I'm not going to even attempt to justify why I haven't written. I just haven't. A few things recently have been chafing my crack and it isn't getting any better. And with this humidity crack chafing can be fatal.

Political correctness has reach insanity proportions. The NCAA, college sports ruling body, has decided that no school can use names or icons that in any way look like American Indian imagery. They've gone after the Florida State Seminoles, even though the Seminole tribe sanctions the use. They've gone after University of Illinois for use of the name Illini, which is the name of a local Indian tribe. What's next? Changing the names of states and cities because their name is derived from a local Indian name. Indiana, Indianapolis (HQ for the NCAA by the way), and Oklahoma better be careful.

Profiling in law enforcement. It works and it always has. Try describing a suspect without using adjectives that someone wouldn't find potentially offensive. If the person who robbed you happens to be a 6' tall white guy with one leg, you don't pull over a 5' Hispanic female.

911 Operator: 911.

Caller: Yeah I've just been carjacked by a white guy with one...

911: I'm sorry sir but you can't use those terms to describe the suspect.

Caller: Well he was about 6 feet tall.

911: I'm sorry sir but the National Association for the Defense of Average Height White Males filed an injunction against us so I am prevented from forwarding that information.

Caller: WTF? So how are you going to find the bastard? Just have the cops pull people over and ask them if they robbed my car.

911: Sir have you ever heard of the Children of Unmarried Mothers Defense fund? They don't allow that term. Plus sir, I can't actually use the term "car" in the report because AAA feels that un necessarily targets non-SUV owners. They prefer "mobile mechanical ground based transportation vehicle".

Caller: You have got to be fucking joking? So all you can really say is that someone stole my non-pedestrian mode of transportation.

911: Yes sir but unfortunately I am going to have to terminate your call for your use of obscenity. Recent FCC rulings have made the Department of Justice uneasy about the use of potentially offensive language. Thank you and have a good day.

CLICK.

I'm telling you its coming. Now I AM NOT saying that some pea-wit sheriff, that pulls over a black man in a BMW just because he thinks it's strange that a black man owns a nice car, is justified...he's not. But if there is an active report of a stolen BMW, the cops should be pulling over a lot of BMWs regardless of the race of the driver. I've been pulled over because there was a report of a white guy in a camaro speeding on a highway and I happened to be driving in the area in a camaro. Racial profiling? I don't think so. Hey lots of white guys drive camaros.

Our brains tend to categorize new people by descriptive factors, height, weight, gender, race, hair color, eye color, and a whole list of other descriptors. You know people who are taller than others, thinner than others, white people, black people, old people, young people. Get over it happens. It's a normal process.

So now the problem is that the majority of terrorists that took down the WTC were young Muslim males under the age of 35. So who do we check? Old ladies with walkers. A fat white guy checking military style duffle bags onto the plane. Hey wait, that last one was me. It had more to do with the fact that I buy my plane tickets online, something the WTC shitbags did too. Does it bother me that I get checked? No. In fact I feel really bad for the working class schlep that had to inspect my shoes. I own my shoes and I don't want to put my hands anywhere near them. But this is the price we have to pay. Does it suck? Yes. Is it inconvenient? Yes. Well not really, you know how they tell you to show up 8.5 months early to check in so you can be screened and make your flight? I have flown 5 times since 9/11 and I have been pulled out to be screened EVERYTIME; and every time I have gotten thru check in and security in no more than 30 minutes. It isn't that bad, get over it. It's a whole lot less inconvienient than being stabbed to death during a hijacking or having the plane explode under you.

The truth of the 9/11 attacks is that all of the hijackers were young males of Middle Eastern origination and all of them Islamic. I'm sorry, if they had been members of the IRA, we'd be going batshit over fat Irish/Scot looking guys and girls. If they were buddhists we'd be unwrapping saffron robes for as far as the eye can see. There'ss a justified profile, it's based on clear information. Not all Muslims are terrorists, but look around folks most of the terrorists were. This unfortunately means innocent, freedom loving, harmless people of Islamic decent will be scrutinized in the pursuit of the real bad guys. If we could only get the real terrorists to organize and carry ID tags (Hello my Yusuf and I am a member of AL Qaeda), we could make things easier, but unfortunately the bad guys willfully blend themselves into the rest of the Islamic fold. That being said, we as a country based on the concept of individualism and freedom, MUST do everything we can to make sure we have a professional procedure when dealing with people being screened. You don't shove a pistol up the nose of a Saudi student just because he is from a scrutinized origination. You treat him/her with professionalism, which can be done without sacrificing control of the situation or security.

After the recent bombings in England, it is apparent that the Islamic community there is getting the picture. These terrorists are shitbags that make all Muslims look bad. They are starting to purge the crap from within their communities. One of the botched bombers was even pointed out to Scotland Yard in the past two years by members of the Muslim community, who deemed him to be a problem. The good guys dropped the ball there. That too happens. Hopefully we get better.

Now it looks more and more likely the elements of the military intelligence community may have know about the existence of 4 of the WTC hijackers over a year before 9/11. Apparently, due to lack of inif organization communications. Now iif you read the 9/11 report you know that one the morning of 9/11 similar lack of communication between the different regions of the FAA and the military caused all kinds of problems tracking the hijacked planes. Now to this humble bloogers opinion, as f'ed up as that is, it doesn't compare to this newer faux pax. I mean I know there are security layers and protocols involved here, but it was over a year before the attacks. Couldn't General Uber-spook get in his car (so to speak) and talk to FBI Uber-Spook without violating the provisions of the secrecy to say "Hey bub, you know this Atta guy keeps coming up around the water cooler. Maybe we should check him out. Just a FYI".

Regardless of who's watch it was or which president provided over the dismantling of our intelligence resources, nuts should be on the chopping block. The chairmen of the 9/11 commision are now saying well they only knew about Atta and not the other three as originally stated. Who gives a shit if its one or a hundred terrorists? YOU ARE SUPPOSSED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. Period. "Well we didn't think it was much of a threat". Bullshit. Any COMPETENT security expert will be able to tell that'shat it's the lone gunman/bomber thats harder to defend against. The larger the amount of players in a plan, the better chance there is for info to leak out.

You want to know what the real problems is? Really? These politicians aren't really interested in fixing the problems regardless of where or what they are. The are only interested in pointing out the mistakes and problems of the other political party. They're trying to make political hay, gain more ground for the next election. That's it. Do you think for one moment that bipartisanship actually exisits? The politician tells you something was done in the spirit of bipartisanship. What a lovely example of altruism. If they truly were bipartisan, why the hell do they need to call attention to it? Standing shoulder to shoulder with their democratic/republican colleagues......(insert sounds of Peanuts adults here). It kind of like someone starting a sentence with "Now don't take this the wrong way" right before they politely call you an ignorant SOB.

Now go away kid, ya bother me.