Is it just me or is it every time that these creeps
over at the White House get themselves in some kind of jam, we almost
immediately start hearing about how bad things are going to get if they don’t
get the money, and every single bit of what they’re demanding, that they claim
to so desperately need? And it was just
yesterday, as Homeland Security Secretary Jeh (Jay) Johnson made what was
essentially the rounds to all the Sunday talk shows, we again heard demands
that Republicans fund the Department of Homeland Security and without blocking
money for Barry “Almighty’s” executive amnesty plan.
But of course Jeh (Jay) went out of his way to make
sure to preface his you-better-fund-my-department pitch by warning that an al
Qaeda-linked terror group, Al-Shabaab, is publicly calling for attacks on
shopping malls in the United States, specifically the Mall of America in
Minneapolis. And it was during his
appearance on CNN’s “State of the Union” that he went so far as to tell host
Gloria Borger, "I would say that, if anyone is planning to go to the Mall
of America today, they have got to be particularly careful. And, as the
statement you read indicates, there will be enhanced security there that will
be apparent to people who are there."
But it was on at least two of the Sunday morning
shows that Johnson steered the hosts to the topic he wanted to talk about most,
the fact that Republicans are attempting to use a DHS funding bill to block
Barry “Almighty's” illegal immigration policy, which goes well beyond the scope
of current law. After talking about the
threatening al-Shabaab video on CNN, Johnson said that "public vigilance,
public awareness and public caution in situations like this is particularly
important. And it's the environment we're in, frankly. And it's all the more reason why I need a
budget. And I'm assuming you're going to ask me about that."
"I will," host Gloria Borger replied.
"I am going to ask about that because, of course, this comes down at a
time when Republicans in Congress are threatening to shut down your department
in a week over a fight on immigration."
Now of course the truth of the matter is that, in fact, Republicans say
they do not want to shut down DHS. What
they want to do is to fund the Department of Homeland Security, except for
Barry “Almighty's” plan to give work authorization and Social Security numbers
to millions of immigrant who are living in the United States illegally. In other words they are wanting to do one of
those things they were actually elected to do.
The same thing happened later on ABC's "This
Week" with George ‘Stephy’ Stephanopoulos, whose first three questions to
Jeh (Jay) involved national security, not DHS funding, Jeh (Jay) told
Stephanopoulos, "The reason I think we're all concerned about this is
because it encourages independent actors who could strike with very little
notice to our intelligence community, our law enforcement community here at
home. And so that's one of the reasons, frankly, why it's imperative that we
have a budget for the Department of Homeland security, which is due to expire
at the end of the week. And I'm assuming you'll ask me about that at some
point." Of course!
And according to CNN, DHS officials began
"walking back" Johnson's warning after he appeared on the Sunday
shows. A spokesman for DHS told CNN the
agency "is not aware of any specific credible plot against the Mall of
America or any other domestic commercial shopping center." CNN quoted DHS Assistant Secretary Tanya Bradsher
as saying, "Secretary Johnson didn't say that they should not go to the
mall, he told shoppers to be extra vigilant and that security was increased." But Jeh (Jay) later told CNN he does not
regret any of the comments he made on the Sunday shows. Of course not, because what he said was said
with a purpose.
I think we’re all aware that the threat of lone-wolf
attacks here in the United States is nothing new, nor is it a surprise that
shopping malls might be a target. And as
Johnson amplified the video message from al-Shabaab Sunday morning, he said he
was doing it because "there needs to be vigilance and, you know, just be
careful, obviously. It is a new phase. We're in a new phase right now. And that
involves public participation in our efforts." And why might it be that we now find ourselves
in what Jeh refers to as a “new phase.”
Might it be that because of political correctness Barry and his team
have done nothing to prevent that from taking place.
Everywhere that Jeh went he was sure to work very
hard in his effort to perpetuate the cockamamie notion that the ‘Islamic State’
is not, Islamic. He went so far as to
say that to refer to this violent group as being Islamic is to actually bestow
upon it a level of dignity that it does not rightfully deserve. I just don’t understand how it is that anyone
can look at this group that calls itself the ‘Islamic State’ and claim that it does
not have at its roots the Islamic ‘faith’.
Barry’s outright refusal to call this group what it is, makes very clear
why, for most people, he simply cannot be trusted to do all that he can when it
comes to keeping this country safe from another 9-11.
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