tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20538189.post144896467884197306..comments2023-10-28T09:42:58.346-04:00Comments on iS iT jUsT mE?: Are we any safer?Blu Jewelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09850562981453356321noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20538189.post-42787566812549621732007-12-10T11:21:00.000-05:002007-12-10T11:21:00.000-05:00I hear ya. I don't feel any safer. In fact, I feel...I hear ya. I don't feel any safer. In fact, I feel less safe.<BR/><BR/>We could be heading for a police state. Enemies (real, perceived, or <I>planted</I>) help distribute power to a few via removal of freedom from the many.<BR/><BR/>One blog is dedicated to the overuse and abuse of the taser by police. I am far more afraid of terrorists at home (e.g. bad cops, citizens going postal) than I am of any foreign entity. And all the limits placed on me as a law-abiding citizen will never stop one of those nuts. ::sigh::Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20538189.post-7938339523139116412007-12-05T11:13:00.000-05:002007-12-05T11:13:00.000-05:00This post is up there with the 'I Have a Dream' sp...This post is up there with the 'I Have a Dream' speech....honest, to-the-point, and true.<BR/><BR/>Keep it up, Blu! :)B.m.Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12482552843387270506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20538189.post-49206706304185830082007-11-30T09:34:00.000-05:002007-11-30T09:34:00.000-05:00I am coming late to this conversation, but sometim...I am coming late to this conversation, but sometimes late is on time. I was talking to a gentleman recently and we were discussing the fact that most Americans are in the dark about the world around them. They are content to be told the danger is around the corner but "we are protecting you". <BR/><BR/>It doesn't matter that the "protection" they are giving has little chance of stopping the ill will created by poor foreign policy as a cotton ball has of stopping a Mack truck. <BR/><BR/>Imagine the anger you would feel if someone was telling you how to live your life, raise your children, make love to your spouse and then when you didn't agree they moved in with gun and demanded you change. Here is this big hairy person sitting on your couch, in your living room, eating your food, driving your car, using your water and kicking your ass daily until you fall in line with there version of the way a house should run. <BR/><BR/>Then you look across the street and see that there kids are dirty, hungry, sick, abused, neglected and the nanny they hired is ignoring all of this.<BR/><BR/>This would piss you off and make you say to hell with it too. This is what breed terrorists. The US inability to see the world through another's eyes. They want little clones around the world and contrary to popular belief most people do not want to be changed in to mini me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20538189.post-40819172047937721552007-11-30T02:55:00.000-05:002007-11-30T02:55:00.000-05:00I can honestly say, hand on heart, this is one of ...I can honestly say, hand on heart, this is one of the most refreshing and enjoyable blog posts I've read this year (and granted I ain't been reading too many this year!).<BR/><BR/>In the 21st century the "fear of terrorism" is the "new fear of god". In previous generations populations and have been controlled and ripped off by religions. Now, in the 21st century, it's the threat of a suicide bomber rather than a lightning bolt from god.<BR/><BR/>The saddest thing is...we have allowed this to happen. Society has been dumbed down so much with reality tv shows and the idea of beauty and celebrity as something to aspire to. Drugs and trash living seems almost something to be proud of. Is it any wonder that we've lost our ability to think for ourseleves and stand up to what is going on. <BR/><BR/>In the UK more young people vote in a tv reality show evition than they do a general election. That says it all.DBA Lehanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12902739256082564278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20538189.post-62882572839462383792007-11-29T00:17:00.000-05:002007-11-29T00:17:00.000-05:00How did such a serious issue turn into a comedic b...How did such a serious issue turn into a comedic bash of the airlines? I must confess it was so funny I snorted a few times!<BR/><BR/>This topic is way out of my league and I have nothing to add, or take away. I'm just settin' here taking in your views. <BR/><BR/>Thanks for taking the time to post about it Blu! I appreciate the link. I will certainly be reciprocating on my post as well.<BR/><BR/>By the way, I really like the new graphic on your blogheader!Believerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09957900267165698972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20538189.post-21552199496929061062007-11-28T19:16:00.000-05:002007-11-28T19:16:00.000-05:00Don't get me started. You know I'm on "The list".Don't get me started. You know I'm on "The list".Bananashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03176853633460981781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20538189.post-46657294127151913152007-11-28T15:29:00.000-05:002007-11-28T15:29:00.000-05:00Don - my man, you are so, so right about them read...Don - my man, you are so, so right about them reading these blogs. You couldn't convince me otherwise. I don't forget for one second where I reside and who the government is. Library cards are used to track what you read; credit/debit cards are used to track your purchases; EZ passes record your speed and it can be used (as proven in a recent divorce hearing in Trenton, NJ) in court for a myriad of things.<BR/><BR/>We are so living George Orwell's 1984.Blu Jewelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09850562981453356321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20538189.post-74995330495047529572007-11-28T13:56:00.000-05:002007-11-28T13:56:00.000-05:00I'm appalled at the tactics being used to perpetra...<I>I'm appalled at the tactics being used to perpetrate the fraud called Homeland Security and the Patriot Act.</I><BR/><BR/>The feds are watching us like flat screens. Please believe. Under the Patriot Act, there is no longer any such thing as "illegal wire taps." They can tap your phone forever if they like. They can place you under surveillance whenever they like. They implemented the usage of GPS - required. They can pretty much do anything they want. <BR/><BR/>And it's going to get more watchful when they implement the National ID card where you can't do anything w/o it. I mean, nothing. You will need it like your eyes in your head. <BR/><BR/>And the sad thing about it - the USA itself are the hand behind the hands which flew those planes into the WTCs. <BR/><BR/>We think we have blogging - they are reading your blogs.<BR/><BR/>Good post.Donhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02904024507867487521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20538189.post-84636297527011471442007-11-28T13:09:00.000-05:002007-11-28T13:09:00.000-05:00Okay, so why did I have to cover my mouth when I r...Okay, so why did I have to cover my mouth when I read this sis? You had me rolling over here, but I certainly feel what you're saying. I have low blood pressure and low iron and let them bitches conspire to act up at the same time; talk about dizzy spells. In addition, altitude makes me hungry, so a chick needs her food and beverages. After paying out the ass for the ticket, the last thing I want is to give up what's left of my ass for food/drink. *ugh*Blu Jewelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09850562981453356321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20538189.post-54520301547356612002007-11-28T12:54:00.000-05:002007-11-28T12:54:00.000-05:00You hit the nail on the head with this one! I swe...You hit the nail on the head with this one! I swear. How many toiletry products people are making extra money because we all have to buy those stupid travel bottles now, to fit in a plastic baggie that the airport will gladly SELL you?!?! <BR/><BR/>The water thing - that pisses me the f*ck off, too. I was going through security to take a four hour flight. I have low blood sugar and get woozy and/or pass out if I don't consume it often enough. They took my juice away from me. I wanted to kick the b*tch in her head. I was like, "OK, well if the plane has to make an emergency landing because I go into hypoglycemic shock, it's your fault."BZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17132161394744989630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20538189.post-43442149525711575942007-11-28T11:09:00.000-05:002007-11-28T11:09:00.000-05:00Hoodoo'd - you aint never lied. When I was last in...Hoodoo'd - you aint never lied. When I was last in London, security was hella tight. They did let my peeps sit with me a while though in a lounge area fo I could get my pre-flight eat on.*altitude makes me hungry* I know cops too and got peeps in the military, so i know that you know what i know we know...lmao!Blu Jewelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09850562981453356321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20538189.post-6937960855862006612007-11-28T10:44:00.000-05:002007-11-28T10:44:00.000-05:00America... we better wake the f up! Nobody is safe...America... we better wake the f up! Nobody is safe in the world these days. If we're not getting jacked high in the sky with terrorist bombs, we're getting jacked at the airport over a $15 bottle of water; that is ridiculous. And, Blu, I find it strange that, besides maybe Great Britain, America seems to be the only country that's "trying" to tighten up its "homeland security"... It's like other countries don't believe that the 9/11 ordeal that happened to us can also happen to them. And like you said, America is the biggest gangsta land on the planet! Comedian Katt Williams eluded to that point, too, in his stand up routine.<BR/><BR/>My man, because he is a cop, has tons of "corrupt cop" stories to tell and he'll be the first to tell you how other cops constantly "rob Peter to pay Paul". It's all a mess to me.<BR/>I left you a comment on my post.Prophetesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10539668071402302799noreply@blogger.com