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[KoKo]

why are families with little children and elderly and disabled PENALIZED by Michael Chertoff and Homeland Security?

Why is it all these years after 9/11 average folks are forced to throw out Toothpaste, Deoderant, Hair Gel, Shampoo,Bottled Water, Tampons, Make Up, Blush, Wrinkle Creams, Sunscreen, Moisturizers, Medications "without our name on prescription bottle" (Rush Limbaugh, anyone?) Witch Hazel, Rubbin Alcohol, Ben Gay, Topical Anti-Biotic Creams, Athlete's Foot Medication, Gel Insoles, Kid's Games with Floaties, and all the rest of it...because BUSH & CO CANNOT TO THIS DAY...get their ACT TOGETHER!!! AND...NEITHER can his POODLE BLAIR?

How many average American Fliers fit the "Profile of Terrorists" with their passport or "Credit Card I.D." (Bush Co.. supposedly is monitoring and DataMining all of our info) and we've gotten used to so many invasions of our "Freedoms" all these years...WHAT HAVE WE GIVEN OUR FREEDOMS UP FOR?

I'm sorry if folks from countries that might support Terrorism feel "profiled" and "marked" if security pulls them out. THEY ARE NOT TO BLAME! But, an Average family flying with little kids or the average Elderly who needs a walker or wheel chair (like my Mother-in-Law) who has no record of "flagged terrorist activity" should NOT BE REQUIRED TO BE HARRASSED, SEARCHED and treated LIKE A CRIMINAL! I wonder if folks in GB aren't getting tired of this, also

WE ARE NOT ALL GUILTY UNTIL PROVEN INNOCENT!

They told us they have the MOST SOPHISTICATED MONITORING SYSTEMS IN PLACE and that's why they monitor all of us Americans....YET..these were PAKISTANI! How many PAKISTANI's look like MOST TRAVELERS? How many US TRAVELERS LOOK LIKE the "19 Terrorists who Commandeered Planes on 9/11?"

America and Great Britain are filled with Immigrants....BUT...should we HARRASS EVERYONE when surely the profiles could segment out the FEW?

Ethnic Profiling is Dreadful...but the Bush Co. has hidden behind that. We can DO BETTER THAN THIS....WE've PAID BILLIONS TO DO BETTER THAN THIS!!!

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BTW! Hubby and I are part of an INTERNATIONAL SMALL BUSINESS and we understand what GLOBILIZATION is all about...and we understand how the "color of one's skin or ethnicity" SHOULD NOT BE an ASSUMPTION OF TERRORISM. I'm talking though about folks whose PROFILE SHOULD BE SUSPECT if folks here were "doing their job."