Republicans Fail Again on Protecting the Homeland - All Propaganda, no Action.
Writing by on Wednesday, 26 of April , 2006 at 5:51 pm
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Today the Fake heroes the Republicans show America that they will use homeland security and scream 9/11, but when the rubber hits the road, they could care less about the homeland.
Today, House Homeland Security Committee voted down an amendment by Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA) that would have mandated 100 percent scanning of American-bound shipping containers for radiological weapons. Those are weapons like dirty bombs, the Republicans said No! I want to make sure my right wing readers understand, the next time the Republicans say that everyone but them are weak on security, they are blowing smoke up your ass…
ThinkProgess picks it up from here.
The vote followed an “aggressive lobbying campaign” by a “coalition of industry groups” who pressed conservative members to oppose the amendment. Yesterday, committee chairman Peter King (R-NY) announced that he was caving to industry interests. His excuse was that Markey’s plan was “not realistic“:
There’s no sense putting something in the bill if it’s not realistic, if it’s not going to be implemented and can’t be done. We want a real bill, not a headline.
In fact, the plan in realistic: for well over a year, Hong Kong has been successfully using high tech screening machines to inspect every single container. Achieving that in the United States will undoubtedly take time, but it is technologically feasible, and should be our number one port security priority. Businesses that rely on shipping simply don’t want to spend the money, and conservatives are bending to their will at the expense of our homeland security.
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