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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Patricia Trinchero who wrote (198201)	10/31/2001 1:50:04 PM
From: Zoltan!	Respond to of 769670

Europe and Israel learned better. They have privatized security. If we leave it up to the corrupt Dems, everyone is at increased risk: Poor Work Tolerated, Employees Say Many in Survey Fault Agencies for Not Cracking Down on Subpar Performers _____By Ben White Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, October 30, 2001; Page A19 washingtonpost.com

To: Patricia Trinchero who wrote (198201)	10/31/2001 1:51:10 PM
From: goldworldnet	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

There's an original idea, pay the losers more money. It's been tried and doesn't work. * * *

To: Patricia Trinchero who wrote (198201)	10/31/2001 2:03:08 PM
From: Mr. Whist	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

You're absolutely correct. Dick Armey and the House Repugs are jeopardizing America's citizens by playing politics with the airport security bill, which passed the Senate 100-0. What this country needs is a coup by moderate House Republicans to oust the right-wing, anti-everything faction headed by Armey and DeLay.

To: Patricia Trinchero who wrote (198201)	10/31/2001 2:34:09 PM
From: Zoltan!	Respond to of 769670

Gore sold out airport security in return for campaign cash. Gore made 9/11 possible: THE TIMES OF LONDON June 18, 1997 Gore Sued in Row Over Report on TWA Crash FROM TOM RHODES IN WASHINGTON A WOMAN who lost her husband in the Lockerbie disaster and was appointed to a White House airline safety commission is suing Al Gore, the United States Vice-President, over the report into last year's TWA Flight 800 crash. Victoria Cummock has filed a suit in federal court against Mr Gore and the Department of Transportation, alleging that the Vice-President forced her to abandon a call for specific counter-terrorism measures and demands for their implementation. A magazine report claimed yesterday that Mr Gore's decision may have been influenced by large-scale campaign contributions from the airlines. Mrs Cummock has not endorsed the accepted theory that the Boeing 747 was brought down by mechanical failure and believes a terrorist bomb could have been the cause of the disaster. She claims that Mr Gore, as chairman of the commission, refused to publish her detailed dissent as part of the group's official recommendations after last July's TWA crash off Long Island in which all 230 passengers and crew were killed. The report, when presented to President Clinton in February, was said to have the unanimous support of all 21 members of the White House Commission on Aviation Safety and Security. It recommended that special bomb detectors should be installed at only 54 of America's 450 airports and, even then, only bags deemed suspicious would be checked. Mrs Cummock refused to sign the report and, according to The American Spectator, she then received a fax from Gerry Kavauer, the commission's executive director, promising her dissent would be published if she relented. She was later told Mr Gore would not agree to include her comments. The magazine alleges that Mr Gore's initial enthusiasm for anti-terrorist measures, which could have cost airlines up to $1 billion (about £600 million), was curbed by large donations to the Clinton-Gore re-election campaign by many airlines, including TWA. Federal Election Commission documents show that airlines gave nearly $500,000 in soft money to the Democratic Party after Mr Clinton appointed the commission. In September last year on the day that Mr Gore promised the airline lobby there would be no expensive new counter-terrorism measures, the Democratic National Committee received a $40,000 contribution from TWA headquarters. In her suit, Mrs Cummock claims that the commission and the Department of Transportation intended to file the final report without her complete dissent. She says the body violated the Federal Advisory Committee Act which requires committees to publish full minority dissents. times-archive.co.uk

To: Patricia Trinchero who wrote (198201)	10/31/2001 2:44:32 PM
From: Srexley	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

"OF course Bush's lack of desire to make airport security guards fed. employees couldn't be related to campaign contributions.........could it?" I suppose it could, but more likely it is the exact reason he has stated. Europe and Isreal have had better luck with private security under federal guidelines. He likes to do what works best, not what is most politically correct. What takes away from the lefts credibility is the tendency you have just demonstrated to assume that someone is lying or dumb if he does not support your view. Another example: "WHen it's my safety and the safety of my family at stake, I expect high quality employees to be employed........not minimum wage employees who only stay on the job for 3 to 6 months!! What a joke" This is not what GWB is proposing. Why do you state that it is? "Better benefits and salaries will attract a much higher quality candidate for the security positions. If we leave this up to Bush...........all of us and our families will be at an increased risk" This is completely unfounded and based solely on your prejudice against Bush. If you honestly believe your statement I would be curious if you think this because you must be smarter than Bush or if you think he actually wants the public to be in danger. Most curious about your answer to this one (although not expecting one).