Well, vacation time is here once again, which gives this writer the annual dilemma of "where should I head to this year."

With gas prices heading into the stratosphere, and parts of the Gulf Coast either still under repair or packed with tourists, heading down to my old stomping grounds may not be an option.

To avoid the traffic nightmare, I will likely not hit the road until Tuesday, and I still haven't the slightest idea of my destination. Until then, I will be browsing Google Earth to pick out a spot, but I may not see that special place.

This is where the reader comes in. There are probably many places within a day's drive that would be worth a look, off the beaten path, but unique. If there is a beach involved, that would be even better.

So please send your vacation suggestions to bmosely@t-g.com and you will have the chance to tell me where to go. I know there are quite a few of you out there that would love that opportunity.

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The long awaited "immigration compromise" was unveiled this week and the only people that liked what was in it were the authors. No one else seems to be happy with it, neither on the left or right.

As for this writer's opinion of the deal, it is a cultural and national security nightmare, designed by special interests who want to keep their cheap, expendable labor flowing in and politicians who only are looking for a few million new voters. The rest of the public has been totally ignored on this issue.

One example of how certain groups are getting what they want was the discovery of two special 800 numbers that allowed open borders advocates access to lawmakers that you and I don't have. The hotline is paid for by a group call the Coalition for Comprehensive Immigration Reform and the Spanish number is 1-800-882-2005 and for English, call 1-800-417-7666. Feel free to join in and express your opinion.

It is painfully obvious that this administration has never been serious about securing our borders. According to a report from the group Third Way, apprehensions on the Southwest border have declined by 350,000 per year, almost 30 percent from the Clinton administration.

The number of deportable aliens found at the northern border and border locations other than the Southwest has dropped by almost 40 percent and although the number of immigration-related arrests at the workplace has risen each year since 2003, 84 percent of those are workers rather than employers.

But it isn't just cheap labor and their families crossing illegally into the country, there are number of questionable characters slipping in with them.

They are called "OTM" or "Other Than Mexican" and their entrance into the country must be giving national security officials nightmares, According to a series published this week in the San Antonio ExpressNews, men and women from 43 "countries of interest" that are known to harbor terrorist networks have been coming across our southern and northern borders.

According to apprehension numbers from U.S. Customs and Border Protection, agents along both borders have caught more than 5,700 "special-interest immigrants" since 2001. But they estimate that as many as 20,000 to 60,000 could have slipped through.

That should make you sleep well at night.

This is no longer about who we can hire cheaply to trim the hedge. Our enemies want to do us great harm and this administration has insisted on taking the fight overseas while leaving the country's front and back doors wide open.

Allowing millions to continue break the law with no consequence is one thing, but with the current conflict we are engaged in against radical Islam, turning a blind eye to potential terrorists entering the country is tantamount to national suicide.