Why are we just now tackling airport security?

This past week the Department of Homeland Security announced it would launch a review to beef up security procedures at several international airports.

The effort is part of the White House's response to the Christmas Day attempt by a Nigerian man to bomb Delta Flight 253 in Detroit, that originated in Amsterdam.
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said in a statement, quote…

“As part of the ongoing review to determine exactly what went wrong leading up to Friday’s attempted terrorist attack, we are looking not only at our own processes, but also beyond our borders to ensure effective aviation security measures are in place for U.S-bound flights that originate at international airports.”

According to the homeland security chief - Senior Security officials will meet with leaders at major airports in Africa, Asia, Europe, South America and the Middle East in the coming weeks "to review security procedures and technology being used to screen passengers on flights bound for the United States,"

Ms. Napolitano went on to say said she would follow up on those meetings with her own "ministerial level" discussions, whatever that means
European airports will be reviewed first the in outreach effort, where U.S. officials will brief their European counterparts "on the findings of President Obama’s aviation security review," which he ordered last week.

Since Christmas the White House has been scrambling to assure passengers that air travel is safe, and that it has begun implementing a host of new security rules on international flights that land in the United States.

While all this may sound prudent it reveals a very disturbing fact…
The Obama administration is much more fluent in delivering political rhetoric then it is protecting this country and is completely lost when it comes to comprehending the threat of terrorism.

The idea that almost 9 years after the 9/11 attacks we are just now strengthening our international airport security shows an unbelievable dereliction of duty and a level of incompetence of Homeland Security director Janet Napolitano that it borders on being criminally negligent.

But what else would expect from an administration that seeks to give enemy combatants Constitutional protections and would allow two uninvited and unidentified publicity seekers to walk through the front door of the White House to press the flesh with the most powerful man in the world

Conservatism at its root

I'm often perplexed that liberal minded people cannot grasp the basic tenets of what conservatives believe. The simple belief in personal responsibility, independence, and self reliance. If more people accepted these basic tenets as the framework of human existence we would require far fewer of the social engineering policies liberals seem to be so fascinated with and dependent upon