Re: RePIG critic of Obama opposed funding explosive detection for TSA! the antiObama neocons are sinners against OUR America. love it or leave it, neocons........

[Freedom Fighter]

On Dec 29, 10:50 am, Freedom Fighter <i_hate_gwb...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Dec 29, 10:26 am, Harry Hope <riv...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
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> >http://michiganmessenger.com/32451/hoekstra-opposed-funding-explosive...
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> > 12/29/09
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> > Hoekstra opposed funding explosive detection for TSA in fed. budget
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> > By Todd A. Heywood
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> > Republican governor candidate and Congressman Pete Hoekstra of Holland
> > is making waves by sending out a fundraising appeal Monday citing the
> > failed bombing plot in Detroit on Christmas.
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> > In that letter, Hoekstra wrote:
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> > My promise to you, as your governor, my first duty and most solemn
> > responsibility is to keep Michigan safe!
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> > For almost a decade I have been a leader on National Security and at
> > the forefront of the war on terror.
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> > I understand the real and continuing threat radical jihadists pose to
> > our great state of Michigan and our great Nation.
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> > I have pledged that I will do everything possible to prevent these
> > terrorists from coming to Michigan.
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> > Sounds like a typical fundraising pitch, until you look beyond the
> > surface.
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> > Back in June Hoekstra was one of 37 Representatives all Republicans
> > to vote against the Homeland Security and and Related Agencies
> > Appropriations Act of 2010.http://www.opencongress.org/vote/2009/h/450
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> > Hoekstra and others were in a tiff with Democrats over a procedural
> > vote, but even most of his fellow Republicans voted for the passage of
> > the bill in the House.
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> > But then again in October, when the conference bill came up for a
> > vote, Hoekstra joined 108 Republicans in voting no on the funding.http://www.opencongress.org/vote/2009/h/784
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> > That was the last chance to vote for funding the Department of
> > Homeland Security, including the Transportation Safety Administration,
> > for 2010.
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> > So did Hoekstra s votes keep Michigan residents safe?
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> > Ironically, that bill, HR 2892, included funding for aviation
> > security, including funds for coincidentally detecting explosive
> > devices in airports before they get on to a plane and for funding air
> > marshals (none of which were on the flight from Amsterdam on Christmas
> > Day):http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h2892/show
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> > Makes appropriations for FY2010 for:
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> > (3) the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), including for
> > aviation security (including for explosives detection systems),
> > surface transportation security, the Office of Transportation Threat
> > Assessment and Credentialing, transportation security support, and
> > Federal Air Marshals;
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> > Politico gets a little more indepth with the reporting on this funding
> > noting he following language from the appropriations bill:http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/1209/GOP_blame_at_TSA.html
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> > For necessary expenses of the Transportation Security Administration
> > related to providing civil aviation security services pursuant to the
> > Aviation and Transportation Security Act (Public Law 107 71; 115 Stat.
> > 597; 49 U.S.C. 40101 note), $5,214,040,000, to remain available until
> > September 30, 2011, of which not to exceed $10,000 shall be for
> > official reception and representation expenses: Provided, That of the
> > total amount made available under this heading, not to exceed
> > $4,358,076,000 shall be for screening operations, of which
> > $1,116,406,000 shall be available for explosives detection systems;
> > and not to exceed $855,964,000 shall be for aviation security
> > direction and enforcement: Provided further, That of the amount made
> > available in the preceding proviso for explosives detection systems,
> > $778,300,000 shall be available for the purchase and installation of
> > these systems, of which not less than 28 percent shall be available
> > for the purchase and installation of certified explosives detection
> > systems at medium- and small-sized airports: Provided further, That
> > any award to deploy explosives detection systems shall be based on
> > risk, the airport s current reliance on other screening solutions,
> > lobby congestion resulting in increased security concerns, high injury
> > rates, airport readiness, and increased cost effectiveness: Provided
> > further, That of the total amount provided, $1,250,000 shall be made
> > available for Safe Skies Alliance to develop and enhance research and
> > training capabilities for Transportation Security Officer improvised
> > explosive recognition training:
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> > Guess that procedural tiff is more important than the safety of
> > Michigan residents.
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> > _____________________________________________________
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> > Bet ya didn't know that.
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> > Harry
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> ALL of the neocons are truly unAmerican sinners, Harry, and we all
> know that so very well! even the neocons, who won't win another
> presidential election until at least 2024, know that so very well!
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