Some Questions about the No-Fly List.

(1) According to several reports the no-fly list now contains 80,000 names. How many KNOWN terrorists are there in the world? I would venture to say that the U.S. intelligence community would have a hard time coming up with 80,000 of them.

(2) People on the list cannot find out why they are on the list. There is no recourse and no procedure for correcting mistakes. Why?

(3) Who decides whether you're put on the list? What oversight does Congress or the judiciary exercise over the list to ensure the validity of someone being placed on the list?

(4) If a KNOWN terrorist were to show up at check-in, would he/she be told that they could not fly because they were on the no-fly list ... or would they be arrested on the spot? So then, could someone please explain to me the purpose of this list.

(5) Heaven forbid, but should a terrorist detonate a car bomb on U.S. soil, would the government institute a "No-Drive" list?

Just wondering.

A little bit of This and a little bit of That

The odds on Ron Paul becoming President have been cut from 66:1 to 12:1 and have him going head to head with Rudy Guiliani for the Republican nomination.

It suddenly struck me the other day just how apropos the party logos for the Republicans and Democrats are. One is a jackass and the other Dumbo the elephant.

Big Blu is a 30,000lb massive ordinance penetrator and is referred to as the Mother of All Bombs. Well boys and girls, the U.S. airforce has just asked Congress for $88m to equip B2 stealth bombers with racks strong enough to carry the bomb.
According to the air force this is an "urgent operational need from theatre commanders."
John Pike a defence expert at the Globalsecurity.org think-tank says that the request for Big Blu has "bombing Iran written all over it."

The U.S. is building a forward base named - Combat Outpost Shocker - just 5 miles from the Iranian border.

Notice the gradual ratcheting-up of rhetoric to acclimatise everyone to the threat of war. The mantra among the dweebs in Washington these days is - "Iran is the new Iraq." Rah Rah Sis Boom-Bah!

The nuclear aircraft carrier USS Enterprise, its strike force and two smaller helicopter carriers, the USS Wasp and USS Kersage, which are marine amphibian assault craft have been taking part in an American Persian Gulf exercise since November 2nd.
This on the heels of Iranian General Ali Fahdavi stating that his forces are ready to strike and block oil traffic through the Straits of Hormuz.

Apparently there are rumours in the intelligence community of a false flag operation that is being planned for either Long Beach or Houston. Apparently it will be a detonated device. Another 911 type scenario to inflame Americans and win their passionate support for the bombing of Iran.
Just a rumour ... let's see if it plays out.

Here are the latest terrorist stats.

• The U.S. has 775,000 suspected terrorists on their terror list.
• 53,000 have been questioned since 2004. What's happening with the other 722,000?
• 269 have been denied entry into the U.S. .... that's it?
• No stats on how many have been renditioned. Wonder why?