Posted on 12/10/2004 1:11:58 PM PST by nanak
Ya think? The current concept of "Homeland Security", along with our 1st Mexican POTUS' lack of putting America first in such a critical time, really is of concern to many, many people...we have to WAIT until another slaughter of Americans occurs???
This "one issue" happens to be the single most important issue of our day: whether or not we can control our demographics will be the single most important factor in determining whether our country will retain its historic character and identity.
If WSJ is not committed to conserving America, they cannot be considered conservative by any stretch.
And, their heart is in the right place; we are a country of immigrants, and we do need the labor.
Wrong and wrong.
I'm not an immigrant. Yes, my ancestors were immigrants, but that is true of anyone living anywhere. To suggest that we must continue taking in immigrants because our heritage is one of immigration is a fallacy non-sequitur.
And the only reason we "need" labor is because corporations are too greedy to pay people enough to come to work. They are more than happy to bring in destitute foreigners to fill the slums of our cities, knowing that these people won't demand better wages and conditions.
You're going too far by assuming that they're thinking in the first place.
I was on the Texas border a few weeks back. I met with some folks that follow the hispanic gangs like the Mexican Mafia. And with some other people who's job is usually to "kill people and break things" as Rush says.
After chatting with them I would not get on a commercial airliner unless I really had to. Their big fear is that the Islamo types grease the hispanic gangs with enough cash to get them to pop off a few MANPADS at some commercial airliners. Which would be very easy to do. They said the kill zone is a 40 mile swatch to and from the airport. Put the device together in about a minute, get tone on the target, shoot and scoot. The bad guys are miles away when the target his hit. Which is what I expect happened to flight 880.
The gangers will do anything for a buck. Imagine how hard it will be to track the bad guys when they are not Middle Eastern but hispanic.
We have a bunch of idiots in Washington. Either that or they figure the number of people killed in various events is something they can tolerate. And that's it worthwhile to have illegals here because they work cheap and/or someday they throw an amnesty blanket over all of them and then they become real taxpayers and save "soch security".
I wonder what it's going to take to modify the thinking some people in Washington have on our border security. I hope I don't find out what the answer to that is.
Once the politicians fear for their political lives, you will see them turn around. We as a people have to get to a point where we in essence communicate in no uncertain terms to them that this is how it has to be, or they will be out on their ear. Sadly, we are no where near there yet for far too many of our fellow citizens.
I try and depcit what the "far worse" might be like in the Dragon's Fury Series
Bump for Solomon Ortiz. (Never thought that would happen)
Surprise, surprise, surprise. The criminal element along the border does not care anything except for money --- they'd bring bin Laden himself in to do whatever --- it's all about greed.
Oh, I'm afraid they're thinking alright...yup.
(((Ping)))
So this is 'alarming'. Glad they finally noticed.
"This is alarming,” said U.S. Rep. Solomon P. Ortiz, D-Texas. "
DOH!!!
Dang!! Another one that I can't hire to take care of my kids and let the rest of the taxpayers subsidize.
"Ortiz said the U.S. intelligence bill that Congress passed this week would authorize the Border Patrol to double the number of agents over the next five years. President Bush still must sign the bill. "
Did anyone catch that there is NO funding for these extra guards?
"
"I wonder what it's going to take to modify the thinking some people in Washington have on our border security. I hope I don't find out what the answer to that is."
What it might take is outting the rest of our bureaucratic elites for hiring their "servants" illegally and letting us subisdize them with health care, etc, just like Karik.
"they'd bring bin Laden himself in to do whatever "
He's probably been in LA for 3 years getting kidney treatment from medicaid.........No more attention than the elites seem to take in the care of their children, he might be someone's nanny!
What the hell does that mean? This talking point is so bandied about no one ever thinks it through. For shame. Why exact does who need "the labor"? Here in California the Contruction industry, agriculture etc may be able to be paying $3 an hour to skirt the nation's minimum wage and tax laws, but when you account for the average we pay in assistence programs to their families that can't survive on $3, free medical care at emergency rooms, and other variables like extreme housing costs of such a surge in population, every illegal averages costing us $20 an hour as a society to pay them! Sure the employer is making big profit margins, but it is a tremendous burden on everyone else.
The Wall Street Journal's motto is to Privative Profits and Socialize Costs. What more do you expect from "conservatives" who's only principles and convictions are economic? They are only concerned with their bottom lines, so selling us out is just the cost of doing business, its just life in the big city.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.