Homeland Security Posts

Good morning. Hope you have had your coffee before you read this, but I didn’t. Boy, has Homeland Security done it again or what? They have not done their job in Building a Border fence on the Southern Border, but they have decided to create a Database. This Database is so that they can track you on when you cross Any Land Border Crossing, say to Canada, no matter what the reason you are going, and then they know when you cross back into the United States. Ok, that would be all right, if they did this to make sure you were an ok Joe and not just crossing to say smuggle something across to Canada or back into the United States.

     However, No Ladies and Gentlemen, It does not stop there. They are going to keep this information on hand for 15 years after you have crossed last. They say that then, they can create some sort of pattern base so that if you do something wrong, then they can go back and connect the dots. Hmm. This does not sound like a Free Country to me. Does it to you? Sounds like Big Brother is going to keep this for other reasons. Yes, My Fellow Americans, they want to keep this and let everyone in the world as far as “Law Enforcement” or any other agency that wants it, to be able to get their hands on it and say, if your Ex-wife, in your Divorce, has a problem with it, Her lawyer can go and get the information and somehow hold it against you, well it will be able to be, because our Government will hand It over to them.

     On the other hand, say you want to apply for a new job. Your new employer can go and check out when the last time you crossed into Canada or any other country for that matter and if they do not like where you went or why you went over there, they might just not hire you. Hmm. This does not sound like something that I like to hear. Am I making any sense yet? I thought We the People lived in America. The Land of the Free. The Home of the Brave. Does not sound like I am Free to Go where I Want to. Yes, you say, “You don’t have to go to Canada, or New Brunswick or Nova Scotia if you don’t like the idea of them knowing”, but here is what I am saying. If it starts here, what says that it stops here? Give them an Inch, but as usual, The Government takes a mile. As long as we let them.

     Now, Take the Trucking Industry. I do understand that Homeland Security needs to know why we are going across and when we plan to come home. I know that it is of National Security to know what Every Truck is bringing back. What I do not understand, is why they need to hold onto a database on Every Citizen, Every time they cross and When, For 15 years. It seems to me that the Bush Administration, Homeland Security and other agencies are getting to be more like a Gestapo or something. To be able to hold all of this information for the, “just in case”, does not make any sense. It is kind of putting us on some sort of “watch list” for no apparent reason. Furthermore, they do not have any, nor, do they want to tell us why. Oh, they have all of the reasons that make no sense to anyone why they are doing this. Nevertheless, no one in Homeland Security wants to give you a straight answer. Just the Run around answer. See, we have no idea who is going to use it, and for what reason they are going to. You also, Mr. and Mrs. American have no idea who gets the information and whether they are “Authorized or Not” to see it. Too much Availability for Data Creep…

     Supposedly, we are given notice that The Government and Homeland Security are going to be doing this Data sharing. I know that Every time I cross the border, no one has told me about this, and I can tell you that every other truck driver in the Industry hasn’t been informed about this. Have you? Moreover, if so, how do you feel about someone that you do not know, for any reason can go into this Database and check up on you? Has this made you think why yet?

     This comes from the article that I read on this subject that has gotten me so fired up on this: The notice states that the government may share border records with federal, state, local, tribal or foreign government agencies in cases where customs believes the information would assist enforcement of civil or criminal laws or regulations, or if the information is relevant to a hiring decision.

     They may be shared with a court or attorney in civil litigation, which could include divorce cases; with federal contractors or consultants "to accomplish an agency function related to this system of records"; with federal and foreign intelligence or counterterrorism agencies if there is a threat to national or international security or to assist in anti-terrorism efforts; or with the news media and the public "when there exists a legitimate public interest in the disclosure of the information."

     Homeland Security is proposing to exempt the database from some provisions of the 1974 Privacy Act, including the right of a citizen to know whether a law enforcement or intelligence agency has requested his or her records and the right to sue for access and correction in those disclosures.A traveler may, however, request access to records based on documents he or she presented at the border.

     Without thinking about this, I wonder what is coming next. I mean, I do want to be safe and I want my family and country safe, but honestly, I would like to know why I should feel that I need to give my government the right to take my right to privacy away. In addition, that my friend, without you saying it is all right, or ok to do this, is what we are doing. Giving them the Right to take our power away. If we say, ok, I understand without really understanding, and without getting the straight answers from our Congressmen and Senators, and Frankly from our President, then yes we are giving up our right to privacy and the right to go where and when we please. I mean, so far, for security reasons, they are putting up cameras all around us, and we say ok, they want to catch the Bad Guys. Hmm. Why couldn’t they do that by putting more Police on the Streets?

What is wrong with this picture? I thought that when you went to a country, namely coming to America, you wanted to Assimilate into the culture and become a United States Citizen. What happened to the concept? We have now according to some Government agencies the accounting of around 20 million Illegal Aliens from mostly Mexico here living and working doing jobs “Americans won’t do”. As I think about that, and have heard that comment so many time from Some of our Congressmen and Senators And lady’s of both houses, that It make me sick and It should you as well.

     These Illegal Aliens are here why? To pick the crops that their fathers and mothers have picked before them? NOT! They are from coast to coast, and there is not a state that does not have Aliens working in not just the fields, but McDonalds from Connecticut to Chicago, working in Maintenance jobs that Americans would love to do, but big business will not give to our Legal Citizens. Why is it that the American People are not Mad As Hell about this? Tyson Chicken in Arkansas and other states are Hiring these Illegal Aliens working and making money under the table, But the American People looks the other way.

     We The People, The United States of America have turned our heads on this subject for far too long. The Homeland Security Agency has had far too long to build the Border Fence to keep our border secure. All the While, Our Border Guards are being fired upon and taken at gunpoint by whom? The Mexican Military, and my Friends, there have been 52 times this has happened this year alone, but We do not hear about this by the Major media. Google it if you do not believe what I am saying. I am not going to blow smoke up yours or my own butt. This is what is happening. If we are such a great nation, and have the Technology to put a man on the moon, to set up a Space station and the like, Why is it that we cannot deport these people and get them back to where they belong? Our Congress and Senate have said that it would cost too much. Hmm. That does not make any sense because they do know where they all are.

     Another Excuse that We The People hears why we cannot deport them all is because We Would is Tearing apart Families. Ok, maybe I am going to sound Cold hearted, but So What… We make it so easy for them to have kids here that they should take their kids with them. Sorry, but this is America, but we need not to be all-compassionate and give them everything. If someone comes to this country and has a Work Visa, and they overstay their time, I know for a fact that we know the last known address that they were at. So why is that so hard to take care of? In addition, if their children are in our schools, then I do not think it is that hard to find them. Give them 90 Days to tie up all of the loose ends and give them the bus ticket, and if they want to come back, then they can do it Legally.

     Our Congress and Senators wanted to give them amnesty, as we did in the 1980’s. We Gave 3 Million amnesty then. Why should we do it again? Moreover, why is it that We do not tell the Mexican Government that Enough is Enough. You want them here, then pay for their Healthcare that is crippling our Hospitals to the Breaking point and to the point that a lot of Hospitals have closed their doors because they have given our the Free Healthcare to those Illegal Aliens and now they are Bankrupt. What are We The People going to do about it? Are we Going to get mad enough to do something? On the other hand, is it that we are going to wait until they have enough numbers that they are going to be able to Infiltrate our country? They are already doing that one. There are at least 20 Million of them here already. How many more need to be here before We The People are going to have Enough Already?

     Am I Making Sense yet? Now is the time. Now is the time to take Action. Call your Congressmen or woman and Senators. Tell them Enough is enough.

Switchboard is: 202-224-3121

     We All need to call both Senators and Congressman and tell them that they need to get with the program and take this by the horns or We The People can Take their jobs and give them to someone who will.

     Do you agree with what I am saying or do you disagree? Tell me what you are thinking about this by leaving a comment. I will, and I mean will put every comment worth publishing on here for everyone to see. With Everyone calling, telling Congress, and the Senate how We feel, We can Make a difference. I hope that everyone has a great and Safe Week. Look for another article Very soon. Bandits out.

     About three weeks ago, I came into the truck stop in Bridgeport, Michigan. Just a day after I wrote and published the article, Patriots and Patriotism. When I realized that I could make a difference, put a smile on a soldiers face, a rush came over me. So I went in there, seeing that this is a main fuel stop for me, to do two things. Get the truck taken care of, and make sure that I could talk to and maybe thank as many of them as I could. You see, they don’t look for the thanks. Because there are so many that have the “I don’t like the war” Attitude, that they don’t think about the Idea that, These Men and Women for various reasons, have volunteered to keep America safe. And it doesn’t matter to them why they are there. When the time comes, and the call is made either by the Governor of the state, Or if they are called into Full duty status, They drop everything and salute, and they move. Why? Because they are needed to make sure that America is taken care of.

     That is what we must, have to and need to thank them for. For being a Hero, A Patriot. Someone who will take up that call when needed no matter what, where or Any reason when called upon to Defend our Constitution, Rights and Freedoms that we take for granted. I went away from them with a pride in our country that I have known since I was real young. But something else that day. I walked away from them, with a tear. I was proud to know that even in the darkest hour, that I was protected with Some of the best men and women of our Modern World. The Men and Women or Our Armed Forces.