Ridge: No sign of terrorists trying to cross border

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[Bald Eagle777]

Remember that Al Qaeda lady from South Africa going North from Mexico? Let's face it our borders are as porous as a sieve. I sure hope Tom is wrong

[No_Doll_i]

I had NO IDEA Tom Ridge had been put on psychotropic drugs.

[GOP_1900AD]

Um .... "other than Mexicans?" Get a clue you bureaucrat!

[JustAnAmerican]

SO the first terrorist attack in this country that happens because they came across one of our porous borders I will personally hold Ridge and all the illegal supporting politicians responsible. Not that I don't already hold them responsible for the cost to the American Taxpayer for these illegals already.

[GSlob]

"...he has seen no sign..."
Is he playing Sergeant Schultz part or maybe just looking in the wrong direction?

[TomGuy]

Surely Ridge isn't that stupid.

[NCjim]

This must mean that they are already here, ready to vote.

[Velveeta]

Phew, what a relief!

[Jeff Head]

We're very fortunate that we've never had to assign military to our borders

Let's see...Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Mexican American War...never is a fairly strong word.

[Afronaut]

Another sign that we have lost the country.

We don't militarize our borders with friends<---Laws are for who?

[afnamvet]

Ridge's comments do nothing to instill safety or security for me.

``We have a long tradition with our friends to the north and south. We're very fortunate that we've never had to assign military to our borders, and we're not going to start that now,'' Ridge said. ``We don't militarize our borders with friends.''

Friends? Really?

[Sociopathocracy]

Completely clueless. Rep. John Culberson of Texas has stated that the US Attorney there has told him that they have stopped those from "hostile" countries at the Mexican border. They must have identified themselves as janitors not terrorists.

[MNJohnnie]

Ok here we go. The EXPERT, the guy who has access to far more information the a Wacko Congressman, Talk Radio hosts and hard right pundits is going to be pillored because he DOESN'T agree with the deranged paranoia of the Hard Right ranters.

Don't you people pause for even a second to think that maybe Ridge has it right and the Hard Right Ranters like Tancraddeo, Savage and Buchannan are the clueless ones?

[Jeff Head]

he's seen no sign of terrorist efforts to cross the U.S.-Mexico border

We don't militarize our borders with friends

The lanes allow for advance clearance of trucks enrolled in the program carrying known low-risk shipments.

Asked about civilian groups patrolling the border, Ridge said they should leave matters to law enforcement officers who put their lives at risk every day.

God help us.

[Flavius]

wtf ...

[No_Doll_i]

If you really belive what you say, I hate to say it but you are just as clueless as Ridge seems to be.

I feel sorry for people that are blinded by what they want to be true.

God help us when a terrorist attack happens and we discover they crossed to border from Mexico because Bush will have NO ANSWERS AND NO OUT.

/end this particular rant

[politicalwit]

Ridge is a friggin' moron, but this comes from a one issue conservative.(immigration=borders). It's going to take a major assault originating from the South for Ridge to remove his head from where the sun don't shine.

[politicalwit]

Having lived in Sierra Vista, AZ and having traveled to Bisbee and Nogales on numerous occasions I am very aware of how porous our borders are in that region. If Ridge says we have no problem with our southern borders he has absolutely no business being in charge of Homeland Security.

[7.62 x 51mm]

(((::GOPer-Company line:::))), IMO.

[Gritty]

Well, if Al Qaeda hasn't penetrated terrorists across our borders they are the dumbest people on the planet.

Fifteen million (give or take a few million) illegal aliens running around this country scot-free collecting welfare checks, voting, getting free health care, getting drivers licenses, getting their kids born as American citizens, paying no taxes, taking millions of American jobs, sending billions of dollars back home via USPS money orders, bringing in billions of dollars in drugs, forming thousands of criminal gangs and flooding our prison systems must be as invisible to them as it is to our fatuous Federal Government.