[Vision2020] Teabaggers

[Wayne Price]

Tom,

I agree with you about the dismal condition of our collective security  
and don't think things have gotten better since 9/11.
For instance, any kind of law enforcement position with the federal  
government  stipulates that you can't be over 34 on the date of hire
so that you can retire at the age of 54. Well, what are you supposed  
to do if you're older than that? Myself for instance, while I'd never
think I should be on a "swat" team, I can surely peek into CONNEX  
containers as well as anyone else. As well, I can check immigration
documents at an airport or a border crossing.

And we still have government agencies and employees that give  
preferences to non-citizens for jobs and ignore those who
are citizens, so what do you expect? The funny part is that the  
"certify" that the foreigners that they hire are the ONLY person
that can fill that position!  BULL CRAP! And then some of those  
government agencies lay off or furlough US citizens during  perceived
times of economic down turns, but because of the ICE certifications  
cannot furlough the foreigners that they hired on H1B1 visas!!

We have a long way to go, and while I'm NOT a Bush fan, he cannot be  
blamed on all of it.  It all begins and ends LOCALLY. For instance,
a local government hires non locals for positions. Those individuals  
have only one loyalty, that's to their pay checks, not to the local  
community.
Same thing with contracts, look LOCALLY first!

And then we get the goofy legislature that wants to meddle into local  
issues such as the jurisdiction of NON-GOVERNMENT law enforcement  
officers.
Have you been following what's happening up north?  The local county  
sheriff will not give county law enforcement authority to tribal  
police over non-tribal members,
and the legislature is looking into giving them the same police powers  
as the sheriff's deputies.  YET, neither the sheriff, nor the County  
Commissioners, nor the voters that
put that sheriff  and county commission have any say so over WHO those  
tribal police officers are!   My opinion is that when the sheriff has  
the power to hire and fire
those tribal police officers, only then should they have the same  
powers as a sheriff's deputy.


Wayne







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On Mar 12, 2010, at 12:01 PM, Tom Hansen wrote:

> Wayne -
>
> I am not defending the Bush administration on this,  Trust me.
>
> It is a simple fact that any weapon system or defense mechanism can be
> compromised and/or defeated.  That is a matter of elementary logic.
>
> Whether somebody was "asleep at the wheel" or the bad guys simply
> circumvented our defenses are topics under another heading at another
> time.
>
> 9/11 showed us Americans alot of things.  One thing that was  
> revelaed to
> the American public as a result of a security examination subsequent  
> to
> 9/11 was . . .
>
> A very, VERY small percentage of inbound shipment conexes (containers)
> received from foreign ports were/are ever opened and inspected once  
> they
> arrive at US ports.  Scary, huh?
>
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
>
> "The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to  
> change
> and the Realist adjusts his sails."
>
> - Unknown
>
>