Norad45:

While we may be considered "Ugly Americans" by many peoples and some nations, we are not in so much danger that we need an organization like the TSA, or the restrictions of the Patriot Act, because laws to protect our nation were very comprehensive before 9/11.

In my vaulted opinion (No ego problems here.) most of this Homeland Security crap is a smoke screen for the benefits the average American citizen is losing in order to shore up the rich. It is designed to keep us from thinking about the shortcomings of our elected officials, the skewed taxing of the lower wage earner, and the outsourcing of jobs so that some rich jerks can die with more toys than other rich jerks.

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