Credibilty Overflow

The media and Dems are sooo predictable.

CNN ran a piece on the prospective Homeland Security database this morning that was unintended satire. Bruce Mortenson didn't have a clue about databases. He quoted Al Gore as the go-to expert! Yeah I'd like to see Al set up a query formula. Big Brother scare tactics from the Left are even more laughable, given that they embrace national health care, which would be the Mother of all databases.

Just as the 53% of us who hold stocks and lost money in the stock market know the bubble burst long before the 2000 election, also know the data in local, state or federal computer systems is unreliable. Gun background check laws are mostly ineffective because the various db's and computer systems can't communicate. As the recent sniper case proves, law enforcement can't effectively track an auto license number from county to county or across state lines.

Computer users are familiar enough with the foibles of simple db programs like Lotus, Excel or Access to realize that a national db is not workable with our current level of computer technology [Read Mrs. Du Toit's excellent commentary on the subject.] The transmission of large data streams is an issue that is has not been addressed and will require a major upgrade in technology. The local service loop is mostly twisted copper pair...given the tenuous financial condition of the Telecom industry it is a safe bet they are not interested in a new last mile built-out.

A sure sign that the Dems don't have a viable plan or solution to a national problem is when they resort to scaring their base with boogey-men.