Sorry about the link. Drudge is, to put it mildly, a bit loose with his link protocols, and they often have something along the lines of "latest story" as an identifier. Of course, he isn't in the business of providing me with hot links, either. Normally I try to track down the original, but I can't always.

Of course, now the storm is veering north again. I hope San Antonio still works out.

As far as bragging is concerned, we have yet to suffer even a small terror attack in the U.S. Granted, there is no evidence that Homeland Security is totally responsible for this almost uncanny fact, but I think we can all agree that if there was an attack, they would get 100 percent of the blame.

Sure we could set up systems to more effectively deploy major forces in a shorter time. Of course, you'd have to pay for all this. Remember all those "useless" military bases both parties have been closing since the Cold War ended? Those would be quite useful for this sort of thing. Welcome to the "peace dividend." This first came up on 9/11, when the fighter jets had to be deployed from Otis air base in Massachussetts. Otis is now on the chopping block, too.