Comments on: OUR GOVERNMENT IS UNSERIOUS ABOUT NATIONAL SECURITY http://rightwingnuthouse.com/archives/2006/12/10/our-government-is-unserious-about-national-security/ Politics served up with a smile... And a stilletto. Sat, 09 May 2026 04:09:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: The Thunder Run http://rightwingnuthouse.com/archives/2006/12/10/our-government-is-unserious-about-national-security/comment-page-1/#comment-437525 The Thunder Run Mon, 11 Dec 2006 17:57:34 +0000 http://rightwingnuthouse.com/archives/2006/12/10/our-government-is-unserious-about-national-security/#comment-437525 <strong>Web Reconnaissance for 12/11/2006</strong> A short recon of what’s out there that might draw your attention. Web Reconnaissance for 12/11/2006

A short recon of what’s out there that might draw your attention.

]]> By: Maggie's Farm http://rightwingnuthouse.com/archives/2006/12/10/our-government-is-unserious-about-national-security/comment-page-1/#comment-437278 Maggie's Farm Mon, 11 Dec 2006 12:10:18 +0000 http://rightwingnuthouse.com/archives/2006/12/10/our-government-is-unserious-about-national-security/#comment-437278 <strong>Monday Morning Links</strong> Dept of Intolerance: Moonbattery has two examples.Department of Ignorant Politicians: RWNH UN backing off on global warming. Am. ThinkerReconsider your end of year donation to MADD. SynthstuffDarfur update: CSM Monday Morning Links

Dept of Intolerance: Moonbattery has two examples.Department of Ignorant Politicians: RWNH UN backing off on global warming. Am. ThinkerReconsider your end of year donation to MADD. SynthstuffDarfur update: CSM

]]> By: The Fat Guy » Blog Archive » Buy More Guns http://rightwingnuthouse.com/archives/2006/12/10/our-government-is-unserious-about-national-security/comment-page-1/#comment-436945 The Fat Guy » Blog Archive » Buy More Guns Mon, 11 Dec 2006 06:06:19 +0000 http://rightwingnuthouse.com/archives/2006/12/10/our-government-is-unserious-about-national-security/#comment-436945 [...] Via RWNH…with whom I must quibble, perhaps needlessly — “our government” is us…that “by, for and of”. We have no one to blame for this state of affairs but you and me. I can guarantee you that I could ask the next 20 people and get a similarly ignorant answer, and 10 of them would throw in some specious, racist bullshit about speaking Spanish. [...] [...] Via RWNH…with whom I must quibble, perhaps needlessly — “our government” is us…that “by, for and of”. We have no one to blame for this state of affairs but you and me. I can guarantee you that I could ask the next 20 people and get a similarly ignorant answer, and 10 of them would throw in some specious, racist bullshit about speaking Spanish. [...]

]]> By: John http://rightwingnuthouse.com/archives/2006/12/10/our-government-is-unserious-about-national-security/comment-page-1/#comment-436907 John Mon, 11 Dec 2006 04:48:46 +0000 http://rightwingnuthouse.com/archives/2006/12/10/our-government-is-unserious-about-national-security/#comment-436907 Given the current crop of senior House Democrats, Reyes is probably about as good as people can hope for as head of the committee. He won election in El Paso after retiring as head of the U.S. Border Patrol's sector there, where he was credited with stopping the tide of illegals that had been flooing into the city from Juarez though increased enforcement and, yes, establishment of a border fence in the metro area. El Paso's also a major military city, with plans to expand the number of troops at Fort Bliss by 10,000 to 12,000. That means the local economy depends heavily on the base operations, which in turn means Reyes has to be a lot more pro-military than your average House Democrat, or risk being tossed by voters in 2008. That doesn't excuse his not knowing key items about the Middle East a long-term Intellegence Committee member should know, but he's still a far better option than Alcee Hastings would have been in the sam position. Given the current crop of senior House Democrats, Reyes is probably about as good as people can hope for as head of the committee. He won election in El Paso after retiring as head of the U.S. Border Patrol’s sector there, where he was credited with stopping the tide of illegals that had been flooing into the city from Juarez though increased enforcement and, yes, establishment of a border fence in the metro area.

El Paso’s also a major military city, with plans to expand the number of troops at Fort Bliss by 10,000 to 12,000. That means the local economy depends heavily on the base operations, which in turn means Reyes has to be a lot more pro-military than your average House Democrat, or risk being tossed by voters in 2008. That doesn’t excuse his not knowing key items about the Middle East a long-term Intellegence Committee member should know, but he’s still a far better option than Alcee Hastings would have been in the sam position.

]]> By: Nikolay http://rightwingnuthouse.com/archives/2006/12/10/our-government-is-unserious-about-national-security/comment-page-1/#comment-436661 Nikolay Sun, 10 Dec 2006 22:21:32 +0000 http://rightwingnuthouse.com/archives/2006/12/10/our-government-is-unserious-about-national-security/#comment-436661 <blockquote>Maybe we should send the lot of them to the nearest junior college and make them all take a course in the history of Islam.</blockquote>You know, the irony here is that Hastings is said to be one of the most hard-working members of the committee. And he knows about Islam enough:<blockquote>And he was onto al Qaeda when most members of Congress probably thought it was an insect. In 1998, he petitioned then-House leaders Newt Gingrich, R-Ga., and Richard A. Gephart, D-Mo., to “find a way to allow for academia and experts to come here and discuss with us the nature of the religion Islam.”[...] <a href="http://public.cq.com/public/20061103_homeland.html" rel="nofollow">“Hastings,” maintains an ally, “could probably lecture on Islam for an hour or two.”</a></blockquote>

Maybe we should send the lot of them to the nearest junior college and make them all take a course in the history of Islam.

You know, the irony here is that Hastings is said to be one of the most hard-working members of the committee. And he knows about Islam enough:

And he was onto al Qaeda when most members of Congress probably thought it was an insect.

In 1998, he petitioned then-House leaders Newt Gingrich, R-Ga., and Richard A. Gephart, D-Mo., to “find a way to allow for academia and experts to come here and discuss with us the nature of the religion Islam.”[...]

“Hastings,” maintains an ally, “could probably lecture on Islam for an hour or two.”

]]> By: B.Poster http://rightwingnuthouse.com/archives/2006/12/10/our-government-is-unserious-about-national-security/comment-page-1/#comment-436653 B.Poster Sun, 10 Dec 2006 22:13:15 +0000 http://rightwingnuthouse.com/archives/2006/12/10/our-government-is-unserious-about-national-security/#comment-436653 "Our government is unserious about national security." The title of this post says it all and it is spot on. The jaw dropping unseriousness applies to both Republicans and Democrats. Given the fundamental unseriousness and general cluelessness of our policy makers that has existed since we declared the "War on Terror," I find it absolutely astonishing that we have not been attacked again on our home land. “Our government is unserious about national security.” The title of this post says it all and it is spot on. The jaw dropping unseriousness applies to both Republicans and Democrats. Given the fundamental unseriousness and general cluelessness of our policy makers that has existed since we declared the “War on Terror,” I find it absolutely astonishing that we have not been attacked again on our home land.

]]> By: And Rightly So! » Government Inaction http://rightwingnuthouse.com/archives/2006/12/10/our-government-is-unserious-about-national-security/comment-page-1/#comment-436547 And Rightly So! » Government Inaction Sun, 10 Dec 2006 20:19:52 +0000 http://rightwingnuthouse.com/archives/2006/12/10/our-government-is-unserious-about-national-security/#comment-436547 [...] Oh so ouch. I don’t care how many elections Republicans lose or if a Democrat is elected President in 2008, the Democrats still have a long way to go in convincing me that they are as serious as I and many conservatives are about national security. And those in government – the bureaucrats and policymakers in the agencies who are charged with counterterrorism – have an equal distance to travel in order to lift the impression that our entire government is at war with an enemy that they don’t understand and have made precious little effort in trying to change that singular fact. [...] [...] Oh so ouch. I don’t care how many elections Republicans lose or if a Democrat is elected President in 2008, the Democrats still have a long way to go in convincing me that they are as serious as I and many conservatives are about national security. And those in government – the bureaucrats and policymakers in the agencies who are charged with counterterrorism – have an equal distance to travel in order to lift the impression that our entire government is at war with an enemy that they don’t understand and have made precious little effort in trying to change that singular fact. [...]

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