[Picture] "I'm a War President"

Laughed so hard I almost spilled my tea.

But on a more serious note, this picture came from this blog post by Joshua Holland. I recommend reading it as I found it to be enlightening. This issue is about trade, not terrorism or security. Port operations, not port secruity. If we did hold these companies responsible in the event of a failure of security, it would be scapegoating for the Department of Homeland Security, who is ultimately responsible for port security. It is DHS' responsibility to check containers and cargo manifests.

That being said, how Bush is going about it is wrong, and ultimately does not help the average citizen, only corporations. I would like to see this open a discourse about how lots and lots of money are being spent on 'Homeland Security' but very little of what is being spent is actually benefit or making America safer (such as increasing US Custom's ability to inspect containers). Things that will make us safer are little things, like locking the doors to the cockpit, inspecting containers, educating people, not further eroding civil liberties, fighting unjust wars, unilaterialism, and scaring the populace into a facist state.