[joanie-f]

Some on this thread are stating that Travis McGee was banned because he stepped over the line. If he did, he did so under provocation.

Passions run high when a perception of deep betrayal, injustice, and the instinct to survive are a part of the mix. And I don’t believe any informed conservative can cite a time in his life when all three were more a part of his daily thoughts and fears than they are now.

It would appear that, even here on this forum, those who still possess sufficient insight to comprehend that we are under an unprecedented attack by an malevolent invading army, and who exhibit sufficient courage to declare that those in ‘leadership’ positions in Washington who are doing nothing about it are betraying this republic, find themselves in a shrinking and ill-treated minority that is consistently smeared, called radical, alarmist, hostile to Latinos, and a myriad of other undeserved labels. Travis has even been called ‘imprudent’ (*gasp*) on the thread.

Prudence is not called for in the current political climate. Courage is.

One senate Republican aide, gutsy enough to call a spade a spade, recently observed that ‘there is a paralyzing fear of the illegal-immigrant lobby’ in Washington. It matters not that the large majority of American citizens believes that illegal immigrants should not be offered any kind of amnesty, and that an even larger majority wants to erect a security fence along our southern border. Representative government appears to have given way to rule by special interest and the amassing of political power.

It’s time for our ‘leadership’ in Washington to stop their incessant, self-promoting and power-mongering, mute their phony political pre-election posturing, and start leading. And if they will not, it’s time for the citizenry to do something about the malaise at the top.

We are not calling for a revolution. We are begging our leadership to lead, so as to avoid one. Criminals are streaming across our border. Eleven million of them are living among us. They are arrogantly demanding rights without responsibilities. They are staking out illegitimate claims to our homeland. They are looking at two-plus centuries of success and prosperity, built on the blood and sweat of those who came here with a respect for our laws and a willingness to shed their blood, and work from dawn to dusk … and they are scheming to steal those hard-won successes and rewards, and to bring this republic to her knees in the process.

It’s parasitic. It’s wicked. It’s unjust.

I, for one, am tired of debates about racism, legal technicalities, economic indicators, which party is ‘doing more’ for the middle class, and the rest of the election-year ‘issues’ that have been fabricated, or conveniently politically magnified beyond rationality … You want to do something for me, ‘leaders’ in Washington? Stop creating issues and problems so that you can get re-elected on promises to solve them. And start staring down the genuine evils that threaten to erase our national sovereignty.

Stop the interminable debates about how to deal with those illegal immigrants who have broken the law and are working in the U.S., and obtaining education, health care, court costs, legal representation, etc. at no cost, while the American taxpayer must pay obscenely burdensome taxes to obtain the same for his family. That criminal behavior and resultant inequity must be identified, acknowledged and corrected. But we face a much more pressing problem that needs to be solved now. And every day that you persist in political posturing simply serves to render the problem even more deadly. We must stop the flow of illegal immigrants. We must close our southern border.

Although unfair, and continually sapping our national fiscal strength, it’s not the illegals’ effect on our economy that is killing us. Dollars and cents are never the bottom line in a free society. Liberty and sovereignty are. And both precious entities are growing ever more precarious in America 2006.

If a deadly toxin is seeping into your house, in higher concentrations each day, do you sit in your livingroom debating among family members how you should attempt to neutralize its toxicity so as to avoid eventual death for you all? And do you quibble incessantly over who should have the power to make such decisions?

Or do you first locate, and seal up, the source of the leak?

Never did I believe that I would live to see the day when the leadership of this country would place more importance on poll numbers, phony economic considerations, special interests, and the desire to win re-election, than on the sovereignty and security of America. And I believed it even less likely that that disgusting and obscene state of affairs would occur with a republican occupying the White House, and republicans in the majority in the house and senate.

Thanks to politicians (both republican and democrat) without character or conscience, obsessively focused on cheap labor and more votes (read: the amassing of personal and ideological power), media that hold in disdain the America that once was, and racist pressure groups, our republic sits on the brink of a terrible abyss from which, for the first time in our history, only the American citizen can pull her back.

God bless (and we must support) the Minutmen.

… don’t be surprised if, some day in the not too distant future, the Statue of Liberty’s torch is replaced with a sign reading ‘It Worked Fine at First … Florence King

~ joanie ....

[investigateworld]

Most excellent post bump

[SeaBiscuit]

Bravo Bump!

[del4hope]

All I can say is wow. And Thank you. It amazes me the American citizens that are sitting back and doing nothing. As long as their present family and material goods are not in jeopardy, there is no involvement. Just wait until their kids or grandkids get gangraped by these criminals. I know that sounds harsh. But I feel like we are riding on the Titanic right now and many are ignoring the life boat directions.

We are about to have a state of lawlessness upon us. Who is in charge?

[american spirit]

Superb analysis.

[SiliconValleyGuy]

I really wish you and your type would give up whatever you do and move to the forefront if this war. You both have the passion and the ability to express it that we need to wake up the sleeping masses.

[kstewskis]

That deserves an

[tertiary01]

Good post and I agree bump

[Euro-American Scum]

Check your private email account. There are comments I can't make here that you might find of interest.

BTW, outstanding post. You broke the eloquence meter with this one.

[cva66snipe]

I wish I had said what you did :>} Good points indeed.

[moehoward]

I am in awe of that post.

Bravo!!!

Can I paint your house, overhaul a car motor, something?

You have brought me back to center. It is NOT too late. We CAN still turn this around.

Thank you.

[Abundy]

Long time no see...great posts Jeff and Joanie.

It is sad to see a simple issue tearing people, a party and a Country apart.

But then we are the "great experiment" of government and when viewed through the lens of human history are merely an upstart country compared to China, Russia and Europe.

Was it Franklin and said something about having a country if we could keep it?

People entering our country illegally (after all, that is the bottom line of this issue) and our resolution to it ("our" because regardless of who is running this country and whether WE voted them in, they are still OUR representatives, and WE are still Americans) will determine whether the "great experiment" fails or not.

I'm very afraid of how History will judge Us.

[Liberator]

THE single best post I have EVER seen at Free Republic! (Were you one of our Founders in a previous life? ;-)

God Bless you Joanie for your extraordinary eloquence in conveying exactly how many of us feel.

Just lurking these days, however I wish I could ping ALL of America to your magnificent post...

Hope you don't mind my borrowing some of your wisdom as my tagline:

"Prudence is not called for in the current political climate. Courage is" -- I'd suggest others to do the same as our clarion call to our fellow patriots...

More super tagline material from your essay:

"We are not calling for a revolution. We are begging our leadership to lead, so as to avoid one."

F16Fighter/Liberator

[Dashing Dasher]

Joanie-F,
Rock on!

F16,
Thanks for the ping...

[janetgreen]

Stop the interminable debates about how to deal with those illegal immigrants who have broken the law and are working in the U.S., and obtaining education, health care, court costs, legal representation, etc. at no cost, while the American taxpayer must pay obscenely burdensome taxes to obtain the same for his family.

Excellent post, joanie. It's clear that many of our "elected ones" have loyalties only to the hispanic vote. We are nothing to them. They must be REPLACED!

[Marine Inspector]

Bravo!

[RunningWolf]

Well it is not like we have never fought a war with the Mexicans over SW USA.

The horde of illegal aliens might eventually crossover, become the advance expeditionary force.

I think they will be revealed for what they are by their actions and the recent demonstration's. Taking down the US flag and so on are just the prelude IMO.

I hope people wake up soon. But we are in America you know, and most of the time America is asleep at the wheel till there is a crisis sprung upon them.

Wolf

[ARealMothersSonForever]

Bump for a GREAT read!

[Dead Corpse]

Excellent read Joanie.

*Anything further I might add is being self censored*

[birbear]

My "excellent analysis" post should have been pinged to this post....

doh

[Czar]

So very well said, joanie-f, very well indeed.