While many may think that this is just a slip of the tongue by Mr. Bolling, one cannot genuinely look at it that way when commentators on FOX News continually make the same reference over and over again. Even Rudy Giuliani has tried to get in on it.
In case any of you have forgotten, Daily Kos has a list of attacks since 9/11.
Right after 9/11 we all said we’d never given in, never step back. Since then, the government has steadily taken away our civil liberties and privacy protections, curtailing the rights that were so hard fought.
Tampa Tribune, Wednesday September 12, 2001.
Nevada is one of only nine states complying with REAL-ID. It’s now reconsidering its position and may dump the program as early as May.
“I am not sure we are going to extend it,” Conklin, D-Las Vegas, said Tuesday. “The Legislature generally has not been supportive of Real ID.”
Ending the program won’t cause any problems for travelers because the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has delayed until March 2011 the deadline for states to comply with the law, which was intended to verify drivers’ identities and create licenses that terrorists cannot duplicate. Before delaying implementation of the law in December, the agency threatened to prevent travelers from flying if they lived in states that did not follow the law.
Considering all the 9/11 terrorists had valid passports, everyone who isn’t making money off REAL-ID doesn’t see the necessity in the new driver’s licenses. REAL-ID is a violation of the tenth amendment and should not have been implemented in any state. It is only a blanket of security theater, making you feel like the government is protecting you.
If you think this is bad, read about the national ID the government wants. Neither should have ever seen the light of day and both should have been laughed out of Congress.
Rudy Giuliani went on record, stating that there was never a domestic attack on the United States under George W. Bush. He makes a point of stating that one has occurred under President Obama. Apparently, after spending the entire 2008 presidential campaign constantly referring to 9/11, he has forgotten when it happened and, possibly, that it happened at all. He has also forgotten about Richard Reid, the shoe bomber, the DC sniper, the anthrax attacks, and several others.
The Mr. Giuliani has made a clarification, claiming what he said wasn’t what he meant. It’s a little difficult to take the clarification at face value given that Dana Perino is claiming the exact same thing and Mary Matalin saying that Bush inherited 9/11.
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