Bigger government ..

[Gunthr]

That brings it home, Toad. I think its critical enough that we need to look at how Israel does it...

[Eagler]

St Santa - I meant cheaper for ME. My tax dollars would not pay for a private org to run security as the airports/airlines would be. The same requirements/guidelines would be enforced by the feds, even stricter as they would not be governing themselves and would look forward to the $$ from fines they'd be able to serve.

For the record, this republican is not all excited about the "homeland security" expansion of the feds either. Seems like more red tape than less.... I think more cops and networks to share info geting existing law dogs to work together would be money better spent.

[Sandman]

Simple solution... take the money we're currently pissing away on the drug war and use it for airport security.

[Eagler]

Originally posted by Sandman_SBM:
Simple solution... take the money we're currently pissing away on the drug war and use it for airport security.

I hope they make the link from Afganistan terrorist to Columbian terrorist and attack that in kind. Place 2 or 3 CV's off South America, round the clock bombing, insert Special Forces - bye bye drug problem. It would be much easier to wipe out fields of cocoa and pot than hunt crazy muslims worldwide..

Then Seagrams can push for it's legalization  

In reality, hasn't the "terror" of drug abuse cost this country more lives, both dead and alive, than all of the middle eastern terror attacks combined?

[Sandman]

Originally posted by Eagler:

In reality, hasn't the "terror" of drug abuse cost this country more lives, both dead and alive, than all of the middle eastern terror attacks combined?

I doubt that the "terror" of drug abuse even comes close to the death toll for nicotine and alcohol. Yes, I know. Nicotine and alcohol are drugs. We don't have a federally funded war against the use of these substances.