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"only 5% of the cargo coming into this country is checked."
Well, now. I've heard that before but I've never heard it sourced, and Katie Couric's use of it makes me deeply suspicious.
A few days ago, I was listening to the local NPR affiliate (oppostion research, y'know...) and htey interviewed the durector of the local port authority here in Tampa. He said 2 things.:
First, he said, that 5% stat is false. "Every" container entering the U.S. is checked before arrival in some way.
Second, he said that he has ample federal funding for security and has not requested any more.
In light of these statements, I'm wondering just where the truth is. As we saw with the Dubai deal, I think axe-grinders are taking some liberty with facts to push their own agendas. I'd like to see some actual hard facts, not Known Facts.
Mike
No actual facts, sorry. But I believe the 5% thing is based on 5% being eye-balled. The balance are "checked in some way", meaning that they are radiation scanned, xrayed, etc and the paperwork is comapred against (probably) some algorythm to determine statistically which ones to actually open.
What do you think? (serious question, no snide tone-of-voice)
I hate when the Anti-Christ Media gets it right.
But, now and then even a blind sow finds an acorn.
Mike,
FWIW, I heard a similar interview on the Tony Snow show with the guy who is purportedly in charge of the federal government's port security. He stated that while only 5% of the containers were opened and inspected, every container was scanned for radiological material.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2006/03/10/cheney-cited-uaesaddam-r_n_17102.html
"This is one of the many ways the Bush regime is weak on security, weak on al Qaeda, and strong on lining the pockets of its friends."
Don,
Wasn't it those glib commentators on your side of the aisle who were disparaging President Bush for not knowing about the DPW deal? But now you accuse him of deliberately "lining the pockets" of his friends? (Which friends are those?)
So which is it? What didn't he know, and when didn't he know it? Apparently you are accusing him of knowing about the deal before he didn't know about the deal. And that sounds awfully similar to the idiot pronouncements of some other pompous liberal windbag. You know, the one with the french accent, the re-issued hero buttons, and the magic hat in his briefcase.
RBB,
Yep! Couldn't stand that smarmy "Love Story" though.
Zsa-Zsa,
Thank you... but please excuse the redundancy.
The fact that Rush Limbaugh was once addicted to drugs is relevant, exactly how?
Ah yes, that famous liberal tolerance rearing its non-existent head once again.
There is nothing funnier than liberal hypocrisy.
Realitybobber, if we're keeping score I'd like to point out that I was the first (that I am aware of) to link Kerry with the term "effete douchebag."
Just, you know, for the record.
Here's a brief, updated commentary on the DPW fiasco from the WSJ Political Diary (subscription required).
"If Boeing ends up losing the next Dubai bid, one sight you can expect not to see on Capitol Hill is a hearing that includes testimony from the laid-off Boeing workers who would have kept their jobs if Boeing had won the contract."
“I don’t think anyone anticipated the breech of the GOP.”
President Bush
“It was a failure at every level; local, state and federal.”
Karl Rove
“What about the buses”
Sean Hannity
“Go F*ck yourself”
Dick Cheney
“See ya”
Gale Norton
Former Top Bush Aide Accused of Md. Thefts
This makes what - 2 arrested and 1 indicted right out of the white house?
Nice partyReturning shoplifed clothes to Target pales in comparison with, say, smuggling classified intelligence documents out of the national archives in your pants. Or pardoning international criminals for big-money donations.
Do you really want to play this corruption game, or maybe should we all just join together and criticize those who are actually corrupt regardless of partisanship?