CNN) – Janet Napolitano just started her first Washington job — but speculation lingers over whether she might be interested in a more permanent post in the nation’s capital.
The Homeland Security secretary continued to shrug off questions Sunday over whether or not she’d be willing to serve on the Supreme Court if she were tapped by President Obama to fill the vacancy left by the retirement of Justice David Souter.

“You know Chris, I got to tell you, I got my hands full with the flu right now and I’m just going to stick with that,” she told Fox News Sunday’s Chris Wallace. Under further questioning, she didn’t clarify. “The president has many, many excellent choices before him. And that’s his choice,” she said.

The former Arizona governor has long been considered by some political observers to be a possible pick for the high court. On Friday, she also did not indicate whether or not she would consider serving on the high court. “I’m fully engaged as the Secretary of Homeland Security,” she told reporters. “In fact, I hadn’t heard that he’d actually resigned so you just broke some news for me today.”

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Most conservatives groups have been pushing for her to resign. I just don’t think they wanted her to resign and take a Supreme Court Judge Post. The thought of Napolitano making laws and governing from the bench probably has most American Conservatives shaking and Liberals cheering. Have heart conservatives this is what is called a trial balloon in politics.

Here is how it works. CNN gets a phone call saying Napolitano is available for an exclusive interview. Of course, CNN, working hard trying to make up some of the lost ratings, jumps on it. During the course of the call setting up the interview, one of her staff members says to the CNN staff member, “Have you heard anything about Janet being considered for the Supreme Court seat”. The CNN staffer passes it along to the interviewer so that he/she can ask about it when he/she is conducting the interview. Then, depending on the reaction of the listening audience, Napolitano and/or Obama’s selection committee will know how to proceed. I am pretty sure I know what the reaction has been.

As a Conservative, it scares me to death for anyone in the administration to even float this out as a trial balloon. However, remembering this administration’s gift for picking tax cheat rejects, I guess I shouldn’t be surprised.

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I am pretty sure the government is saying, “I love it when a plan comes together”.  As our freedoms are being taken from us with things like the Patriot act we now have to deal with the same people in Homeland Security publishing the “right wing extremist watch list”.  Make no doubt about it these are people who will use their power to squash whomever they see as opposing their view.   Hopefully they will use the FEMA folks to enforce the encampment of the watch list.  FEMA is so inept that we would never have to worry about the camps working.

On a side note:
Rather than wait for the Chinese to slap the bankers down and see the western economy collapse, we need to wrangle the control of the government back from the elite and put it back into the hands of the people.  If we do not, this country could face a military coupe or civil war that would be nearly impossible to recover from even in our Grandchildren’s lifetime.

Evidently the criminals crossing the border need directions as well

WASHINGTON (CNN) — President Obama on Tuesday vowed to invest the resources needed to address the threat posed by drug traffickers in Mexico.
We are going to continue to monitor the situation, and if the steps we have taken do not get the job done, then we will do more,” he told reporters Tuesday night
He praised the efforts of Mexican President Felipe Calderon to counter drug cartels, which “have gotten completely out of hand,” but said the United States must take further steps, such as ensuring that illegal guns and cash do not flow from north of the Rio Grande to the cartels in Mexico.
That’s what makes them so dangerous,” he said.
Obama’s remarks came hours after Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announced that the United States is sending hundreds of federal agents and crime-fighting equipment to the border.
The renewed push for stronger law-enforcement presence along the border comes as the administration tries to help the Mexican government break up drug cartels blamed for killing some 6,500 people in Mexico last year, Napolitano said.
“Our role is to assist in this battle because we have our own security interests in its success,” Napolitano said at the White House.”
In an interview with CNN later Tuesday, she said, “It’s all about border safety and security and making sure that spillover violence does not erupt in our own country.”
The new federal plan, developed by the departments of Justice and Homeland Security, calls for doubling the number of border security task force teams and moving a significant number of other federal agents, equipment and resources to the border. It also involves greater intelligence sharing aimed at cracking down on the flow of money and weapons into Mexico that helps fuel the drug trade, senior administration officials said.
The plan commits $700 million to bolster Mexican law enforcement and crime prevention efforts. The funds will provide, among other things, five new helicopters to increase mobility for the Mexican army and air force as well as new surveillance aircraft for the Mexican navy.
The funds also will support enhanced communications technology for Mexican prosecutors, law enforcement and immigration officials.
The $700 million allocation, meant to assist what administration officials described as an “anti-smuggling effort,” will complement ongoing U.S. aid to Mexico under the Merida initiative: a three-year, $1.4 billion package aimed at helping Mexico fight the drug cartels with law enforcement training, military equipment and improved intelligence cooperation.
The money was allocated last year, but Tuesday’s announcement brought the first details of how some of that money will be spent.
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They are also sending Hilary down to make sure that we are securing the border. I think we are sending the wrong Clinton. If we sent Bill at least the men would be preoccupied with hiding their daughters and perhaps that would slow down the drug flow coming into the U.S.
When I read the article, I thought I was reading about an entirely different situation than the one that has everyone in the US and especially the Border States worried about. Pardon me, but I don’t think the problem is what is being smuggled south. (US to Mexico) The problem is what is being sent north. That would be Drugs, Illegals, Violence, International Gangs and Kidnapping/Extortion at a level this country has never seen. Did you think that Phoenix has become the kidnapping capital of the US because the Girl Scouts have gotten violent? Jeez-o-peety! People, the problem is that we have large, complex, criminal organizations that are coming north with little or no fear of prosecution from our government.
To My Representatives and to the President I have the following questions:
Where is that wall that was going to be built. Isn’t this a shovel ready project?
What was the real reason behind ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) being told to stop going after illegal aliens?
Why was Janet Napolitano who was well known for support against weak borders, appointed Homeland Sec.?
What is the real reason for the United State propping up the Mexican Government? Are you afraid of a people’s revolt and a Chavez type government cropping up in Mexico?

It is more smoke and mirrors. The pattern is starting to get real familiar. Make plenty of noise, spend a little money, come up with a neat slogan and go on a television with a concerned look on the face and people will believe that something is being done. Once that mission is accomplished, the administration can go back to their original mission, which appears to be nationalizing industry, banks and now newspapers.

On second thought, perhaps Hillary should walk around Phoenix or perhaps El Paso by herself and have her tell us how safe she felt in the barrios.  Maybe she could carry the reset button with her for protection.  Hopefully, she knows how to spell reset in Spanish.

Face Forward Update:
Dallas Morning News
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama is keeping close watch on the violence from Mexico’s drug war, but he said Wednesday that so far it hasn’t spilled into this country enough to justify sending troops to the border.

“We’ve got a very big border with Mexico,” he said. “I’m not interested in militarizing the border.”

FaceFwd says: Here’s a great idea you knuckleheads….. Let’s send em to Afgan. Their border is so much smaller and MORE important to the US security.  PEOPLE, “am I only one that gets this? ff

See the full story here http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/nation/stories/DN-obamamexico_12nat.ART.State.Edition2.4aa2544.html

Antonio Vazquez a.k.a. “the Grand Warlock of Mexico” predicts that the US troops will pull out of Iraq.  Those same troops will be deployed to the Mexican border with imperialistic ideas.  He predicts that our troops will invade Mexico and expand the US territory southward.  Just remember that he also predicted that Hillary would win the election and Brittney Spears would commit suicide.  So much for his accuracy.

Face Forward Comments:
While this guy is stupid beyond belief or one heck of a con man, his prediction concerning the Mexican border does bring up an interesting point.  The war that no one is speaking about is the border war going on from Texas to California.  It is between the Mexican corrupt army /police force that is escorting drug runners and our border patrols and local law enforcement officers.

A very recent incident is documented on website: U.S. Border Control
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Ralph Basham has concluded that Mexican soldiers bypassed a barbed-wire fence and other clearly visible barriers, crossed into the United States and held a U.S. Border Patrol agent at gunpoint in August.

Basham told the Tucson unit of the Border Patrol Officers union that the August 3 incursion was a “potential lethal encounter involving four Mexican armed military soldiers north of the international boundary.” The U.S. State Department and the Mexican government had earlier claimed that the soldiers were simply lost.

The tactics used against the agent, Basham said, were “unacceptable.” He said the matter has been sent to the State Department “with a request for diplomatic action.”

The Border Patrol agent was detained at gunpoint for several minutes by members of the Mexican military who crossed the border into Arizona about 85 miles southwest of Tucson. The soldiers returned to Mexico without incident when backup agents responded to assist. Local union President Edward “Bud” Tuffly II said “Had the agent panicked and fired a shot or attempted to flee in his vehicle, there is little doubt the Mexican soldiers would have opened fire.”

Face Forward Comments:
There is a war that no one is talking about.  In the last several years that have been over 200 incursion by the Mexican armed forces onto US soil.  Those military forces are the armed guard of the Mexican Drug Cartel that happens to be in charge that day.  What has our government done about it (President Bush) NOTHING.  Our elected officials who are more interested in getting and staying elected will not stir up the Hispanic vote (you can’t spell Hispanic without panic).

Face Forward Suggestions:

Billions (yes Billions) of dollars are sent to Latin American countries every year via wire transfers.  Put a tax of 10% on each wire transfer and put that money towards build a strong border defense.

Deport every illegal alien along with his or her Children even if the Child was born here.  Children of parents that are in the US illegally should not be considered US citizens and deported along with their parents.

Build the fence that everyone has forgotten about.

Give the Border Guard, National Guard or Homeland Security force the right to shoot back at people trying to infiltrate the US illegally. 

Shut off all public service to illegal aliens

Make English the national language of America and remove all bilingual/ trilingual signs on public buildings

I know that conservatives are pictured as heartless and uncaring.  Nothing could be further from the truth.  I care about my family having enough food on the table to eat.  I care about our healthcare system that is about to break.  I care that my children will not have the opportunity that I have had because of people that should not be here taking their jobs.  I care that in my senior years I will not be able to get the services I have paid for during a lifetime of work because that money is being spent on someone that snuck into this country.  You better believe I care.