Bush to veto 9/11 legislation

Hey remember how the war on terror is, like, the worst war this country has ever faced? Remember how WWII and the Nazi threat (and its millions of murders) pales in comparison to the scary scariness of a bunch of A-rabs cradling AK-47s and RPG-7s in caves?

Remember?

Well, apparently it's not that scary after all. At least compared to those even scarier union workers.

The U.S. Senate began debating legislation to bolster America's security on Wednesday with the White House threatening a veto because one part would extend union protection to 45,000 airport workers [...]

The overall bill would implement many of the stalled recommendations of the bipartisan commission created after the September 11 attacks.

The measure refines other recommendations and imposes new ones, such as the labor provision, and would let state and local governments share information with federal authorities, build better communication systems and provide grants to help high-risk areas prepare for disasters.

But White House spokesman Scott Stanzel said if the labor provision remains in the legislation, "the president's senior advisers would recommend he veto the bill."

Thirty-six Republican senators sent a letter to Bush on Tuesday saying they would provide the needed votes to sustain a veto in the 100-member Senate.

Got that? Terrorism is the GREATEST THREAT EVER to face this country. But apparently, implementing measures that would make our nation safer from terrorists will get vetoed and upheld by at least 36 Senate Republicans simply because 45,000 airport workers would be unionized.

They are putting the nation's safety in peril over the GOP's ideological jihad against unions.

Not that this would be the first time that ideology trumps our nation's security.