Now for Interior Enforcement

Well, assuming GWB doesn't use his second veto of his Presidency or some foot dragging in the implementation, the army of Common Sense (which seems to be far too uncommon) scored a victory in the early morning hours today.

The House and Senate voted to authorize and fund 1500 additional INS agents, and erect 700 miles of fencing to START the process of gaining control of our Souther Border. Additional funds were secured to BEGIN the process of various technologies to supplement the fence, and secure our Northern border and ports.

Each day my communte takes me from Carlsbad to Irvine and on weekends I travel to Temecula to pick up my kids from a prior adminsitration. Hence, I have become very familar with secondary INS stations just south of San Clemente and Temecula. On occassion the stations are open, and sometimes they are not. If we have a better handle on the frontline of border corssings, then I have a suggestion for how to better deploy the staff at these two stations and other secondary stations throughout the country.

Aside from the selfish motivation I have about getting to my destinations without wasting time and gas, I see a real upside to using these agents to conduct employer site inspections. Employers can be put on notice that I-9 forms must be in order and a genuine good-faith effort should be made to insure you are operating within the law.

No additional agents required, just a redeployment. If we minimize the need for a secondary station, we can use these resources to engage stage two of the cure...interior employer enforcement.

Let the chips fall where they may!

Mexico is not Amused

For those of you who haven't read the news...the House of Representatives passed and the Seante is considering a "border fence" bill. The bill in it's present form calls for 700 miles of fencing to assist in the effort to secure the border. While my personal confidence level is not high, at least there has been an attempt to bifurcate the "immigration reform" effort from the "secure the border" issue.

As if we didn't have enough enemies of common sense, the Mexican government has warned of "harming the relationship" should such a fence be erected. Of course, my reaction is that this is a validation that we are on the right track. However, with the President, the Democrats, some GOP senators, big business, Hollywood, and the far left all on the "open borders" side of the FENCE, one more ally in their camp can't be good. However, maybe this will have the same impact that the marches in May or the Century Blvd. march in L.A. today had... to further enrage John Q. and Jane Q. Public.

I am going to add Vincente Fox to the long list of people's opinions I care not to indulge or abide. His name will join;

Kofi Annan
Vladimir Putin
John McCain
Michael Moore
Barbara Boxer

Here's the link...

http://adelphia.net/news/read.php?id=13126655&ps=1012&lang=en&_LT=HOME_WLNWC01L2_UNEWS

UBL hend on a SPIKE

The most recent report from the French Intelligence agency (oxymoron?) that Bin Laden died from a diesease leaves me somewhat cold.

Call me old fashion, but I see a metaphorical opportunity slipping away. The various rumors about the "tall one" (another oxymoron) having kidney disease etc. combined with the supposed Pakistani compromise with the Taliban elders (a thrid oxymoron) on the Afgan/Pakistan border reminds me of how half-hearted we are fighting the War on Terror.

Nevermind the political touchdown hanging Bin Laden at ground zero Manhattan would provide...the victims, their families and we deserve to see justice. People like Pat Tilman (former Az. NFL star and army ranger) enlisted to (as Larry the Cable Guy says) "git-r-done". He did not envision being in Iraq, he wanted to fight the enemy.

I am a simple farm boy from Delaware, but I have seen far too often where the collective wisdom of the average American trumps the over-thought strategies of the well-heeled, highly-lettered, Ivy-schooled, pink-handed, Global-savvy Washington elite. (or as Forest Gump says..."stupid is as stupid does Mrs. Blue"!)

Can we simply accept that Musharraf is either incapable or unwilling to get the job done...hence we should take off the gloves and allow the U.S. military to perform their job without the mitigating restrictions the mis-guided State dept. imposes.

Those that fear making Bin Laden a matyr have overlooked the fact that everyday he evades capture or death promotes his legacy in Extremist Islam-land. I'd rather see him gravel in the courts and beg for his life as we fly a Boeing 747 into his hate-filled body during halftime at the Superbowl. (The commercial proceeds should go to every family member of the now 2,800 US servicemen casualties and the 20,000 injured).

A couple daisy-cutters a week until the job gets done or encirle the region, tighen the rope (where's Patton when you need him) while the misguided Al Qaida wanna be's come to Bin Laden's aid get picked off...now there is a global plan I can get behind!

Those that provide Bin Laden this haven of safety will not be victims of collateral damage, but rather reaping the reward for thier alignment with evil. I'd much rather set the tone and precendent that everywhere we think he is...a cruise missile shows up until the here-to-for phantom muslim moderates...seek him out and serve him up.

Moderate Islam is an illusion, they have either immigrated to the West or are so impotent asto make their existance irrelevant.

Ground zero on the War on Terror is not Bagdad...it's Pakistan!

Big "W" or Little "w"

America's war record is either 4 wins 1 tie and 1 loss or 4-4-1 depending on whether you count big "W"'s Wars or little "w"'s Police Actions. The sole reason for our wins and our losses are tied to the same defining issue. When we engage the American People and earn their support for a WAR EFFORT we are unstoppable. So, clearly the historical answer to our current dilemma is to understand how to earn that support and hence "carry the day"!

Any objective analysis of these past successful War efforts witnessed these specific elements in common;

1) A defined enemy
2) A define objective
3) An accountability tied to those charged with the execution of the objective
4) A leader who communicated these elements in a clear and uncompromising manner

All George "W" Bush (you decide if he is a Big or Little "W") needs to do is;

1) Articulate with repeated clarity...The enemy is "Extremists Muslims"!
2) Articulate with repeated clarity...appeasers and sympathizers to this enemy are by definition also our enemy.
3) Articulate with repeated clarity...The war objective is to identify, vanquish and subdue enough of the extremists to allow the moderates to come out of hiding and assert themselves.
4) Truly set a battle plan and deploy sufficient resources to achieve the objective (which also means attack the enemy where they are, not where we would like them to be).
5) Hold the Dept. Of Defense execs. accountable for the execution of the War (big "W" plan and establish, communicate and hold them accountable for a timeline). Which also means taking the self-imposed restrictions off the military.
6) Ask the American people to accept sacrifice and solicit their support while a true war is waged toward a definitive and successful conclusion.

The American People have historically stepped-up and have always been prepared to accept anything in the short term provided the sacrafice was tied to a true plan for success. Spilling blood is a dangerous business and should not be confused with "police actions"... an enterprise for which we have historically "sucked at".

They will not accept, support or oblige an open-ended quagmire which asks that we turn a blind eye to War's necessary evils with no clear objective or tangible end game.

Leadership in this arena requires direct, consistent and logical communication. The military can handle the rest and the public will support a goal-oriented, sound strategy for dealing with this 21st century menace.

The tragedy is that someone else (meaning the USA) has to help the moderates find their collective courage to engage what is described as a fringe minority. With Islam comprised of 1.2 billion people, you would think that they could handle their own extremists without our help. We handle ours...We allow them to rant and rave until they cross the legal line. Perhaps the genesis for this extremist behavior is rooted in a yen for the 4th century lifestyle, but I tend to think the true root lives in the tyranny and oppression of the supposed "moderates" in Arabia who place the masses into squalor which breeds contempt for the "haves" vs. The "have nots".

In the end if there is a majority of moderate Islamic people out there, they will have to step up to subdue their own or ultimately be pushed back into the darkness of 400 A.D.

In the meantime, our goal should be to protect our shores and our friends from the collateral damage of this civil strife...You know like...Knowing who is crossing your border!

So no little "w"'s if you please!

Beating Around the Bush

In the 18th Century well-heeled huntsman would employ young men to walk in front of the hunting party to scare up the game from their hiding places. Commonly they would use sticks to beat the bushes to more effectively flush-out the hunted to run or fly into sight/site.

A few of these game rousters were scared to stumbled across a wild boar or similar ill-tempered beast. Less than enthusiastically these timid gamesmen would "Beat Around the Bush",...a term that describes those that really don't want to flush out the beast.

It seems too ironic that this 18th century phrase has extraordinary relevance today. Our President has told the press today that we need to search out alternatives to our dependence on forgeign oil (see link below).

http://adelphia.net/news/read.php?id=13063856&ps=1014&lang=en&_LT=HOME_BUNWC01L1_UNEWS

Of course, I humbly offer Mr. Bush is "Beating Around the Bush". The very real and serious matter of energy dependence requires a much more inspiring and engaged Presidential message/action. In the early 60's JFK stood at the inanagural podium and informed us that we would send a man to the moon and back within the decade. The technology to do so did not exist when JFK said it. Yet, after the President provided the inspiration, the Congress followed with funding and the genius of the American people provided the rest.

We don't need a JFK type push, but a geniune GWB full court press. The current technology for alternatives is further along than Willy Braun's rockets were in the early 60's. We don't need Federal funding (so the do nothing Congress can relax), but we do need the Big Oil protectionist to quit sending tax-funded research dollars to those that have no stake in the solution. Asking Exxon to find the viable alternative to their business model inspires another addage/phrase..."the fox watching the hen house"!

Mr. President, quick beating around the Big Oil Bush and inspire the nation to resolve this strategic, economic and environmental threat to our childrens future!