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To: Yogizuna who wrote (23121)	12/9/2002 3:15:20 PM
From: isopatch	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 36161

Yogi. Denial of problems is pervasive in our government. When they're finally forced to respond, it's little more than a PR campaign for butt covering purposes. Another study came out in the past few days showing that even a year after 9/11 very little real progress has been made on homeland security. Are borders and ports are wide open. An open invitation to further large scale terror attacks. <<We are burdened with a ruling elite that's become increasingly corrupt, incompetent and self serving. Not a formula for either economic or military success, let alone homeland security - which should be the foundation the other two are built on. Saw an interview with several intelligence types last week that raised the hackles a bit. In recent years, the smuggling of illegal aliens into the US from Mexico has become so profitable that the drug cartel has elbowed the old operators out of the picture and taken over human AWA drug smuggling along the entire border. And the reason human trade has become so profitable is even more interesting. Mexicans pay $3,000-5,000 ea. But non-hispanics, particularly from ME nations, are paying $30,000 or more per head for being escorted across the border. And there's been a considerable increase in the flow of non-hispanics, in recent years, as terror cells continue to be positioned across America.>> Message 18312485 That's what you get when there is NO accountability in government. And that will NEVER change as long as civil service bureaucrats can't be fired and 95% of Congressional incumbents are returned to office, election after election. Have no doubt the ONLY thing that will reform our government into a smaller, leaner and more effective servant of the the public, will be not one but a series of tremendous hammer blows by ME terror groups inside this country. Our standard of living will be significantly reduced. But then, the government will either be reformed, or like the Soviet Union, our nation will break up into smaller regional governing units over the next several decades. It's sad. But, think it's inevitable considering the central governments current sorry state. Am sure there are others here with different, more optimistic opinions. But, I've got too much work to do to debate any of the above. So anyone who wants to disagree is welcomed to the last word. Just be polite about it, OK?<G> Isopatch