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Wheelchair-Bound Woman Passes Through OKC Airport Security Wearing Only Her Underwear

December 1st, 2010 · 3 Comments

Tonight, I came across a very intriguing story about a lady who went through security at Oklahoma City’s Will Rogers International Airport while seated in a wheelchair, carrying a dog and wearing only her underwear.  I share it with you, not because I came across it a short time after I publishing a an airport [...]

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Passenger-Friendly Screening Technology Ready (Update)

December 1st, 2010 · 36 Comments

Full-body scans, pat-downs and other procedures wouldn’t be necessary at the nation’s airports if the federal government, including the Transportation Security Administration, would only turn to a safer, touch-free, passenger-friendly technology with nearly four decades of success behind it. Because of its timeliness in relation to current events, I share a slightly-modified version (below the [...]

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I’m Accidentally Thankful Today

November 24th, 2010 · 1 Comment

It’s never good to see headlights facing your direction, in your lane, on the interstate, but that’s exactly what happened to me early this morning.  Now, I have a reason to be even more thankful this Thanksgiving week. Driving in the rain, I got my wife to Lambert-St. Louis International Airport at around 5:30 a.m.  [...]

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Clapper Wrong Man for Nation’s Top Intel Post

May 22nd, 2010 · 1 Comment

Yesterday, the world learned President Barack Obama had canned Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair. Soon after, news surfaced about James R. Clapper Jr., Defense Undersecretary for Intelligence, surfacing as the leading choice to replace Blair.  Sadly, my research tells me the nation is not going to be safer with Clapper as DNI, because his [...]

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Did Stupak Sell Us Out for Airport Funds?

March 21st, 2010 · 4 Comments

A loyal reader forwarded a link to this news release issued by U.S. Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) two days ago.  Makes one wonder if the faux-life congressman sold out the country for a miniscule $726,409 in grants for airports in his district. Whether he admits it or not, Congressman Stupak did sell out Americans on [...]

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Airport Security Breach in Detroit! (Update)

February 8th, 2010 · No Comments

A security breach at Detroit’s Metro Wayne County Airport resulted in the arrest of a man just before 8 a.m. Eastern today.  It also prompted re-screenings of hundreds of passengers. The man apparently walked through the Transportation Security Administration screening area, according to a Michigan Public Radio report, ignoring repeated orders to stop, and proceeded [...]

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CIA Deaths, Terrorism Could Have Been Prevented

January 11th, 2010 · 8 Comments

James Chapman was as distraught as any patriotic American about seven CIA operatives in Afghanistan being killed in an explosion set off by a double-agent Dec. 31. The 67-year-old Marine Corps veteran made it clear that he hated to see our nation’s security compromised the way it was Christmas Day when a 23-year-old Nigerian man, [...]

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