Ran into this...

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/local/84368492.html

A 4 year old with leg braces is asked to take them off and "walk thru on his own" (which he can't do)
because... heaven forbid, the kid might be a terrorist.

And before you think "oh that's just an isolated act of stupidity" let me quote the TSA spokeswoman
who commented after the incident...

"On Friday, TSA spokeswoman Ann Davis said the boy never should have been told to remove his braces.

TSA policy should have allowed the parents to help the boy to a private screening area where he could
have been swabbed for traces of explosive materials."

That's right. According to her, the TSA should have allowed the parents to take their 4 year old boy
to a private screening area where they can swab him for explosives. She actually thinks swabbing
a 4 year old boy in leg braces is a good idea.

Honestly, why should we allow these idiots to treat us like criminals just because a few religious zealots
hate us?

Because 56 million American Idiots voted for the most Stupid man on earth to be POTUS. And 55.9 Million didn't try hard enough to prevent it. Hence the total meltdown of the economy and the fall of the US from superpower status. We can't even produce more medal winners at the Olympics than a second rate european soclialist country.

Blame the Fair Sex. If women had not been given the vote in 1920, the last Democrat to be elected President would have been Woodrow Wilson, during the First World War, in 1916. The majority of males have consistently voted Republican since then; the majority of females vote touchy-feelie, so I guess it is fair to blame them for the stupid half assed responses to terrorism.

Considering that during the Bush admin it was the republicans the created most of our bad terrorism policies, I'm not sure you can draw that line.

Most of the men I know are idiots when it comes to this stuff. They're either a bunch of chicken hawks pushing for war they don't have to fight in,
or they're scared sh*tless and think there's an IED around every corner.

I lived in the States for 20 years, left in 2007. Last I heard, the President doesn't make the laws, he administers them. A Demo Congress wrote the dumbass legislation.

Yes well, I've lived in the US for 32 years thus far. And apparently you aren't familiar with history...

Linky:
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0774721.html

2001 to 2003. The senate was split even, the republicans had the house.
2003 to 2005. The republicans had the senate, the republicans had the house.
2005 to 2007. The republicans had the senate, the republicans had the house.
2007 to 2009. The dems gained an even split, with 2 independents in the senate. Dems won majority in the house.

And of course current... well, I hope you know that.

Factually speaking, you are in error. Congress was not democrat controlled during most of the Bush
administration. Sorry to burst your bubble of self-righteousness.

With that said, the President also sets an important tone, and has the ability to veto anything he
feels is inappropriate. Bush could've vetoed anything at any time, but of course we know why he
didn't (why veto your own party? lol).

However, the President does not administer laws. It is not "the administrative branch" it is "the
executive branch." The courts actually administer laws, that would be the judicial branch. You might
want to refresh yourself on civics, too.

The Office of the President DOES have the ability to make policy and set rules. It has the ability to
hire people that administer gov't functions, it has the power to create executive orders, it has the power
of the attorney general, it has the power of the military, it has the power to set standard operating
policies and rules for a large number of gov't functions. The President is not just "prime minister" but
the executive branch, a branch with a power all it's own. In some cases there's a "balance" where
congress must approve the policy or confirm the potential hire, but that's only true of a handful of
top-level bureaucrats and issues.

If you're going to take a moral high-ground, make sure you've at least got some facts that support
you.

I never let facts influence my opinion.

That is self evident. If your Bush loving is so great then why aren't you in Crawford with your Hero?