Michael Chertoff, the Homeland Security Secretary, has decided that the greatest threat to our national security and, indeed, the American Way of Life is: trash.
In an interview with the Associated Press published yesterday, he announced yet another justification for the hare-brained border fence scheme into which the Bush Administration wants to pour somewhere in the neighborhood of 50 billion dollars. Nice neighborhood.
This time, it's personal. "Illegal migrants really degrade the environment. I've seen pictures of human waste, garbage, discarded bottles and other human artifact in pristine areas," Chertoff said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press. "And believe me, that is the worst thing you can do to the environment."
Numero Uno: He's seen pictures? What, he's never been here? Geez.
Numero Dos-O: Michael Chertoff is from New Eff-ing Jersey. He's got a lot of nerve complaining about something as innocuous as human waste and discarded bottles. If he thinks that's "the worst thing you can do to the environment," he is seriously off his rocker. His "homeland" is one of the world's most polluted inhabited areas. Yet, in what would ordinarily pass for a distinguished career as a U.S. Attorney, including a stint as head of the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice, Chertoff never acted against environmental crooks.
The problem is, with no one seriously believing the fence is going to keep anyone out and even reactionary border governors like Rick Perry ridiculing the very idea, Chertoff and the Administration have to keep a straight face and issue new rationales for the border fence on what seems to be virtually a monthly basis.
Remind you of any wars we're fighting? And seriously, where do they find dumbasses like Chertoff?
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