A community of 30,000 US Transcriptionist serving Medical Transcription Industry

This article

Posted: Feb 27, 2017

interesting points. The article is about the ban. It seems to me that the president should continue, as both Bush and Obama did, on putting new and adventagious things in the vetting process. We can always improve on things but an all-out ban to me is not adventagious.

The video in this touches on a few other points. Perhaps listen with an open mind and maybe you will see how this "fine tuned" machine is running.

;

Not surprising that people from the former administration - are defending their vetting process.

[ In Reply To ..]
A couple of points if I might:

1. The "ban" was (and I assume the new one will be) temporary to give the new administration time to evaluate the vetting process, and it only involves 7 nations that the former administration had already identified as the worst hotbeds and sponsors of terrorism.

I think this is a perfectly reasonable thing for an incoming administration to do.

2. I agree that the various databases that are under the control of different agencies (and even different countries) should be coordinated. However, it still begs the question whether, even taken altogether, these databases are sufficiently complete, timely and accurate that they can be relied upon.

You know the old saying about computers (and databases in particular): Garbage in, garbage out. What's particularly worrisome about any database is that it will never tell you what it doesn't know.

For instance, what, precisely, does it mean if there is no record on someone in the database? You query their name and nothing comes back. Should we take that as some sort of assurance that they are not a terrorist? Obviously, the answer is "Absolutely not!"

It might be that after review the Trump administration determines that the current vetting process provides a good basis for moving forward with some improvements and enhancements. I'm perfectly willing to give them that time, and the temporary ban that is limited to the worst sources of terrorists while they are doing so seems very sensible to me.

Except the countries he is banning are - not the

[ In Reply To ..]
"worst sources of terrorists." One of those would include Saudi Arabia as in 911 but he has business interests there so can't ban them.

We have a pretty good vetting system already and advancing it would be good but you don't have to ban those countries to do it.

You're an expert on terrorism, are you? On the other hand - I do hold certification (United Nations).

[ In Reply To ..]
You're a medical transcriptionist. Please feel free to opine to your heart's content within your area of expertise.

Otherwise, give it a rest, please. If I were to make you responsible for protecting this nation from terrorism you wouldn't have the slightest notion how to proceed.

There has never been 1 death - Resist Trump

[ In Reply To ..]
in this country caused by a refugee from one of those 7 countries. The real danger is from home-grown terrorists and that is not being addressed. Also, as the other poster said, immigrants from Saudi Arabia, Egypt and some other countries where Trump has business interests.

I never claimed to - be an expert

[ In Reply To ..]
on terrorism but I do know apparently more than the president on where the "worst terrorists" are coming from and it is not the countries he wants to ban. It is from the countries he has business interests in and I named Saudi Arabia as one.

Maybe you should tell him to give it a rest and listen to the experts who do know about terrorism have to say. He should also address and do something about home grown terrorism which is a far worse threat than people from these countries.

So this is a board called MT stars, for MTs - and we should not opine?

[ In Reply To ..]
Umm, nah, that's not how it works.

We're allowed to opine on anything we feel is impacting our sad little lives, are we not? This is America, after all, and this is MT Stars board, NOT United Nations certification board.

Why not find one of them where you can converse with your equals instead of telling us MTs on our MT board to shut up?

If you were to make us responsible for protecting this nation from terrorism we would do a heck of a lot better than the Donald, at least we would listen to the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the heads of the CIA and FBI, not Putin or whoever he is taking advice from.

I have to wonder, if you are NOT an MT, why are you on here then?

A certificate or certification? Interesting. - in what discipline?

[ In Reply To ..]

Similar Messages:

Dec 21, 2009
January 18, 2006 DEMOCRATS PLEDGE TO PROVIDE HONEST LEADERSHIP, OPEN GOVERNMENT "Washington, D.C. – Democrats from across the country today unveiled their Honest Leadership and Open Government Act. In the Great Hall of the Library of Congress, Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid and House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, were joined by Senator Barack Obama and Congresswoman Louise Slaughter and their Senate and House colleagues to shine a spotlight on the Republican "pay for play" ...

Jan 27, 2010
Here is an article from the Rolling Stones magazine. Pretty interesting. http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/31234647/obamas_big_sellout ...

Apr 11, 2010
An article that some of us already knew, but nonetheless, is an interesting observation. There were a lot of different websites with this article, this is just one of them. http://www.chronwatch-america.com/articles/6670/1/Obama-Off-the-Deep-End/Page1.html ...

Jul 25, 2010
Link attached. ...

Dec 18, 2012
worth the read, and factual. ...

Feb 04, 2017
I have felt this way about Trump even before he became president. This is what many of us fear. Many can disagree with the source but it is basing it on facts. ...

Jan 02, 2017
Could be true. ...

Nov 03, 2009
Very good article. Not so good for us, but the article is well written and interesting. Pretty insightful. Written by a naval aviator, Commander http://www.mesacounty.com/A%20Warning%20to%20Americans.pdf ...

Sep 16, 2011
hid her pregnancy and gave birth to twin boys in her parent's house and smothered them so her parents wouldn't hear them cry. She hid the babies' bodies in the laundry basket where her dad later found them. So...just curious if this is acceptable to some of you who declare women have a choice. Perhaps it would have been better had she went to a doctor and had the doctor deliver them breech and suck their brains out and crush their skull before he delivered their ...

Nov 11, 2009
Kiss your freedoms goodbye. http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2009/11/06/judge-andrew-napolitano-health-care-freedom-congress/ ...

Nov 13, 2009
Good article Quote: "The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money." —Margaret Thatcher http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204251404574342170072865070.html ...

Nov 13, 2009
No matter how much you hate him this is a good article. Cut him down all you want but it won't change the truth. Here's a quote from the article: Mr. Bush said that "the role of government is not to create wealth, but to create the conditions that allow entrepreneurs and innovators to thrive." I wish it was someone else who has said this because a lot of people sole purpose is hating and cutting him down, which diminishes from the importance of the article. http://www ...

Nov 22, 2009
If you don't like Huffington post I found this on other non-liberal sites. The article is the same words no matter which site you choose, so I'll just post the Huffington Post one. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dave-lindorff/obama-must-dump-the-bums_b_364293.html ...

Nov 23, 2009
Written by someone who doesn't think too highly of Palin. He gets a couple digs in, but nothing I wouldn't expect, but overall it's a good article and pretty fair. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2009/11/not-that-it-matters-politically-because-shes-a-republican-idiot-and-hes-a-democrat-geniusbut-sarah-palins-poll-numbers-are-c.html ...

Nov 29, 2009
http://www.rense.com/general88/dss.htm ...

Nov 29, 2009
http://crabbycon.wordpress.com/2009/09/18/king-obama-to-head-the-un-security-council-scraps-the-missile-shield/ ...

Nov 30, 2009
Found this to be an interesting article I wanted to share. http://www.richardccook.com/2009/11/23/economic-crisis-what-must-be-done/ ...

Jan 18, 2010
An article by John Whitehead. Speak Truth To Power. Just thought it was interesting and wanted to pass it on. http://www.rutherford.org/articles_db/commentary.asp?record_id=630 ...

Dec 10, 2010
A Bloomberg National Poll shows most Americans say they are worse off now than 2 years ago when PO took office. Full article below. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-12-09/most-americans-say-they-re-worse-off-under-obama-poll-shows.html ...

Dec 09, 2010
Gee, sounds like the dems are trying to be pubs in this article. Wish everyone would make up their mind. More than 50 House Democrats oppose tax-cut proposal By Vicki Needham - 12/09/10 11:02 AM ET More than 50 House Democrats announced their opposition Thursday to the bipartisan tax-cut proposal brokered by the White House and Republicans. Led by Rep. Peter Welch (D-Vt.), 54 Democrats signed on to a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) calling the plan "fiscally irrespo ...

Dec 06, 2010
I thought this was interesting. Not a bashing post, just interesting read. ...

Feb 09, 2010
From American Thinker by Geoffrey Hunt Barack Obama is on track to have the most spectacularly failedpresidency since Woodrow Wilson. In the modern era, we’ve seen severalfailed presidencies–led by Jimmy Carter and LBJ. Failed presidents have onestrong common trait– they are repudiated, in the vernacular, spat out. Ofcourse, LBJ wisely took the exit ramp early, avoiding a shove into oncomingtraffic by his own party. Richard Nixon indeed resigned in disgrace, ...

Nov 20, 2010
This is interesting. It's an article by David Horowitz called "The Democrat party will disappear from the political scene". Well written and has some really good insight. The link has the first part of the story and at the bottom of the article is a link to the full story. Horowitz is founder and president of the David Horowitz Freedom Center, founder of Students for Academic Freedom, and co-author of “The Shadow Party: How George Soros, Hillary Clinton, an ...

Mar 20, 2010
Thought this was interesting and wanted to pass on. http://washingtontimes.com/news/2010/mar/19/impeach-the-president/ ...

Mar 23, 2010
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-scientific-fundamentalist/201003/why-liberals-are-more-intelligent-conservatives ...

Mar 24, 2010
Link Below. ...

Mar 25, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/24/business/24leonhardt.html?th&emc=th ...

Mar 25, 2010
http://nyunews.com/opinion/2010/03/23/24stark/ ...

May 24, 2011
Not really surprising how much of it goes to Muslim or Arab countries, but what the money is actually used for was an eye opener for me. Most Arab countries are oil rich....so my question is, why can't they take care of their own military and police forces and let us put some of those billions against reducing the deficit? Or...why not use that money to fund some of the programs people seem to think they can't live without within THIS country instead of ADDING to the deficit? ...

Apr 01, 2010
Pa. couple fight to not have to use township water - The Associated Press HOLLIDAYSBURG, Pa. — An elderly central Pennsylvania couple is fighting a court order forcing them to use township-supplied water because they say the chlorine in it makes the woman sick. Donald and Janet Burket were forced by a Blair County judge to tap into Greenfield Township's water system in 2008 to comply with a local ordinance. That ruling was upheld by a state appeals court. The Burkets complied ...