tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post115573609028354209..comments2023-10-28T10:12:35.184-04:00Comments on Big Tent: Sensible ProfilingStephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14620478836945715498noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-1155764514880428272006-08-16T17:41:00.000-04:002006-08-16T17:41:00.000-04:00Brave Anonymous Soul --Really? I mean, I realize y...Brave Anonymous Soul --<BR/>Really? I mean, I realize you are now pressing to find something. I wrote a response that incorporated a lot of ideas -- only one of which was Bush administration incompetence. <BR/><BR/>So do you agree with the article? If so, why? Rather than snipe at people actually making a case, how about making a contribution? Goldberg is wrong, and I have argued why. If you wantdcathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09921385244556780254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-1155757732265881012006-08-16T15:48:00.000-04:002006-08-16T15:48:00.000-04:00"Well, if you are under the sun and you see incomp..."Well, if you are under the sun and you see incompetence everywhere, you deal with it. "<BR/><BR/>Or get some counseling....<BR/><BR/>"Or are you just not capable of coming up with an actual argument to refute what I wrote? "<BR/><BR/>Capable of coming up with an actual response to "This is yet another example of conservatives overlooking incompetence in order to blame liberals for the failings Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-1155754484147836382006-08-16T14:54:00.000-04:002006-08-16T14:54:00.000-04:00Tom -- Um, yes he does: "In other words, while our...Tom --<BR/> Um, yes he does:<BR/> <BR/>"In other words, while our enemies are coming up with ingenious ways to murder Americans, we’re coming up with ingenious ways to search for our enemies in the nicest manner possible. No amount of training, it seems, can immunize against the real threat to America: the possibility that somewhere, at some time, a TSA cop might pull an Arab or South Asian out dcathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09921385244556780254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-1155753536580196042006-08-16T14:38:00.000-04:002006-08-16T14:38:00.000-04:00To clarify: I wasn't giving credit to the adminis...To clarify: I wasn't giving credit to the administration or anyone else by noting that the terrorists haven't gotten another plane. The point was that we all think we see ways that the TSA could be run better or more efficiently, but that is a far cry from saying that they are not doing to a large extent their first and most important job, which is deterring terrorists.<BR/><BR/>On the second Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12616206952252181603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-1155752880192439142006-08-16T14:28:00.000-04:002006-08-16T14:28:00.000-04:00Anonymous -- Well, if you are under the sun and yo...Anonymous -- Well, if you are under the sun and you see incompetence everywhere, you deal with it. Are you denying the incompetence? Or are you just not capable of coming up with an actual argument to refute what I wrote? I'm just curious. Just because I see it everywhere does not mean that the administration is actually competent in these matters. I'm just curous how the argument's strength or dcathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09921385244556780254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-1155750898163826322006-08-16T13:54:00.000-04:002006-08-16T13:54:00.000-04:00DCAT"This is yet another example of conservatives ...DCAT<BR/><BR/>"This is yet another example of conservatives overlooking incompetence in order to blame liberals for the failings of this administration. "<BR/><BR/>This line of argument would be stronger coming from you if you didn't seem to see Bush incompetence in everything under the sun....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-1155750656183749862006-08-16T13:50:00.000-04:002006-08-16T13:50:00.000-04:00DC:Again, I agree that much of the blame--as far a...DC:<BR/><BR/>Again, I agree that much of the blame--as far as it goes, since they haven't gotten any more planes since 9/11--must go toward the politicians running the show, and I don't think Goldberg would disagree with that assessment either. Beyond that, you seem to be taking Goldberg to task for a lot of things he does not actually say in this article.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12616206952252181603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-1155746902979192952006-08-16T12:48:00.000-04:002006-08-16T12:48:00.000-04:00I agree 100% with Jeff. This is yet another exampl...I agree 100% with Jeff. This is yet another example of conservatives overlooking incompetence in order to blame liberals for the failings of this administration. <BR/> Have you seen the people who serve as screeners at our nation's airports? Are we really supposed to fall for this argument that they are well-trained professionals with expertise in counterterrorism who can scrutinize vocal timbre?dcathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09921385244556780254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-1155746489587610792006-08-16T12:41:00.000-04:002006-08-16T12:41:00.000-04:00I don't disagree and I don't think Goldberg would ...I don't disagree and I don't think Goldberg would disagree, except to say that the ACLU vocally opposes all of the most effective efforts of the TSA. They raise enough of a stink that some politicians latch onto them and others who are inexplicably weak-willed fold under the pressure.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12616206952252181603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-1155743479185773752006-08-16T11:51:00.000-04:002006-08-16T11:51:00.000-04:00Tom,the ACLU doesn't run the TSA. If Goldberg does...Tom,<BR/><BR/>the ACLU doesn't run the TSA. If Goldberg doesn't like the way airport screenings are done then the ACLU is a strawman. (I know that Joyce Hamby was given alot of scrutiny due to her metal rods in her back---it seems that if the 60 plus set are terrorists then we have lost the war). Anyway, I tend to agree with some of Goldberg's complaints---but the folks to rail against occupy theAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com