(USA Today) BALTIMORE — President Bush, speaking nearly two weeks after London’s terrorist attacks, reminded Americans on Wednesday that the nation is still at war. He said Congress needs to renew terror-fighting tools in the USA Patriot Act.
Bush underscored his remarks by speaking at the Dundalk Marine Terminal, where he got a demonstration of state-of-the-art cargo-screening equipment designed to detect chemical, nuclear or conventional bombs planted by terrorists.
Shortly after Bush’s speech, Maryland Democratic Sen. Barbara Mikulski issued a statement saying the president has not put enough money into port security and that at least $8 billion is needed to effectively safeguard the nation’s ports. Bush said he has budgeted $2.3 billion for port security this year.
Hmm, $8 billion dollars, $8 billion dollars, where in the heck can we come up with $8 billion dollars… oh, I know! How about not letting $8 billion dollars cash go missing in Iraq through the Coalition Provisional Authority?
The guy has a lot of nerve after delaying the upgrade of the Coast Guard — the force he’s placed under the Department of Homeland Security and charged with guarding our ports against terrorism — to the year 2030.
