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No Hire List: Democrat political machine in Chicago, Anyone who owns a Che Guevara t-shirt

Man-Made-Disaster Prevention



Department of Homeland Security chief Janet Napolitano has retreated from her controversial statement on the would-be Detroit airline bomber. Having initially characterized the fortuitous intervention of airline passengers in the mid-air bombing attempt by terrorist Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab as proof that “the system worked,” she now must face another unpleasant fact.

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Terrorist acts, or, to use Napolitano’s term, “man-caused disasters,” remain a threat. In response to the attempted destruction of a passenger jet, DHS came up with clever countermeasures such as limiting carry-on luggage, locking passengers out of airliner restrooms, confining passengers to their seats, and outlawing paperback books. The Department of Homeland Security must study past man-caused disasters to predict future threats, and devise measures to thwart them. Looking back on 2009, it seems clear that there was no more debilitating man-caused disaster than the Obama administration’s national security policy. One could quibble that it should be a “men- and women-caused disaster,” giving equal credit to the ineptitude not only of Barack Obama, Attorney General Eric Holder, and Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, but also to Secretary of State Hilary Clinton and DHS Chief Napolitano. But none of these people would have any authority if it hadn’t been for Obama’s presidency, so let’s just designate him as the man who caused the disaster. Democrats and the mainstream media showed tasteful reserve in all but eradicating images of that other famous man-caused disaster that occurred on September 11th, 2001. To respond in kind, we will not dwell on a detailed review of the devastation of the Obama-caused disasters in foreign policy. We will gloss over Obama’s refusal to call the Fort Hood murders acts of terror, the transferring of confessed 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed to the United States for trial, and the granting of the rights of American citizens to all and sundry foreign terrorists. Let’s further avoid mentioning the unilateral cancellation of anti-missile systems in Eastern Europe, the warnings to Israel not to defend itself against the Iranian offensive nuclear program, and the tacit endorsement of the acts of international villains from Hugo Chavez to Kim Jong-il. Still, the DHS must devise and employ countermeasures against such man-caused disasters. Here are a few suggestions: Just as we now require background checks for some firearms purchases, we should likewise require background checks on any American voter who cast one (or more) ballots in Barack Obama’s presidential election. Such a voting record would immediately cast suspicion on that voter’s sanity and judgment, and would place him in a “high risk” category subject to full body search. And yes, this might include a cavity search. Security officers might want to start in the brain cavity that–in Obama voters–would likely contain much dangerous material.

No Hire List: Democrat political machine in Chicago, Anyone who owns a Che Guevara t-shirt

Just as the Transportation Security Agency keeps a “No-Fly List” (even if unenforced against likely terrorists), the federal government should keep a “No Hire List.” This list would be populated by operatives from the Democrat political machine in Chicago, long-term congregants of the Trinity United Church of Chicago, and anyone who owns a Che Guevara t-shirt. Additional persons to be included in the federal “No-Hire List” would be anyone appointed, pardoned, praised, bowed to or admitted without invitation to a White House party by the Obama administration. As the TSA limits carry-on luggage, we should also limit the ability of any member of the Obama administration to carry on. They must be prevented from pontificating, speechifying and carrying on about how they won’t rest till our enemies are brought to justice. This sort of rhetoric is contradicted by an administration that permits terrorists and murderers to engage the highest-paid lawyers the ACLU can provide and expose the secrets of our national security to anyone trying to discover them. When this administration mouths the lyrics of patriotism and sings the praises of the men and women who defend us, every word is false and every note is sour. Most important of all, every American must undertake to remain alert, vigilant and proactive as we guard against more man-caused disasters in the future. What can an ordinary citizen do to keep us safe? You will find the most effective means at your polling place. If Americans show more sense than their leaders next November, both the disasters and the men who cause them can be forever removed from authority. It won’t keep us safe from every enemy–but it will reduce the threat from the internal ones.


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Lance Thompson is a freelance journalist.


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