Democrats Drop Key Sept. 11 Commission Recommendations From Senate Measure
It seems like only yesterday we were reading this:
If elected to the majority in Congress, Democrats would implement all of the recommendations of the bipartisan commission that examined the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
Well that was pre-election and this is post-election:Â
Rep Bennie Thompson D-Miss., who chairs the House Homeland Security Committee, told reporters that two key provisions of the House bill are unlikely to make it through the Senate.
“With the exception of ports and cargo screening,” he said, “everything else should go through.”
This got me thinking of the left’s reaction to the lax port security in this country:
SCHUMER: INADEQUATE SECURITY POSES SEVERE TERRORIST THREAT TO NY, US PORTS Schumer Says Ships Have Potential to Easily Bring in Weapons of Mass Destruction Including Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Weapons; US Seaports Conduct Over 95% of US Trade, Yet Just 2% of Cargo Inspected; Port Volume Expected To Double Over Next 20 YearsSenator Outlines Legislation To Protect Ports From Terrorism
Conservatives Bow to Industry, Block Amendment to Scan All Shipping Containers
MENENDEZ, CLINTON LEAD RENEWED CALL FOR $1 BILLION INCREASE IN PORT SECURITY FUNDING Senators press for 100 percent cargo container inspections
Press Release of Senator Reid REID: AMERICA DESERVES BETTER ON PORT, TRANSIT SECURITY
Reference: Promises made, promises broken - a retrospective on Pelosi’s 9-11 Commission promises
But keep in mind, with the exception of ports and cargo screeningeverything else should go through.
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January 25, 2007 - 01:12 AM on January 25th, 2007
Hmmm if lax security at US ports poses a severe terrorist threat to US cities, what the hell does the lack of any security on the southern border pose? I’d hazard a guess that it’s a lot easier for terrorists to walk across the border than to swim across the ocean. And of course one Senate Democrat says he’s all in favor of securing the border…. as long as the plan DOESN’T include a fence. Someone should ask him if he has doors on his house to keep intruders out or does he just use motion and infrared sensors to let him know when someone has already broken in.
January 25, 2007 - 07:57 AM on January 25th, 2007
Coulter on the Billary Run for the Best lil Whorehouse in D.C.
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January 25, 2007 - 08:33 AM on January 25th, 2007
Systematic extermination of white people
White farmers are being tortured and killed by blacks in South Africa. What does that have to do with us here in the United States? Some writers suggests events in South Africa may be a preview of things to come
January 25, 2007 - 10:33 AM on January 25th, 2007
Thief Citizen of the Year
From the Fort Myers News-Press-
A Fort Myers Beach business owner who last year was named Citizen of the Year has been charged with dealing in stolen property.
January 25, 2007 - 11:24 AM on January 25th, 2007
Ice Agents accidentally do their jobs….Will probably be prosecuted
Stik was scooped by A Great Blog Morning Coffee
But digging by the Stiknstein staff of out of work congressional pages turned up a little more to the story…………..
Keeping in line with Administration and Homeland Security Policy, …
January 25, 2007 - 12:00 PM on January 25th, 2007
6 Degrees
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January 25, 2007 - 02:04 PM on January 25th, 2007
Death Penalty Is Too “Painful”
Only in Liberal World is there more concern for the criminal then the victim (from WRAL)
Attorneys for an inmate scheduled to be put to death Friday at Central Prison are asking the courts to block the execution on the ground that the state cannot assu…
January 25, 2007 - 05:19 PM on January 25th, 2007
Open Topic of the Week: State of the Union
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January 25, 2007 - 07:48 PM on January 25th, 2007
Associated Press reports of carnage in Baghdad
Even the A.P. couldn’t say for sure it’s true because they don’t do any first hand reporting.
January 25, 2007 - 07:53 PM on January 25th, 2007
Union Membership Down
The stats are clear – fewer Americans are members of labor unions. The number of wage and salary workers who were union members dropped to 12 percent of the work force last year, the lowest percentage since the government started…
January 26, 2007 - 08:30 AM on January 26th, 2007
BaggY Pants OpenTrackback Weekend
Police said they caught a 16-year-old robbery suspect who had eluded authorities on several previous occasions when his baggy pants fell down, causing him to stumble as officers chased him.
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January 26, 2007 - 08:58 AM on January 26th, 2007
From Multiculturalism to Integration [Weekend Open Trackback]
After 30 years of believing that multiculturalism had the power to hold their settler society together Australians are losing faith in what was always a tangled concept and are returning to the simpler formula of integration.
“We have moved from …
January 26, 2007 - 12:48 PM on January 26th, 2007
Friday Open OTA Post - sick day
I am sick today and not feeling up to doing much. I might try my hand at a post later if I am feeling better, but this flu is the pits. Just send your posts here and they of course will be showcased on the front page.
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January 26, 2007 - 12:54 PM on January 26th, 2007
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