I agree with the point about oversight, but I'm also a realist. They won in 94, took over the Congress in 95, but they have yet to "take over" the bureaucracy. Klinton was still in charge of the Executive branch so there was little they could do down in the guts of those organizations. Anyway, that takes a generation, since you can't fire most of these people.
Rummy has finally done a good job at the Pentagon, which is why political officers who owed their careers to Klinton have been attacking him. Powell failed miserably at state. Tenant never even tried since he was on the Klinton team. Goss made a good start at CIA, but it was probably the most dangerous snake pit to deal with (they actully kill people as part of their bag of tricks, so every tactic was on the table).
Bringing the Border Patrol up under DHS would offer a chance to fix that, but there have been and continue to be just a few higher priorities. That's one of the reasons why I'd like to see it moved over under the Coast Guard. There's an institution that has the "right stuff" to take on the job. The Coast Guard is already part of DHS, so it may even be an internal matter, not requiring legislation.
Could that be what Bush is going to suggest tomorrow? Use the NG as a bridge force until an expanded Coast Guard can take over? Yeah, that's it... Tony read my posts about this on FR and took the idea to the President when he moved into his new job. The President will mention "a poster on that great American resource, FreeRepublic, has given us this brilliant suggestion...."
Probably (!) not, but I can dream.... <g>
Hey, why not? I'm just happy that the President took my suggestion to hire Tony! :-)
LOL. I don't see why not.
That's one of the reasons why I'd like to see it moved over under the Coast Guard. There's an institution that has the "right stuff" to take on the job. The Coast Guard is already part of DHS, so it may even be an internal matter, not requiring legislation.
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Wonderful solution! I agree with you about the entrenched bureaucracy, but I hate the hypocrisy on Capitol Hill when senators want to point fingers about how Situation X has not been solved yet. The Federal response to Katrina leaps to mind as an example.
Ref your posted suggestions on a previous thread about Securing the Border using National Guard, etc. This is not out of the realm of possibility that your ideas clicked with Tony, and he took the idea to GWB and Voila..I am sure Tony is a lurker and the more info we can post and document with proof so that he just has to click on and run with it the better for Tony,GWB,GOP in general. Every lie,every distortion, every omission to change the entire story, freepers will find and encapsulate for Tony to pick up on and hit back at the Media with their own words. Tony can get 18 hours of work done in about 8 hours with Freeper help and some time spent lurking.
Repubs best look at the NE Gov race -- (I know, I know, nobody cares about a super red fly over state). Had three good candidates there, no major objections to any of them. Dr Tom looked like a shoe-in (God in Nebraska) until Gov Heineman came out a the only one against in state tuition for illegals. Nabity (who never had much of a chance) and Osborne both dropped like a rock.
Got a mention in the "Who's up/down" on the Beltway Boys, but Fred gave the wrong reasons why.