[Vision2020] Teabaggers

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Wayne
I agree with you on Tribal Police
Roger
-----Original message-----
From: Wayne Price bear at moscow.com
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:32:44 -0800
To: "Tom Hansen" thansen at moscow.com
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Teabaggers

> 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
> >
> >
>