Posted on 05/10/2006 1:48:26 AM PDT by M. Thatcher
I read the threads. People on both sides gave as good as they got. Your loving comment is a case in point.
You really should. They are corrupted, racist and dirty as heck. So bad that there's a good chance they could go socialist/communist in the near future. To have a government like that right next to us could be a major concern.
And an unintended consequence of completely shutting off the flow of workers from there to here might well be to start the requisite revolution.
As it stands now, we're a safety valve for those Mexicans who happen to have the gumption to do something to better their conditions. You can be sure that Vincente Fox knows that....
There's a lot more to this debate than the "build a wall" types are willing to admit.
bump for publicity
No, more like the different stories that came every day from the Schindler family re: Terri Schiavo.
I've heard those reports too. ACLU/leftist types may be passing the MM locations on to the Mexican consuls in LA and elsewhere who in turn pass it to their bosses in Mexico. The USBP has deniability but their upper echelons are probably not unhappy with whoever is passing the info to the Mexicans.
Me, too ... I'm not sure why immediately believing the charge is "knee-jerk" but immediately believing the denial is not.
In other words, the Border Patrol does not report directly to the Mexican government, but another department of the U.S. government DOES.
Could you post that in Japanese?
:>)
I disagree. I think the "build a wall" crowd is the only one looking at the big picture. Yes, we can have a guest worker program that benefits both us and the immigrants, but unless we have a sealed border, it won't work. The border must be secured first.
>>Scott James, a former Tucson agent, resigned after eight years of service in February, citing a lack of support for agents by the Department of Homeland Security.
He said that U.S. Border Patrol officials provided office space inside their headquarters to Mexican consulate officials, allowed the consulate to dictate the agents' activities, and gave the consulate information on ongoing investigations. <<
An allegation like that should warrent investigation.
Doesn't mean the Border Patrol, or the Feds gave Mexican officials the info. Could have been a local person who might have mentioned it to someone else who got the info the the Mexican govt.
My point exactly. Stories that change with the days. We all participate in them, even you. This story is no different.
Well there are two kinds of denials in government.
#1 a real total denial because it didn't happen.
#2 a word game where it happened, but they call it another name.
Helluva point there Ollie!
What do you think, Howlin?
As long as those changes reinforce the preconceived biases of the single-issue folks, the internal contradictions are ignored.
As I found out, trying to point out what the article was really talking about is not particularly welcome.
As it stands now, we're a safety valve for those Mexicans who happen to have the gumption to do something to better their conditions. You can be sure that Vincente Fox knows that....
Frankly, I wonder if some brainiac on our side hasn't crunched the numbers and determined at least some sectors of our economy are dependent on skirting laws that govern hiring American citizens.
I think it's because most of us were willing to wait for the OTHER side of the story before jumping to conclusions.
Of course, we're not pushing agenda, so we don't have a vested interest in one side being true to the exclusion of the other.
No kidding.
Can you give any reason why your vetting process is superior to Michelle Malkin's? She seems to be running with this on her new endeavor "vent" which is less than two weeks old. I'd think she'd be kind of cautious with her credibility at this point.
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