By Now, Bush Had 9/11 To Deal With. What Would Obama Do?

[Lonestar]

Nixon.

Bingo.

[rah]

We have armed sky marshals now, Rah. Course it took 9/11 for that to happen. And that was just one example of the steps they could have taken once the realized that there were hijackings being planned.

I don't think it would have been all that hard to scrounge up several thousand marshals. What was lacking was the political will, fear that it would cut into airline profits, that any announcement of increased security would stop people from flying, etc.

9/11 could have been stopped, if the Administration had taken it seriously. Maybe they would have failed. Maybe, it was unlikely they would have succeeded in stopping the attacks. But they didn't even try. That is unforgivable.

(CNN) -- Of the 28,000 commercial airline flights that take to the skies on an average day in the United States, fewer than 1 percent are protected by on-board, armed federal air marshals, a nationwide CNN investigation has found.


There were warnings during Clinton's reign also, so let's not just bush bash here.

[Wezil]

They don't need to be on every flight but 1% is way too low.

[olla86]

I have tired on his actions and decisions...I don't want to think about his next step

[rah]

I give up, wheres the link to low priced sneakers in your post olla?

[Wezil]

I give up, wheres the link to low priced sneakers in your post olla?

[MrFun]

7 years.

How many Americans need to die needlessly before the U.S. decides it needs health care reform?

As long as they're not white, straight, and upper class and upper middle class, as many as the Republicans would like.

Selfish ****ers who are protesting health care reform because they already have good health insurance, not thinking of the less fortunate.

[chequita guevara]

There were warnings during Clinton's reign also, so let's not just bush bash here.

And they actually did something about it.

[Theben]

Forget sky marshals- all that had to be done was bar the cockpit from entry during flight with reinforced locks and doors. But the industry didn't want to pay for that pre 9/11 (and post)... I'll bet they wish they had now.

As for health care:

Most Doctors Like the Public Option
Newsweek

By Jeremy Herb

Ever wondered what your doctor thinks about the public option? A survey published today found most doctors are in favor of it. The study, funded by a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, found nearly three quarters of physicians surveyed supported a public option in the U.S. health-care system. The majority, 63 percent, favored a health-care system with both private and government-run insurance options, and 10 percent preferred a public-only system. Twenty-seven percent favored a private insurance system without creating a public option.

The report, published in The New England Journal of Medicine and written by Salmoeh Keyhani and Alex Federman of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, surveyed 2,130 physicians between June 25 and Sept. 3. The poll examined support for the public option geographically, too, finding that a majority of physicians in all regions supported it. "The clear message here is that physicians who are on the front line of the health-care system know the system is broken and that it's time for us to do something about it," says John Lumpkins, a senior vice president at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
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The survey also asked doctors if they supported expanding Medicare to allow 55- to 64-year-olds the option to "buy in." Fifty-eight percent were in favor. The researchers pointed out that although many voters fear that a public option will mean government interference with medical decision making, most doctors themselves aren't particularly worried. "Our data suggests that physicians do not view Medicare, a major U.S. government program, as negatively affecting their autonomy and ability to get their patients the services they need," the authors wrote.

It's not all good news for public option proponents though: while physicians support Medicare expansion, they still like working with private insurance more. Forty-six percent said their overall experience was better with private insurers, compared to just 21 percent who favored traditional Medicare.

[rah]

And they actually did something about it.

Hmm just what did they do that was effective?