http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2005/06/24/no-homeland-security-we-are-no-safer-now/ Protect yourself from government gaffes, bureaucratic blunders and incumbent incompetence Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:25:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2005/06/24/no-homeland-security-we-are-no-safer-now/#comment-1224 One year of homeland stupidity - IO ERROR Sat, 12 Nov 2005 04:44:00 +0000 http://www.ioerror.us/?p=177#comment-1224 [...] Since September 11, 2001, many people have argued that America must give up the liberty which makes this country worth living in, in order to be “safe” from terrorists. This is patently false, and I spend much of my time showing this stupidity for what it is. There are so many of these that choosing among them is difficult, but some of the most telling are: State Department can’t prevent terrorists from getting passports, because the government’s watchlists suck; We are no safer now, in which I tell the real solution to terrorism, the solution which may never be implemented; the soldiers on their way to Iraq who boarded planes with their rifles, but weren’t allowed to carry on nose hair clippers; and the Bush administration overstating the number of terrorism investigations to make it look like there was a lot of terrorist activity when there wasn’t. [...] [...] Since September 11, 2001, many people have argued that America must give up the liberty which makes this country worth living in, in order to be “safe” from terrorists. This is patently false, and I spend much of my time showing this stupidity for what it is. There are so many of these that choosing among them is difficult, but some of the most telling are: State Department can’t prevent terrorists from getting passports, because the government’s watchlists suck; We are no safer now, in which I tell the real solution to terrorism, the solution which may never be implemented; the soldiers on their way to Iraq who boarded planes with their rifles, but weren’t allowed to carry on nose hair clippers; and the Bush administration overstating the number of terrorism investigations to make it look like there was a lot of terrorist activity when there wasn’t. [...]

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