Comments on: Poll: “The system worked”? Update: Rep. King votes … no

By: Don’t Worry, Folks. We’ve Outsourced Homeland Security to the Dutch.

Don’t Worry, Folks. We’ve Outsourced Homeland Security to the Dutch. — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 17:16:55 +0000

[...] work. According to her, the fact that the plane didn’t actually explode proved “the system worked”. I admit I’m a bit rusty on correct airline security procedures, but I have a tough time [...]

By: Napolitano “The System Worked” « The Conservative Papers

Napolitano “The System Worked” « The Conservative Papers — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 22:25:12 +0000

[...] Napolitano DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano said that the thwarting of the attempt to blow up the Amsterdam-Detroit flight this week [...]

By: damnum absque injuria » DHS Pulls a Homer == The System Worked

damnum absque injuria » DHS Pulls a Homer == The System Worked — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 02:23:16 +0000

[...] here, here, here, here, here and too many other places to [...]

By: Janet Napolitano: “The System Worked” | Jeffrey A. Setaro

Janet Napolitano: “The System Worked” | Jeffrey A. Setaro — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 02:49:57 +0000

[...] Poll: “The system worked”? – Hot Air [...]

By: MSGTAS

MSGTAS — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 15:07:26 +0000

Right On!! We finally have the proper icon for this Nation’s leadership, and depiction of what goes on behind the hallowed walls of the White House.

All of President Obama’s past, present, and future actions can be found within the contents of this iconic film.

It was necessary for me to view “Animal House” again to confirm my observation are accurate.

By: johnnyU

johnnyU — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:01:54 +0000

Maybe the heating system on the plane worked. It made that guy sweat enough in his drawers that the friggin thing didnt go off. There’d be more people smeared on American soil otherwise, again immediately after or during a Dem Presidency.

By: Hot Air » Blog Archive » Obama: The system didn’t work

Hot Air » Blog Archive » Obama: The system didn’t work — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 22:21:26 +0000

[...] And so we finally reach Step 5 of The One’s damage-control protocol. There’s nothing interesting about this except the politics of it: He had to undo Napolitano’s moronic gaffe from Sunday and the perception that he wasn’t taking this as seriously as everyone who isn’t lounging on Waikiki this week, so here’s the obligatory two-birds-with-one-stone CYA. The choice of the words “systemic failure” is, needless to say, no accident. [...]

By: Your Government At Work — The New Clarion

Your Government At Work — The New Clarion — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 19:01:13 +0000

[...] Janet Napolitano first says “the system worked.” Then she says the system “did not [...]

By: Dammit, Janet « Around The Sphere

Dammit, Janet « Around The Sphere — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 18:31:39 +0000

[...] Ed Morrissey: I suppose one can make that argument — if one assumes that the system includes allowing a man included on a watch list onto an airplane, allowing his visa to remain in force even after his own father informs the US that he’s become a radical jihadi, assuming that any explosive said terrorist will smuggle onto the plane will fizzle out, and that only quick thinking by the other passengers on the plane kept the jihadi from trying it again while he barbecued his crotch. [...]

By: MSGTAS

MSGTAS — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 14:42:13 +0000

Did the “System” work. Tough question to answer, which “System” are we examining, theirs or ours? Theirs work every-time, ours is a failure because it is designed to look for the wrong thing.

In the industry for over 45 years (Military and Civilian) and I’ll tell you that the current system is operated and managed by the same group of people that managed the system before 9/11.

They did not manage it well before 9/11 and 9 years later they manage and run the “System” therefore our “System” is really broken and beyond repair.

By: urbancenturion

urbancenturion — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 07:06:47 +0000

stupid laptop; I need a new keyboard…

By: urbancenturion

urbancenturion — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 07:05:51 +0000

we have to find a bipartisan way to fix it

no, King, yu'rea fol; you need to fd a ay to fix it; it doesn't mter whethr or not it' bipartisan this is exactly why things don't get fixed

By: ReagansRight

ReagansRight — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 03:02:28 +0000

Janet Napolitano is completely inept. 3 strikes, Janet, and you're out: Strike 1 - Ft. Hood, TX, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan killed 13 people and wounded 38 others. (Nov. 2009) Strike 2 - "The security of the traveling public has never been put at risk," Napolitano assured the Senate Judiciary Committee at an oversight hearing regarding online posting this spring of a Transportation Security Administration 93-page screening manual that revealed airport screening secrets. (Dec. 9, 2009) Strike 3 - Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab attempts to destroy an airliner en-route to Detroit. (Dec. 25, 2009) Are Strikes 2 and 3 connected? The leaked TSA manual details procedures for screening passengers and checked baggage, such as technical settings used by X-ray machines and explosives detectors. Also revealed: certain procedures for verifying identification documents aren’t used on all travelers during peak travel periods.

By: PapaTodd.com

PapaTodd.com — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 22:40:20 +0000

Napolitano does the Flip-Flop Dance…

Your safety is in her hands
With typical political BS, Janet Napolitano said that the “system worked” [click here to watch video] before she said that the “system failed miserably” [click here to watch video]. Which is it Janet…

By: Sultry Beauty

Sultry Beauty — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 20:07:18 +0000

The President is just now getting around to saying something when you couldn’t get his mug of the TV a few days ago. Sounds familiar: Afghanistan, Fort Hood? When it comes to military or terrorism this guy and his administration are a lost cause. This show exactly the State of the Union. We must arm ourselves and protect our own because this government will not do it and EXPECTS you to do for yourself, based on Janet’s statements, the VERY thing that IS, in fact, enumerated in the Constitution as THEIR responsibility. In the meantime, they’ll spend their money, time, and energy taking care of the very things that we SHOULD be taking care of for ourselves and limiting our life, liberty, and pursuits of happiness.

Welcome to Obama’s America where what is up is down and what is sideways is backwards. It’s the Socialist’s way!

By: G-man

G-man — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 18:59:42 +0000

Pretty weird definition of “works”. But she has managed to keep dangerous quantities of toothpaste and shampoo out. If it wasn’t bad enough now, you all can look forward to the smell caused by people peeing themselves because they’re not allowed to get up and go to the bathroom in the last hour. On the plus side, now that it’s not worth flying to the USSA anymore, I won’t have that pleasure.

By: Extrafishy

Extrafishy — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 18:34:40 +0000

She’s a dangerous incompetent who doesn’t seem to realize, by her idiotic statement, that the “system” is not suppose to just respond right (after an attack) but is supposed to PREVENT attacks.

She has to be a big embarrassment to the Obama administration and should be replaced.

Chessplayer on December 28, 2009

You are spot on about her being a “dangerous incompetent”.
But I disagree about her being a big embarrassment to Obama. You need a sense of shame to feel embarrassment. There is no evidence in Obama’s pathology that such a sense exists. If it ever did, it has been suppressed to nonexistence by his stultifying narcissism.

By: Jules Crittenden » Man-Caused Disaster Czarina Miscontextualized

Jules Crittenden » Man-Caused Disaster Czarina Miscontextualized — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 18:33:05 +0000

[...] HotAir’s reader poll … so, did the system work? Also, Dutch cops investigate possible accomplices. [...]

By: stacman

stacman — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 17:45:46 +0000

The terrorist was on a watch list, not a no-fly list — which prompts a question of why DHS and State didn’t have the terrorist on a no-fly list in the first place.

Their excuse is that there are a million names on the watch list. However, when the guy’s own father reported him to the US it should have immediately elevated him to the no-fly list.

Ah, life under Obama and his cronies…

By: stacman

stacman — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 17:37:24 +0000

Exactly what were Napolitano’s qualifications for her position again???

By: Uniblogger

Uniblogger — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 17:12:39 +0000

No matter if Janet Napolitano is replaced, the administration would just put in someone else with the same mind set.

The problem is the fundamental way the liberals look at terrorism…not to prevent it, but to keep from hurting anyone’s feelings.

By: Chessplayer

Chessplayer — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 16:54:37 +0000

She's a dangerous incompetent who doesn't seem to realize, by her idiotic statement, that the "system" is not suppose to just respond right (after an attack) but is supposed to PREVENT attacks. She has to be a big embarrassment to the Obama administration and should be replaced.

By: georgeofthedesert

georgeofthedesert — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 16:40:25 +0000

Come on now – we all know it is all Bush’s fault. Gibbs even said that the Bush administration put the system in place, so it can’t be THE ONE’S or his lackey Napolitano’s either. But excuse her, she’s prepping for her upcoming guest appearance on “Jersey Shore.”

By: highhopes

highhopes — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 16:09:23 +0000

From the official bio of the Acting Director of TSA….

(Gale) Rossides also launched leadership development programs as a proactive agency maturity strategy. She created innovative workforce programs to encourage communication, collaboration and conflict management to facilitate the development of an inclusive environment across a multi-generational, diverse and engaged workforce.

This is a professional bureaucrat not the kind of person that should be in charge of anything. Inclusive multi-generational and diverse workforces are great but not the detriment of nabbing the young radical Muslims seeking to blow up planes.

By: marklmail

marklmail — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 16:03:29 +0000

What got me was the big shit eating grin this cow had on her face throughout the first interview following this incident.

TrickyDick on December 28, 2009 at 8:19 AM

Yeah, a lot of the fools in the administration use that. Axelrod must have mandated that in training. Also, have you noticed that there are ALWAYS contradicting statements on every issue/event? It’s orchestrated chaos.