Comments on: Abdulmutallab Attack Proves FISA Spying Can’t Guarantee Safety http://irregulartimes.com/index.php/archives/2009/12/31/abdulmutallab-attack-proves-fisa-spying-cant-guarantee-safety/ When old landmarks crumble, established roads no longer lead the way. New paths open to those with an irregular eye. Our news is unfit for print. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 02:34:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Peregrin Wood http://irregulartimes.com/index.php/archives/2009/12/31/abdulmutallab-attack-proves-fisa-spying-cant-guarantee-safety/comment-page-1/#comment-582401 Peregrin Wood Sun, 03 Jan 2010 21:47:07 +0000 http://irregulartimes.com/?p=16454#comment-582401 Yes, I did. You don't like the answer because it doesn't fit into your security-is-everything mindset. Yes, I did. You don’t like the answer because it doesn’t fit into your security-is-everything mindset.

]]> By: JD http://irregulartimes.com/index.php/archives/2009/12/31/abdulmutallab-attack-proves-fisa-spying-cant-guarantee-safety/comment-page-1/#comment-582396 JD Sun, 03 Jan 2010 20:57:10 +0000 http://irregulartimes.com/?p=16454#comment-582396 Peregrin, You didn't attempt to answer the question. Peregrin, You didn’t attempt to answer the question.

]]> By: Peregrin Wood http://irregulartimes.com/index.php/archives/2009/12/31/abdulmutallab-attack-proves-fisa-spying-cant-guarantee-safety/comment-page-1/#comment-582324 Peregrin Wood Sat, 02 Jan 2010 21:53:20 +0000 http://irregulartimes.com/?p=16454#comment-582324 Any viable and acceptable suggestions on how to protect the earth against giant meteors? Any viable and acceptable suggestions on how to prevent dishonesty and shoplifting? Any viable and acceptable suggestions on how to protect children from sledding accidents? Any viable and acceptable suggestions on how to protect the US against serial killers? I don't think it's reasonable to expect that bad things won't ever happen, and then restrict everyone's freedoms when someone tries to do something nasty. Life isn't perfect. We can make it more tolerable, however, by protecting the foundations of our constitutional liberty. Any viable and acceptable suggestions on how to protect the US against tyranny? Yes. Follow the Constitution. Any viable and acceptable suggestions on how to protect the earth against giant meteors? Any viable and acceptable suggestions on how to prevent dishonesty and shoplifting? Any viable and acceptable suggestions on how to protect children from sledding accidents? Any viable and acceptable suggestions on how to protect the US against serial killers?

I don’t think it’s reasonable to expect that bad things won’t ever happen, and then restrict everyone’s freedoms when someone tries to do something nasty.

Life isn’t perfect. We can make it more tolerable, however, by protecting the foundations of our constitutional liberty.

Any viable and acceptable suggestions on how to protect the US against tyranny? Yes. Follow the Constitution.

]]> By: JD http://irregulartimes.com/index.php/archives/2009/12/31/abdulmutallab-attack-proves-fisa-spying-cant-guarantee-safety/comment-page-1/#comment-582308 JD Sat, 02 Jan 2010 18:54:58 +0000 http://irregulartimes.com/?p=16454#comment-582308 Any viable and acceptable suggestions on how to protect the US against such attacks? Any viable and acceptable suggestions on how to protect the US against such attacks?

]]> By: ramone http://irregulartimes.com/index.php/archives/2009/12/31/abdulmutallab-attack-proves-fisa-spying-cant-guarantee-safety/comment-page-1/#comment-582115 ramone Thu, 31 Dec 2009 18:25:29 +0000 http://irregulartimes.com/?p=16454#comment-582115 fly naked. that should make us safe. for about a nano-second. suicide bombers and their organizers will be implanting explosive devices in their bodies in no time. there is no way to guarantee air safety, blame obama security measures all you want, but, end of the day, there will always be risk. how many attacks have been thwarted by FISA? at what cost to liberty? would the fear mongers say that one life saved is enough to justify all the added security? one plane load of passengers goes down, three plane loads go down, does it matter? take away all the tweezers and shampoo bottles and bic lighters you want there will still be some nut-job that will try to kill innocent people for some "noble" cause. record every cell phone conversation and spy on every american citizens private life and you still will not connect the dots of every plot. over 500,000 on terror watch lists! my cumputer freezes up when i try to use i-tunes and shutterfly at the same time, i can see where the dots can get pretty blurry. yes,let's live and die with liberty. if you're afraid of dying, best not get out of bed. newsflash: we're all dying. it's just a question of how and when. fly naked. that should make us safe. for about a nano-second. suicide bombers and their organizers will be implanting explosive devices in their bodies in no time. there is no way to guarantee air safety, blame obama security measures all you want, but, end of the day, there will always be risk.
how many attacks have been thwarted by FISA? at what cost to liberty? would the fear mongers say that one life saved is enough to justify all the added security? one plane load of passengers goes down, three plane loads go down, does it matter? take away all the tweezers and shampoo bottles and bic lighters you want there will still be some nut-job that will try to kill innocent people for some “noble” cause. record every cell phone conversation and spy on every american citizens private life and you still will not connect the dots of every plot. over 500,000 on terror watch lists! my cumputer freezes up when i try to use i-tunes and shutterfly at the same time, i can see where the dots can get pretty blurry.
yes,let’s live and die with liberty. if you’re afraid of dying, best not get out of bed.
newsflash: we’re all dying. it’s just a question of how and when.

]]> By: Hendrix http://irregulartimes.com/index.php/archives/2009/12/31/abdulmutallab-attack-proves-fisa-spying-cant-guarantee-safety/comment-page-1/#comment-582104 Hendrix Thu, 31 Dec 2009 16:39:31 +0000 http://irregulartimes.com/?p=16454#comment-582104 Yup, big brother is too big to fail. Yup, big brother is too big to fail.

]]> By: Tom http://irregulartimes.com/index.php/archives/2009/12/31/abdulmutallab-attack-proves-fisa-spying-cant-guarantee-safety/comment-page-1/#comment-582091 Tom Thu, 31 Dec 2009 12:49:40 +0000 http://irregulartimes.com/?p=16454#comment-582091 Right! But that just makes the neocons even MORE crazy and will in turn make air travel even more of a pain than it is now. Right! But that just makes the neocons even MORE crazy and will in turn make air travel even more of a pain than it is now.

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