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Fiction Becomes Reality as Department of Homeland Security Preps Launch of ‘Green Police’

April 12th, 2012 · 5 Comments

As I read through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security‘s February 2012 document, Environmental Justice Strategy, I was reminded of a post I had published around the time of the National Football League’s 2010 Super Bowl.  It included one spot lifted from a series of tongue-in-cheek Audi commercials in which members of the “Green Police” [...]

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Online ‘Turkey Fryer’ Search Proves Duplication of Effort Rampant Throughout Federal Government

November 22nd, 2011 · 6 Comments

As recently as last week, Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) was one of a handful of members of Congress who asked the Government Accountability Office to investigate possible “duplication of effort and internal redundancies” involving agencies of the federal government.  With that fresh on my mind, I was struck by a troubling question when I saw the [...]

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Will MSM Cover Trial of Accused Killer in Bus Station Shooting on Eve of 9-11 Anniversary? (Update)

September 16th, 2011 · No Comments

A preliminary hearing for Mohamed H. Dawod is set to take place Oct. 12.  Now, one question remains:  Will the mainstream media show any interest in the case that involves a man with a Muslim name allegedly shooting a man he didn’t know in a public place on the eve of the 10th anniversary of [...]

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Dick Durbin Hunting for Muslim Votes

April 12th, 2011 · No Comments

By Paul R. Hollrah, Guest Blogger The Democratic Party is the oldest of the two major U.S. political parties.  It was first organized in the early 1790s by anti-federalists, led by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, as the Democratic-Republican Party.  Unlike the Democratic Party of today, it was distinguishable by its support for states’ rights [...]

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Mexican Trucks Inch Closer to U.S. Highways

April 8th, 2011 · 1 Comment

Independent American truckers are not happy about Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood’s announcement Friday that included details of a proposed, phased long-haul, cross-border trucking program between the United States and Mexico. “This is the wrong plan at the wrong time for numerous reasons,” said Todd Spencer, executive vice president of the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association. “It’s [...]

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Border Fence Project Buried by Homeland Security

January 15th, 2011 · 3 Comments

Having spent a number of years in the media relations business, I’m familiar with the concept of releasing “bad news” on Friday.  Yesterday, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano used that approach to share news about her decision to cancel the Secure Border Initiative (a.k.a., “electronic fence”) that was supposed to help safeguard the nation’s southern [...]

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Will Military’s Homeland Security Mission Grow?

July 10th, 2010 · 11 Comments

One and a half years ago, the folks at the CATO Institute published a piece under the headline, Be Wary of Using Military as Police.  In the opening paragraph, they offered a warning of sorts: The mainstream media has finally gotten around to reporting that the Pentagon has assigned active-duty troops to a homeland defense [...]

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