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originally posted by: MystikMushroom
a reply to: JacKatMtn
You forgot the helmets to protect from lightning, sort of a tinfoil hat on steroids!
It's like a Faraday cage for your brain!
originally posted by: xuenchen
How about terrorism deaths in the U.S. from 9/11/2001 till today?
originally posted by: queenofswords
We can CHOOSE to stop smoking. We can CHOOSE to stop drinking. We can CHOOSE to stop over-eating. But, our open borders, inadequate vetting process of refugees and visa applicants, and inability to get a handle on the radicalization issue is not something the average person feels they can control.
originally posted by: MystikMushroom
a reply to: marg6043
What I'm saying is that the level of paranoia and fear is completely unjustified, unfounded, and downright insane.
People have been faking passports for years. I have no idea how/where to get one, but I bet with minimal research I could find out how.
How about instead of closing the border to Muslims or Syrians, we make a new US policy? ALL people from foreign countries that want to enter the USA have to use passports that meet OUR standards?
I'm trying to make a reasonable compromise here folks, I am.
I honestly tried to research Syrian passports to see if they even had RFID chips. I couldn't find anything. The new US passports aren't a cakewalk to fake, so maybe we should insist that other countries around the world step their game up and issue passports that contain security features in common with ours?
Is that to NWO? I just re-read that and it sounded kind of NWO-ish. Hm.
Well, its not like anyone HAS to come to America...and if you do, pettition your government to issue passports that meet certain standards that we apply *evenly* to ALL nations and peoples.
That, to me, sounds reasonable and sane.
Beginning in 2016, passengers attempting to pass through a federal TSA checkpoint will be subject to the requirements of the REAL ID Act. To that end, the TSA will put higher scrutiny on travelers’ identities, and will only accept a federal passport or a “REAL-ID” card, which is issued by the states to meet federal requirements. Passengers will not be allowed to fly through an American airport without submitting to the advanced federal specifications.
originally posted by: Aazadan
a reply to: queenofswords
Rather than trade freedom for security from a statistically insignificant threat, I would rather deal with real issues.