#na

In the United States in 2009, more than 10.2 billion trips were taken on transit trains and buses. So far, the nation has not experienced a major transit attack since Sept. 11, but the March 2010 Moscow subway bombings and earlier train attacks in London and Mumbai show that we must be prepared. ↗

— John Mica

#attacks #be prepared #billion #bombings #buses

Under the Obama administration, TSA has been operating without an administrator for a year and a half. After the president's first two choices failed to meet expectations, a new administrator, John Pistole, was finally approved on Friday. Unfortunately, it will be the fifth administrator in eight years. ↗

— John Mica

#administrator #after #approved #been #choices

When the TSA was established, it was never envisioned that it would become a huge, unwieldy bureaucracy which was soon to grow to 67,000 employees. As TSA has grown larger, more impersonal, and administratively top-heavy, I believe it is important that airports across the country consider utilizing the opt-out provision provided by law. ↗

— John Mica

#become #believe #bureaucracy #consider #country

While Slovakia did not make the first round of NATO membership, as various requirements and reforms are instituted, these actions will enhance the opportunities to join NATO. ↗

— John Mica

#did #enhance #first #instituted #join

Condoleezza Rice, the national security adviser, is right there... she's in town because her father was at Johnson Smith College... and she was delivering a speech there. ↗

— Al Michaels

#because #college #condoleezza #condoleezza rice #delivering

All I can think about is bed." "We're sharing the same thought." "You're thinking about bed too?" But Patch had told me that he rarely slept. "I'm thinking about you in my bed. ↗

— Becca Fitzpatrick

#finale #funny #hush-hush #love #nora-and-patch

Russia, France, Germany and China. They revere their writers. America is still a frontier country that almost shudders at the idea of creative expression. ↗

— James A. Michener

#america #china #country #creative #creative expression

You are one of the forces of nature. ↗

— Jules Michelet

#nature #you

I was a Navy officer writing about Navy problems and I simply stole this lovely Army nurse and popped her into a Navy uniform, where she has done very well for herself. ↗

— James A. Michener

#army #done #her #herself #i

I hate to play a tournament in which I'm not contending. It's just not any fun for me. ↗

— Phil Mickelson

#contending #fun #hate #i #just