John Baker
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John Baker
"We respond that same was too. Look at post 9/11 when over 90% of the people in this country demanded solutions such as the TSA. SIGH!"
I can not recall demanding anything from our government after 911, other than answers. I do not recall one conversation that included establishing a new bureaucracy that would put a huge dampener on our way of life. I don't know anyone who envisioned the security measures that are now in place.
"The Department of Homeland Security", what are we, a bunch of Communists? I can think of few countries in the world that are walling off their borders to the degree we are. North Korea is the only one that seems to come close, yet two American reporters apparently just wandered across, let em try that here.
My problem is that I have lived long enough to remember how things used to be. Younger people think this is how things should be, it's how they are being raised.
This is no longer The United States of America, it's now "The Homeland." I reckon it does not matter much what it is called anymore. It is now one of the most secure, safest, countries on the planet. I guess this is what most of us want. Remembering old freedoms and privileges does little good in a changing world.
I guess my gripe is that it seems like every month, security laws and regulations just keep getting tighter and tighter, and few seem interested, or even care.
John
I can not recall demanding anything from our government after 911, other than answers. I do not recall one conversation that included establishing a new bureaucracy that would put a huge dampener on our way of life. I don't know anyone who envisioned the security measures that are now in place.
"The Department of Homeland Security", what are we, a bunch of Communists? I can think of few countries in the world that are walling off their borders to the degree we are. North Korea is the only one that seems to come close, yet two American reporters apparently just wandered across, let em try that here.
My problem is that I have lived long enough to remember how things used to be. Younger people think this is how things should be, it's how they are being raised.
This is no longer The United States of America, it's now "The Homeland." I reckon it does not matter much what it is called anymore. It is now one of the most secure, safest, countries on the planet. I guess this is what most of us want. Remembering old freedoms and privileges does little good in a changing world.
I guess my gripe is that it seems like every month, security laws and regulations just keep getting tighter and tighter, and few seem interested, or even care.
John
