Candy Crowly, one of the few serious jouralists left in America besides Jake Tapper, pressed Janet Napoleonitano about the naked porn scanners in a recent interview. Big Sis admitted that they have no idea what impact the contraptions have on potential terrorists.
“What we know is that you can’t measure [how] the devices … are deterring [terrorists] from going on a plane,” Napolitano said.
“Just people who just are discouraged, thinking they’d be found out,” said Crowley.
“Exactly,” said Napolitano. (Politico)How convenient. A multimillion dollar scheme whose effectiveness cannot be measured. How can I get a job like that? No way to tell if I'm doing my job, so you just have to keep paying me! This borders on criminal. Roger Simon at politico puts the icing on the cake…
In which case, we do not need machines that cost upward of $130,000 each.
All we need are archways made out of $30 or $40 worth of sheet metal that are labeled: “Official Destructo Machine — If You Are a Terrorist, This Machine Will Not Only Zap You, but Put a Picture of Your Private Parts on YouTube.”
That ought to do it. (Politico)You know the government stench is growing foul when even the press begins making remarks about it.
Union Leaches Kept NY City Buried in Snow
The NY Post says the New York City Sanitation Department’s slow cleanup was a budget protest. Businesses lost millions and people died as a result.
The solution to this one is easy. Fire every last one of those selfish bastards and contract it out.
Write into the contract that if the incumbent company tries this crap they will be immediately terminated and replaced by a company that actually wants to do the work.