THE BLAZE is reporting that the government worked with the Sinaola drug cartel from 2000 to 2012; in exchange for information on rival cartels, the U.S. allowed the Sinaolas to smuggle illegal drugs across our southern borders.
COMMENTS:
That seems to be the way it always is with our government
these days; the ends justify the means. Notice
that this philosophy runs across both the Bush and the Obama administrations. Where
is our national conscience, or do we really have one anymore?
TODAY’S QUERIES & ANSWERS:
Q. There’s a big flap over searches occurring at the
borders. What’s your opinion regarding
privacy rights vs. national security?
(Geraldine ~ Berkeley, CA)
A. When you arrive at a port or an international airport,
customs can go completely through your luggage and personal belongings. The problem is that these searches have
extended into digital cameras, laptops and tablets, voice records and so
forth. I believe that when you cross the
border, you agree to be searched; but when it gets into reading diaries and
intruding into data and picture files, I think there needs to be reasonable
suspicion. I also believe that they have the right to detain you until a judge
can rule on the issue of probable cause.
Now, once you are in the country and away from the border crossing, I
believe they have no right to search you or your belongings at all without a
judge’s order or probable cause. We must
have national security; that’s a given.
We do NOT have to give up our
unalienable rights in order to get our national security.
Q. The cybersecurity breach at Target is far worse than we
were first led to believe. Now it’s up
to 100 million files compromised. And
there are other retailers affected as well, including Microsoft and Neiman
Marcus. How can we protect
ourselves? (Gina ~ Fremont, CA)
A. Not by hiring the guys who designed the ObamaCare
website, that’s for certain. Here’s the
thing: if retailers or anyone else are going to maintain information about you
in data files, information that could cause you physical or fiscal harm, they
have a responsibility to protect that information. Now, there may be nefarious types out there
seeking to obtain that information, but the responsibility to protect you lies
with the owner and operator of the data file.
So, you need to read your agreement with the company and see what language,
if any, that it contains about cyber security.
If they do not agree to hold you harmless through collecting and
retaining such information, you shouldn’t open a charge account there and I’d
be leery of using a bank card as well.
Q. Why are the Republicans now starting to push for amnesty
for the illegal aliens? (Don ~
Springfield, OR)
A. They are of the opinion they have to in order to get the
Mexican vote. The fact they are willing
to give up getting the conservative vote or the Tea Party vote in order to do
so speaks for itself.
TODAY’S QUOTE:
“Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for.”
~ Will Rogers
TODAY’S VIDEO: (This’ll
probably end up being the funniest video of 2014. It’ll certainly get your mind
off of ObamaCare for a few minutes… Turn up the sound.)
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