conversation going on here, but i found it interesting.
Also, what’s up with the GOP’s war on Miranda rights.
As TP notes, ” Gen. Paul Eaton, who trained Iraqi troops during the Bush years, replied, “I don’t understand how a Senator or a Congressman can challenge the Mirandizing procedure. The laws are clear. Rep. King and Senator McCain have advocated a position that could cost us this case.”
Additionally, in a rare twist I never saw coming, I actually agree with Glenn Beck on something: “”You don’t shred the Constitution when its popular.”

There is no Planet B – Interesting post. And there probably is something to that father son thing.

You are not old enough to remember Reagan. Reagan in both elections swept the country. Obama, Clinton didn’t even get close to those numbers. Try again you self serving lib
Posted by: ed | May 5, 2010 12:23:32 AM
Tierra may not be old enough to remember, but I do. He was a liar and hypocrite. Remember all that crap about his four pillars?
Funny thing is he didn’t practice what he preached. And he was a complete dummy when it came to environmental issues.
I couldn’t stand him. I wasn’t old enough to vote yet, but I do remember my babysitters complaining about his gutting funding for college education too.
And didn’t Fawn Hall have something to do with him? Shredding documents and playboy and Oliver North?
Yeah, great hero.
Not.

Obama is doing the precise opposite, expanding debt into the record books
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Reagan’s administration TRIPLED the national debt – look it up.

Hypocrisy, Good for you! We went because my husband won the sales incentive trip and me, being his stay at home mom wife, got to go along. I never said we had a house there. Oh, and mostly? The best boss I ever had was Jewish. Just saying.

For pete’s sake, would you quit blaming everyone. You’re like a little child.
Posted by: houstonative | May 5, 2010 12:46:16 AM
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I would think any no-fly update should be done immediately with every airline . . . wouldn’t you?

Laughing at all the right-whiners on here praising Reagan…. LOL… the President who HOLDS THE PRESIDENTIAL RECORD in the past 60 years for having the worst monthly national unemployment rate, A WHOLE 20 MONTHS INTO HIS PRESIDENCY!!…. 10.8% during November and December 1982… LOL!
Look it up… the data is all right there at the Bureau of Labor and Statistics website.
Poor republicans… even their “hero” was a “Big L” Loser…. hehehehehe!

Are they saying that the airline is responsible for doing the feds work?

The spin from the Fox party is predictable. I suppose you guys are still looking for the weapons of mass destruction? If this is the best that the Taliban can come up with, we don’t have much to worry about. President Obama should have been on top of it, however he has been busy with Bush’s economic collapse, along with two trillion dollar wars he inherited as well as a major environmental disaster in the making, possibly caused by corporate malfeasance. Sure he’s had almost a year and a half to solve all the problems. With all the help he is getting from the Republicans in trying to solve all these complicated issues, he is making progress in spite of them.

Tierra,
Get your head out of the glue bag! Under Carter the interest rates were over 20% and unemployment was around 15%.We had gas rationing and waited in lines hours to get our gas rations. Reagan policies engineered the most prosperous economic times in recent memory. The computer you are typing on and the internet your using to communicate would not be what they are if the government during the Reagan Admin. hadn’t released these technologies to the private sector to develop. Gore did not invent the internet and he won’t save our planet. Obama is steering us into economic HELL. The housing crash has been engineered by the liberal policies of the past two Democratic Administrations, Carter and Clinton, and further pushed forward by the Democratically controlled house and senate of present, which was by the way the same that was in place during the later phases of George Bush. Obamas
spending and socialist policies are only worsening the recovery efforts and we have not seen the worst yet. All the money Obama, Pelosi and Reed are spending is Tax payer dollars that don’t exsist. They are robbing you, me, my kids and my kids, kids blind. The question is, Is the nation better off today than with Bush? I,d like to see the Obama people handle 911. They got lucky this terrorist was an idiot, he couldn’t start a fire with gas and flame,a little smarter than the panty bomber. At least this guy won’t have to explain his scars to bubba in prison. November can’t come soon enough!

History fails those who attempt to compare Reagan’s unemployment to todays.
Reagan inherited interest rates above twenty percent and fuel shortages caused by the actions of earlier Democrats.
However, he did not whine and search for others to blame. He took historically proven steps to bring to this country a new period of growth that was based on real growth. Unlike today, where the only true growth is the government hiring more agreeable lackies, wanting to suck off the resources of others, rather than create new wealth.
In 1982, the Democrats stated, that unemployment around 9 percent was to be the expected norm. Of course, just like today, they controlled the spending control part of our government, as well as our legal system.
But, go ahead and blame everyone but yourselves. Unless great change is made, the history of the USA will be traced back to a day in the Clinton history when the Democrats decided, their Party and their President can do whatever they want, as long as they can blame the results on others.

Horrible thought, but could it be that friends of the Obama were involved in some degree. How horrible a thing we have done if this is it. It couldn’t be true, but one wonders with these people keep dropping the ball.

CBS News confirmed that Emirates did not properly screen before boarding. The name was entered by the pilot, and the NFL confirmation happened after that. Had the correct screening happened before, he may have been stopped.
I’m also suspecting that even having the name a little earlier, a judgement call would have been made to allow him to board. If TSA screening was successful, he would have been an unarmed sitting duck. Whether he was yanked before the plane left, or after it landed, he would have only very difficult escape routes.

CBS News confirmed that Emirates did not properly screen before boarding. The name was entered by the pilot, and the NFL confirmation happened after that. Had the correct screening happened before, he may have been stopped.
Posted by: kravitz | May 5, 2010 1:15:42 AM
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So the senior White House official was simply stating the truth – and all the Republican right have been doing on here is attacking and ridiculing.
Sad.

And Obama inherited an economy in almost complete free-fall collapse, major banks and financial institutions collapsing, over 700,000 people losing their jobs every month, foreclosure and bankruptcies through the roof, the stock market crashing, major American automobiles companies collapsing . ..
Nothing much really . . .
Posted by: tierra | May 5, 2010 1:13:46 AM
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please don’t confuse them with facts. They’re brains will expolde.
I heard Pataki running off at the mouth this morning regarding how the administration is lax on seeking out the terrorists etc etc……wasn’t he governor of NY when the planes flew into the buildings? Weren’t Bush and the Republicans in total control of the country? Wasn’t there a shoe bomber after that also? Funny how selective his memory is….but then again, that’s what I’ve grown to expect from partisan hacks on both sides of the aisle.

we totally need an effective the checking system that can give fast and accurate info about people come into US and also living here.Most importantly the terrorist list need to be update really fast and sent to all airline to update with them..

Is there any penalty imposed upon airlines which fail to respect no-fly lists?
If so, does having a slow or sporadic update procedure give an airline an exception to that penalty?
Or, are airlines exempt from having to check no-fly lists on international flights?

This is the 9/11 commission guy who didn’t find that 7 of the 19 on the planes are still alive? Their IDs were stolen.

Stop allowing Muslims into America. Problem solved.

The FBI allowed him on the plane to make last minute calls to see if there was anyone else he would call before the flight embarked.

Is there any penalty imposed upon airlines which fail to respect no-fly lists?
If so, does having a slow or sporadic update procedure give an airline an exception to that penalty?
Or, are airlines exempt from having to check no-fly lists on international flights?
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I guess the Obama administration can take them to court and sue them for money like they have been doing to many large companies.

My understanding is that this person was already identified as the person who owned and armed the car with explosives. How did he ever make it on that plane? It seems to me that it was a lucky fluke that he didn’t make it out of the county. The Obama administration shouldn’t be patting themselves on the back. They just got lucky … again!

Security tracking and electronic surveillance from the Bush administration caught this guy . . . but barely. He made it to the plane and Obama is high fiving his liberal kamerads for a ‘job well done’ while he and his party criticized Bush for ‘naked power grabs’? Biden states that the war in Iraq could be this administration’s great success story? Obama wants to start drilling for oil? Obama wants to build nuclear power plants? Ever since the Scott Brown victory in Mass., Obama has been trying to take credit for every conservative principle that has created jobs and those that keep America safe while he criticized Bush for these very things. Now that America is trying to shed themselves of this BS Artist, Obama puts on his chameleon coat to appear conservative – the oil-drilling job creator and the surveillance enforcer who’s tough on terrorists. Sounds to me like a man in desperation.

So the media, except for the WSJ won’t report that this terrorist was openly critical of President Bush. Hmm perhaps those 8 years of anti-government rhetoric by Reid, Pelosi, Durbin, and Obama against Bush incited this man to commit violence. According to the media and this administration, only Obama critics are the ones to be looked at with suspicion.
We all know that the media wanted so badly for this guy to be a Tea Partier.

One would think that, since the jihadists are still purchasing one way tickets at the last minute in cash, he should have had a little extra scrutiny by TSA (not the airline) before boarding. My mother-in-law, who is French-American and in her late 80s, always gets searched when she travels one-way (as when she is riding back with relatives by car.) She doesn’t even use cash to purchase! If this is considered to be a system working, I hate to see a systemic failure.

It has to be Bush’s fault.
Posted by: tex02
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It had to be*.
A Pakistani Terrorist fleeing on a jet to Dubais. With the Feds escorting him onto the plane (filled with people).
*in someone’s mind.

The article is incorrect. The plane did leave the gate.
Napolitano must resign. She’s a disgrace.

A day earlier, he was placed on that list for a reason. What?
He walked through airport security because they had no notice (that’s the story). He wasn’t removed by air marshalls or airport security, Feds stopped that plane. If they weren’t following him the whole time how did they happen to be there? If they were following the whole time why weren’t they in touch with airport security?
Somebody is lying. Who do you think it is?

So, why are the airlines downloaing updated lists in the first place? Why dosen’t the DHS computer system push down any changes to the airline databases real time?
Why do the airlines need to manually check passengers against a no fly list? Computers are normally pretty good at searching. The reservation system should automatically check the no-fly list before booking.
Nice to know that our safty is entrusted to the most incompetent organization on the planet, our federal government.

How is it that, after almost ten years from 9/11, a terrorist 1) gets a US citizenship, and 2) almost blows up Times Square than Jumps on a plane.
The system clearly does not work. Fire the government.
The rag-tag Taliban with a budget 1/1,000,000 of America’s (albeit none graduated from an Ivy League either) must be enjoying this.

The cellphone call to the airport to get the ticket should have been monitored as were the internatioal calls previously made from that phone. But monitoring domestic calls is not allowed by our revised patriot act procedures. Pretty dumb. No high fives,please Mr. President.
You failed us again.

I have software on my computer that tells me when there’s an update to one of my programs. Can’t Homeland Security do the same thing when there’s an update to the no-fly list?

WILL THIS ADMINISTRATION EVER TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR LAXNESS? DAY ONE, DAY ONE, DAY ONE, BLAME BUSH, BLAME BUSH, BUT NEVER TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR INEPTNESS.

I am surprised that these Obama cretins haven’t attempted to blame Bush yet. These “intellectual” wannabe fools find glitz and glamour in getting a negro in the white house. I suppose it didn’t matter if he was qualified or not. Well…he’s there now. Enjoy the ride.

The man was caught

WE HAVE PEOPLE CHECKING GRANNY’S HAND LOTIONS, BUT WE CANNOT CHECK A “NO FLY” LIST? THE ONLY THING THAT HAS KEPT AMERICANS FROM BEING KILLED, BY TERRORISTS, SINCE THIS ADMINISTRATION TOOK OFFICE, IS THE INEPTNESS OF THE TERRORISTS. OUR LUCK (THAT’S WHAT IT IS, NOT ANYTHING DONE BY THE POWER IN CHARGE), WILL RUN OUT ONE OF THESE DAYS. WE NEARLY LOST A PLANE LOAD OF PASSENGERS, DUE TO THE INEPTNESS OF THE TERRORIST (HE WAS GIVEN CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS (RIDICULOUS), AND NOW DUE TO THE INEPTNESS OF THIS BOMBER, WE HAVE PEOPLE STILL ALIVE, BUT ONE DAY, DUE TO THE INEPTNESS OF THIS ADMINISTRATION (NAPPY’S DHS), OUR LUCK IS SURE TO END. THIS ADMINISTRATION HAS MORE SYMPATHY FOR THE TERRORISTS, THAN IT DOES THE LIVES OF AMERICANS, AND I WONDER WHY!!!!!

Has this guy no shame? Can he take ownership of nothing? I have never seen any statesman (used loosely) refuse to own up to so little that they are responsible for. Unbelievable!

Hecka va job Barry!

Why are we depending on the airlines to monitor these lists? This makes no sense to me, Homeland Security should be driving this bus and held accounatble, not the airlines. The U.S. government should quit worring about taking over healthcare and car companies and focus on what the really should be doing, protecting the borders.

I have an idea! For all international travel coming and going to the U.S one must submit their credentials (passport, etc.) to HLS no later than one week before scheduled travel. HLS does the scan and releases the names of the approved passengers to the airlines so they can provide a ticket to the approved passenger. Is this really that hard?

WWEAD? (What Would El Al Do)

Come forth obamatrons and support your leader.

Obama won’t take credit for the economy until it comes back. obama won’t take responsibility for his administration’s incompetence when it comes to protecting this nation. Yeah, everybody is a vigilant hero and a member of the mutual admiration society, that is unless of course they get blown up first. After-the-fact spinning of the chain of events seems to be this despot’s MO. How is it that Napolitano is still employed by the US government? When the next terrorist attack is successful on American soil, who will obama blame? The mainstream media’s knees must be hurting by now.

According to Obama, government never drops the ball – only corporations do.

Any bets when the ACLU will get involved??

“You guys (tierra & secondlook) come off like spokesmouths for the Democrats but you’re probably not bright enough to draw a paycheck from the DNC for it.” – devil doll
Whoa there devil doll, I still can’t tell if those two are very smart or not, spouting out talking points is no sign of intelligence, but I think they very well indeed may be pulling down a paycheck from some Liberal entity.

So it’s the airlines fault? How do you spell TSA? I cannot board a plane without submitting my ID to the TSA. Since when is national security a responsibility of the airlines? The TSA is too busy randomly searching grandmothers when they should be racially profiling.

Is there any chance that Emirate Airlines employees knowingly helped a jihadi attempt to escape?

Typical liberal double-speak. Blame someone (anyone) else rather than take responsibility for their own ineptitude.

When will they fire Janet “the failure” Napolitano and her no good staff. They are failures in all ways. We need real leadership there not hot air and windbags.

Let’s play the left’s “On Bush’s Watch” game with Obama:
This terrorist was naturalized on Obama’s watch.
This attack was perpetrated, planned and carried out on Obama’s watch.
Obama was dithering at the WH correspondent’s/celebrity dinner telling jokes on his own watch while this was all happening.
The bomb would have gone off at 7am if the bomber had adjusted the timer to US time rather than European time. On Obama’s watch.
This is the fourth Islamic-related terror attack/attempted attack on Obama’s watch since he took over in 2009 (Ft. Hood shootings, Underwear Bomber, attempt to blow up NYC subways).
Luck is not an anti-terrorism policy.

“The spin from the Fox party is predictable. I suppose you guys are still looking for the weapons of mass destruction? ”
Uh…commonsense (funny name):
Don’t look now, but we found the weapons of mass destruction – Pelosi Reid and Obama!

These people really live in a fantasy world. How can they have ANY CONTROL over who enters or leaves the country when our borders are unprotected.It has been known for years our southern border is not just an entry point for Mexicans but for people from all around the planet. The very first response to 9/11 should have been complete and total border control.While the focus has been on potential terrorists with Arab names, terrorists from Mexico and Central America such as the MS13 have flooded our country at will and kill people on a daily basis.Just more D.C. B.S.!

Obama can only blame others. Does he EVER take personal responsibility for anything he has caused? We need change NOW, Democrats out in November, and Obama shortly after. He has put this country on financial train wreck with the spending and explosive government jobs increase.
With decreasing defense in the face of terrorists and spending to put us on the path of collapse like Greece, we need to stop the nonsense NOW!

This is an example of bureaucratic error.The rules apparently allow time to go through the motions.
Why wasn’t a direct phone call made to alert all airlines about this would be bomber.
No -oh the rules call for a procedure – that takes 24 hours.

My favorite comment on the hysterics of the Right (again) and their take on what happened: “We almost let the Times Square non-bomber escape, if by “escape” you mean “sit on a plane for a few minutes”.
He almost blew up a bomb, if by “bomb” you mean “lashed together a useless mixture of gas, propane and firecrackers”. (Balloon Juice)
By that standard, what have you almost done? Could be just about anything if you’re good at magnification…

Why wasn’t a direct phone call made to alert all airlines about this would be bomber.
don Hutchinson | May 5, 2010 9:51:03 AM
An electronic notification was sent to all airlines at 12:30pm. Not sure why you think a phone call (to who exactly?) would work any better than the established procedure for immediate notification (it took three minutes from flagging him to the message being delivered to all airlines).

Please check the archives at website World Net Daily “How the Banks Were Bullied into Making Bad Loans” Date: April 5,2009 published by The Capital Research Center a non-partisan research group. It clearly explains how the housing crash was “engineered” and why the banks failed. Be open minded and think of Barney Frank and Chris Dodd told us 1 month before Freddie and Fannie failed that both Freddie and Fannie were solvent and we had no worries about their failure. At that time Freddie and Fannie controlled about 75% of all mortgages.

What a clown show! How the hell do you loose a surveillance target?
Says that the “trade-craft” of the involved agencies should be retrained. Moreover, the trigger is that this guy bought a one way ticket for ca
and had no luggage!

Obama has divided this country like we haven’t seen since the Vietnam War. A nation this divided will have a very difficult time in the future with all the liars that occupy the Congress and the Press having absolutely no will to seek the truth!

Bush read children’s books while 3000 died in 9/11.
The Times Square bomber is caught and somehow Obama is to blame.
Right Wingers pls come back to reality.

Emirates is at fault? I think not.
From CBS News:
“Emirates notified the Department of Homeland Security that it had received a last-minute request for an all-cash purpose of a one-way ticket to Dubai..”
And Napolitano put Shazam on the no-fly list AFTER he was arrested??
Great work, Barry!

Steve Benen at Washington Monthly’s Political Animal caught something rather interesting:
“Yesterday morning, Jonah Goldberg responded to news of Faisal Shahzad with a candid concession: “When the Times Square story first broke there was a part of me that said, ‘Man, I hope it’s not some white militia nutjob.’ When I saw the news this morning that it was a Pakistani, the same small part of me was relieved.”
Funny, I was relieved that the suspect was in custody, regardless of his personal characteristics. But Goldberg and I tend to see things a little differently.
That said, Goldberg’s response probably wasn’t especially unusual in some conservative circles. After all, on Monday, some officials had identified a 40-something white male, seen on security cameras, as a possible person of interest. Given that violent domestic radicals have engaged in some awful U.S. attacks of late … the initial reports probably caused some conservatives to wonder if the Times Square bomber was another white, right-wing extremist.”
He also notes that Tea Party Nation’s response to Mayor Bloomberg’s initial thoughts on the topic is, in effect, “Wait, crazed U.S. extremist who might set off a car bomb? Maybe he’s talking about us!”

Janet Napolitano is useless. Her paycheck is a drain on the economy. She did nothing as governor of Arizona and doing even less in DC.

This will be the first president to ever weaken the United States of America. President Obama uses his aggression and arrogance for his own agenda against the will of the American people when he should be using his will and aggression against our enemies. This is the most corrupt administration in American history. Obama will not protect Americans. GOD HELP US ALL!

You can’t blame Bush for 9/11, he INHERITED it from Clinton. Islamic terrorism had been trending upward for years, and Clinton did nothing.
The Whole Truth | May 5, 2010 10:15:04 AM
Nothing? The first time he really tried to smack down Bin Laden with 75 cruise missiles into Afghanistan in 1998, including on Zhawar Kili al-Badr just hours after Bin Laden had been there, what happened? Republicans sprung to Bin Laden’s defense, beating up Clinton for his “Monica Missiles” so relentlessly Clinton never had the political capital to go directly after Bin Laden again.
Look it up. It is DOCUMENTED FACT that in 1998 Clinton attacked Bin Laden’s infrastructure in Afghanistan with cruise missiles. It is DOCUMENTED FACT that Republicans played partisan politics with that matter of national security for the sake of the “Monica Missiles” campaign slogan.
Can you refute these FACTS? Or supply any facts to support your opinion (since you assertion Clinton “did nothing” is clearly a lie based on the DOCUMENTED FACTS).

Obama caught this guy.
Bush didn’t catch anyone associtaed with 9/11 in seven years.

Bush read childrens books while 3000 people died. He took appropriate action immediately afterwards. Obama continued to play golf after being briefed about the underwear bomber. Obama has the luxury of hindsight while Bush did not.

This bunch WILL NOT take responsibility for anything. It’s “day one, day one, day one, blame BUSH, blame BUSH, blame BUSH! FOR ONCE, ADMIT YOU SCREWED UP. YOU HAVE USELESS PEOPLE IN YOUR ADMINISTRATION, STARTING AT THE TOP, AND GOING DOWN TO NAPPY! SHE DID NOTHING AS GOVERNOR AND HAS SCREWED UP SEVERAL TIMES AS DHS. AMERICANS WILL HAVE TO BE KILLED BEFORE THIS BUNCH DOES ANYTHING. WHY THE BIG PROTECTIVE SHIELD AROUND ANYTHING MUSLIM????? PROFILE THEM!

OK, so the Airline dropped the ball – but what about the TSA? How did he get through security? Aren’t they the “government”?

The statement that the flight did not leave the gate is not correct. The transcript of the communications between air traffic control and the flight follows:
The audio was found on airline industry blog Flying With Fish and confirmed by the Federal Aviation Administration.
The designation “heavy” means it’s a wide-body plane.
Male voice: “202, looks like you’re going to be number one, monitor tower on 123 point end at this time.”
Plane: “123 niner Emirates 202, goodnight”
Female voice: “I’m with 202 heavy Kennedy (inaudible) runway 22 right position. Actually, I have a message for you to go back to the gate immediately. So make the left turn when able.”
Plane: “22 202 turning …”
Female voice: “I am with 202 make the left turn on to echo left alpha back to the ramp. I don’t know exactly why, but you can call your company for the reason.”
Plane: “Will do that. Left onto echo and then on to alpha and back to the gate via gulf?”
Female voice: “Yes, whatever is convenient.”
Plane: “Emirates 202.”
Male voice: “Ground Emirates 202 heavy.”
Female voice: “Emirates 202 heavy, go ahead.”
Plane: “Yes ma’am we’re trying to figure out what’s going on here right now. But as far as we know I’d like to request you to just keep the flight plan open for now.”
Female voice: “Emirates 202 heavy, no problem. The flight plan’s good for another two hours.”

HOW MANY TIMES DID THIS####### GET ON A PLANE WHILE ON THE NO-FLY LIST? I HEARD HE HAD RECENTLY COME BACK FROM PAKISTAN. GUESS HE SWAM!

“Be open minded and think of Barney Frank and Chris Dodd told us 1 month before Freddie and Fannie failed”
I guess there’s never a bad time to slip in some totally out of context standard right-wing revised history featuring some perennially favorite bogeymen. So, when exactly did Freddie and Fannie fail?
I remember an ashen faced George Bush coming on the TV to tell us they were desperately worried about the safety of the economy. Why? Because 3 out of 5 of the largest investment banks in the country, Bear Stearns, Lehman Bros and Merryll Lynch were actually collapsing.

The bottom line is: Do you feel safer now with Odumbo in charge?
It would be nice to have a real, grown-up man in the Oval Office….sigh. The current administration has made it (“Let me uh make this uh clear”) that they can do anything to the US and all Odumbo will do is apologize to them for ‘driving them to take such drastic man-caused action’.

Oh, give me a break! “Bush reads childrens books while 3000 die in 9/11? What an asanine statement. Bush did far more to protect America than Clinton or Obama. All Clinton did was drop bombs on empty fields and an aspirin factory.

Lee Hamilton’s one to talk. His 9/11 Commission was little more than a joke. If anyone dropped the ball, it was Lee Hamilton and the 9/11 Commission. You don’t have to be a fringe lunatic to ask what brought down World Trade Center 7.

Dr John,
You mean the asprin factory Clinton blew up killing innocent civilians? Come on man live in the moment not the past. What do we do now? Quit bickering and unite! This is the United States. At least it was. If we can’t be United maybee we should just settle this once and for all.

“Look it up. It is DOCUMENTED FACT that in 1998 Clinton attacked Bin Laden’s infrastructure in Afghanistan with cruise missiles.”
Yeah, millions of dollars in cruise missles that hit…. nothing. Did not de4grade their capability in any way, shape, or form, nor killed any key personnel.
But other than that, it was a great success- if you define success by the legions of liberals who think it represented actual progress in the war on terror.

The current administration has made it (“Let me uh make this uh clear”) that they can do anything to the US and all Odumbo will do is apologize to them for ‘driving them to take such drastic man-caused action’.
Al | May 5, 2010 10:39:43 AM
Last I checked, Obama actually caught this guy. He won’t be retiring to Pakistan with a few new wives like Bin Laden.
And last I heard, Obama apologized the heads off those Somali pirates who took an American hostage again. (I have to go back to work, but before that comment brings out the “I heard from a friend that…” rebuttals, hit any fact check site you want for documentation of reality.)

jhw539-
You want facts? How about the FACT that Clinton was offered bin Laden on a silver platter by Somalia and said no! How about the FACT that bin Laden was inspired by Clinton’s cut-and-run weakness in Somalia? How about the FACT that after 8 years of Clinton incompetence, bin Laden assumed that Bush would respond to 9/11 in the same ineffectual manner that Clinton responded to terrorism. Man, was Osama wrong!! How about the FACT that in his final State of the Union address on January 27 2000, Clinton NEVER MENTIONED bin Laden, not even once!!!
The GOP NEVER defended bin Laden. Why must you lie? Speaker Gingrich said on August 20 1998 after Clinton “response” to the African Embassy bombings: “Well, I think the United States did exactly the right thing. We cannot allow a terrorist group to attack American embassies and do nothing. And I think we have to recognize that we are now committed to engaging this organization and breaking it apart and doing whatever we have to to suppress it, because we cannot afford to have people who think that they can kill Americans without any consequence. So this was the right thing to do.” Sen Paul Coverdale (R-GA) said on August 20 1998 : “Our nation has taken action against very deadly terrorists opposed to the most basic principles of American freedom. This action should serve as a reminder that no one is beyond the reach of American justice.”
Defending bin Laden was the job for the Dems, who demand civil rights, lawyers, Miranda rights, health care, Korans, ice cream, and down pillows for al-Qaeda. It is the Dems who think Limbaugh, Fox News, and Wal-Mart are the real enemy of the US.

What makes you think that Emirates is on the same side as the USA in the war on TERRORISTS?

I feel safe with Lou Costello in charge of Homeland Security, don’t you ?

The more important Clinton failure to act occured after the bombing of the USS COLE.No response of any kind was taken against Al Qaida despite a clear act of war.Obviously bin Laden and his confederates took notice of this in planning futher operations.

Progressive mama,
Marcia Kramer at CBS News claims a secret Army Intelligence plane picked up his cell phone call. Flight 202 is told to return to the gate, and if they need an answer as to why, contact your airline. Trapper claims above that the plane never left the gate. The complaint filed in NY’s southern district court claims he had not used his Verizon wireless cell phone since April 28th.
I don’t know what the truth is, but I do know that this story is not being covered with the attention to detail that I expect from a professional media.

Posted by: Nephron | May 5, 2010 11:15:23 AM
Yeah, that’s true. Clinton opened the door for all of this.
Now Obama doesn’t want to make anyone angry else they try to bomb Times Square and bomb airplanes.
Hey, wait a minute…..

“Those that wish to do us harm”. Why can’t they just say “terrorists”? Why sugar coat it? It is what it is. Stop trying so hard to not offend terrorists…weenies.

Please explain to me why the list was not updated immediately. Given the facts, one would think the feds would tell the airlines to do this ASAP. Somethings not right here….please do some digging Jake.

On another note, from the WaPo:
“The Interior Department exempted BP’s calamitous Gulf of Mexico drilling operation from a detailed environmental impact analysis last year, according to government documents, after three reviews of the area concluded that a massive oil spill was unlikely.”
Exempted BP?
Gee, who got the most campaign money from BP?
That would be BO!
And in the year of the lobbyist,
“POLITICO (Washington) – While the BP oil geyser pumps millions of gallons of petroleum into the Gulf of Mexico, President Barack Obama and members of Congress may have to answer for the millions in campaign contributions they’ve taken from the oil and gas giant over the years.”
At least now we know why BP was made exempt from the study.

jwh539-
And prove to me that the term “Monica Missile” refers to the cruise missiles launched. To me, the term “Monica Missile” has an entirely different meaning.

Has anyone read “The Manchurian President” yet?
I will read it, but I already know the story.

The Plane was able to Leave the gate and was taxing to the runway when It was recalled. The plane was givin its postion in line for take off.
Check your Facts – CBP failed by letting the plane push off from the gate.
This is what goes for “Journalism” now a days?!

The Obumbler admin dropped the ball when appointing Napolitano, Holder, Salazer, etc. What a bunch of amateurs attempting to run this country. They are running it right into ruin and the brain dead sycophants can’t see beyond their party noses. I hope we survive.

This regime has repeatedly demonstrated that it is pathologically incapable of admitting error or fault of any kind. Every day is devoted to burnishing the image of their perfection.

Well I guess the TSA was too busy checking out grandma, then “Profiling”.
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Was that just before the evil Democrat sent grandma to the death panels?
Oooh scary!

lolbama – Why not call them terrorists? Simple – if we do not call them terrorists then we can continue to say there have been no terrorist efforts or attacks under Nobama’s (lack of) leadership. If you don’t got no terrorists, you cannot have any terrorist events, right?

I don’t know what the truth is, but I do know that this story is not being covered with the attention to detail that I expect from a professional media.
Posted by: kosmos395 | May 5, 2010 11:17:49 AM
Fair enough– though her report has been fact checked by others now, yes?
As for your comment about the media, my question is what stories that actually matter are, and what are we going to do about it since much our press is failing miserably on stories that are important. Its sad.

Well, this is the fourth terrorist incident during Oblunder’s tenure.
And still…. he can barely bring himself to say the word terrorist.
Im glad you libs are all here defending him. I bet you wouldnt be doing it had that bomb gone off – killing hundreds of people.
But that’s how libs are.
They don’t learn any lessons until someone dais because over their limp wristed policies.

Just remember, “To err is human, but to lay it on someone else is cool!”

I’m so glad to see the president doing the presidential thing…. blaming others. That really takes a lot of talent. Everybody knows that problems get solved when blame is attributed.

Typical of this nitwit Community Organizer. Obama could’nt run a hotdog stand. Your a complete failure Obama, Now Go Away.

“Currently, airlines are required to re-check the list within 24 hours, a Department of Homeland Security official tells ABC News. Under the new measure, airline officials will be required to check within 2 hours of being electronically notified of a special circumstance expedited No Fly name – which is what happened Monday.”
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Oh those silly Democrats – they were boring enough to go ahead and fix the problem within a day. What incompetence!

I bet you wouldnt be doing it had that bomb gone off -
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That’s a pretty big if, isn’t it?
Perhaps you all wouldn’t be quite so nutty had the 9/11 attacks not been as successful and devastating as they were … but we’ll never know. See how that works out?

From DAY ONE, I knew the Obama administration was a mess. He pointed fingers every which way but at himself from DAY ONE. I knew from DAY ONE of the Times Square bombing attempt that Janet Napolitano’s incompetence would shine through. From DAY ONE of the oil spill fiasco I kept saying, “Where’s the Obama administration?” Finally after ten days of doing nothing, they say they’ve been there since DAY ONE.

The only reason the plot didn’t succeed (like the Christmas Detroit plot) was because the explosive was faulty.
This was another massive intelligence failure..the US govt is doing not better than it was on 9/11, investigating the crime after the fact.
We are not getting our money’s worth for the defense of this country.

Am I banned? My posts won’t appear.

like all democrats it is blame the other guy. we just cant be at fault. why doesnt abc do a story on actually what happened besides a one line statement. very strange they would send a swat team out immediatley. like all maritime accidents the coast guard is pretty well equiped to handle a spill. at least supposedly in the gulf with platforms all over the coast of texas and louisiana! very strange a accident of this magnitude would occur right after the teleprompter allows drilling? stranger and stranger!

Second, have you heard of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed? He’s the mastermind behind the 9/11 attacks. He was captured on on March 1, 2003 (that’s less than 7 years after 9/11).
Posted by: Reason is a lost art | May 5, 2010 12:04:00 PM
Of course we’ve all heard of him and we all remember President Bush admitting on Fox News that he personally authorized the torture of him.
The President said he personally asked “what tools” were available to use on him, and sought legal approval for waterboarding him…. and he defended torture and his decision, falsely alleging it saved American lives — despite interrogators’ claims to the contrary:”a former Pentagon intelligence analyst told Vanity Fair that “K.S.M. produced no actionable intelligence“; another former CIA official, who read all the reports from KSM’s interrogation, said, “90 percent of it was [tfbs](Ali Frick, Think Progress]

that why most thinkers with a brain watch fox!
Posted by: carlb | May 5, 2010 12:18:33 PM
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Most thinkers with a brain watch a variety of media so what they receive is not filtering exclusively through one political viewpoint.
The sheep watch only one.

You all are missing the point… Next the Majik Joker will link Dubai Airlines with Bush and Halliburton and BLAME THEM ALL…His Admin ‘s Fault for Ineptness??? NEVER!

“Currently, airlines are required to re-check the list within 24 hours, a Department of Homeland Security official tells ABC News. Under the new measure, airline officials will be required to check within 2 hours of being electronically notified of a special circumstance expedited No Fly name – which is what happened Monday.”
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Oh those silly Democrats – they were boring enough to go ahead and fix the problem within a day. What incompetence!

It’s STILL George Bush’s fault! Don’t you people get it? Take two Darvons and repeat after me: “It’s never Obama’s fault. It’s never Obama’s fault.”

This system failed to be proactive in every respect. They will all spend a lot of time and energy to make us think the system worked because we got the guy and no one was hurt (both in NY and Detroit). But the fact is that the terrorist succeeded. He was just a lousy bomb maker. No agency, politician or anybody else has ANYTHING to be proud of here. But for this guy’s ineptitude a bunch of people would be dead right now and all these people would would be pointing frantic fingers anywhere but at themselves. Idiots

Lee Hamilton has some nerve – talk about dropping the ball – the 911 commission was white wash sham.

The terrorist attacks of the underwear bomber and the more recent SUV bomber failed – not because we were competent, but because they were incompetent. We can’t keep getting lucky. At some point, the incompetence of this administration is going to be on full display. What then? Blame Bush?
As for progressive mama, you bet your bottom dollar I’m afraid of Obama. Not for his intelligence, rumors of which are completely unsubstantiated, but because of what his inexperience and ineptitude, not to mention his leftist leanings, are doing to this country.
He ought to title his next memoir: “Clueless in D.C.”.

Waterboarding is a Blessing to the terrorists. An Arab friend of mine told me they consider it re hydration or sinus cleansing. In Arab nations they use a technique Sand boarding.

An Arab friend of mine told me that waterboarding is a Blessing to the terrorists. They consider it re hydration or sinus cleansing. In Arab countries they sand board or cut their stinking heads off.

My question is why was this person already not on the do not fly list? Why all of a sudden, at a last minute, did his name appear? I would think only after investigation spotlighted this person did they put his name on the list and hence caught him trying to escape or got lucky. I saw more in print about him, the bomber, hating Bush rather than the bomber being Muslim. Why is that? Could it be that we don’t want it to look bad on the current administration who seems not to want to hurt any muslim’s feelings so now are we neutering the news reporting about each incident. Pretty soon these terrorist will stop using the name allai acbar or whatever it is they say right before their sacrifice in their attack and start saying Barak Hussein Obama.

Are you kidding me? Hey, Mr Obama. You are the President….YOU are in charge of keeping this country secure and you want “to pass the buck” and blame an Arab owned airlines for a lack of security at a US Airport? PATHETIC!

Maybe the airline dropped the ball but it appears the administration never had it.

Obama’s fault? You mean for catching him? He’s in custody, you morons!!

If the plane never left the gate then please explain this radio conversation with the captain.
Male voice: “202, looks like you’re going to be number one, monitor tower on 123 point end at this time.”
Plane: “123 niner Emirates 202, goodnight”
Female voice: “I’m with 202 heavy Kennedy (inaudible) runway 22 right position. Actually, I have a message for you to go back to the gate immediately. So make the left turn when able.”
Plane: “22 202 turning …”
Female voice: “I am with 202 make the left turn on to echo left alpha back to the ramp. I don’t know exactly why, but you can call your company for the reason.”
Plane: “Will do that. Left onto echo and then on to alpha and back to the gate via gulf?”
Female voice: “Yes, whatever is convenient.”

Republicans are owned by special interests??!
Posted by: MJ
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What does it take to buy a Democrat House, Senate and WH? BP -alone- spent almost $16 million last year lobbying Washington. Republicans sure as hell weren’t able to give them anything!
How many “special interests” lobby Washington? BP is only one corporation.

How much BP and Goldman Sachs campaign money did Obama spend getting elected?
ROFLMFAO!
Posted by: smartlillena
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You know, that filthy, Wall St, Big Oil, “special interest” money!

I have a question. They say the airline dropped the ball and that is true. But didn’t the TSA also drop the ball since they are responcible for the security that leads up to the aircraft. You would think that with him being on a no fly list, they would have flagged him. Just was pondering that. Everyone seems to point fingers at everyone when the system fails even though there is plenty of blame to go around.

Waterboarding torture? I guess if your annointed one deems it, it has to be true. This guy was just going to murder hundreds in Times Square and you bich about pouring a little water up a known terrorists nose (KSM)? If 90% of the info we got was useless, what was the other 10%? How do you know just because some ex-agent says he read it that he actually did? And Pelosi had no idea we were waterboarding? Yeah right.
Posted by: lfrichar | May 5, 2010 1:04:17 PM
lfrichar,
the what if and almost game creates wimps. You wanna play it, be my guest. I already think the right is fear-based; their whole ideology derives from fear. As for the fearmongering about Shadhak, yeah, he *almost* blew up Times Square right? And he *almost* didn’t get caught. And you were almost a billionaire, I suppose, or the lead singer in a world famous rock band.
Fact remains he’s in custody and no bomb exploded. And I highly doubt you’re a billionaire or the lead singer in a successful rock band. lol.
Waterboarding is torture and that you or others of your political persuasion support it and downplay it simply reiterates in my mind that the right is largely composed of bought and shady– or gullible and easily duped– pro-torture neocons whose opinion means nada (and who incidentally don’t believe in small government or one fourth the rote rhetoric they mouth.)
The bit about the anointed one just makes me laugh. Its the Right that anoints people and believes in blind loyalty. But thanks for repeating cliches– so fresh, so original!
In regards to the agent, I do take the agent’s comments seriously, partially because his comments have been backed up by others I respect, and also because I have several extended family members in the military, know several cops and a few agents– INS, DEA, FBI, Secret Service– and we’ve talked interrogations, torture, war at length. I also find Petraeus and others of his ilk—and American priniciples– more seriously than, say, you and the other morons who apologize for folks like Cheney and Bush. lol.
Let me guess… you love 24 and you’re going to claim that you have more ties to the military than my family. Maybe you’ll even claim you’re military, right? The blindly loyal type.
Predictable, but the fact remains I despise the Right because I’m well, well versed in what they represent. And I just can’t stand chickenhearts, especially those who chest thump a lot to cover up their lack of principle, heart and true courage.

They just showed waterboarding on 24 this past week. It certainly looked like it would cause you to panic, but torture…it is not. You are not going to be hurt in any way, or in any pain. You’ll just feel uncomfortable…and we know the Left hates it when Terrorists are made to feel uncomfortable! even if the info would save lives the Left would rather people be killed that make a Terrorist uncomfortable!

progressive mama — Wow, well I am not a right winger nor a GOPer. Yes I am retired military and I have several nephews still in. One just returned from Afghanistan and another returned from Iraq last year in a black bag. I didn’t vote for Bush nor do I apologize for him, but all the BS talk about Bush and “war crimes” is exactly that, BS. Bush did what he could to protect us and I do believe Obama is too, but when it comes to those you appoint to higher up positions, I believe Napoletano needs to go. “Almost” blowing up Times Square and a car bomb smoking because they used the wrong fertilizer are 2 different things. There were several flags in this guys background that went unchecked. Most of your posts lean so far one way I usually never finish reading them. Do you have any list that includes the mistakes Obama has made or is he just doing a dandy job to this point?

John —- I was waterboarded in the USAF SERE training. It scares the hell out of you, but it is nothing when you watch a terrorists cut the head off an American with a bowie knife. They only recently called it waterboarding and now many posters seem to have mastered some fact that it is torture. I have noticed they say nothing of Pelosi’s lies when she said she was at a meeting about it, but she didn’t know we actually used it and the media gave her a complete pass on it. You lie Pelosi.

Most of your posts lean so far one way I usually never finish reading them.
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I’m absolutely more to the left than the right, proudly so– though I do have a pragmatic streak and realize both what is possible and practical as well as what is unlikely– and I do absolutely despise the GOP, both the rhetoric and the institution– so you’re not reading my posts makes sense as you come across as being firmly in common cause with them regardless of how you self-identify. Its obvious I’m not here to join in common cause with those I find ridiculous, and I’m not particularly concerned with how you view my posts. Yawn, ya know. I register my complaints with bought and sold Dems elsewhere, and email and phone my reps and senators on a regular basis.

“”"”so you’re not reading my posts makes sense as you come across as being firmly in common cause with them regardless of how you self-identify. “”"
Posted by: progressive mama
Wow, something I hear from the left all the time. If your not in agreeance, you must be a righty or GOP. I think both sides have good ideas but our crappy 2 party system will never pull them together. I did like your “bought and paid for” blurp.

Wow, something I hear from the left all the time. If your not in agreeance, you must be a righty or GOP. I think both sides have good ideas but our crappy 2 party system will never pull them together. I did like your “bought and paid for” blurp.
Posted by: lfrichar | May 5, 2010 3:14:52 PM
Fair assessment of how I put it. How about in common cause with those I disagree with– both Dem and Republican– on torture, homeland security and so on– likely war, terrorism, all that. While Obama is more moderate and less embarrassing than Bush in many ways; overall, they’re not that far apart and neither are establishment GOP and Dem.
I find the accusations from the Right toward Obama pretty ridiculous. Yeah, wooo, get up in arms, we’ve moved three centimeters in a different direction– how utterly earth shattering!!!
I apologize if you’re not joining THAT silly chorus. You appeared to be to me.

if your husband spun you a yarn like that how fast would you tell him to pack his clothes and hit the trail?
Posted by: smartlillena | May 5, 2010 3:00:15 PM
Still piping in with silly little comments about my posts, huh, but never anything worth discussing…
My husband was a Ross Perot supporter when I met him, and he sent Ron Paul money. I hear yarns all the time.
As for the rest, he knows the same people I do, more or less, some better than I do, some not as well– and though he originally liked Bush, he was pretty horrified by the dude’s policies, so, no, I wouldn’t send him packing.

Bumbling idiots, from top down, “leading” the way and then pointing fingers when their farce sees the light of day. It’s BP’s fault even though I took their campaign money; It’s
Emirates Airlines fault he got on the plane even though government security agencies passed him through. Sounds like the Clintons when Billy’s exploits were explained by Hilly as a vast right wing conspiracy having sex with the intern. Hollywood comedy writers couldn’t come up with a script like this.

Watched the press conference and it would be a wonder if the AG doesn’t have a sore arm from patting himself (and his agencies) on the back. A ‘common’ street vendor and a relatively ‘unimportant minor official saved the bacon this time. The government didn’t do squat to prevent this incident or discover that he was on the flight and, yet, they’re jumping up and down screaming, “Look at me, Mommy, look at me!”

Let me be clear. It’s never my fault. The buck does not, in fact, stop here. But let me be clear. If something good happens, then it is definetly because of me.
-B.O.

One of the authors of this article, Jake Tapper, is a HACK! He is the apparent replacement for George Stephanopolous on This Week and this past Sunday’s round-table guests included none other than the great wizard of the news, Bill Maher, LMAO! Bill Maher on a SERIOUS News Show, gimme a break, next they’ll Leno, O’Brien or maybe Tina fey as Sarah Palin. Anything these left wing “news” phonies put out is garbage, not fit to read!

One again ABC “news” is shilling and covering for this fraud of a president. We’ve been lucky twice . Let’s see what happens the next time. If I or anyone in my family gets hurt in an attack I will hold OBAMA and the moron in charge of Homeland Security PERSONALLY responsible.I can see a MAJOR class action suit against them. The Democrats need to be ALL voted out in NOV amd adults need to be put in charge of this country again.

bob lidd You’re feeling is so so wrong. You have no grasp of the situation so I suggest you read a book or two then come back here and chat with adults. Not a clue my man , not a clue .

poor misguided liberal lefites. why don’t you guys go ahead and admit that you want our country destroyed by your african illegal alien.
i feel pity for your children. what will you tell them when they ask you why you let them down and put a debt on their shoulders that will never be paid?you would shove the wellbeing if your children aside just for the sake of a socialist jerk that cares less about you than he does his dog. you people are a waste of our resources and shame on you for indoctrinating your children to the beliefs of communists.

When is Obama going to learn Americans expect foreign companies to to give us the shaft. BP and the Emirates air this week. Oblamer needs to change his song and quit acting like ambulance chasing lawyer he is. And maybe his crackerjack team of new leadership might beat the news reporters to an incident for once.

progressive mama wrote: “Policies should be updated and changed.”
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Its pretty bad when your primary anti-terrorism policy is “blind-####-luck”. Eventually that luck runs out. But then, oBama can always bring in a finger-pointing czar.

President Obama has an excellent new anti-man-made-disaster policy:
Let’s hope their bombs don’t work.
OBAMA 2012!!!

Interesting – despite prior warning, suspected terrorists receiving flight training and boarding flights, on-site anti-aircraft at the pentagon failing to function, inadequate and delayed interceptor jet response, etc, the 9/11 commission did not reach the conclusion that the Bush admin or anyone in government dropped the ball, but here in a case where the suspect was successfully apprehended the admin dropped the ball. Amazing.

Thankfully our president has found a convenient scapegoat in Emirates Airlines. Were it not for them, he may have to fall back on the old reliable “I inherited all these problems from the previous administration”.

OMG, why does it not surprise me that this administration is pointing their finger at Emirates Airlines. Since taking office, I couldn’t even begin to list the amount of times this guy or his buddies have blamed someone else. It’s disgraceful and embarassing. Can’t wait for the elections!

This is indicative of a narcissist. Blame everyone else for you failures, take the credit for good.
Why would anyone ever listen to this man. If I was in a room with him and he told me that anything, I would turn my back and walk out of the room. I would not trust this guy to ever tell me the truth.
Please make this man impotent in November and then send him back to wherever he came from in 2012.
The man needs some long term therapy, hope his health care bill doesn not cover him. Maybe Sarah Palin, Rush and Joe the Plumber will be on the panel that turns him down for the therapy he needs.

that was a lie. And you didn’t respond to what I said. How’re those kids?
Posted by: smartlillena | May 5, 2010 9:15:18 PM
Smartlilena, I have no idea what you’re talking about. You wrote:
“progressive mama, if your husband spun you a yarn like that how fast would you tell him to pack his clothes and hit the trail?”
Since you are bizarrely obsessed with my posts and picking weird little fights with me, I assumed you were talking about my last post. Perhaps, you were talking about something that makes sense in your universe.
I assure you, I don’t care either. Good luck in your world. It strikes me as an odd place, but fortunately, I don’t have to live there. lol

Excuse me, This man gets put on a critical no-fly list at 1230 pm and then boards a plane some 5 hours later? And the excuse is because the airline didnt upload the data? This is unacceptable! Someone needs to develop a program that automatically uploads the data so the airlines dont need to do anything but read and execute,
leadership takes responsibility not point the finger and come up with plausible denile, you would think that all the money we have spent to protect the public could fix this.
were doomed!

Ah, Jakey, try as might – and you keep trying mightily – you’re not gonna pin anything on the Obama Admin …because they’ve done a whale of a job.
Try as he might, Jakey, President Obama cannot keep his eye on all 330 million + people in our country.
At least he’s giving it his Grade A Effort, something Bush & Cheney rarely did. They were far too concerned with Iraq & the greatest business deal in the history of the world…make that The Greatest COLOSSALLY FAILED Business Deal In the History Of The World!

Actually DHS at the time required airlines to update their No Fly lists every 24 hours. (It’s now been cut to 2 hours)
Given that DHS notified Emirates at 12:30pm EST (8:30pm in Dubai) is it a major surprise that nothing had happened by 8:30pm EST (4:30am Dubai time).
Solution: Central database maintained by DHS, airline systems perform a lookup on reseravtion/check-in). Simple as.

Obama and his boys are looking more and more like the Keystone Kops of old.

If he had not paid in cash, he would have gotten away. The ticket agent for Emirates raised a flag due to the cash payment. People like that agent, the Dutch filmmaker who smashed the undies bomber, and the Tee shirt vendor in NYC, they are keeping us safe, not Obama.

Emirates dropped the ball or not, the more serious question is who dropped ball in Times Square. Where were the Feds? Why did it take a street vendor and the NY PD?
Obama and his lap dogs won’t accept responsibility for anything bad, but all the good stuff they fight for to claim as their own. How Clintonian~!

DHS and Napolitano dropped the ball, if they were on this guy’s tail trying to find him the FEDS should have made a phone call to airport(s)and any other transportation carrier security directly to update them with the information. In stead they update the no fly list and try to push the blame on the airlines because they do not refresh their lists fast enough. This administration cannot accept responsibility.

It’s NEVER Obama’s fault.. haven’t you figured that out yet? And the main stream news media continues to allow him get away with “the blame game” by enabling him with stories like this.
We no longer have “news”, only socialist-democrat propaganda outlets.

It troubles me that the WH and ABC news would issue a story saying the plane never left the gate. If the WH said it ABC should have corrected. As it turns out it was a lucky catch. The sun shined upon us that the bomb did not go off. If it had we never would have caught the bomber before he left the country.

This man was able to bring his family here, go to training camps in Pakistan for 5 months and still get his papers. Then he got all that material, built a car bomb and delivered it to Times Square. That in of itsself shows a massive failure. To say it was luck it didnt go off than brag how fast you caught him is childish. As we argue what to do with this evil man those in training now will only laugh because they know even if they get caught it will be years before any are brought to trial. We cant even decide where to house them but fret if their meals are not culturally sensitive. Even I am getting tired of being warned of the teabaggers as they march peacefully while thugs and terrorists build car bombs in our neighborhoods full of innocent familes. My citizen grandmother is patted down and her water taken in airports but this man, who is on a list, is let past TSA security. Should that not be the place to stop them, not relying on airlines from all over the world? So yes, let us argue with each other, let us blame Bush or Clinton or whoever as those who failed us, the Gin swilling rich politicians, get off easy.

Cash for Clunkers
The POSITIVE results:
It’s taken 700,000 Obama bumper stickers off the road…

JOE LEGAL vs. JOSE ILLEGAL
You have two families: “Joe Legal” and “Jose Illegal”.
Both families have two parents, two children, and live in California.
Joe Legal works in construction, has a Social Security Number and makes $25.00 per hour with taxes deducted.
Jose Illegal also works in construction, has NO Social Security Number, and gets paid $15.00 cash “under the table”.
Ready? Now pay attention…
Joe Legal: $25.00 per hour x 40 hours = $1000.00 per week, or $52,000.00 per year. Now take 30% away for state and federal tax; Joe Legal now has $31,231.00.
Jose Illegal: $15.00 per hour x 40 hours = $600.00 per week, or $31,200.00 per year. Jose Illegal pays no taxes. Jose Illegal now has $31,200.00.
Joe Legal pays medical and dental insurance with limited coverage for his family at $600.00 per month, or $7,200.00 per year. Joe Legal now has $24,031.00.
Jose Illegal has full medical and dental coverage through the state and local clinics at a cost of $0.00 per year. Jose Illegal still has $31,200.00.
Joe Legal makes too much money and is not eligible for food stamps or welfare. Joe Legal pays $500.00 per month for food, or $6,000.00 per year. Joe Legal now has $18,031.00.
Jose Illegal has no documented income and is eligible for food stamps and welfare. Jose Illegal still has $31,200.00.
Joe Legal pays rent of $1,200.00 per month, or $14,400.00 per year. Joe Legal now has $9,631.00.
Jose Illegal receives a $500.00 per month federal rent subsidy. Jose Illegal pays out that $500.00 per month, or $6,000.00 per year. Jose Illegal still has $ 31,200.00.
Joe Legal pays $200.00 per month, or $2,400.00 for insurance. Joe Legal now has $7,231.00.
Jose Illegal says, “We don’t need no stinkin’ insurance!” and still has $31,200.00.
Joe Legal has to make his $7,231.00 stretch to pay utilities, gasoline, etc.
Jose Illegal has to make his $31,200.00 stretch to pay utilities, gasoline, and what he sends out of the country every month.
Joe Legal now works overtime on Saturdays or gets a part time job after work.
Jose Illegal has nights and weekends off to enjoy with his family.
Joe Legal’s and Jose Illegal’s children both attend the same school. Joe Legal pays for his children’s lunches while Jose Illegal’s children get a government sponsored lunch. Jose Illegal’s children have an after school ESL program. Joe Legal’s children go home.
Joe Legal and Jose Illegal both enjoy the same police and fire services, but Joe paid for them and Jose did not pay.
This is what Obama considers “sharing the wealth”
Do you get it, now?
If you vote for or support any politician that supports illegal aliens…
You are part of the problem!

Take it all with a grain of salt.”
Posted by: progressive mama
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Didn’t I say that very thing?

Does it occur to people that even if this character had left the US he almost certainly would have been extradited if the evidence suggested that he was involved in terrorism ?

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