[quote=briansd1] . . . In comparaison, 9/11 has defined America to the core. We have become neurotic about terrorism. And all goverment actions are about covering your asses so that another terrorist attack won’t happen, else you will lose elections or your party will lose. Terrorism has been the political weapon of choice to beat on your opponent.
Forget about government leadership on education, commercial competitiveness… and the things that make our lives better.
10 years later, we are still boggged down and fighting two wars with no end of sight, and fighting over the building of mosques, in Manhattan and Temecula. We are losing technological and commercial competitiveness… [/quote]
I don’t like how the events of 9/11 have taken our liberties away and increased the “hassle-factor” in traveling. I don’t like taking off my shoes and then arguing with a TSA employee about how much is left in that (expensive) tube or container of whatever (is it over 3 oz??) and being brought over into “secondary” TSA just to stand spread-eagled and get “wanded” by a second TSA officer and/or exchange the baggie I brought to declare personal items for one with a zip closure, slightly smaller, etc. By the time one gets thru all of this nonsense and then endures an hour-plus layover, they could have been wa-a-a-a-ay down the road in their own vehicle!
That is, if they’re not stopped by US customs officers on an east-west bound US interstate hwy demanding to search inside their vehicle, trunk and/or trailer, have a dog sniff all their wheel wells and have their Driver’s license inspected when it is clear to the authorities that the vehicle did NOT cross the border and has a license plate number which has NOT been reported stolen.
These are terrible inconveniences to a law-abiding American citizen, an invasion of privacy and probably unconstitutional … but what can we do about it??
I’m all for universal driver’s licenses/ID’s which applicants must go thru an extensive vetting process, much like applying for a passport and do not have to to be renewed until reaching the age of 75, barring any revocations or medical reasons preventing driving. Then, persons who possess these types of licenses should be let go and not hassled, either by TSA, US Customs officials of the Border Patrol.
