Coffee Grounds

Border Security

I usually listen to Don Wade and Roma on WLS 890 AM during my drive to work. A couple of weeks ago, they went to the U.S./Mexican border to see for themselves how porous the border is and to speak with Sheriff Arven (sp?) West about the Mexican military incursion a few days previous.

After Don and Roma returned to Chicago, they played their interview of Sheriff West on their radio show. I was struck by some of the comments Sheriff West made, including:

"I don't know who's in charge up there (meaning Washington, D.C.). It seems to me nobody's in charge."

"I wouldn't let Michael Chertoff run a day-care center, much less the Department of Homeland Security."

"We're no safer now than we were on September 10, 2001."

This morning, Don and Roma had Sheriff West on their show again. Sheriff West is in Washington, D.C. to testify in front of a congressional committee. Evidently, the Mexican military made another incursion into the U.S. a few days ago. Sheriff West repeated his comment from the previous show, "We're no safer now than we were on September 10, 2001."

For anyone out there who thinks Bush is doing a great job, you might want to rethink your position.

posted by Billy Bean @ 8:42 AM