Is there nothing that Obama can't do?
"Yes, Canada is not Mexico, it doesn't have a drug war going on, it didn't have 6,000 homicides that were drug-related last year," she said.
"Nonetheless, to the extent that terrorists have come into our country or suspected or known terrorists have entered our country across a border, it's been across the Canadian border. There are real issues there."
When asked if she was referring to the 9-11 terrorists, Napolitano added: "Not just those but others as well."
...though apparently, they did nothing illegal.
"What we have to do is target the real evil-doers in this business, the employers who consistently hire illegal labor, the human traffickers who are exploiting human misery. And yes, when we find illegal workers, yes, appropriate action, some of which is criminal, most of that is civil, because crossing the border is not a crime per se. It is civil. But anyway, going after those as well."
"The future is we have borders"
Sleep well in those beds, my dear American cousins.
Oh
My
God!
That woman is stoooooooo-PID!
But what can you expect from the Left? Just about everything they believe in is wrong.
the 9-11 terrorists didn't come through canada. mr.zero's administration needs a history lesson.... the americans were the ones that trained them to fly in their flight schools. maybe that should be pointed out to the great messiah's crew.
Napolitano, is a preening buffoon as is her boss. I have always loved the whole moronic "briefing" notes made up as they go along spouted off as if they are, what, based on facts? Its always the "circle the wagons and shoot inward" aspect of the idiot left. She has too really work at being this rock hard stupid. Good grief, the USA is so screwed.
Napolitano gives deep, deep new depth the descriptor "Stuck on Stupid"
SHe's be outta her depth in a puddle in a Walmart parking lot on a hot summer day.
No wonder Obama likes her.
Obama is a moron.
Obama is a genius.
If if you prefer, a moron like Hugo Chavez.
Remember, Canada has an "extremist right winger" PM.
I hope all those Canadians who still have their Obama bumper stickers on their Priuses and who proudly displayed their Obama campaign signs on their Canadian lawns have to decency to hang their head in shame.
"hopeychangy-ness you can believe in, cause your sad, pitiful beliefs are all you have left"
Lol. So much for all the world's ills disappearing the moment GWB boarded the heli on the south lawn for the last time...
Incredible. Doesn't she know US Law? Section 8, Title 1325 (improper entry by alien), clearly states that it is a criminal offence subject to both fine (which is minimal and ought to be changed) and imprisonment.
In addition, there IS a 'civil penalty' for 'improper time and place', but, this is in addition to the basic criminal act of 'improper entry by an alien'. I quote:
"Civil penalties under this subsection are in addition to, and not in lieu of, any criminal or other civil penalties that may be imposed".
This is this same perceptive lady who released the DHS report, which defined as 'extremist right wingers' who are 'prone to violence' anyone who objects, questions or dissents from the socialist leftist mantra about abortion, immigration and other socialist ideologies. Oh, and declared that anyone who had been in the US military was prone to such opinions.
Now, we have the new assertion that illegal entry to the US is irrelevant - which is going to increase the flow. This is aided, by the way, by Mexico, whose government (Mexican Foreign Ministry) in 1994 and 2005 actually published a 32 page 'comic book' (easy to understand, get it?) on how to cross the US border illegally. It's called The Guide for the Mexican Migrant. Google it.
What on earth is going on in the USA? What is Obama doing? He's destroying America.
He's removed intentionality to harm from the Islamic fascists; the results of their bombings and attacks are now defined as accidental, i.e, 'man-caused disasters' - a term used for accidents and human error in construction of buildings and bridges or turning the wrong switch.
He's defined the US as morally deficient, operationally erroneous and 'unfeeling' and now, as politically irrelevant for all nations, both dictatorships and democracies, are identical in value. His definition of the USA as a corrupt agressor, of course, refers to the Past USA. He's made it clear that he, Obama, had nothing to do with this previous Sinful Era, and that his Era is a New Dawn.
He's defined the basic freedom of entrepreneurship and individual accomplishment that is the identity of the USA (and why everyone wants to go there) - as unacceptable. He defines the results of accomplishment as 'wealth' and furthermore, as unacceptable.
He chooses to punish such energy by repressive measures of taxation and massive deficits, and taking over of private companies and private motivation. He'll 'distribute' this money to those who do not engage in individual entrepreneurship and hard work. Result? He's going to destroy the American economy because of this repressive lid on individual initiative and work.
In foreign affairs - the results of his denigration of America, his refusal to acknowledge its accomplishments and all the aid and benefits it has given to the world - has encouraged its enemies to expand their operations. Iran, N. Korea - have all snubbed their noses at him. Cuba has informed him that he's quite wrong about his views on them. Europe has turned their backs on him.
Obama's narcissism, which sets himself up as able to 'make things happen' merely by his presence and his by now obvious anti-Americanism, is blinding him to the reality that the world doesn't operate at his will - and that he is actually moving America, and the world, into a very dangerous future.
lol. Yup. At first, when Obama was gearing up for power I didn't think the Obama admin was going to be as bad as I thought when he was running.
I have that same thought now but with the caveat that no, it won't be as bad as I thought, it will be Far, Far WORSE!
My own hope of pragmatism and restraint has been transformed into dread of complete destruction of our most important customer.
The terrorists didn't come from here however Gander NFLD became home for inbound US flights.
The people of Gander if I remember correctly took them into their homes looked after them as best they could same as family cause they are.
These morons are really becoming the most ignorant stupid vapid lying dishonest greedy childish bunch of nitwits to ever ugh words escape me.
When I was 16 my father comes to me and says I have an opportunity to move to LA. The problem being Vietnam. The war was on and I was coming of age. His question would I serve. So I took a couple of days to think about and said yes I would. The US has always felt as much my country as Canada.
The war ended before I turned 18 and we didn't go for whatever reason. That has always bothered me but that is another story.
This moron has no Idea how deep the ties are between our 2 countries, huge numbers of folks have family on both sides of the border. Lord how ignorant can you get.
The most successful people in the world will usually suggest that they surround themselves with people who are smarter than they are. This is a humble admission that it often takes a bright team to achieve great tasks.
Obama is no different in this matter. He has surrounded himself with people like Janet Napolitano who is smarter than he is.
right wing conservatives.... check
United States war veterans ... check
Canada ... check
not a bad April, half of North America slandered by this idiot.
Cheney sounds soothingly sane nowadays, so professional, so aware, so competent, so.....
wait... oh I forgot, he too is one of the bad guys.
The US has border issues and 99.9% of them are at the Mexican border. However, addressing that border will cause the loss of millions of votes so they'll focus on the northern one instead, which might cause the loss of two votes in the future.
On immigration,"How many votes will I lose?" will always trump "What's best for America?" Sadly, this is also true in Canada.
Momar
"The most successful people in the world will usually suggest that they surround themselves with people who are smarter than they are."
I have a friend who is an HR VP who took one of those talks you are normally bored silly in.
This one was different due to actual value.
The idea was that there is A,B, and C level managers. A managers (the best ones) will only surround themselves with A level people because they demand the best out of everyone and surround themselves with the best people who will deliver. As A level people, they have no fear of other A level people.
B level managers know they aren't the best and feel threatened by A people so they only hire yes-men from the C level pool. So B managers are the worst thing an organization can be saddled with. They pull the whole organization down.
I'm not sure if Obama is B or C but he sure as hell isn't an A.
The real evil-doers are "the employers who consistently hire illegal labor".
Wasn't some high-profile Democrat nailed for that a while back?
God these people are incredible. They say it's patriotic to pay more taxes, but yet it seems every single Democrat who comes up in a nomination process hasn't paid taxes in years.
Jeff Cosford:
The moron does know how deep the ties are between our two countries. He just doesn't care, any more than he cares about our ties to Britain or to Europe. He identifies with the third world, and that is where he is leading us.
Warwick,
That was my point.
You expected something different?
Between "2 million turbines" Salazar, "Sinking Trinidad" Chu, "Taxes? What Taxes" Geithner and the rest of that abysmal lot, Obama's sole accomplishment thus far has been to appoint a gang of brain-dead muppets who make Hillary Clinton look like Solon of Athens.
Now it appears that Obama can do no wrong, at least to the media. I can't wait until two years have passed by. Let's see where he is then.
http://afrocityblog.wordpress.com/
$100 million in budget cuts.
Prosecute those who approved "brutal" torture methods.
Soul-Bro handshake with Chavez.
It's Canada's fault.
Barack is having a bad week. He is getting bad advise from the liberials and he is rapidly losing the support of Middle America.
What ever happened to our man-made disaster facilitator, Maher Arar? Are we still pushing to get him fly rights to the US?
Right on, Warwick!
BTW, the public education systems, in which I have had the misfortune to serve—though my classrooms have been oases of high expectations and purpose—are full to saturation with B type managers.
After nearly four decades, I can count, on one hand, the number of A level managers I’ve dealt with. (I’ve never gone for management, as A types are apt to be crucified.) Public education systems—as most bureaucra . . . make that gulags, seem to be these days—are, for those who value excellence, purgatory, at best. These cornucopias of mediocrity usually feel like hell!
Warwick, I’m also with you re, “I didn't think the Obama . . . was going to be as bad as I thought when he was running”. He is far, far worse!
I’ve refrained from discussing this disastrous presidency with my (few remaining) liberal friends: reality will hit them between the eyes soon enough. (But wait, does that EVER happen to l[L]iberals?)
In a world where facts/truth count for nothing, as Nietzsche noted, anything goes.
Kyrie eleison.
I just came from CTV and National Post, they are mad and blaiming America. It ain't America that is dissing Canada it is Obama and his hand-picked cabinet that is dissing Canada.
Janet Napolitano was Gov. of Arizona, McCain is a Senator from Arizona. Arizona is an Illegal Mexican Immigrant Sanctuary State.(and they wonder why McCain was so unpopular amongst Conservatives)
I know mis-informed Canadians are pissed, but the truth will come out, and then maybe their anger will be directed towards the correct target.
America is not screwed, we are fighting back.
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Smart people want to work with smart people. They feed off one another in a symbiotic relationship. Control freaks surround themselves with people that make them look smart...in a very small circle of influence.
Momar
"That was my point."
I know. I was agreeing and giving another example.
Canadian child soldier faces Nuremberg-type charges
http://tinyurl.com/cnjs2f
RSP: Of course your right.
The College Lounge just took over America.
Paul,
"The College Lounge just took over America."
That's a scarier thought than all the muslim terrorist organizations on earth combined.
What's most breathtaking to me is that Napolitano's stupidity may not be the worst example of it in the Obama administration.
Are any of her recent boneheaded comments worse than Hillory telling Europe that America has been a democracy for longer than them? Or what about Obama going on TV in the Middle East and saying he wanted to return to the great relations America had with the Muslim world 30 years ago.
That of course was the period in which Knomeini took the US embassey in Tehran and 200 or so American soldiers were blown up in a barracks in Lebanon.
I can only imagine what the reaction of the press would have been if Bush had uttered any of these ridiculously stupid comments.
I've always believed that a decade or two down the road Bush would come to be viewed far more positively that he is today. I'm beginning to think Obama is going to accomplish that for him in his first, and hopefully only, term.
A slip like that indicates Janet thinks border security is unimportant to her. She's a skilled politician, she would know the stuff she needs to know to get ahead.
Possibly her job at Homeland Security involves something other than preventing attacks by foreign terrorists?
Just sayin'.
I'm looking right at the U.S. border as I type this. Janet from another planet is the one of the reasons I stay on my side of the river. This woman is clueless. Has she ever tried to cross the Canadian border? Does anyone know?
bob c - nice comments.
But Obama's particular strategy is to continue to vilify Bush and set himself up in perpetual campaign mode. Anything that goes wrong, he'll instantly blame it on 'Before Obama' (BO) and Blame Bush (BB). This is coupled with his basic anti-Americanism - and the two agendas make quite a disastrous agenda that harms America.
Ace of Spades has some nice comments, pointing out that Napolitano's assertion that the 9/11 came from Canada is inaccurate, for the 9/11 official report states that none of them did so.
Add that to her statement that illegal immigration isn't illegal - despite the clear criminal code in US law that says it is illegal - and her statements that people who question the socialist left about abortion, immigration and social welfare are ''extremists'..and that the military are prone to 'violence and 'right wing extremism'..well, this is a new Rev. Wright, isn't it?
And where is Obama in this? When he reads and listens to his administrators with their anti-Americanism, their attacks against people who reject abortion, who want to stop illegal immigration, who want to stop Islamic fascist terrorism....where is Obama on this? He's doing as he did with 20 years of listening to the Rev. Wright's anti-Americanism, anti-white, anti-wealth tirades. Allowing them to be spoken. And not saying a word to stop or counter them. This is his administration speaking. Against America and Americans.
Yes she's wrong on the 9-11 terrorists; undoubtedly wrong about terrorists not crossing from Mexico (see especially the work of Todd Bensman). But let's not forget Ahmed Ressam, and those Canadians who took part in the '93 WTC bombing, the '95 bombing of the Egyptian embassy in Islamabad, the '96 truck bombing in Colombo, the '02 bombing in Bali, the '85 Air India bombing, etc., etc..
Obama simply wants us to belive that the border with canada is a problem. In this way he can deflect the real problems with mexico.
Don't piss of the millions of illegal immigrants soon they will be leagal and will vote for you.
Peter
momar...I had to LOL.. That was concise and brilliant
Wow! I can't keep up with all the gaffes and mistakes this man and his gang are making daily if not hourly.
Today, like most days he's on homeland, he is campaigning with his trusty teleprompter...Today's sales pitch: Pelosi's windmills, solar panels and ethanol.
BTW, hydro power is NOT recongnised as "renewable" energy under this administration.
The destruction of the economy continues it's course. I often wonder if secretly the elites in Washington know that the US economy is totally screwed and so in debt that the only solution is to deliberately bring down the world economy to erase the books and start a new...WWIII coming?
The next tea parties are sheduled for Sept 12. At the rate things are going now, there might not be any tea in stores or even stores left operating for that matter. Tea parties should be daily and continuous IMO.
Obama is a very dangerous man that needs to be dealt with ASAP.
He is so bad, CNN is starting to criticize him.
America is soooooooooo screwed!
(And so are we)
"It took Canada six months to process the request."
1999:
Liberal Jeancula Ad$Cam Chretien ruled Canada.
MohammedAllah ruled Ressam.
...-
"A chronology of Ressam's years of travel, training and activities leading up to his foiled plot to bomb Los Angeles International Airport in late December 1999."
"Growing up in Algeria". >>>>
urlm.in/cduf
We are all equally in need to being controlled.
Let's see here
Caribbean islands will disappear (Energy Secretary Chu)
Oil supply is not in my pervue (Chu, again)
California will run out of water (and again)
CO2 is a dangerous chemical (EPA)
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are not in financial trouble (Barny Frank)
Coal trains are death trains. (Jim Hansen)
We have only four years to avert disaster. (Al Gore)
Seems like she fits right in with that crowd.
It seems Obama's new foreign relations strategy is to piss off Canada.
Regarding those alphabet managers, I say this:
Good managers try to look good by having their departments perform well.
Mediocre managers try to look good by trying to look good personally.
The irony is that mediocre managers tend not to get promoted as much because they're seen as essential to the department. Good managers, however, are easily promoted because there's talented people in the department ready to take his or her place.
Of course, Obama isn't looking for promotion, unless he wants to be coronated king or something.
There is a complete difference in how Border agents react to things. A few years ago some female border agent was transferred to Sweet Grass Montana, from working at the Mexican border.
All of a sudden one could not say, just going to get the mail (many of us had US post office boxes), we had to declare every piece, flyer, etc. Why were we receiving info from said company. The Custom Brokers were going nuts. She looked at every one of us as criminals.
It didn't take long to find out when she worked, and then cross when she wasn't. I imagine she must have really fouled up, to go from a big city to a town of about 70 people.
Obama simply wants us to belive that the border with canada is a problem. In this way he can deflect the real problems with mexico.
Don't piss of the millions of illegal immigrants soon they will be leagal and will vote for you
Peter Trumpickas at April 22, 2009 1:15 PM
Peter GETS IT! Obama is no moron, he's a genius. Too many of you are confused, suffering from cognitive egocentrism. You get his narcissism (a by now tireseome analysis), but all totalitarian leaders are narcissists -- and here I go again -- without exception.
Here's what you need to get: the Mexican border IS NOT A PROBLEM for Obama. Its porosity is a major asset. The Dem-Marxists are trying to set up a kind of permanent "progressive" government and the wholesale importation of 3rd world losers from Mexico, who will vote 100% Dem, are a key component of the strategy. As we all know by now, even at this juncture, about 50% of Americans will soon pay no income taxes, many of whom will pay negative income taxes.
And, oh, as Michell Malkin points out, our erstwhile hero GWB pre-socialized the US for the the Obama-Soros November Revolution.
This is not stupidity, this is cold, clear strategy. The morons are those who suffer from conservative cognitive egocentrism, who think Obama has the same objective as themselves but is too stupid to know how to achieve it.
Finally, there's a neat pic of Comrade Obama at Moonbattery. It shows O with a book. That book is The Post-American World by Fareed Zakaria. It exults in America's decline as the Third World becomes the only world.
I'm not worried about Obama as such; what worries me is the party that stands behind him and from which he draws on for advice and "man power". That Napolitano woman is a major-league twit.
me no dhimmi - I disagree that all totalitarian leaders are narcissists - and Obama's narcissism is pathological. It has moved him into a totally fictional world. He has no relation to reality.
As for the Mexican border - I think that most of us here understand the agenda of the Obama administration, which is to turn those illegal aliens into voters-for-Obama. That's what his control of tne census is also about. Rather than counting actual 'heads', it will 'guesstimate', which will change the electoral districts and representations.
And don't assume that lots of those illegals won't be voting! And, I'll also bet that by the time of the 2010 elections, there'll be some kind of 'amnesty' to enable them to do so.
Democrats, The Left, our Liberals - have on agenda. Power. And these moves are already election-preparation moves.
As for the Sept 12th Tea Parties, we'll have to watch how the Obama administration is going to hijack and disable them. They'll be doing that in the next few months. Watch them.
This yank has noted a significant loss of efficiency in his bed since late last year....I wonder what changed to have such a historically reliable device suddenly be rendered substantially less effective at promoting rest....
MND, you are right: that is step 1 towards a permanent Dem majority. Here's step 2: Play kissyface with the worlds worst terrorists and pay them what in effect will be protection money so that they won't attack the US and its assets as long as Dems rule the roost. Make this known the US electorate.
Van Loan is not pleased:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090422/wl_canada_nm/canada_us_usa_canada_border_1
Yes, another little steaming groat cluster of stupidity from the same vacnt moron who is being sued by Veterans for having them listed as potential right wing terrorist.
It's obvious the IQ bell curve is to low in the Obama regime to fill cabinet with competent administrators....oh well these America haters spent their life time running America down, not trying to "run" it...so much for neo-com technocratic prowess.