"Keystone Kops"

When I was young and television was a new invention silent films were shown on t.v. on a fairly regular basis. There was a show called "Silents Please" which took old films and added funny dialogue with some hilarious results. In the afternoons I was privileged to see the likes of Ben Turpin, Harold Lloyd, Buster Keaton, and Laurel & Hardy. One of my favorites was the "Keystone Kops" from the famous studio of Hal Roach. This group of misfits chased bank robbers, thieves, and felons of all types through the streets of Hollywood with little success, yet with great hilarity. Their incompetence was legendary as they fumbled through each encounter with their villainous counter-parts. It was great fun watching those comedic geniuses poke fun at the police, portraying them as inept fools incapable of ever catching their foes. As much fun as it is to watch fictitious police fumble and fall in a silent movie it is no fun to watch our national security being mis-handled by a group of inept and unqualified amateurs fumble from one national security breach to another. Janet Napolatano has proven she is over her head in a job that is so sensitive that thousands of American lives could be forfeit at the commission of one mistake. The intelligence gathering arms of the Obama administration have shown all the competence of those "Keystone Kops", fumbling each opportunity to protect the American people from the acts of radical extremists. The administration has said there were no "smoking guns" in these numerous breaches of national security, yet as the facts have come forward we have seen a plethora of mistakes that have been made and numerous "red flags" that were either ignored or discounted by the very people who were supposed to be the most vigilant in their duties. Obama has come forward with a statement of concern that at best was weak and non-committal as to where the fault lies in a most incredulous lack of competence toward our country's security. How much more can we expect from this group of in-experienced and unqualified individuals who hold so much responsibility in their hands? The more we see of the Barack Obama administration the more we see the price of weakness and inexperience in positions of responsibility! How much more poor judgement will we see from a man who, through his appointments and decisions, is showing he was not ready to become the President of the United Stares of America? The "Keystone Kops" are fun to watch in a silent movie, but we don't need them in charge of our national security. I only hope America can survive the ineptitude of Barack Obama, he's not as funny as Charlie Chaplin!!