Posted on 10/06/2014 6:34:39 AM PDT by xzins
The news that Ebola may have been allowed into Washington, DC and that a case of deadly whooping cough has been diagnosed in a DC suburb* would have been enough to shake any normal American government into following our existing health and infectious disease laws for all immigrants and visitors to the U.S. and closing our county’s borders.
But the Obama administration is not a normal government.
As our friend Diana West wrote on these pages back in July, “A normal government -- one with the best interests of its own citizens at heart -- would have taken immediate steps to 1) halt these border crossings that pose a dire threat to public health and safety, and 2) set in motion the deportation efforts necessary to return these illegal aliens to their home countries.”
And it would prevent from entering this country those aliens who may have been exposed to Ebola, whooping cough, and the Enterovirus 68 that is sweeping the country paralyzing and killing children.
Strangely, few Republicans seem to have grasped the public policy and political implications of the Dallas and DC Ebola patients’ arrival and the Enterovirus 68 epidemic.
One of the few who does seem to get it is Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal.
Jindal, whose chief political gifts are his compelling “son of immigrants” biography, and the fact that he is usually the smartest guy in the room, has led the way for other Republican elected officials and candidates to step up and fight Obama’s wanton disregard for our immigration and health laws.
Gov. Jindal on Friday called on President Barack Obama to restrict air travel from Ebola-stricken countries to prevent the spread of the virus.
Jindal (R) blasted Obama's response to the United States' first case of Ebola, saying the administration must "stop accepting flights from countries that are Ebola stricken."
"President Obama said it was 'unlikely' that Ebola would reach the U.S.," Jindal said in a press release. "Well, it has, and we need to protect our people. But the Obama administration keeps saying they won't shut down flights. They instead say we should listen to 'the experts.'…How exactly would stopping the entry of people potentially carrying the Ebola virus be counterproductive? This seems to be an obvious step to protect public health in the United States," concluded Jindal.
The Obama administration, through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has rejected the idea of any travel ban, insisting that the chance of a widespread U.S. outbreak of the deadly pathogen is “remote,” according to the UK’s Daily Mail.
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, whose state, The Daily Mail notes, has become “America's Ebola flashpoint,” wrote Thursday to the Federal Aviation Administration asking for “every available precaution in preventing additional cases from arriving in the United States.”
According to The Daily Mail, Cruz told the FAA “Due to the Obama administration's unclear approach to addressing the threat of the Ebola virus,' Cruz said in a statement, 'Americans – particularly the Texans who have possibly been exposed – deserve specific answers to how the administration is addressing travel to and from the countries impacted by the disease.”
Republican Texas congressman Lamar Smith (TX-21) added in his own statement that it would be “appropriate to review our policies for travel to and from the countries most affected by the Ebola outbreak.”
The practical result of Obama’s immigration policies toward the sources of Ebola, whooping cough and Enterovirus 68 is a life or death threat to America’s children.
Inexplicably, North Carolina Republican Senate candidate Thom Tillis is the only Republican Senate candidate we can find who has grasped that protecting Americans, and especially American children, from the looming health disaster of Obama’s lawless immigration policies is an important issue in the 2014 midterm election. Tillis demanded on Thursday a nationwide travel ban from the three hardest-hit Ebola hotspots: Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea.
Tillis’ call for a travel ban shows that his campaign has grasped the political and policy implications of Obama’s disastrous failure to enforce our immigration and health security laws – it is time for the Republicans to drive the message home, close the deal with the “security Mom” vote and win the election.
* Eagle Ridge Middle School in Ashburn, Loudoun County, Virginia.
Pertussis, commonly called whooping cough, was nearly eradicated in the U.S.. Now, for example in illegal immigration hotspot California, health officials have declared a pertussis epidemic. Almost 8,000 cases were reported through Sept. 2, including three fatalities and 267 cases serious enough to require hospitalization. All of the fatalities and 169 of the most serious cases involved infants less than four months old.
Open Borders = Open Sores
Obama’s Open Borders Policy Spread Disease Causes Deaths
If there ever was a more winning issue for the Republicans, this is it. The Dems know that this is a loser issue for them.
Christopher Hatley’s book, written in 2009, is an excellent treatise on the subject. He foresaw the health dangers even then, as well as national security issues, drug cartels, etc.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
A Revelation of Vulnerability
By Charles C. Brooks on August 2, 2009
“Provide for the Common Defence,” caught me totally off-guard. What I assumed would be a simple treatise on the deficiencies of U.S. border security, was instead a multi-faceted revelation of errors, threats, misconceptions, vulnerabilities, and predictions of things to come, good or bad, depending upon our future plans and actions. The book presented not only a revelation but a solution as well, and not just any solution, but a well-thought-out, researched, and supported solution that I believe would be well received by a majority of Americans, should it be proposed.
The author, Christopher Hatley, came well-equipped to handle the task of creating this book, as a West Point graduate, a three-decade veteran of the U.S. Army, and a trainer of military decision-making processes. From reading his book, it became apparent that he has a deep-seated knowledge of the content, meanings, and principles within our nation’s Constitution, supporting documents, and legislative system. The book reflects Hatley’s intuitive insight into the problems at hand, along with his investigative analysis and strategies based on military, political, economic, diplomatic, and philosophical observations and findings.
The book touches on many topics related to or affected by border security, revealing shocking facts and figures that will quickly remove any sense of safety and security that you once had, and removing all thoughts that we as a nation are strong and protected on all sides. I was shocked to discover the massive size, sophistication, and corruptive support of the Mexican drug cartels. I was surprised to find that the cartels are using mini-submarines, that are virtually undetectable, to carry 12 to 15 tons of narcotics up to 2000 miles through Caribbean waters into the U.S. I was also surprised to find that the cartels now have advanced regular army military units and advanced hardware, and have attempted to purchase Russian helicopters and Tango-class submarines.
Christopher Hatley travelled to both sides of the border towns along the California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas borders to observe and analyze the security practices being used there. His findings were deeply disturbing to me, making me want to rush through the book to get to his suggested solutions. He writes about human trafficking of Mexican nationals into the U.S. and trafficking of human slaves into both the U.S and into Mexico and beyond for labor and prostitution. He writes about the Mexican border as a gateway for terrorists into the U.S. and methods they use to gain entrance. He writes about infectious diseases entering the U.S. and the threats they impose.
Most importantly, Hatley talks about what is being done and not being done about border security, and talks about why there is a difficulty in reaching a consensus of opinion and a proactive approach to a solution. He offers up a well-thought-out, researched and documented solution that I believe should be on the desk right now of our nation’s political and military leaders. This book is filled with the wisdom that our nation needs to survive, and we owe it to ourselves to make sure that it is read.
The next time Christopher Hatley runs for any office, I will surely vote for him, and would encourage citizens of Texas and of any other state in the U.S., who want to put people with his knowledge and credentials in office, to do the same.
A final word to the wise - read this book and encourage others to do the same. We all owe it to our families and our heirs.
About the Author
Lt.Col. (U.S. Army, ret.) Christopher Hatley is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, the Command and General Staff College and the Air Warfare Center. A twenty-seven-year veteran of the United States Army, he taught military decision-making processes to officers and enlisted personnel at the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, the Field Artillery School at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, and the Air Warfare Center at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. A former candidate for office in the Texas State House of Representatives, Lt.Col. Hatley is an advocate for border policy reform and conservative politics and plans to run for office again. He currently resides in Fort Worth, Texas.
Obama’s Open Borders = Open Disease
I agree. A good TV ad would have the impact of the Daisy Ad
No, Tillis hasn’t been a RINO. Are you from NC and do you see what the legislature has done here! I din’t vote for him in the primary, but he has not been a RINO in state government.
Here is the link to the aforementioned Tillis story—
Republicans aren’t really campaigning hard on anything substantive, they know its not going to matter...
They are riding high on the wave of the conservative base giving them one more shot at gaining ground, numbers, in D.C., and some of the state houses...
There is going to be no change at all after November as far as approaches to issues, and nothing will get done of any real significance...
It is only delaying the inevitable...
We are going down the path further and farther into a post Constitutional society, one without real respect for the Rule of Law, and any law needed, will only benefit the political power this government has over the population and further isolate the Christian and Tea Party conservative base...
Doesn’t leave us with much left really...
Maybe our principles and means to back that up will suffice, but I do not see a lot of people standing up at that point...Maybe quality (in our numbers) of purpose and Virtue will win the day at that point...
see #28
Pres Reporter: w4w’s post about the very conservative legislative agenda that the NC House has driven is correct. Part of the problem is that Greg Brannon, a good man who ran a bad campaign, will not support Tillis - and many of his supporters are following suit, or so it appears. Another problem is that outside groups have poured in zillions of anti Tillis ad cash. A TON.
I supported Brannon, but his non support is infantile and self defeating. Their reticence has caused a lot of people to think Tillis is more of a RINO than he is. Brannon had a lot of Rand Paul Ron Paul type support, as well as some other factions of conservatives, and Rand came to NC for Tillis. Brannon should too.
Having said that, Tillis is more establishment than I would like. He listens to Karl Rove’s advice, and he’s run a horrible general election campaign. And he gave the NC teachers an obscenely big raise, and yet Hagan is hammering him on taking money out of the classroom. Like all GOP E types, they think they can take an issue off the table by going Dem lite on it, and of course, this NEVER works.
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