Not as bad as Hizzoner, but close.

I received this quiz in an email from a friend. It was short, about a dozen questions on how you pronounce particular words. I was dubious that it would work, but there it is. It pegged me.

What American accent do you have? Your Result: Philadelphia Your accent is as Philadelphian as a cheesesteak! If you're not from Philadelphia, then you're from someplace near there like south Jersey, Baltimore, or Wilmington. if you've ever journeyed to some far off place where people don't know that Philly has an accent, someone may have thought you talked a little weird even though they didn't have a clue what accent it was they heard.
The Northeast
The Midland
The Inland North
The South
Boston
The West
North Central
What American accent do you have? Quiz Created on GoToQuiz

Border Security

This revelation in the Officer Brian Terry murder and related "Fast and Furious" fiasco is dismaying, but not surprising:

Armed illegals stalked Border Patrol

Mexicans were ‘patrolling’ when agent was slain, indictment says

"Five illegal immigrants armed with at least two AK-47 semi-automatic assault rifles were hunting for U.S. Border Patrol agents near a desert watering hole known as Mesquite Seep just north of the Arizona-Mexico border when a firefight erupted and one U.S. agent was killed, records show.

A now-sealed federal grand jury indictment in the death of Border Patrol agent Brian A. Terry says the Mexican nationals were “patrolling” the rugged desert area of Peck Canyon at about 11:15 p.m. on Dec. 14 with the intent to “intentionally and forcibly assault” Border Patrol agents."

Seems to me that if Mexican drug cartels are patrolling on our side of the border with assault rifles, we ought to be patrolling our border with something more than lightly armed border patrol agents. Maybe an MQ-9 Predator?

"Two AK-47 assault rifles found at the scene came from the failed Fast and Furious operation.

Using thermal binoculars, one of the agents determined that at least two of the Mexicans were carrying rifles, but according to an affidavit in the case by FBI agent Scott Hunter, when the Mexicans did not drop their weapons as ordered, two agents used their shotguns to fire “less than lethal” beanbags at them."

And it seems perfectly obvious to the normally intelligent that invaders carrying AK-47s encountered inside our sovereign borders ought to be met with something more than beanbags. May I suggest an M107 Barrett .50 caliber sniper rifle?

Lest anyone accuse me of wanting to militarize the border, I'd just like to point out that Mexican nationals armed with assault rifles "at the ready" and night vision devices patrolling inside the United States looking to ambush lightly armed agents of the Federal government means the border has already been militarized by someone else.