The Enemy Within

[from TheTentacle.com of July 21, 2008]

The Enemy Within

Steven R. Berryman

Vacationing in Bethany Beach, Delaware, took me past the iconic sub-watch towers, still positioned as they were during World War II, standing guard at the shoreline. These fortified cylindrical monoliths at one time dotted the East Coast from Maine to Florida, protecting our borders from invasion.

The standing armies and navies of the Axis powers were once assumed to be capable of breaching the Atlantic to invade our American homeland. This, of course, never happened as we took the fight to our enemies first...

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The Implications of Illegal Immigration

[from The Tentacle.com of July 17, 2008]

The Implications of Illegal Immigration

Joan McIntyre

There are so many hot issues to talk about this week, such as Waste To Energy (WTE), the economy, gas prices, housing foreclosures, car sales, layoffs and many more. But one, which seems to be slipping from the Number One spot it used to fill, needs to be brought back to the forefront again.

After watching the presidential candidates speak – or rather not speak - and also listening to many others on the illegal immigration debacle, I can't understand: (1) how they (elected leaders) allowed us to get to this point; and (2) why they can't now shut down the borders.

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