GIVING CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE

This post will be a little shorter than usual, primarily because I had to rewrite it with limited time to do so. I had originally intended to lambast BP ARCO over their environmental record; it’s abominable, you know. Look it up on the Internet; search Google on “BP ARCO LAWSUIT” or “BP ARCO FINED” or along those lines. You’ll even eventually get a lead to their big oil deals with Iran. Check out www.yamsite.info

I had also considered tackling immigration and the failures of so many administrations which have failed to deal with the issue, going all of the way back at least 40 years.

Some other ideas had intrigued me, such as the relationships between a couple of major labor unions that are taking member’s hard-earned dues money and using it to undermine our government and our country.

But, a breath of good air has blown across the country and I would be remiss if I didn’t pause and recognize it as being something truly remarkable. I think that the New York City Police Department and the F.B.I. did a truly remarkable job in all aspects of the attempted Times Square bombing over the weekend. From the very moment that a street-side vendor tipped off a mounted policeman to a Nissan Pathfinder left running with its passenger compartment filled with smoke, to the capture and arrest of the admitted perpetrator as he was attempting to make his escape at Kennedy Airport… literally plucking him off the plane after it had left the gate… everyone involved knew what had to be done to identify and nail those responsible and they did it. Not only did they get the job done, but they did it within less than three days and that included rounding up accomplices in Pakistan.

I do disagree with Mayor Bloomberg and Eric Holder taking the credit for this. Bloomberg initially alluded that the guy who did it was probably some deranged and disgruntled American stirred up by bloggers and right-wing evildoers like the Tea Party. Holder grandstanded after the arrests started to come down as if he had personally been in the thick of things and was single-handedly responsible for the quick resolution.

The real applause belongs to the guy on the horse, the explosives experts, the fingerprint guy, and the VIN investigators… each and every one of the outstanding gum-shoe detectives who rolled up their sleeves and put the facts and clues together. Great job and, on behalf of Americans everywhere, thanks from the bottom of my heart.