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TSA Nominee Warns of Right-Wing Terrorists
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
The Transportation Security Administration has been without a chief since Barack Obama's inauguration, but it took the undi-bomber's attempted Christmas Day massacre to bring this to the attention of Senate Democrats.
Acting Administrator Gale Rossides has been holding down the fort since Kip Hawley left with the Bush administration in January 2009, but Barack Obama waited until September to nominate Erroll Southers for the post. Democrats recessed for the year without taking action on the nomination, yet they proceeded to blame Republicans when the attempted bombing occurred without Southers in command.
Southers is quite a guy. For example, The Washington Post reported that Southers, a former FBI agent, improperly used law enforcement databases 20 years ago to access information about his then-estranged wife's new boyfriend. Such a man hardly deserves to be in charge of the TSA, which has the authority to check passengers' backgrounds.
This week, more evidence emerged that he is unfit for the job: He thinks right-wing groups are the real terrorists.
The new video of a 2008 interview shows Southers responding to a question about what terrorist groups posed the greatest danger to the U.S. Southers explained, "Most of the domestic groups that we pay attention to here are white supremacist groups. They're anti-government, in most cases anti-abortion, they are usually survivalist type in nature, identity oriented." Furthermore, he said, "Those groups are groups that claim to be extremely anti-government and Christian identity oriented."
Such views are nothing new for the Obama administration, so Southers should fit right in. The Department of Homeland Security released a report last year entitled, "Rightwing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment."
Since its inception, TSA has been a symbol of political correctness gone awry, as agents pull grandma aside while refusing to profile for Muslim terrorists. With Erroll Southers in charge, this can only become more pronounced.
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veritaseequitas
Southers explained, "Most of the domestic groups that we pay attention to here are white supremacist groups. They're anti-government, in most cases anti-abortion, they are usually survivalist type in nature, identity oriented." Furthermore, he said, "Those groups are groups that claim to be extremely anti-government and Christian identity oriented."
Ha ha ha...sounds a lot like me and I am NOT a white supremacist. Another bozo nominated by the Bozo-in-Chief.
Posted January 12, 2010 at 4:56:11 PM
Rick
The real terrorists in this country are CAIR, the SPLC, liberal socialist elitist democrats, our current congress, stateless department, and homeless security.
Posted January 12, 2010 at 5:10:13 PM
Howard Last
And don't forget the Council on Foreign Relations, Tri-Lateral Commission, Federal Reserve Board and the so called republican leadership. The number one terrorists the BATFE. Remember Ruby Ridge and Waco.
Posted January 12, 2010 at 5:45:02 PM
Deputy65
Let's not forget the meaning of TSA (Thousads Standing Around). Since he would report to "Her Loudness", Janet N., Southers should fit right into this group - open mouth, insert foot to the ankle, then claim it not only tastes GREAT, but it's less filling too!
Lord help us in this, our darkest hour. If the American People don't come to their senses in November, the Republic, as we know it, is doomed. Even now, we may very well be treading on the edge of the final slope into a dictatorship that we will never come back from.
Posted January 12, 2010 at 6:43:44 PM
Doktor Riktor Von Zhades
Rick and Howard;
Both of you left out the two most radical groups of all; ACORN and the ACLU!
Seriously, these people are LOSERS! They day that the next attact comes, it will be the end for them in no uncertain terms.
Posted January 12, 2010 at 10:13:25 PM
KN
A liberal friend of mine is constantly telling me the southern white male is THE greatest threat to the republic completely failing to see the irony that (1) he is a white man from the deep south (Mississippi) and (2)his heroes, Clinton(Arkansas), Gore(Tennessee) and Carter(Georgia) are also. There are none so blind as those that will not see.
Posted January 12, 2010 at 10:18:10 PM
John
Just one more piece of evidence in a never-ending stream that the Obama Administration's appointmnts have everything to do with ideology and nothing to do with efficacy.
Posted January 13, 2010 at 11:38:26 AM
white Guy
This guy is scared of whitey because he is insane. I guess obama and his group are the racists. What If I said that the Obama administration is just hirining a bunch of black racists into power just like the prez. The social justice will be done when every white male in America is a slave to some black guy...
Posted January 13, 2010 at 1:30:08 PM
jlose
Remember In the election of 11/2010 one third of the Senate and 100% of the house are up for re-election.
This is the time for the great change, make sure all your friends and relatives are registered to vote and then get them to the voting places.
If we don't get the bums out now our Republic may be lost.
Posted January 13, 2010 at 1:51:24 PM
Howard Last
When is someone going to go after Council on Foreign Relations members for treason. ? The mebers owe their alegiance to a foreign body that wants to overthrow the U.S. Isn't that the definition of treason?
Posted January 13, 2010 at 1:55:33 PM
Frank E. Waterstraat
01/13/10
I received an E-MAIL That proves Beyond a doubt,
After the Civil war"The democratic Party" was
called"THE PARTY of TREASON".If anyone wants proof
I will send it.I thought the PARTYofTREASON began
showing their true nature with FDR.Apparently
they have always been TRAITOROUS!!!
Posted January 13, 2010 at 2:13:33 PM
Esteban Cafe, The World
Let's try this and see how it fits:
"Most of the domestic groups that we should pay attention to are Black self-interest groups. Katrina helplessness and government dependence are their hallmark. They're Pro-government hand out, in most cases Pro-abortion, they usually survive off government subsidiestype, and are anti-white identity oriented." Further more, "Those groups are groups that claim to be extremely Pro-government and anti-Christian identity oriented."
Nope, nothing to complain about there. Would that they were as acerbic in one direction as they appear to be in the other.
Posted January 13, 2010 at 6:31:10 PM
-=()=-
TSA...(sigh). I applied once for a TSA supervisor position and was told I did not qualify. My hunch is that it was because I answered their questions correctly instead of politically correctly. Example: the way to ensure team harmony is NOT to focus on diversity, it is to focus on the mission. (Not qualifying for TSA: B.S. in criminal justice and, at the time, 17 years experience in USAF security forces)
Posted January 13, 2010 at 10:52:40 PM
MA Jack
Another fringe wacko nominated (this decision took 9 months?) by our Pretender in Chief.
I wouldn't hire this guy to watch a convenience store, let lone head up the TSA.
THUMBS DOWN, thank you for playing. We have some lovely parting gifts...
Posted January 14, 2010 at 12:48:22 PM
kev
Are these people (obama nominees) the best obama can find? At best most of his nominees are incompetent and at worst, communist and subversive. I believe the nicest thing one can say about southers is that he lies somewhere between the extremes. Why doesn't he just name william ayers, bernadine dohrn, and jeremiah wright as paid advisors and be done with it?
Posted January 14, 2010 at 9:45:41 PM
Bob T Guy
This fellow has an obvious anti - white, anti - Christian, anti - Conservative, anti - common sense set of personal mental disabilities.
This racist fool will fit right in with Obama and company.
Posted January 15, 2010 at 6:04:37 PM