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RIDGE IS JUST DOING HIS JOB

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From: The Boston Globe
Date: 20040717
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I OBJECT TO EILEEN MCNAMARA'S INSULTING COMPARISON OF SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY TOM RIDGE TO "CHATTERER THE RED SQUIRREL," A CHARACTER FROM THE THORNTON W. BURGESS STORIES. McNamara asks rhetorically whether we need reminding that "the enemy is still out there, gunning for us."

We do indeed need the reminders, especially when so many of us would downplay the terrorist threat in the world, or imply that some kind of political accommodation might lessen that threat, in order to shift focus away from our national security toward social issues such as adding or expanding domestic social ...

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