Written by Neil Kelty on November 19th, 2008
This is the first in a series of posts I will make on the Obama cabinet in the next few days.
State
Hillary Clinton – Senator Clinton appears to have a lock on the job if she’d like it; however, I’m not convinced she will accept the position. The Secretary of State position would give her enormous experience points in foreign policy, but I think the Senate is still the place for her if she is even thinking about running in 2016. But the other question is will the offer still stand after the Obama team finishing digging up dirt on Bill Clinton’s dealings – he’s quite a lot of baggage.
Senator John Kerry – The runner up for the job and possible …
Written by Neil Kelty on April 2nd, 2008
The battle for the border fence just got a little tougher as Department of Homeland Security head Michael Chertoff said that his department will bypass environmental and land management laws to complete a border fence project by year’s end.
The move is touching some hearts in the Sierra Club, an environmental group, whose executive director claims the fence will threaten the environment of the region.
Carl Pope, the executive director, believes waiving these environmental laws is unconstiutional and he is calling for the Supreme Court to look into the issue.
The border fence will be equipped with towers, sensors, cameras along a 470-mile stretch that spans from†California†into Texas. This fence will cut through many areas of federally protected lands including national parks, wildlife …
Written by Neil Kelty on December 30th, 2007
Back in 2005 Congress quietly passed the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Tsunami Relief, 2005. Quite a mouthful there. But the real meat comes in Division B entitled “REAL ID Act of 2005.”
The REAL ID Act establishes federal standards for all state-issued drivers license cards. Each card will be issued a national identification number and contain “common machine-readable technology.” According to author and activist Katherine Albrecht these machine-readable technologies, commonly known as RFID chips can be used as tracking devices. While I’m not much for these “Big Brother is watching” conspiracy theories Ron Paul seems to pump out (Yes, he is associated with battling this one.), the law very clearly states what is …
