Some headlines...

Some headlines…
Tighten air cargo security: report
“With six billion pounds of air cargo transported annually onboard passenger aircraft within the United States…   Rep. Ed Markey, a Massachusetts Democrat said the 100 percent screening of passengers gives travelers a false sense of security when only a tiny fraction of cargo in the belly of the plane is checked.
"Americans need to know that their sneakers may be inspected but that objects the size of a car are waved on board," Markey said in a statement.”

I have always said that the airports themselves are filled with security holes and the screening process is designed to harass the passengers just enough to make them believe that security is “tough”. When I worked on the construction of McCarran International, I saw enough behind the scenes to convince me that the whole security system was a sham.

Bush prods China on freedom
“…Bush on Wednesday urged China to move further to allow political and religious freedoms, and he held up Taiwan as a model for Asia of a free and democratic society.”

According to the Economist’s Corruption Perception Index of 2004, Taiwan is in 29th place, just ahead of Italy. The U.S. is in 16th place with Chile in 17th place. China? They were in 59th place, right behind Mexico. The least corrupt was Finland. Remember; Perception is Reality!