Posted on 03/05/2006 5:16:49 AM PST by Alas Babylon!
The Talk Shows
Sunday, March 5th, 2006
Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:
FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Michael Brown, former head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency; National Weather Service Director David Johnson.
MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Pace; former Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C., and former Rep. Jack Kemp, R-N.Y., co-chairmen of the Council on Foreign Relations' task force on U.S. policy toward Russia.
FACE THE NATION (CBS): Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind.; Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa.
THIS WEEK (ABC): Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine; Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif.; retired Gen. Wesley Clark; comedian Stephen Colbert.
LATE EDITION (CNN) : Gen. James Jones, NATO supreme Allied commander; Iraqi Parliament member Adnan Pachachi.
This is true, the corruption and greed of the Politicians most of which if not all were democrats was the paramount deciding factor in this tragedy. They knew for years that the day would come, and like most greedy pigs they rolled the dice even when the odds and the law of averages was not on their side. They figured they could get by one more time, and they lost the roll if the dice, they crapped out and people are dead, and most of the Population is scattered in a dozen or more States now. They will spend the next 8 months trying to figure a way outside of kidnapping to bring those Dem voters back to a freaking below sea level swamp. I would not be surprised if Mr. Jefferson (Democrat Louisiana)is right now as we freep trying to find a way to stay out of Prison and get re-elected without constituents in that District.
Agreed. We may not always agree on everything but there isn't a session I'm on FR that I don't learn something new. And, I'm also finding FR to be a good resource for searching for news that old media ignores or misreports.
That is going to be one heck of a "get out the vote" drive.
I enjoy Tony when he guest hosts for bor on some Friday nights. He also is on Fox at Sat noon.
Except that he told Juanita Broaddrick to "put some ice on that", after he raped her.
Well..... many of their base voters, those who reside in the cemeteries, are still there.
Nice, maybe not a LOL, but definitely an extended chuckle. Thanks.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1590048/posts
Fact Sheet: Securing U.S. Ports (DHS Press release: we are screening 100% of shipping containers) DHS ^ | Feb. 22, 2006 | DHS
Posted on 03/04/2006 12:31:35 PM PST by FairOpinion
Fact Sheet: Securing U.S. Ports
The Administration has dramatically strengthened port security since 9/11.
Funding has increased by more than 700% since September 11, 2001. Funding for port security was approximately $259 million in FY 2001. DHS spent approximately $1.6 billion on port security in FY 2005.
Following 9/11, the federal government has implemented a multi-layered defense strategy to keep our ports safe and secure. New technologies have been deployed with additional technologies being developed and $630 million has been provided in grants to our largest ports, including $16.2 million to Baltimore; $32.7 million to Miami; $27.4 million to New Orleans, $43.7 million to New York/New Jersey; and $15.8 million to Philadelphia.
Who Secures The Ports:
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP): CBP’s mission is to prevent terrorists and terrorist weapons from entering the United States by eliminating potential threats before they arrive at our borders and ports.
CBP uses intelligence and a risk-based strategy to screen information on 100% of cargo before it is loaded onto vessels destined for the United States. All cargo that is identified as high risk is inspected, either at the foreign port or upon arrival into the U.S.
Coast Guard: The Coast Guard routinely inspects and assesses the security of U.S. ports in accordance with the Maritime Transportation and Security Act and the Ports and Waterways Security Act. Every regulated U.S. port facility is required to establish and implement a comprehensive security plan that outlines procedures for controlling access to the facility, verifying credentials of port workers, inspecting cargo for tampering, designating security responsibilities, training, and reporting of all breaches of security or suspicious activity, among other security measures. Working closely with local port authorities and law enforcement agencies, the Coast Guard regularly reviews, approves, assesses and inspects these plans and facilities to ensure compliance.
Terminal Operator: Whether a person or a corporation, the terminal operator is responsible for operating its particular terminal within the port. The terminal operator is responsible for the area within the port that serves as a loading, unloading, or transfer point for the cargo. This includes storage and repair facilities and management offices. The cranes they use may be their own, or they may lease them from the port authority.
Port Authority: An entity of a local, state or national government that owns, manages and maintains the physical infrastructure of a port (seaport, airport or bus terminal) to include wharf, docks, piers, transit sheds, loading equipment and warehouses.
Ports often provide additional security for their facilities.
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Come election eve, the shock is always with the Rats, as evidenced by their determination to overturn the Ohio election results. They couldn't believe W won; after all the exit polls couldn't be wrong.
Here in New Mexico, they were saying the same thing. W shouldn't have won the state. The fact that he did must mean that the election was rigged. Consequently, they just got the legislature and Richardson to throw out machine balloting and have gone back to paper ballots, to be marked and read by a #2 pencil or some such instrument. Surprisingly, I agree with that approach as the Dems are in charge of all the elections and programming of the electronic machines here. Having paper ballots that can be rechecked works for me -- as long as you keep track of the ballots, both those that have been cast, and those that would be cast by Rat pimps and later slipped into the counting line.
Hurricane Pam.
http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=13051
http://www.fema.gov/emanagers/2004/nat072504.shtm
http://www.globalsecurity.org/security/ops/hurricane-pam.htm
http://usgovinfo.about.com/od/defenseandsecurity/a/femapam.htm
Thought so. Thanks!
Hi Sandy, I think you posted the original link about Port Security on the Tony Snow thread that laid out the facts about Port Container Security. Did you happen to hand on to that?
If yes, can you post it to: Cboldt
Details please. Location, time, source (the lake, Industrial Canal?) etc. Any FR thread or other documentation on it?
Like I said, it depends on what one means by "being checked." Ship manifests are reviewed before the ship docks - 100%.
Security...Security...As head of the Armed Services
Committee, am sure he (Hunter) is under a security
mute...and I think he is in the know..more than....
gasp..gasp...Freepers. Jake
Good afternoon! I just got home from work, so I missed all of the shows, but I see FEMA Brown (sounds like a rapper)was on this morning. Anything new there? Or was still trying to blame the Bush admin for a hurricane?
You can't really be waiting for even handed from the MSM?
As head of the Armed Services Committee, am sure he (Hunter) is under a security mute...and I think he is in the know..more than.... gasp..gasp...Freepers.
As the CIC of the WOT, I'm sure the President is in the know..more than Hunter.
BTW, be sure to have a doctor look at that convulsive "gasp" breathing problem you have.
Welcome aboard. Others may disagree but I thought Brown did pretty well. Yes, he's at odds with Chertoff and he broke the rules by going around Chertoff in his attempts to get things done, but he overvall sense of what he says on FNS today makes sense to me. Wallace asked him some pretty pointed questions as well.
You'll also enjoy Brit Hume's evaluation of things. Once again, Hume seems to be one of the few who really understands what is going on. Oh yeah, and at ten till the hour, Juan will comment that he's unhappy with all the Bush bashing. More than a few people on FR spilled their coffee.
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