Sadly, at every turn, Stephen seems bound and determined not merely to harmonize with BushCo, but to sing exactly the same verses.
They include improved luggage and cargo screening for air passengers, upgraded marine security and improved background checks for transportation workers, said Harper, who spoke at a cargo plane facility near Toronto's Pearson International Airport.
Didn't we go through this exercise already? Say about five years ago?
What really galled me was this farcicle notion:
When asked if the government was considering placing air marshals on planes, Harper said the idea was under consideration.
What a joke. I don't think the US "air marshal" program has exactly done anything other than put a goon with a gun on the planes - as near as I can see, doing that doesn't do much more than security guards do in a store - they stop a certain kind of petty crime, but stopping a determined criminal is another thing altogether. This is little more than a show of force maneuver, not terribly effective.
(Do I really need to point out how many hijackings have occurred since 9/11 - around the world?)
Please, Stephen, show a little more imagination than that. Of course, he fails utterly to do so, and comes up with the following rather silly statement:
"This is how the fight against terrorism will be won," said Harper. "By thinking one step ahead of the agents of hate and terror."
If you need to "think ahead" of the terrorists, you better start thinking, pal, not mirroring the United States.
Then, in other news, we find Harper claiming he isn't George BushCo's puppet. Really, Stephen? Could have fooled me. So far, I have yet to see anything come out of your mouth that hasn't been a talking point out of the White House since 9/11.
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