For all you regular readers of the Goddess' blog you can skip past this post. I'm going to post my regular rant about not needing the TSA. For all you new readers, please read it carefully and refute any statement or misstatement. ;-)

Oh, and please copy this and send it your representatives in both the Senate and the House.

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The TSA was not needed one hour and one minute after Tower II was hit!

The paradigm, the norm, the expected, what everyone was taught to do was to sit down, shut up and wait for the plane to land and the negotiations happen. That was the model from Entebbe onward.

The passengers on board did not really know what was about to happen on September 11, 2001 at 8:46:30 when Flight 11 struck Tower I.

Even the passengers on Flight 175 probably didn't realize what was about to happen when they struck Tower II at 9:03:02.

The Pentagon crash of Flight 77 at 9:37:46 may have been still a matter of ignorance.

At 10:03:11 on September 11, 2001, United Airlines Flight 93 crashed after the brave souls counter-attacked and caused the hijackers to crash the plane.

The time difference is 60 minutes and 9 seconds from Tower II being struck to the crash of Flight 93. The shoe bomber and panty bomber were taken down by fellow passengers as well. Recently, JetBlue's Flight 191 pilot was taken down by the passengers once he was out of the cockpit. Additionally how many times have you heard of passengers' concerns and diverted flights?

The TSA is and has always been a joke, no make that a total stupidity, that has wasted our country's fortune going down a rabbit hole.

If you don't believe me look at the 9/11 timeline.

There will never be another 9/11 style attack unless the attackers can arrange planes full of geriatrics, and even then it would be doubtful.

Jim, I scanned the 9/11 timeline and it tilts toward conspiracy theory. I think it's much more likely our Government was ill-prepared than deliberately evil; the latter requires intent and focus. Lack of accountability is far more damaging, and a far greater failure, than any direct hostility could ever be.

I scanned the 9/11 timeline and it tilts toward conspiracy theory. I think it's much more likely our Government was ill-prepared than deliberately evil; the latter requires intent and focus. -- DaveG at May 6, 2012 7:21 AM

Where do I mention conspiracy, negligence, or anything else.

I am mentioning the bravery and relentless human spirit that said "This was not acceptable." That is what will stop another 9/11.

I discussed the boiling pot/frog scenario, in a way a few days back on how twenty guards could control hundreds of Jews in prison camp.

In a 9/11 scenario -- you have a ticking clock on when you live or die. In a prison camp scenario that urgency is not present. That makes the reactions different.

My argument is that regardless of the number of hijackers -- the passengers will refuse to be part of a not-so-smart-missile ever again.

You mentioned, correctly, numerous times that the government dropped the ball such as slow-flying fighter jets and a paralyzed commander-in-chief; and for each asked "why did this happen?", which sounded like conspiracy theory language to me. No offense intended; you'll decide for yourself whether I'm correct or not, but if I am it diminishes your message.

"You mentioned, correctly, numerous times that the government dropped the ball such as slow-flying fighter jets and a paralyzed commander-in-chief; and for each asked "why did this happen?", which sounded like conspiracy theory language to me."

I am personally fascinated by the sort of armchair quarterbacking these things represent.

In this case, people act as though F-16s and -15s could burst into the skies over Manhattan and shoot down airliners. This is just wrong. Up until the first plane hit, the standard hijacking model was in place. Fighters make sonic booms capable of millions of dollars in property damage, and then, all they can do with an airliner is shoot it down. This guarantees the death of all aboard, still protects NO ONE on the ground, and then opens the USAF to murder changes by people again firmly seated in that armchair.

Now about the second part: Maybe you are party to some information that requires the President to direct all military and civilian governmental units in times of crisis. I've never heard of such a thing. I do know that submarine crews are required to conduct independent combat operations, and have some shoot authorizations that do not require calling anyone. I'll be kind and suggest that you don't look silly when trying to think about something that sounds like science fiction, but isn't. That people have an expectation of Mr. Bush, that he should have strode manfully from the room withe the comment, "I'll take care of this!" is simple naiveté. People are actually offended that he didn't act as they thought he should in their ignorance!

Meanwhile, Mr. Obama has no experience whatsoever. Yeah, that's gonna work out great.

I think it would have been great if a pilot could have put a 20mm round in each engine and given a pilot a chance to come down intact. I think it would have been great if anyone at all had had a pistol on any of these planes and the will to use it before a box cutter was used, having thrown away the thought of being charged with the murder of an orthodox religious protester. But fantasy is cheap.

At least, it is when you keep in mind what a fantasy IS.

You mentioned, correctly, numerous times that the government dropped the ball ... -- DaveG at May 6, 2012 12:00 PM

You made a basic flaw in you assumption that I wrote I the timeline itself. I did nothing more than Google it and it came up as the first link that seemed to satisfy my needs.

The Most Comprehensive Minute By Minute Timeline On 9/11 by Mark R. Elsis, Lovearth.net, September 9, 2002

I am not associated with Lovearth.net in any way. Why would I tag my posts with "Jim P." if I were the author "Mark R. Elsis"? At no time did I say I was the author. I don't think my sentence of "If you don't believe me look at the 9/11 timeline." comes anywhere near implying authorship.

You are still missing the point regardless of who wrote the timeline and how biased it is or conspiracy oriented, or whatever. The plane striking Tower II at 9:03:02 woke people up, and United Flight 93 crashing at 10:03:11 meant that this will never happen again. The whole bullshit Theater of Non-Security Agency was not needed.

"There will never be another 9/11 style attack unless the attackers can arrange planes full of geriatrics, and even then it would be doubtful."

You are right good sir. It would be doubtful. Geriatrics notwithstanding.

TSA came along after the the damage was done, much like a 911 call. I think flyers would defend their right to life to the detriment of the death cult.

Ominous final remark on the news report: "The TSA issued a statement about Congressman Conseco's incident, saying that it will DEAL DIRECTLY WITH the congressman." CAPS my addition, chills courtesy of the TSA.

Just had to forward that one to Amy on Twitter.

Heads up: there are at least two petitions (Campaign for Liberty and Freedomworks) calling for the abolition of the TSA. Please feel free to find and sign one. I did.

Here's the to the Freedom Works version.