Posted on 04/14/2006 5:56:46 AM PDT by FerdieMurphy
I always love reading articles by Walter Williams, well-known professor of economics. He has a succinct way of avoiding a lot of verbal claptrap and cutting right to the chase.
In a recent column on illegal immigration he wrote: "At the heart of today's immigration problem is its illegality. According to several estimates there are 11 million people who are in our country illegally, mostly from Mexico...First, there's the refusal to call these people 'illegal aliens.' The politicallY preferred term is 'undocumented workers,' which is nothing less than verbal sleight-of-hand." Professor Williams also mentions his colleague, Thomas Sowell, who refers to the illegal aliens as "gate-crashers" at a party they were not invited to. I'm sure, at this point, someone will rise to accuse both Williams and Sowell, who are black, of being racist because they oppose illegal immigration.
Here in Louisiana, I talk to folks about this issue quite often. The folks I get to talk with are all working folks--I don't have any friends among the elite set. The prevailing majority of folks here that I talk to, both black and white, is opposed to what is currently going on and they are quite strong in their sentiment that we ought to ship these illegals back to Mexico, or wherever they came from. I suppose that makes all of us, blacks and whites, guilty of racism. After all, what do we know. All we do is work to pay the taxes for all this foolishness.
I watched this past weekend as Congress grappled with the illegals question and could come up with no concrete solution. And, as their dicussions broke down, almost as if one cue, the protests in several cities almost immediately cranked up (spontaneously of course) and we were again treated to hundreds of thousands (so the media tells us) of illegals marching in the streets again--this time carrying American flags mostly instead of Mexican flags, which tactic seemed to backfire on them in previous protests. It's just simply amazing how these folks in so many different cities just seem to all end up using the same identical tactics no matter where they are. You don't suppose all of these protests are being coordinated from one place or group do you--naw, that could never happen. Why these demonstrations are all spontaneous, all separate, no relationship to one another--just like the demonstrations during the Viet Nam era were, right?
Well, not quite. As it turns out there is just the slightest hint of Leftist penetration into these protests--just the slightest, mind you. According to an article in the "Washington Times" by Jerry Seper: "One of the key organizers of the immigration protests and rallies nationwide, including yesterday's in Washington, is a group whose leaders are tied to the Workers World Party www.workers.org, a Marxist organization that has expressed support for dictators Kim Jong-il of North Korea and Saddam Hussein of Iraq." Well, imagine that! Who would've thunk it? Surely Marxist involvement in these protests has to be the sheerest of coincidences, right? And the sun may rise in the West tommorrow, too.
And not only are the illegals and their supporters and mentors demonstrating, they are also threatening. In both Dallas, Texas and in North Carolina, some immigrant groups called for an economic boycott to display their financial muscle. Question--if these folks are so well off that they can threaten the U. S. with an economic boycott, then why didn't they do the same thing when they were all still in Mexico, the country responsible for many of their problems? Why did they wait until millions of them are here illegally to pull such a stunt in this country?
And to top it all off, in Jackson, Mississippi, they sang "We Shall Overcome" in Spanish. How touching!
But through all this Mickey Mouse fluff that is being dished out to the public, both from the media and from our august Congresspersons, let us not lose sight of the plain fact, and let us not let our Congresscritters forget, that these people are here illegally. They are here demonstrating for non-existent rights, rights they don't have in this country, rights they shouldn't have in this country until they get themselves back home and apply to come in legally.
This entire illegal immigrant scenario resembles little more than an invasion--a cultural invasion of this country, with the central idea in mind of changing our culture to one that suits them, not those of us who were born here. And, if enough of these folks end up here so that they eventually turn this country in a "Little Mexico" like the one they supposedly came up here to get away from, then what border will they cross after the United States has embraced their variety of Mexican socialism?
Years ago, an astute political observer noted that if you really wanted to find out who was responsible for something you had to "follow the money." It would be interesting to know who is paying for all these demonstrations and for those people who are organizing and running them. These people are not doing this for nothing. And although the Marxists are most definitely involved, they are not on the top rung of the ladder. Someone above them is pulling the strings that make everybody dance--and demonstrate!
I'm simply asking "searching questions," and asking for clarification where I see the need for it. As an engineer (who is, btw, quite conversant with math) I always like to be clear on the problem before I attempt to solve it. I'm asking you to help define the problem. You seem to be treating that as an argument against what you're saying, but it's not.
It is way too late to deal with the bleeding hearts. They've done their damage and it is probably too late to fix it.
To quote the late James Burnham: "If there's no solution, there's no problem." Are you saying that there's no solution to the domestic problem? And are you saying that we can somehow fix the illegal immigration problem without being able to solve its domestic roots?
How can we do that?
Seems to me that that would be one of the things any real solution would have to address, then. And it also seems to me that no other effort will bear fruit until that issue is resolved.
So how would you propose to go about it?
I'm convinced that the RNC could not possibly care less about winning elections. It's all about keeping themselves flush with cash from PAC's.
Correct. That would have to do with the constitutional premise that the right to govern is derived from the consent of the governed. The 'governed' in this case most certainly do not consent to amnesty. It also has to do with the right of expatriation which our congresscritters are threatening to breach.
...and then there's the small matter of providing for the common defense.
Nonsense. It's about race, culture, politics and, above all, numbers. Legality is just words on paper. If legal slots were unlimited and it only took 5 minutes and 5 bucks to get your papers illegality would no longer be an issue. Would the problem go away? Harping on legality is simply a way to avoid the real questions.
It's about watering down the country with stupid, ignorant scum from Mexico.
I agree with that. But the question is, since you say it's already too late to fix, how do you go about fixing it?
Are you suggesting that it's too late to fix at the state level, but can be addressed at the federal level? Or is it too late to fix it even at the federal level?
If the former, how would you suggest it get fixed (and what would you suggest the fixes be)?
And if the latter -- if it's too late even for the feds to fix it -- what then?
We'll mark you down in the "bigot" column.
Those who cross our border include the scum of Mexico and it's just as though Senor Fox is cleaning out his prisons and shoving the garbage across our border.
Let's deport our political class along with the 11,000,000 plus that we should be ejecting.
Ejected? These imbeciles are rejects that believe America is their public park.
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And what might that bigoted complaint be, Oh PC one?
If it's about the fact that these are rejects from Mexican society who no doubt have an IQ that doesn't approach normal room temperature, then I stand firmly behind that.
It is very easy to see which side of the fence you're on.
Bingo!
I don't think anyone knows for sure, not even our much vaunted Department of Homeland Security. (And that is a joke in it's self.)
But all the estimates I've read are around 1000+ per month.
Oh? I think your biases prevent you from even seeing the fence, much less which side of the fence I'm on.
Taxes will address many of the imposed costs; registration and tracking addresses the national security issues; and registration and witholding requirements address the financial incentives for businesses to hire illegals or guests.
But supposing you're right, and the problem cannot be fixed: wouldn't it make more sense to make the best of it?
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