Pussification of America - COVID 19

[Kierland]

Well your post was pretty shitty. All you did was call me clueless. No reasoning or whatnot. So yeah, you are a pos nazi.

[Left Seater]

Again, moving goalposts. I said it didn’t work. It didn’t work because we have CV when the goal was to not have CV. You pretzel mouthed asshat.

Hardly. ‘Rona was here before that move. It wasn’t done to prevent ‘Rona getting to the US. It was done to keep the outbreak from getting worse. You made the claim, back it up. Problem is you can’t so you spin and say look over here and claim moving goal posts. Just don’t make asinine claims you can’t back up.

[Kierland]

So you want me to prove that none of the cases we have came from the 7 cases we had on 1-31?
Ok, how about the Roosevelt? His "travel ban" didn't work because he, like you, is an idiot.

[EAP]

So you want me to prove that none of the cases we have came from the 7 cases we had on 1-31?
Ok, how about the Roosevelt? His "travel ban" didn't work because he, like you, is an idiot.

Did you say 7 cases on 1-31 ?
You do realize that is not a fact.
Many had it and had absolutely no idea whatsoever.
You really are a clueless POS

[Kierland]

So he sucked even worse than I said at keeping it out.

[EAP]

So he sucked even worse than I said at keeping it out.

You fuckin low IQ idiot.
Back in January, people still thought they had influenza.
You sick fuck.
And, as always, the majority had mild issues.
You're a brainwashed moron, unable to cope with the reality that 93% will be just fine.
Your low IQ prevents you from getting that reality.
Don't worry though. Phase one of reopening is underway.
Liberty is once again going to prevail over government control tyranny.
Stay tuned for more information.

[smackaholic]

At the end of January, The Bad Orange Man put limits on travel from China. Anyone with any firing brain cells understands this was done to limit US exposure from a nasty bug which might become a problem.

Morons who have to criticize everything he does called it racism.

This tells me that they weren't worried about this becoming a problem. If they did have concerns, they put them aside for political reasons.

The number one thing you can do with any pandemic is limit spread through limiting movement of people. It is what we are doing now.

They have said NO, everyone continue moving. The solution is testing!!!! Actually, they are now on the limit movement bandwagon, but that is more to crash the economy than anything else.

They've taken this strategy because testing is one area where our public health system was behind the curve on. I put that on the public health experts, starting with Fauci.

Testing would not have stopped this pandemic. It might of given us a little bit of help with isolating those with it and it is essential for getting back to normal.

As to the question of whether or not limiting travel helped?

Are you fukking kidding?

Of course it did. How much it helped is certainly a debate reasonable people can have.

If you want actual numbers, take a look at Italy where local government, also suffering from TDS told its people, "go out and hug a chinaman".

Look at their numbers. They suffered far greater, earlier than we.

You can go ahead and point out with your typical clueless smugness that our death total has exceeded Italy, ignoring that per capita, we are still way better off.

Part of the explanation of these numbers is age demographics, but limiting travel is also a big part.

[Wolfman]

Most of what we are being forced to comply with is THEATER. A lot like taking your shoes off at the TSA shakedown. The sad thing is when it's over people will say that the measures worked. How the hell do they know that the same end would have happened if we didn't do all these knee jerk reactions like 6 feet. What study came up with that? Like a guy blowing a whistle on a street corner to scare away the elephants and saying it works.

[Left Seater]

So you want me to prove that none of the cases we have came from the 7 cases we had on 1-31?

You made the claim. It is your burden to back it up.

[Left Seater]

Most of what we are being forced to comply with is THEATER. A lot like taking your shoes off at the TSA shakedown. The sad thing is when it's over people will say that the measures worked. How the hell do they know that the same end would have happened if we didn't do all these knee jerk reactions like 6 feet. What study came up with that? Like a guy blowing a whistle on a street corner to scare away the elephants and saying it works.

Agreed and TSA is a perfect example. People love to say the TSA has prevented terrorist attacks. Oh really? If so why does the TSA fail so many of their audit checks at actual security points? Why do most of us have stories of carrying item then security that we should have had beyond security but forgot were in our possession? Why can’t they trumpet some plot they brought down? Fact is the TSA is a typical bloated government agency that isn’t that good at finding things and is waging a war on things like water mostly because airports want the revenue of purchases in their stores before flight.

[Kierland]

So you want me to prove that none of the cases we have came from the 7 cases we had on 1-31?

You made the claim. It is your burden to back it up.

Which I then did in the next sentence.
It’s like arguing with a 5yo.

[Kierland]

Most of what we are being forced to comply with is THEATER. A lot like taking your shoes off at the TSA shakedown. The sad thing is when it's over people will say that the measures worked. How the hell do they know that the same end would have happened if we didn't do all these knee jerk reactions like 6 feet. What study came up with that? Like a guy blowing a whistle on a street corner to scare away the elephants and saying it works.

Agreed and TSA is a perfect example. People love to say the TSA has prevented terrorist attacks. Oh really? If so why does the TSA fail so many of their audit checks at actual security points? Why do most of us have stories of carrying item then security that we should have had beyond security but forgot were in our possession? Why can’t they trumpet some plot they brought down? Fact is the TSA is a typical bloated government agency that isn’t that good at finding things and is waging a war on things like water mostly because airports want the revenue of purchases in their stores before flight.

And yet you vote for people who fund it and think it’s a good idea.

[Left Seater]

Another lie and fail. The GOP and Republican elected officials have talked and worked to eliminate the TSA and replace it with private contractors. It even made it into the GOP platform.

I only know of one Team D person calling for its end and that was the former governor of New Mexico. But yeah, keep speaking out of your ass and making shit up, it’s what you do.

[Kierland]

So they think it is a bad idea and they fund it.

That’s just great.

[Kierland]

The GOP and Republican elected officials have talked and worked to eliminate the TSA and replace it with private contractors.

That is not any better you facist pig.

[EAP]

The GOP and Republican elected officials have talked and worked to eliminate the TSA and replace it with private contractors.

That is not any better you facist pig.

Hey moron? Lefty isn't a fascist because he's for liberty and the bill of rights
Fascists and government control socialists are against liberty and the bill of rights.

But why do I think your low IQ won't be able to grasp this?

[Kierland]

He is for contractors feeling your junk instead of the government. That is the definition of a facist.

I’m for neither one feeling my junk. THAT is liberty you echo chamber nazi.

[Left Seater]

He is for contractors feeling your junk instead of the government.

Yet another strawman.

There will always be a need for some sort of security. But nude-o-scopes, war on water, selecting attractive females for pat downs, etc need to end today.

[Kierland]

So it’s not a straw man because you are down for contractors feeling your junk as long as they don’t pick attractive females.
There is no need for contractors or government TSA feeling my junk, but then I’m not a facist like you.

[EAP]

He is for contractors feeling your junk instead of the government. That is the definition of a facist.

I’m for neither one feeling my junk. THAT is liberty you echo chamber nazi.

Even your reply to me is evidence of your low IQ.
The GOVERNMENT IS AUTHORITARIAN you IDIOT.
By definition, big government socialism is top down fascism.
Your left wing socialist party has been slowly building this structure since before FDR.
DECADE after decade it's been getting more and more authoritarian and more and more fascist.
That's how it happens, gradually and over a long time.
But today, we are on the precipice of this.
That you don't understand this reality, is cause for laughing at your cluelessness.

[Kierland]

The TSA, and their junk feeling, are rules put in place by the Rs and the Ds you insufferable twat.

[EAP]

The TSA, and their junk feeling, are rules put in place by the Rs and the Ds you insufferable twat.

let's see your critical thinking here.
There's a HUGE difference between safety at 35,000 feet.
Not being blown out of the sky, AND, the government running your life from cradle to the grave.
Just violating your liberty and bill of rights routinely
The vast majority wants tough screening before going up 35,000 feet.
But only a fraction wants the government to be like Bernie and the left wing nutjobs want it to be, the nanny state.

[Kierland]

So you are down for jackboots, just the jackboots you like.

I flew to Vegas a while back. Drove to the back gate. My buddy opened it. I threw my bag on the plane and we taxied and took off.
No TSA. No junk touching. No bodyscan. So kindly fuck off.

[Left Seater]

So it’s not a straw man because you are down for contractors feeling your junk as long as they don’t pick attractive females.
There is no need for contractors or government TSA feeling my junk, but then I’m not a facist like you.

Of course it is a strawman.

But yes, let's get rid of all airport security. Then we can get rid of security at courthouses, jails, prisons, Federal Offices, etc, etc.

[Left Seater]

I flew to Vegas a while back. Drove to the back gate. My buddy opened it. I threw my bag on the plane and we taxied and took off.
No TSA. No junk touching. No bodyscan. So kindly fuck off.

Yeah, when you fly private you can skip all the crap. When you choose to fly on a commercial flight you can expect security.

[Diego in Seattle]

The GOP and Republican elected officials have talked and worked to eliminate the TSA and replace it with private contractors.

Yes, it was so much better when private contractors hired minimum wage workers (including the mentally handicapped) to do the screening.

[Left Seater]

Yes, it was so much better when private contractors hired minimum wage workers (including the mentally handicapped) to do the screening.

You got a link to back that up? Hell, some would argue that some of todays TSA "agents" are mentally handicapped as well.


How much do you think we should be paying TSA "agents?" It takes very little skill to match the name on an ID and a boarding pass. It might take a fraction more skill to match a face with an ID picture. As for those working the nude-o-scope, it takes little skill to pat down a certain area. On the x-ray machine, almost no skill is needed as the computer alerts the screen watcher to items to review.

So again, why should these be government workers and paid at government worker scales?

[Diego in Seattle]

Yes, it was so much better when private contractors hired minimum wage workers (including the mentally handicapped) to do the screening.

You got a link to back that up? Hell, some would argue that some of todays TSA "agents" are mentally handicapped as well.


How much do you think we should be paying TSA "agents?" It takes very little skill to match the name on an ID and a boarding pass. It might take a fraction more skill to match a face with an ID picture. As for those working the nude-o-scope, it takes little skill to pat down a certain area. On the x-ray machine, almost no skill is needed as the computer alerts the screen watcher to items to review.

So again, why should these be government workers and paid at government worker scales?

There's no way to provide a link to show that a guy I went to high school with who was mentally handicapped worked for several years at SAN.

And if everything requires so little skill, why is it that there are so many testing failures?

[Kierland]

But yes, let's get rid of all airport security. Then we can get rid of security at courthouses, jails, prisons, Federal Offices, etc, etc.

I guess unless you “choose” bypass it.

Yeah, when you fly private you can skip all the crap. When you choose to fly on a commercial flight you can expect security.

It’s either necessary or it’s not.

[Left Seater]

No one cares if you and your buddy are terrorism victims in his 172.

Lots of people care when a commercial airlines is subject to terrorism.

[Left Seater]

And if everything requires so little skill, why is it that there are so many testing failures?

Simple. Government and unions. Government sucks at holding employees accountable and unions fight hard to keep bad apples on the payroll.

Almost half of TSA employees had been cited for misconduct thru fiscal year 2015. More than 1200 employees had been cited five times or more. Of course the natural question is why haven’t they been fired?

The government wouldn’t stand for these numbers if it was a contractor who was supplying these “agents” nor should they. But since they are federal unionized employees, it is somehow acceptable.

[Kierland]

No one cares if you and your buddy are terrorism victims in his 172.

Lots of people care when a commercial airlines is subject to terrorism.

It’s a Malibu, I have no idea what the number is.
So only some planes are worth keeping in the sky.
I will make a note of that.

[Left Seater]

Again no one really cares if some fat cats go down in a private plane. People really tend to care when it is 300+ in a commercial jet.

Piper Malibu, either a Mirage or Matrix I would guess. Nice 6 seater. Your buddy must have some coin.

[smackaholic]

The GOP and Republican elected officials have talked and worked to eliminate the TSA and replace it with private contractors.

Yes, it was so much better when private contractors hired minimum wage workers (including the mentally handicapped) to do the screening.

It wasn't worse.

And it was a hell of a lot less expensive.

Armed pilots with secure cockpits are the solution. And yes, I make a living being part of this farce. Doesn't mean I can't recognize it for what it is.

[Left Seater]

The GOP and Republican elected officials have talked and worked to eliminate the TSA and replace it with private contractors.

Yes, it was so much better when private contractors hired minimum wage workers (including the mentally handicapped) to do the screening.

It wasn't worse.

And it was a hell of a lot less expensive.

Armed pilots with secure cockpits are the solution. And yes, I make a living being part of this farce. Doesn't mean I can't recognize it for what it is.

Does anyone really feel safer flying today than they did pre 9/11? If so why?

[Kierland]

I don't. And it's not even close.

[Screw_Michigan]

I don't. And it's not even close.

That's because we know that other nations and terrorist groups can actually hijack our aircraft. Pre 9/11, we thought it could never happen to us, because it never did. Then it did happen, and we learned better.

I thought I read somewhere that worldwide aircraft hijackings are down big time. You might not feel safer flying than you did before 9/11 but that is not because of TSA.

[Kierland]

I'm saying I don't feel safer.

[Left Seater]

I'm saying I don't feel safer.

2nd.

[mvscal]

The GOP and Republican elected officials have talked and worked to eliminate the TSA and replace it with private contractors.

Yes, it was so much better when private contractors hired minimum wage workers (including the mentally handicapped) to do the screening.

Actually it was. The TSA has made absolutely no quantifiable difference whatsover. None. I'm sure you enjoy getting your package fondled by some cretinous mongoloid, though. Union solidarity!