tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6762928.post5470804027833456587..comments2024-01-03T05:23:36.046-08:00Comments on The Citizens: Yay!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6762928.post-89960241052431077332011-01-08T08:31:56.127-08:002011-01-08T08:31:56.127-08:00This is exactly like the deficit. A concern when ...This is exactly like the deficit. A concern when Dems are in power, but only then.The Law Talking Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17886791396468512490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6762928.post-38807699550059404462011-01-03T09:23:11.133-08:002011-01-03T09:23:11.133-08:00But the other "liberal hate groups" like...But the other "liberal hate groups" like the NAACP and the ACLU may be upping the pressure on the DHS- especially the airport security crap and the immigration law in Arizona.USWestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6762928.post-57236814529493201362010-12-30T10:47:07.013-08:002010-12-30T10:47:07.013-08:00I fear that the tea party does not speak for the R...I fear that the tea party does not speak for the Republican party in this one. DHS is their baby. They beat the drum loudly for the consolidation of a number of police and intelligence powers into one agency. At the time I (along with many people left of center) thought this a huge and costly error. But the Republicans, lead by Bush-Cheney et al, argued that 9/11 was the result of a lack of exactly this kind of consolidation. <br /><br />That the tea party has come around to the idea that a heavy concentration of police powers into one agency is a bad one, is welcome. However, they are probably only a plurality faction within the Republican Party and not always able to impose their will on the party as a whole. <br /><br />At this point, getting rid of DHS would be so costly just from the point of view of administrative restructuring that it argues against reform until better times arrive.Raised By Republicanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03461006522141969925noreply@blogger.com