National Security at the Border

Red Planet Cartoons has excellent commentary on the big picture concerning the sealing of the U.S. southern border, "National Security at the Border".

We couldn't agree more.

Opponents of increased security, a border fence and a crack-down on those who sneak across the border miss this point entirely.

Their arguments fall into two categories: "it won't work" and "you're a racist".

Neither is particularly convincing--outside of the cocktail parties attended by border security opponents.

Red Planet Cartoons starts out with a reprise of Robert Spencer's National Security at the Border:

Three Afghanis were arrested Wednesday at an international airport in India’s Kerala state for flying with forged Mexican passports…

The warnings have been coming in for years. In June 2004, border patrol agents arrested 77 “Middle Eastern” men attempting to enter the U.S. illegally.

As usual, Red Planet provides a Spencer video and more links to relevant information on this highly important--and one hopes, not highly-explosive--subject.

By chance, DBKP did two border security stories this week: "Illegal Immigration, The Big Lie: Eisenhower Stopped Border Crossings COLD" and "FISA Battle Continues While Southern Border Remains Open".

The latter was written almost at the same time as the Red Planet Cartoon above. It's an issue that's not going away.

National Security at the Border, another important theme from Red Planet Cartoons.

by Mondoreb
image: Red Planet Cartoons
Source: National Security at the Border

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Oblivious: When National Security Expires

The good folks over at Red Planet Cartoons have a nice presentation on the expiration of the Protect America Act.

There's the always-reliable Red Planet cartoon--reproduced above--along with an excerpt from "Lawyers Fiddle, America Burns".

The Protect America Act - a modernization of the three-decade old Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which authorizes intercepts of foreign communications - has expired.

Before departing on a 10-day recess, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her fellow Democrats Thursday refused to vote on a reauthorization of the law - even though it passed by a huge bipartisan majority in the Senate earlier in the week.

However, House Democrats did find time to issue contempt-of-Congress citations to White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten and former counsel Harriet Miers. The citations relate to the overblown fired-federal-prosecutors “scandal” of a year ago.

And, as always, RP has a nice collection of links for anyone wanting to read a cross-section of facts and opinions on the issue.

When the Protect America Act expired, we went back to the same situation we were in before 9/11.

Guess who will yell the loudest and point fingers first the next time terrorists get through our defenses?

You go to the head of the class if you answered "Nancy Pelosi", "Jack 'The Marines are Killers' Murtha", or "Harry Reid".

Take an Internet stroll over the Red Planet and check out "National Security Expires"

by Mondoreb
image: Red Planet Cartoons
Source: National Security Expires



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After Slipping Classified Docs Out The DoorSandy Berger Slips Back into Clintons' Campaign

[graphic by RidesAPaleHorse]by Mondoreb

Sandy Berger's back.
And like a thief in the night, he...oh never mind. With Sandy Berger, that phrase ceases to be a simile.

FromThe Examiner:

Sandy Berger, who stole highly classified terrorism documents from the National Archives, destroyed them and lied to investigators, is now an adviser to presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Really, if a guy loads up his boxers with classified documents to keep your husband from embarrassment, the least you can do is invite him into your campaign.

Either that or get him a BVD gift card.

[Truth-in-blogging NOTE: I originally said, "...that phrase ceases to be a metaphor." Then my 6th-grade English teacher, Mrs. Richmond, whacked me on the head with a ruler.
Figuratively.]


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