Pathetic, Scared Americans and the Rebirth of the “War on Terror”

So we had a black Nigerian Muslim, who should have been on the no-fly list and wasn’t. Did you immediately smell new – more oppressive – protocol coming on? A story quickly evolved that his father had warned U.S. authorities of his son’s radicalism. Now that’s an awfully convenient story line, and it sounds pretty feeble to me. It certainly invites a ramp up of U.S. intelligence on the basis that we have had far too little of it in place.

Now the US government can fix the rules to brand us all terrorists, even based on such overwhelming evidence as “someone said.” The man came on board without a passport (new protocol smell) and with a bomb. My first thought was that the TSA would surely get all of the nudity x-ray machines it demands. Body cavity searches will become a new norm. In fact, the new wave of security – to keep us all safe from Muslims – will be oppressive in the extreme.

The hysteria over the failed "terror attack" of the jock strap bomber has aroused Karen's suspicions.