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	<title>Comments on: NY homeland security chief: Giving licenses to illegals will make it easier to ID them after they launch a terror attack</title>
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		<title>By: MSGTAS</title>
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		<dc:creator>MSGTAS</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2007 14:17:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>We will know who is responsible AFTER we&#039;ve been attacked, because we will be able to ask for their phony license-issued by a phony state/city department.

What is wrong here, do libs really think the public is that stupid?

A little ditty for them with the results of failing to listen:

One, two,
Buckle my shoe;-Kiss my feet I&#039;ve washed them at the airport
Three, four,
Knock at the door;-Knock oh what the heck knock it down
Five, six,
Pick up sticks;-that&#039;s all that will be left after we&#039;re done
Seven, eight,
Lay them straight;-the bodies of the infidel
Nine, ten,
A good, fat hen;-no pork here
Eleven, twelve,
Dig and delve;-it&#039;s a long way to hell
Thirteen, fourteen,
Maids a-courting;-really 24 virgins
Fifteen, sixteen,
Maids in the kitchen;-the next 24 virgins
Seventeen, eighteen,
Maids a-waiting;-the last 24 of 72 virgins
Nineteen, twenty,
My plate&#039;s empty.-and there ain&#039;t no one left to worship me</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We will know who is responsible AFTER we&#8217;ve been attacked, because we will be able to ask for their phony license-issued by a phony state/city department.</p>
<p>What is wrong here, do libs really think the public is that stupid?</p>
<p>A little ditty for them with the results of failing to listen:</p>
<p>One, two,<br />
Buckle my shoe;-Kiss my feet I&#8217;ve washed them at the airport<br />
Three, four,<br />
Knock at the door;-Knock oh what the heck knock it down<br />
Five, six,<br />
Pick up sticks;-that&#8217;s all that will be left after we&#8217;re done<br />
Seven, eight,<br />
Lay them straight;-the bodies of the infidel<br />
Nine, ten,<br />
A good, fat hen;-no pork here<br />
Eleven, twelve,<br />
Dig and delve;-it&#8217;s a long way to hell<br />
Thirteen, fourteen,<br />
Maids a-courting;-really 24 virgins<br />
Fifteen, sixteen,<br />
Maids in the kitchen;-the next 24 virgins<br />
Seventeen, eighteen,<br />
Maids a-waiting;-the last 24 of 72 virgins<br />
Nineteen, twenty,<br />
My plate&#8217;s empty.-and there ain&#8217;t no one left to worship me</p>
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		<title>By: JellyToast</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2007/10/06/ny-homeland-security-chief-giving-licenses-to-illegals-will-make-it-easier-to-id-them-after-they-launch-a-terror-attack/comment-page-1/#comment-723045</link>
		<dc:creator>JellyToast</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Oct 2007 22:44:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I liked the part at the end as well &quot;Illegal immigrants without legal permits are 5x more likely to be involved in accidents&quot; or something like that! Well,,, I can think of an even better statistic,,, 100% of illegal immigrants stopped at the border or arrested and deported will not be on the roads in the first place and will not cause any accidents at all!  Also.. give that other moron red blooded American all the way reporter thanks for telling all those illegals they can sue the other red blooded Americans that refuse to cow and hand them unlegal-legal documents! If I were king, I would deport all those morons to the middle of South America,,, and then I would send the illegals home as well!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I liked the part at the end as well &#8220;Illegal immigrants without legal permits are 5x more likely to be involved in accidents&#8221; or something like that! Well,,, I can think of an even better statistic,,, 100% of illegal immigrants stopped at the border or arrested and deported will not be on the roads in the first place and will not cause any accidents at all!  Also.. give that other moron red blooded American all the way reporter thanks for telling all those illegals they can sue the other red blooded Americans that refuse to cow and hand them unlegal-legal documents! If I were king, I would deport all those morons to the middle of South America,,, and then I would send the illegals home as well!</p>
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		<title>By: Pirate&#8217;s Cove &#187; &#62;&#62;Americans Never Quit &#187; Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup</title>
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		<dc:creator>Pirate&#8217;s Cove &#187; &#62;&#62;Americans Never Quit &#187; Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Oct 2007 14:43:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] at Hot Air, we learn that giving DL&#8217;s to illegals will make it easier to ID them after the truck bomb [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] at Hot Air, we learn that giving DL&#8217;s to illegals will make it easier to ID them after the truck bomb [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Regney</title>
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		<dc:creator>Regney</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Oct 2007 12:28:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>...not to worry;after the &quot;Big One&quot; goes off in the fair City of NY,driver&#039;s licenses will no longer be needed.....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8230;not to worry;after the &#8220;Big One&#8221; goes off in the fair City of NY,driver&#8217;s licenses will no longer be needed&#8230;..</p>
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		<title>By: El Cazador</title>
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		<dc:creator>El Cazador</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Oct 2007 04:42:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>My advice to all you good NYC folks who read here is to grab your families, pack a suitcase or two and &lt;strong&gt;RUN&lt;/strong&gt;, and don&#039;t stop to look back until the middle of North Carolina or Pennslyvania...&#039;cause with characters like this guy in charge of safety, y&#039;all ain&#039;t safe.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My advice to all you good NYC folks who read here is to grab your families, pack a suitcase or two and <strong>RUN</strong>, and don&#8217;t stop to look back until the middle of North Carolina or Pennslyvania&#8230;&#8217;cause with characters like this guy in charge of safety, y&#8217;all ain&#8217;t safe.</p>
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		<title>By: oldelpasoan</title>
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		<dc:creator>oldelpasoan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Oct 2007 04:20:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;Is this guy for real ? Only someone from NY would come up with that.&lt;/strong&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Is this guy for real ? Only someone from NY would come up with that.</strong></p>
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		<title>By: MirCat</title>
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		<dc:creator>MirCat</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Oct 2007 03:33:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;“Kom dere til h****** ut av mitt kontor!”

see-dubya on October 6, 2007 at 1:59 PM&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Ain&#039;t that the truth.

- The Cat</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>“Kom dere til h****** ut av mitt kontor!”</p>
<p>see-dubya on October 6, 2007 at 1:59 PM</p></blockquote>
<p>Ain&#8217;t that the truth.</p>
<p>- The Cat</p>
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		<title>By: The Monster</title>
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		<dc:creator>The Monster</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Oct 2007 01:19:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;When the newscaster notes that there is a road safety issue in that illegals without licenses get into fatal accidents at a rate of 5 times greater than… they don’t say what it is greater than…but obviously issuing licenses to them will automatically make them safer drivers.&lt;/blockquote&gt;But, you see, issuing them licenses will take away the ability to have those statistics in the future, as there conveniently won&#039;t be a check box on the accident report for 
&lt;blockquote&gt;[X] Driver is illegal alien&lt;/blockquote&gt;
This is known as the Ostrich Method of problem resolution.

- - -
Now, I offer a compromise. 

Here in KS, to help bartenders and store clerks avoid selling alcoholic beverages or tobacco products to underage buyers, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ksrevenue.org/pdf/public.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;licenses issued to people under 21&lt;/a&gt; are in &#039;portrait&#039; orientation (vertical) rather than the traditional &#039;landscape&#039; (horizontal). They also have a bar under the picture that says &quot;NOT 18 UNTIL MM-DD-YYYY&quot; in white on green, or &quot;NOT 21 UNTIL MM-DD-YYYY&quot; in white on red.

I suggest that a we use this idea for non-citizens as well; rotate the orientation for either aliens or those too young to purchase alcohol.  Leave the lower bar for age, and display a similar bar at the &lt;strong&gt;top&lt;/strong&gt; of the picture, so that it&#039;s identifying the person, as the DHS guy wants, but also disclosing the citizenship status.  I&#039;m thinking something like
MEX &#160; ALIEN &#160; MEX
in a nice tricolor of white-on-green, black-on-white, and white-on-red.
Canadian aliens could have
CAN &#160; ALIEN &#160; CAN
in white-on-red, red-on-white, and white-on-red, etc.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>When the newscaster notes that there is a road safety issue in that illegals without licenses get into fatal accidents at a rate of 5 times greater than… they don’t say what it is greater than…but obviously issuing licenses to them will automatically make them safer drivers.</p></blockquote>
<p>But, you see, issuing them licenses will take away the ability to have those statistics in the future, as there conveniently won&#8217;t be a check box on the accident report for </p>
<blockquote><p>[X] Driver is illegal alien</p></blockquote>
<p>This is known as the Ostrich Method of problem resolution.</p>
<p>- &#8211; -<br />
Now, I offer a compromise. </p>
<p>Here in KS, to help bartenders and store clerks avoid selling alcoholic beverages or tobacco products to underage buyers, <a href="http://www.ksrevenue.org/pdf/public.pdf" rel="nofollow">licenses issued to people under 21</a> are in &#8216;portrait&#8217; orientation (vertical) rather than the traditional &#8216;landscape&#8217; (horizontal). They also have a bar under the picture that says &#8220;NOT 18 UNTIL MM-DD-YYYY&#8221; in white on green, or &#8220;NOT 21 UNTIL MM-DD-YYYY&#8221; in white on red.</p>
<p>I suggest that a we use this idea for non-citizens as well; rotate the orientation for either aliens or those too young to purchase alcohol.  Leave the lower bar for age, and display a similar bar at the <strong>top</strong> of the picture, so that it&#8217;s identifying the person, as the DHS guy wants, but also disclosing the citizenship status.  I&#8217;m thinking something like<br />
MEX &nbsp; ALIEN &nbsp; MEX<br />
in a nice tricolor of white-on-green, black-on-white, and white-on-red.<br />
Canadian aliens could have<br />
CAN &nbsp; ALIEN &nbsp; CAN<br />
in white-on-red, red-on-white, and white-on-red, etc.</p>
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		<title>By: Mcguyver</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mcguyver</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Oct 2007 00:42:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;dont taze me bro on October 6, 2007 at 5:54 PM&lt;/blockquote&gt;


A little off the topic here.....  but your &quot;handle&quot; confirms one thing to me....   
That I missed that comments registration open period.  Which is actually comforting to know... it proves I&#039;m not online &lt;em&gt;all&lt;/em&gt; the time.

Either that or you were given special registration privileges and are on special assignment.... :)

Come to think of it.. I thought I did see a slew of new commentators recently....

never mind me, just thinking..</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>dont taze me bro on October 6, 2007 at 5:54 PM</p></blockquote>
<p>A little off the topic here&#8230;..  but your &#8220;handle&#8221; confirms one thing to me&#8230;.<br />
That I missed that comments registration open period.  Which is actually comforting to know&#8230; it proves I&#8217;m not online <em>all</em> the time.</p>
<p>Either that or you were given special registration privileges and are on special assignment&#8230;. :)</p>
<p>Come to think of it.. I thought I did see a slew of new commentators recently&#8230;.</p>
<p>never mind me, just thinking..</p>
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		<title>By: SouthernDem</title>
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		<dc:creator>SouthernDem</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Oct 2007 00:01:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Did the reporter say that illegals could &lt;em&gt;SUE&lt;/em&gt; the staff who denied them a DL? That&#039;s the most flabbergasting part for me.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Did the reporter say that illegals could <em>SUE</em> the staff who denied them a DL? That&#8217;s the most flabbergasting part for me.</p>
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		<title>By: conservnut</title>
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		<dc:creator>conservnut</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Oct 2007 23:50:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>What an idiot!!!!!  His argument for giving DL&#039;s is the reason not to.  The 9/11 highjackers????  Yeah a$$hole, letting them have DL&#039;s sure helped stop that attack huh?

My wife and I were thinking about a trip back to NYC soon, now I&#039;m not so sure.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What an idiot!!!!!  His argument for giving DL&#8217;s is the reason not to.  The 9/11 highjackers????  Yeah a$$hole, letting them have DL&#8217;s sure helped stop that attack huh?</p>
<p>My wife and I were thinking about a trip back to NYC soon, now I&#8217;m not so sure.</p>
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		<title>By: profitsbeard</title>
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		<dc:creator>profitsbeard</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Oct 2007 23:10:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>As brilliant as giving guns to people leaving jail, but making sure that they have tamper-proof ID numbers on them.

That way you&#039;ll know which criminal shot which innocent victim.

&lt;em&gt;Fired.&lt;/em&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As brilliant as giving guns to people leaving jail, but making sure that they have tamper-proof ID numbers on them.</p>
<p>That way you&#8217;ll know which criminal shot which innocent victim.</p>
<p><em>Fired.</em></p>
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		<title>By: fred5678</title>
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		<dc:creator>fred5678</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Oct 2007 22:07:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Spitzer would rather have thorough AFTER-incident investigation than try to PREVENT an incident.

Where have I heard this law-enforcement approach to counter-terrorism before??   Hmmmm....

Please tell me Seinfeld is shooting a reunion bizarro world episode.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Spitzer would rather have thorough AFTER-incident investigation than try to PREVENT an incident.</p>
<p>Where have I heard this law-enforcement approach to counter-terrorism before??   Hmmmm&#8230;.</p>
<p>Please tell me Seinfeld is shooting a reunion bizarro world episode.</p>
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		<title>By: dont taze me bro</title>
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		<dc:creator>dont taze me bro</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Oct 2007 21:54:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>wow...that guy&#039;s an idiot.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>wow&#8230;that guy&#8217;s an idiot.</p>
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		<title>By: JiangxiDad</title>
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		<dc:creator>JiangxiDad</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Oct 2007 21:34:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Excellent &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nypost.com/seven/10042007/postopinion/editorials/eliots_id_idiocy.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;editorial in NY Post&lt;/a&gt; about this.
Koch, Bloomber, Giuliani against it!

&lt;blockquote&gt;They&#039;re against it - even though, as mayor, all three bent over backward to extend benefits to illegal aliens.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt; The 9/11 Commission concluded that, for a terrorist, travel documents are nearly as important as an actual weapon.

A driver&#039;s license has become the de facto national ID card; it is the most universally accepted form of identification in this country - and the pathway through which other government documents are obtained.

&lt;strong&gt;Spitzer&#039;s proposal is a national-security nightmare. It would single-handedly negate the value of a New York license - to the point, Bloomberg noted, where it might no longer be sufficient to allow entry on an airplane&lt;/strong&gt;.

And that, according to the city&#039;s Corporation Counsel, means that &lt;strong&gt;a U.S. citizen who is a New York resident would have to show a valid passport just to board a commercial domestic flight&lt;/strong&gt;.

Ed Koch had a word for that: Ridiculous! &lt;/blockquote&gt;

As usual, Tweedle-Dee Schumer and Tweedle Dumb Clinton had no public comment.

&lt;blockquote&gt;not even the state&#039;s Democratic U.S. senators, Hillary Rodham Clinton and Chuck Schumer, are willing to publicly endorse it.&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Excellent <a href="http://www.nypost.com/seven/10042007/postopinion/editorials/eliots_id_idiocy.htm" rel="nofollow">editorial in NY Post</a> about this.<br />
Koch, Bloomber, Giuliani against it!</p>
<blockquote><p>They&#8217;re against it &#8211; even though, as mayor, all three bent over backward to extend benefits to illegal aliens.</p></blockquote>
<blockquote><p> The 9/11 Commission concluded that, for a terrorist, travel documents are nearly as important as an actual weapon.</p>
<p>A driver&#8217;s license has become the de facto national ID card; it is the most universally accepted form of identification in this country &#8211; and the pathway through which other government documents are obtained.</p>
<p><strong>Spitzer&#8217;s proposal is a national-security nightmare. It would single-handedly negate the value of a New York license &#8211; to the point, Bloomberg noted, where it might no longer be sufficient to allow entry on an airplane</strong>.</p>
<p>And that, according to the city&#8217;s Corporation Counsel, means that <strong>a U.S. citizen who is a New York resident would have to show a valid passport just to board a commercial domestic flight</strong>.</p>
<p>Ed Koch had a word for that: Ridiculous! </p></blockquote>
<p>As usual, Tweedle-Dee Schumer and Tweedle Dumb Clinton had no public comment.</p>
<blockquote><p>not even the state&#8217;s Democratic U.S. senators, Hillary Rodham Clinton and Chuck Schumer, are willing to publicly endorse it.</p></blockquote>
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		<title>By: Wingo</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2007/10/06/ny-homeland-security-chief-giving-licenses-to-illegals-will-make-it-easier-to-id-them-after-they-launch-a-terror-attack/comment-page-1/#comment-722166</link>
		<dc:creator>Wingo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Oct 2007 21:11:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This entire issue is right in line with typical liberal thought (I know.&quot;Liberal thought&quot; is an oxymoron). 

Events are unimportant in an of themselves. What is important is the ability to properly assign blame or take credit after an event in order to create the greatest political advantage.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This entire issue is right in line with typical liberal thought (I know.&#8221;Liberal thought&#8221; is an oxymoron). </p>
<p>Events are unimportant in an of themselves. What is important is the ability to properly assign blame or take credit after an event in order to create the greatest political advantage.</p>
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		<title>By: thuja</title>
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		<dc:creator>thuja</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Oct 2007 20:47:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>At a higher level, I think this case illustrates that the inability to exclude illegal immigrants and our inability to fight Islam are not really separate phenomenon, but both are symptoms of an idiotic inability to say &quot;no&quot;.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>At a higher level, I think this case illustrates that the inability to exclude illegal immigrants and our inability to fight Islam are not really separate phenomenon, but both are symptoms of an idiotic inability to say &#8220;no&#8221;.</p>
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		<title>By: Bogeyfre</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2007/10/06/ny-homeland-security-chief-giving-licenses-to-illegals-will-make-it-easier-to-id-them-after-they-launch-a-terror-attack/comment-page-1/#comment-722126</link>
		<dc:creator>Bogeyfre</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Oct 2007 20:17:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sorry RightWinged sometimes despite my best efforts the anger this issue generates overwhelms the brain.

Glad you caught it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sorry RightWinged sometimes despite my best efforts the anger this issue generates overwhelms the brain.</p>
<p>Glad you caught it.</p>
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		<title>By: fred5678</title>
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		<dc:creator>fred5678</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Oct 2007 20:17:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>1. If this is an example of Spitzer&#039;s thinking, what about the long list of cases he prosecuted, and those cases which he DIDN&#039;T??? Scary.

2. Statistical correlation. Idiots get this wrong all the time. Correlation does not prove cause and effect - in either direction. If illegal &quot;immigrants&quot; without licenses are 5 times as likely to cause fatal accidents, maybe it is not the piece of paper that causes the safer driving of licensed illegal &quot;immigrants&quot;. Maybe it is the same character trait that causes safer driving that makes them get a license.

Those who use crappy logic to faciliate underground terrorists deserve what they get. Unfortunately, powerful officials using crappy logic can get LOTS of other people killed.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>1. If this is an example of Spitzer&#8217;s thinking, what about the long list of cases he prosecuted, and those cases which he DIDN&#8217;T??? Scary.</p>
<p>2. Statistical correlation. Idiots get this wrong all the time. Correlation does not prove cause and effect &#8211; in either direction. If illegal &#8220;immigrants&#8221; without licenses are 5 times as likely to cause fatal accidents, maybe it is not the piece of paper that causes the safer driving of licensed illegal &#8220;immigrants&#8221;. Maybe it is the same character trait that causes safer driving that makes them get a license.</p>
<p>Those who use crappy logic to faciliate underground terrorists deserve what they get. Unfortunately, powerful officials using crappy logic can get LOTS of other people killed.</p>
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		<title>By: Wade</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2007/10/06/ny-homeland-security-chief-giving-licenses-to-illegals-will-make-it-easier-to-id-them-after-they-launch-a-terror-attack/comment-page-1/#comment-722116</link>
		<dc:creator>Wade</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Oct 2007 20:08:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>God only knows we would not want an &lt;strong&gt;illegal&lt;/strong&gt; alien to be stopped without a drivers license. They might have to be &lt;strike&gt;punished&lt;/strike&gt; sent to they room without dessert.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>God only knows we would not want an <strong>illegal</strong> alien to be stopped without a drivers license. They might have to be <strike>punished</strike> sent to they room without dessert.</p>
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		<title>By: RightWinged</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2007/10/06/ny-homeland-security-chief-giving-licenses-to-illegals-will-make-it-easier-to-id-them-after-they-launch-a-terror-attack/comment-page-1/#comment-722113</link>
		<dc:creator>RightWinged</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Oct 2007 20:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Last time I looked the “right to drive” wasn’t part of the Bill Of Rights…….

My ability to discuss this whole immigration issue with IDIOTS like this is just about gone. It’s turning into anger and that scares me. I can’t be the only American who’s anger is growing. It’s gonna boil over and God help us when it does.

Take care all.

Bogeyfre on October 6, 2007 at 3:41 PM&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;I screwed up the quote. The Idiots are the veiled girl and the Homeland Security suit.

Sorry

Bogeyfre on October 6, 2007 at 3:48 PM&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Haha, thanks for the clarification... I thought you were talking about me and I was like, &quot;WTF?  All I did was trash that idiot girl in the headscarf who insisted that illegals do have this &quot;right&quot; because it&#039;s a &quot;free country&quot;.&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Last time I looked the “right to drive” wasn’t part of the Bill Of Rights…….</p>
<p>My ability to discuss this whole immigration issue with IDIOTS like this is just about gone. It’s turning into anger and that scares me. I can’t be the only American who’s anger is growing. It’s gonna boil over and God help us when it does.</p>
<p>Take care all.</p>
<p>Bogeyfre on October 6, 2007 at 3:41 PM</p></blockquote>
<blockquote><p>I screwed up the quote. The Idiots are the veiled girl and the Homeland Security suit.</p>
<p>Sorry</p>
<p>Bogeyfre on October 6, 2007 at 3:48 PM</p></blockquote>
<p>Haha, thanks for the clarification&#8230; I thought you were talking about me and I was like, &#8220;WTF?  All I did was trash that idiot girl in the headscarf who insisted that illegals do have this &#8220;right&#8221; because it&#8217;s a &#8220;free country&#8221;.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: Lone Star</title>
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		<dc:creator>Lone Star</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Oct 2007 19:53:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>So this &quot;Rocky&quot; Balboni as the NY Homeland Security Chief needs drivers&#039; licenses to identify terrorists?  Wow, if I lived in NY it would be such a load off my mind to know that someone that competent was in charge of my security.

Why stop at illegals already in the U.S., though.  Let&#039;s issue ID cards to the whole world and tell them they&#039;re going to need the ID card BEFORE they can immigrate here illegally.

/sarcasm off</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So this &#8220;Rocky&#8221; Balboni as the NY Homeland Security Chief needs drivers&#8217; licenses to identify terrorists?  Wow, if I lived in NY it would be such a load off my mind to know that someone that competent was in charge of my security.</p>
<p>Why stop at illegals already in the U.S., though.  Let&#8217;s issue ID cards to the whole world and tell them they&#8217;re going to need the ID card BEFORE they can immigrate here illegally.</p>
<p>/sarcasm off</p>
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		<title>By: Bogeyfre</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2007/10/06/ny-homeland-security-chief-giving-licenses-to-illegals-will-make-it-easier-to-id-them-after-they-launch-a-terror-attack/comment-page-1/#comment-722104</link>
		<dc:creator>Bogeyfre</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Oct 2007 19:48:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I screwed up the quote.  The Idiots are the veiled girl and the Homeland Security suit.

Sorry</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I screwed up the quote.  The Idiots are the veiled girl and the Homeland Security suit.</p>
<p>Sorry</p>
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		<title>By: Bogeyfre</title>
		<link>http://hotair.com/archives/2007/10/06/ny-homeland-security-chief-giving-licenses-to-illegals-will-make-it-easier-to-id-them-after-they-launch-a-terror-attack/comment-page-1/#comment-722100</link>
		<dc:creator>Bogeyfre</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Oct 2007 19:41:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;

RightWinged on October 6, 2007 at 3:19 PM&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Last time I looked the &quot;right to drive&quot; wasn&#039;t part of the Bill Of Rights.......

My ability to discuss this whole immigration issue with IDIOTS like this is just about gone.  It&#039;s turning into anger and that scares me.  I can&#039;t be the only American who&#039;s anger is growing.  It&#039;s gonna boil over and God help us when it does.

Take care all.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote>
<p>RightWinged on October 6, 2007 at 3:19 PM</p></blockquote>
<p>Last time I looked the &#8220;right to drive&#8221; wasn&#8217;t part of the Bill Of Rights&#8230;&#8230;.</p>
<p>My ability to discuss this whole immigration issue with IDIOTS like this is just about gone.  It&#8217;s turning into anger and that scares me.  I can&#8217;t be the only American who&#8217;s anger is growing.  It&#8217;s gonna boil over and God help us when it does.</p>
<p>Take care all.</p>
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		<title>By: Maxx</title>
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		<dc:creator>Maxx</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Oct 2007 19:40:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Ok… right. This guy is the epitome of stooooooopid!

1. Steal a car or buy (with untraceable cash) from lowlife used car dealer.

2. Steal a license plate from innocent citizen.

3. “Loan” your DL to the “real” car bomber.

4. Establish alibi.

5. Report DL missing/stolen.

leepro on October 6, 2007 at 3:36 PM&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Easier yet, rent a U-Haul truck with a fake ID. That&#039;s how they did it for the first World Trade Center bombing.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Ok… right. This guy is the epitome of stooooooopid!</p>
<p>1. Steal a car or buy (with untraceable cash) from lowlife used car dealer.</p>
<p>2. Steal a license plate from innocent citizen.</p>
<p>3. “Loan” your DL to the “real” car bomber.</p>
<p>4. Establish alibi.</p>
<p>5. Report DL missing/stolen.</p>
<p>leepro on October 6, 2007 at 3:36 PM</p></blockquote>
<p>Easier yet, rent a U-Haul truck with a fake ID. That&#8217;s how they did it for the first World Trade Center bombing.</p>
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