Borders of Fear
We have a virtual police state at our airports, machine-gun-carrying police in our cities, antiaircraft defenses in and around Washington, and now people are emptying stores of duct tape and plastic sheeting to protect themselves. From what? Our enemy has no airplanes, no aircraft carriers and no missiles. What do they have? Let’s all shout in unison, loud enough to be heard by the federal bureaucrats: “It’s the people you let in and the borders you don’t guard, stupid!”
Bill Marvel
San Pedro
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