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Superbelt · 07-22-2004, 11:10 AM

:You don't have to search every container. There are scanners that can be purchased that can pick up on radioactive signals. We aren't even doing that. We Can do that TODAY, and we aren't. fuckin' a.
The Coast Guard seems to think it could use 7.5 billion dollars to improve our border security. Why isn't that a priority to you?
The Republican Majority has denied attempts to fund our ports.

We need what Portland has, nation wide. Current funding can't support that

I gotta say you guys are making extremely weak arguments. You guys say it is impossible to protect our borders like we need to, but you completely sidestep the fact that we are barely protecting our borders at ALL!
CIA analysis and every independent national security outfit continue to say our port security is a glaring weakness and wmd's passing through them are a very real, almost inevitable reality.
We have to do something, it's better than sticking our thumbs up our asses and waiting for another attack so we can all cry about how we weren't prepared.

C'mon. Respond to this, specifically:

Coast Guard requisitions 7.5 billion for key upgrades to our port security.
Bush gives us $45 million.
That's just sick.

It makes me want to break something thinking of how inept it is and how people can continue to justify his national security creds in its face.

07-22-2004, 11:10 AM	#25 (permalink)
Superbelt This vexes me. I am terribly vexed. Location: Grantville, Pa	:You don't have to search every container. There are scanners that can be purchased that can pick up on radioactive signals. We aren't even doing that. We Can do that TODAY, and we aren't. fuckin' a. The Coast Guard seems to think it could use 7.5 billion dollars to improve our border security. Why isn't that a priority to you? The Republican Majority has denied attempts to fund our ports. We need what Portland has, nation wide. Current funding can't support that I gotta say you guys are making extremely weak arguments. You guys say it is impossible to protect our borders like we need to, but you completely sidestep the fact that we are barely protecting our borders at ALL! CIA analysis and every independent national security outfit continue to say our port security is a glaring weakness and wmd's passing through them are a very real, almost inevitable reality. We have to do something, it's better than sticking our thumbs up our asses and waiting for another attack so we can all cry about how we weren't prepared. C'mon. Respond to this, specifically: Coast Guard requisitions 7.5 billion for key upgrades to our port security. Bush gives us $45 million. That's just sick. It makes me want to break something thinking of how inept it is and how people can continue to justify his national security creds in its face.