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Larwyn's Link Kerplosion: Hey, the campaign's over!
Doug Ross @ Journal —
... original GOP principles : PJM (Florack) Throwing those who guard us to the wolves : WklyStd (Kristol) Murder charges for our SEALs? : DPGI Madim Albright gets it all wrong : Sheik Law State vs. Federal Power : WSJ Obama wages war against the CIA : Thompson Change: dismantling Union transparency : Times World Forget Nukes -- watch out for Economic War : Fox (Egan) 'No body, no proof, no problem': Real Torture : IIA Now the Democrats want the border sealed : Hill Averting the Caucasus Jihad : ...
Undocumented H1N1?
The Corner on National Review Online —
... on the left and the right keep telling us it's impossible to close the border in any case. So which is it? Can we close the border, but don't need to, or we can't and so shouldn't try? There's a difference. The lefties have gotten their knickers in a twist at the mere mention of using the border for protection against the spread of disease, and especially the idea that Mexican immigrants might have contributed to the spread. There hasn't even been much of that other than a freshman Democratic congressman from New York calling for border closure, it's just been the usual ...
No, We Shouldn't Close The Border. Sigh.
Political Animal —
... now except in critical cases or situations involving emergency personnel. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said all options should be considered to end the crisis involving swine flu, "including closing the border if it would prevent further transmission of the deadly virus." In a twitter message early Wednesday, McCain wrote "I said to Napolitano, 'We need to be prepared to close the border with Mexico if the swine flu outbreak escalates further.'"" Regrettably, this idiocy seems to be bipartisan : "Rep. Eric Massa (D-N.Y.) said the border should be closed until the threat is ...
No, We Shouldn't Close The Border. Sigh.
Obsidian Wings —
... Regrettably, this idiocy seems to be bipartisan: "Rep. Eric Massa (D-N.Y.) said the border should be closed until the threat is resolved. "The public needs to be aware of the serious threat of swine flu, and we need to close our borders to Mexico immediately ...
Six Lame Democrats Serve the MIC
Booman Tribune —
... Secretary of Defense. Reps. Jim Marshall (GA), Joe Courtney (CT), Gabrielle Giffords (AZ), Eric Massa (NY), Bobby Bright (AL), and Mike McIntyre (NC). Rep. Marshall has the excuse that the planes are assembled in his district. It's possible that parts are supplied in the others' districts, but I have no evidence for that either way. This is the second time Eric Massa has pissed me off. The first time was when he panicked during the swine-flu hoo-haw and asked the government to shut the border with Mexico. Massa has been a friend of the blogosphere, but he's losing my ...
