re TSA overreaction to Delta incident

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Doug Humphrey <doug () joss com>
> Date: December 26, 2009 2:59:05 PM EST
> To: "dave () farber net" <dave () farber net>
> Cc: ip <ip () v2 listbox com>
> Subject: Re: [IP] re TSA overreaction to Delta incident

> Actually, that IS the plan. At a meta level, the damage done to US  
> (and to a lesser level all of the western world)
> strategically is not the loss of aircraft/people/buildings, but the  
> "sand in gears" effect - the US (and the west more generally) has  
> been the most efficient and effective business "machine" ever  
> developed - and one way to slow that down and increase it's  
> "overhead" is to throw the sand in the gears.  How much does all of  
> the additional security and other overhead cost?  What does DHS cost  
> vs. the sept 10 spending levels?
>
> What have the wars cost thus far?
>
> Seriously, the financial effect on "us" of the whole picture is not  
> lost upon "them". Given how little it has cost them, their ROI/IRR  
> has already past VC level returns.
>
> Also, it should not be lost on some that if you had known that this  
> was coming, in general, you could have likely put a pretty good  
> investment spread down that would have paid off handsomely.
>
> I will presume that someone is trying to backtrack such investment  
> strategies to see who might have laid them in, at least in their  
> time not spent searching my luggage....
>
> Doug
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> Sent from my iPhone
> (doug joins the modern world)
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> On Dec 26, 2009, at 2:13 PM, Dave Farber <dave () farber net> wrote:
>
> > Begin forwarded message:
> >
> > > From: Christian Huitema <huitema () microsoft com>
> > > Date: December 26, 2009 2:06:44 PM EST
> > > To: "dave () farber net" <dave () farber net>, ip <ip () v2 listbox com>
> > > Subject: RE: [IP] TSA overreaction to Delta incident
> >
> > > What if Al Qaeda’s plan was not to actually crash airplanes? Wha 
> > > t if their plan was to try  drive us crazy with ever more arcane 
> > >  flight safety procedures? Look at the return on investment for  
> > > them. A few of their lowly pawns gets arrested trying to set up  
> > > a half baked petard, but in exchange millions of travelers can q 
> > > uarry liquids and now powders. Even better, they have to remain  
> > > tied to their seats!
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > -- Christian Huitema
> > Archives        



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