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1. #1
   On December 11th, 2008 at 3:01 pm, JHSII said:

   The whole Homeland Security thing was intended to be a joke in the first place. Just anotehr effort to shut the people up and keep them from complaining that nothing was being done. They were never serious about it – so why should we be surprised when something like this happens?

2. #2
   On December 11th, 2008 at 3:01 pm, MNUSMCDavid said:

   Heck, I don’t even answer my doors to people I don’t know let alone let illegals in…. and this guy leads the Department that my USCG AUX flotilla group serves under?. No wonder I get the hives when I see the blue shield of Homeland Security.

3. #3
   On December 11th, 2008 at 3:03 pm, iamsaved said:

   It doesn’t surprise me. No illegals for thee but give me three…

   There will be more Republicans “caught” doing something shady now that the Blago incident has spread like wild fire. This is just the beginning.

4. #4
   On December 11th, 2008 at 3:09 pm, Salt said:

   On December 11th, 2008 at 3:03 pm, iamsaved said:

   It doesn’t surprise me. No illegals for thee but give me three…

   I think you mean “Illegals for thee if I get three”.

   It’s not as though we’ve been seeing any enforcement of the law.

5. #5
   On December 11th, 2008 at 3:18 pm, NJ-Aviator said:

   Yup. Tell your contractors if they employee illegal day laborers, they’ll be losing business.

6. #6
   On December 11th, 2008 at 3:19 pm, cousin vinnie said:

   Didn’t something like this sink Linda Chavez’s nomination to a cabinet post?

7. #7
   On December 11th, 2008 at 3:24 pm, The Master said:

   This whole homeland security thing is a joke. You can drive by large parking lots early in the morning and you will see dozens if not hundreds of laborers waiting to be picked up to work for the day. I’ve no doubt that 90 percent of them are illegal. What other law enforcement job is so easy that the suspects convene in public at the same spot every day?

8. #8
   On December 11th, 2008 at 3:25 pm, MBuck said:

   Disgusting?

   Yes.

   Surprising?

   Nah.

9. #9
   On December 11th, 2008 at 3:25 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

   I bet Inspector Clouseau would’ve found them.

10. #10
    On December 11th, 2008 at 3:26 pm, WarEagle82 said:

    We have tried “too much government” for about 60 years now. It hasn’t worked. When will we give “less government” a chance?

11. #11
    On December 11th, 2008 at 3:29 pm, Dexter Alarius said:

    Better check to see if the Secretary of Health and Human Services is getting prescription drugs from Canada.

    Does the Secretary of Transportation work from home?

    Are the guys from Mad Magazine running this country?!

12. #12
    On December 11th, 2008 at 3:44 pm, Southpaw said:

    Chertoffs’ staff, though infuriating, is just a drop in the bucket. How many illegal aliens do you think the business enterprises of the husbands of Nancy Pelosi and Dianne Feinstein employ? Probably hundreds, if not more.

13. #13
    On December 11th, 2008 at 3:47 pm, nbarry said:

    During World War II and the Korean War, homeland security was known as civil defense. At that time, it was considered everybody’s job to be on the alert and tell the FBI or other law enforcement bodies if something suspicious was going on. Now, under the homeland security banner, this has become a professional function by people who are from the government and are therefore here to help us.

14. #14
    On December 11th, 2008 at 4:00 pm, Mister P said:

    Where does Bush find dimwits like Paulson and Chertoff. Heaven help us all.

15. #15
    On December 11th, 2008 at 4:06 pm, rightisright said:

    Where does Bush find dimwits like Paulson and Chertoff. Heaven help us all.

    Birds of feather, flock(cheat) together.

16. #16
    On December 11th, 2008 at 4:10 pm, kbiel said:

    You know, I keep hearing about how we would all suffer if we deported all the illegals; how we would not have nannies; how we won’t have well manicured lawns; how we won’t have cheap labor for construction. Well, I’m still waiting for my allotment of cheap illegal alien workers. I still have to do my own lawn, home repair and child raising. It seems that the elites are keeping all this “cheap” labor for themselves.

17. #17
    On December 11th, 2008 at 4:11 pm, PKAmmoTroop said:

    Illegal aliens in the front yards of America’s top officials:

    Is it really par for the open-borders course?

    or is it par for the top officials course?

18. #18
    On December 11th, 2008 at 4:12 pm, combat18 said:

    It appears that the USSS was deliberately not checking immigration documents for validity. But more worryingly is that fraudulent immigration documents don’t concern the USSS. So, if an illegal alien can establish an identity with bogus documents, then the USSS does a security check on the bogus name and gets no negative information. Now you have someone who has penetrated USSS security. So, could an Al-Queda operative do the same? A Red Chinese spy? A Russian spy? A drug cartel operative? If I were Obama, I would be worried.

19. #19
    On December 11th, 2008 at 4:21 pm, tikvah said:

    Can anyone tell me why this man has lettuce on his head?

20. #20
    On December 11th, 2008 at 4:26 pm, RedDog said:

    Is anyone surprised by the news that illegal aliens were cleaning DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff’s home? (link)

    I work in Calhoun, Georgia. Drive through there and any small town between Chattanooga and Jacksonville and you will see the same thing: scores of non-english speaking latino laborers doing private and local government work. Trust me, statistically there are far more than 12MM illegals in this country. The problem is endemic. The obvious reason they are desperate to legalize these people is to get them paying taxs into SS to cover for the millions of citizen workers absent from society due to abortion. When American women refuse to bear children, new taxpayers have to come from somewhere ergo…

    Another interesting fact is that there are many companies looking to hire across all industries and skill levels but they are having difficulty finding QUALIFIED candidates. I wonder why. Memo to the American Left: If you want open borders to pay for your progressive largesse, I suggest bringing in Asians and Europeans immediately.

21. #21
    On December 11th, 2008 at 4:33 pm, Dexter Alarius said:

    On December 11th, 2008 at 4:06 pm, rightisright said:
    Where does Bush find dimwits like Paulson and Chertoff. Heaven help us all.
    Birds of feather, flock(cheat) together.

    Yeah, well, we need to get these flocking guys outta there.

22. #22
    On December 11th, 2008 at 4:35 pm, Flyoverman said:

    If there is ever a sequel to the Peter Principle, Chertoff should be on the cover.

23. #23
    On December 11th, 2008 at 4:38 pm, Flyoverman said:

    Now you know why the Feds are loath to arrest any employers of illegals.

    If they arrested all of the employers of illegals in D.C., Congress would not have a quorum.

24. #24
    On December 11th, 2008 at 4:40 pm, WarEagle82 said:

    Chertoff, Mineta, Paulson, Brown, etc. How stupid do you have to be to get a job as the head of a government department? These people have done nothing right in the last 8 years. How can that be?

25. #25
    On December 11th, 2008 at 4:45 pm, Christian Soldier said:

    The elected and un-elected elites (whom we PAY) and who are supposed to be working for US-AREN’T – They are watching out for themselves….
    I’m surprised that anyone would be surprised….

26. #26
    On December 11th, 2008 at 4:46 pm, Flyoverman said:

    How stupid do you have to be to get a job as the head of a government department?

    Stupid enough to not be able to make it in the private sector at that level.

27. #27
    On December 11th, 2008 at 4:47 pm, thejim said:

    We’re going to miss this (cabbage head) guy.

28. #28
    On December 11th, 2008 at 4:48 pm, Send_Me said:

    “Department of Homeland Security”? This is why a well-armed citizenry is essential to preserving liberty. Who do I expect to defend my home? Me, because I know the government doesn’t care as much about my home and family as I do.

29. #29
    On December 11th, 2008 at 4:57 pm, Weary Citizen said:

    You can drive by large parking lots early in the morning and you will see dozens if not hundreds of laborers waiting to be picked up to work for the day. I’ve no doubt that 90 percent of them are illegal.

    You underestimate. 99.9% of them are illegal. And the reason the feds do nothing is PC. It is so pervasive and they are afraid of the old “profiling” charge. So they do nothing. Again, common sense is sacrificed for PC.

    IMHO, anyone pulled over or encountered by law enforcement who can not speak english should be handled with suspicion of illegal entry. 90% are sure to be illegal (the rest would be those here on some generic visa). Afterall, one of the citizenship requirements is to show “proficiency” in English. So if they do not have at least a working knowledge of the language they can not be here legally unless they have a valid visa. Else, ICE has once again failed to ensure the very basic minimum requirements were met before awarding the honor of citizenship (my wife, European, said the language test was a joke. she spoke better English than the ICE guy). I still can’t understand why someone does not use this obvious contradiction to shut up the liberal ethnic grievance group’s attempts to shut down enforcement.

30. #30
    On December 11th, 2008 at 5:07 pm, Ilovemycountry said:

    Typical Repuiblican – full of it…

31. #31
    On December 11th, 2008 at 5:20 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    What other law enforcement job is so easy that the suspects convene in public at the same spot every day?

    The Illinois Legislature?

32. #32
    On December 11th, 2008 at 5:29 pm, madmonkphotog said:

    Is this any worse when illegals were busted building the fence?

    Loading airplanes at airports?

    No. Those are totally worse. This is just downright stoopid, careless, and illegal.

    Chertoff is a total tool.

33. #33
    On December 11th, 2008 at 7:28 pm, zyzzyg said:

    I am disinclined to take Chertoff to task over this. I had a difficult time during the debates with Mayor Giuliani when he took Gov Romney to task over the same issue concerning who was doing the Gov’s lawn care.

    Who walks out of a McDonalds because there are illegal aliens working there? How would you know there are illegal aliens working anywhere? Before you purchase a product or service do ask if illegal aliens are involved?

    Yes, it is embarrassing, but Chertoff is not to blame for who the company he hires to clean his house, hires as employees.

34. #34
    On December 11th, 2008 at 7:58 pm, ArizonaNeanderthal said:

    They spend enough money on promoting E-Verify I would have thought the Secretary would know about it. As with entirely too many powerful people in this country Secretary Chertoff considers himself above the law. Perhaps this IS related to the Blago incident but that is beside the point. Secretary Chertoff is a jerk.

35. #35
    On December 11th, 2008 at 8:06 pm, MNUSMCDavid said:

    I am armed, heavily. The time for cerebral discourse is fast dissipating.

36. #36
    On December 11th, 2008 at 8:40 pm, GaryG said:

    My beef with Chertoff goes back to the 2005 pet food poisoning disaster. The question was raised why Chertoff was not looking into how easy it would be to poison the U.S. food supply. Not a word from that useless bum Chertoff or any in his department.

37. #37
    On December 11th, 2008 at 9:01 pm, Leatherneck said:

    Chertoff is nothing more than a CFR open borders New World Order fool placed in a position to further the agenda of said crowd. POTUS put him there, just like Rice.

    Both help the enemys of this country.

    What, you think I am out of line? How many millions of illegal aliens? At what cost to us? How many moon god worshipers demanding crap, clogging up the courts, planning who knows what, and preaching hate?

    Treason is what they should be charged with.

38. #38
    On December 12th, 2008 at 1:36 am, joeblough said:

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    In the brave new world of world “governance” through the UN etc… there are no illegal aliens. There are only citizens of the world.

    And in the elite circles of our alleged representatives, such trifling distinctions as citizens and foreigners are beneath their notice. It is something to pretend to believe in occasionally, in order to keep the plebes (that’s us) calm and quiet.

    The nation is a primitive notion for primitive minds.

    Why would such a well placed fellow as Chertoff notice such a triviality as so-called illegals working in his backyard? Really! Why should he have to support such absurd public pretenses in the privacy of his own home?

    We’ve got to give this obviously classy guy a break.

39. #39
    On December 12th, 2008 at 7:18 am, TMoney said:

    Homeland inSecurity was a boondoggle in the first place, along with every other knee-jerk bureaucratic department DC has created.

    Against it from the first moment of its conception, I can say to the gubmint, “I TOLD YOU SO!” – because I wrote to my reps not to let them do it.

40. #40
    On December 12th, 2008 at 11:06 am, cheapseat said:

    zyzzyg; walk in the front door and hold your hand up and yell emigre. the ones who don’t move are legal.

41. #41
    On December 12th, 2008 at 3:46 pm, By Choice said:

    No wait it is going to get even better!! AZ Gov Janet Napoltano appointed the former Mayor of Douglas.AZ, (across from Agua Prieta SA where the drug cartels are running the city) to her “Immigration and Border Issues” committee as an advisor. Rumor has it that he will continue in this advisory role when SHE becomes Director of Home Land Security.

    It is a well known fact that this former Mayor has VERY close relatives who are deep into the cartels and make tons of money from illegal “activities”.
    Illegals cleaning Chertoff house ppfffftttt you aint seen nothin yet!!