[jpl]

Given the choice, I'd rather go back to the days when the Sicialian goombahs controlled most of the major ports than let the Arabs take them over.

Yes, they frequently engaged in unsavory criminal activity, but let me tell you, any terrorist trying to smuggle in a dirty nuke or something would end up under the dock with a meat hook sticking out of his head.

[presidio9]

but let me tell you, any terrorist trying to smuggle in a dirty nuke or something would end up under the dock with a meat hook sticking out of his head.

I'm sure we're all nostalgic for the days of organized crime, but I can guarantee you that organized crime has been only too happy to assist terrorist whenever it was financially advantageous to do so. The mafia is not patriotic.