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Are the Munsters running "Homeland Security?" You decide.
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| 10/22/01
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Posted on 10/22/2001 7:28:35 PM PDT by LarryLied
Tom Ridge looked like he was holding an audition for Halloween during his press conference this afternoon. Norton bobbed her head up and down in clownish makeup. Some drunk from the "Letter Carrier's" union prattled on an on .
Tom Ridge, when asked if mail service would be curtailed said it was not up to him and dragged out a dead fish eyed clown from USPS management. Then he deferred to a doctor on the question of anthrax, a doctor the likes of which we see too much of in Florida, the type which cannot get a real practice going but feeds off government. This baby doc stuttered his way through....saying nothing we do not know.
Probably the worst part was when Ridge said all the talk about "weaponized" anthrax lends nothing to the debate but confuses people.
Bush has the best team on foreign affairs I have seen in my lifetime. But he has the F team on domestic problems. This is no time for anyone to learn on the job. Thompson and Ridge should be gone tomorrow.
Doing so would help Bush....we all know he is no BS, about time he got rid of the those who wallow in it and think we notice.
Now.
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To: LarryLied
He looked horrible up there and I do not feel secure about a man who is given the Homeland Security post to protect my safety when he is for the killing of innocent, defenseless Americans.
You might say, "what is 'truth' talking about?' Well this man is a pro-abort and has been defending a woman's "right to choose" to kill her baby as governor of Pennsylvania. Very ironic indeed.
To: truthandlife
Does he hold that position because of political expediency and to have Chris Matthews gush over him? Or is there some principle behind it?
One is worse than the other but I have not quite figured out which.
To: LarryLied
I see by your insightful post that you've met people from the Government before. ;^)
To: headsonpikes
They said they were here to help me.
To: LarryLied
Sorry, you just don't have enough gravitas.
To: Katie_Colic
Martha-lou...is that you? Gosh..it's been 26 years now. I got the point in 1976.
To: LarryLied
What I suspect we have done is, under the impulse of the moment, created a potential serious monster, references to past comical TV series aside.
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posted on
10/22/2001 8:21:22 PM PDT
by
RLK
To: NoCurrentFreeperByThatName
Too bad Phil Hartmann is no longer with us. I remember fondly the spoof of Frankenstein, Tonto and The Mummy doing Christmas Carols.
Not since the Watergate Bagman testified before Sam Ervin have I seen such rich Runyonesque material from which to construct a satire.
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posted on
10/22/2001 8:24:04 PM PDT
by
mcurb
To: RLK
Yup..and guess what? We are going to feed the monster just as I have done in this post. Ridge has no power. Ridge is a joke. So we will give him power and make him no laughing matter.
And so it goes...
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To: LarryLied
Tom Ridge faced his first test as Homeland Security chief--and he failed. The anthrax in the D.C. mail system should have been dealt with quickly and the workers in those facilities ought to have been tested last week like the Senate staffers were. The testing being done now is too late for a few of those workers.
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posted on
10/22/2001 8:28:26 PM PDT
by
kristinn
To: mcurb
The one I liked the best was Rich Little as Scrooge in
The Christmas Carol. Always detested that SOB.
To: LarryLied
Ridge has no power. Ridge is a joke. So we will give him power and make him no laughing matter.BUMP!
To: kristinn
Tom Ridge faced his first test as Homeland Security chief--and he failed.You know the inside DC stuff. I heard Ridge was a nobody without the power of the purse from the get-go. What the heck was Bush thinking?
To: LarryLied
Just look at the people on this Home Land Security Team. I call this the 'HOME LAND SECURITY COMEDY HOUR' Where in the hell are leaders in this country?
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posted on
10/22/2001 8:32:13 PM PDT
by
Zeno44
To: LarryLied
Bush has the best team on foreign affairs I have seen in my lifetime. But he has the F team on domestic problems. This is no time for anyone to learn on the job. Thompson and Ridge should be gone tomorrow. Couldn't agree more. As for Ridge, if we don't believe his dye job, how can we trust him on anthrax?
To: LarryLied; dead
Robert Reich on Eddie's lap!
It's uncanny!lol
That's allright, W's sort of like Dennis the Menace grown up!
That's what they call a left-handed compliment, I guess.
To: LarryLied
A hearty welcome to a new member of the "gun culture" -- that group of evil, neighbor-hating, baby-killing, anti-Americans who are nothing more than trigger-happy Rambo wannabes and the scourge of any "enlightened" citzenry.
We're glad to have you aboard!
Annie
To: LarryLied
It seems to me that President Bush wanted Ridge on his team, and this was a good way to bring him on. I hope he improves quickly.
The position, as I understand it, is one of coordinating with agencies and departments. I don't think Ridge knows all he's allowed to do right now. It looks like he and Pres. Bush will be making it up as they go along.
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posted on
10/22/2001 8:47:30 PM PDT
by
kristinn
To: LarryLied
Are the Munsters running "Homeland Security?" You decide. GAH! Thanks a lot. Now I have the theme music stuck in my head!
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posted on
10/22/2001 8:51:29 PM PDT
by
Riley
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