Posted on 05/10/2011 4:24:08 PM PDT by mojito
In case you’ve missed it, Texas has seen about 3,400 square miles of land — an area about the size of Puerto Rico — destroyed by wildfires. Pres. Barack Obama hit Texas to do some political fund-raising and give some speeches about immigration; Gov. Rick Perry suggested that he take a gubernatorially guided tour of some of the damage. The president couldn’t be bothered, but asked the governor to come to El Paso to act as a prop at a political event. Governor Perry declined.
Governor Perry often complains that the federal government simultaneously fails to do its real work and involves itself in things that are not real national priorities. The last time the president visited Texas, Governor Perry greeted him with a letter in hand demanding that the federal government execute its border-security duties. (It still won’t.) The governor is asking for a federal emergency declaration that will make additional firefighting resources available. The Obama administration is not budging.
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In Texas, President Obama has more important things to do, such as raising money and pandering to Hispanic voters by dangling the promise of “comprehensive” immigration reform before them, knowing that it’s a go-nowhere proposition. He’ll visit a city on a border that his government controls about as well as President Zardari controls his, and which is at times about as dangerous.
(Excerpt) Read more at nationalreview.com ...
Obama hates Americans, and the more American you are, the more he hates you.
..and just to piss you off even more, a little flashback- Obama sends aid to Mexico to help with wildfires.
http://www.wfaa.com/news/texas-news/US-sends-cargo-planes-to-help-Mexico-fight-fires-119981519.html
*** Texas has seen about 3,400 square miles of land — an area about the size of Puerto Rico — destroyed by wildfires. ****
Look at the good side! There won’t be as many Lone Star ticks as normal!
your right....that p**sed me off
Obama hates Americans, and the more American you are, the more he hates you
Remember when he and hillary were still candidates and he wouldn’t even bluff his contempt for America as he stood on stage and did not place his hand over his heart for the pledge.
Democrats have 51% not paying taxes however with Gas and Food they feel like they are now.
The Kenyan lizard king is despicable. Yeaaa! Keep it up Kenyan.
Obama is a pig.
The Kenyan lizard king is despicable. Yeaaa! Keep it up Kenyan.
If any sumbitch in TX votes for Obama next year.....they need to be drawn, quartered, then punished.
You don’t shrink government by asking for money.
Damn straight.
Going to Austin tonight for fundraisers while refusing aid for Texas.
Perry should have locked the gate and not let the usurper into our great state.
“Under Secretary Napolitano’s leadership, we have strengthened border security beyond what many believed was possible. They wanted more agents on the border. Well, we now have more boots on the ground on the southwest border than at any time in our history. The Border Patrol has 20,000 agents – more than twice as many as there were in 2004, a build up that began under President Bush and that we have continued.
They wanted a fence. Well, that fence is now basically complete.
And we’ve gone further. We tripled the number of intelligence analysts working the border. I’ve deployed unmanned aerial vehicles to patrol the skies from Texas to California. We’ve forged a partnership with Mexico to fight the transnational criminal organizations that have affected both of our countries. And for the first time we are screening 100 percent of southbound rail shipments – to seize guns and money going south even as we go after drugs coming north.
So, we have gone above and beyond what was requested by the very Republicans who said they supported broader reform as long as we got serious about enforcement. But even though we’ve answered these concerns, I suspect there will be those who will try to move the goal posts one more time. They’ll say we need to triple the border patrol. Or quadruple the border patrol. They’ll say we need a higher fence to support reform.
Maybe they’ll say we need a moat. Or alligators in the moat.
They’ll never be satisfied. And I understand that. That’s politics.
But the truth is, the measures we’ve put in place are getting results. Over the past two and a half years, we’ve seized 31 percent more drugs, 75 percent more currency, and 64 percent more weapons than before. Even as we’ve stepped up patrols, apprehensions along the border have been cut by nearly 40 percent from two years ago – that means far fewer people are attempting to cross the border illegally.”
If anyone want to read the whole thing, you can find it here:
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/266896/obamas-immigration-speech-daniel-foster
I guess he couldn’t be at the WH for Michelle’s rap fest.
I’m truly shaking my head and I can’t believe he said the fence is almost complete. What fence???
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