Posted on 12/08/2002 2:42:52 PM PST by Marine Inspector
Your nation is threatened, and Uncle Sam doesn't care.
By Chris Simcox Dec. 8, 2002
Enough is enough.
The mainstream popular print and television media have been sensationalizing my efforts; after all, I did lead them into the trap. You have been completely misinformed. The print media have created a fabrication of my intentions and goals. Folks, you've been had, again! This time you have a chance to learn something. What I hope you get from this is as basic as baseball, apple pie and Uncle Sam . . . it's the Uncle Sam I am worried about.
Why do we vote? I thought it was to choose people as public servants - good-hearted folks who told us they would represent us. We elect them based on their sincerity; they stroke us into believing in them, enough to entrust them to enforce the laws of the country. What a scam! Government does not enforce the basic laws that provide for our national security. For a year, my president and yours has been asking us to be vigilant in defense of our country.
I cannot think of a more effective effort than volunteering to stop terrorism (criminals, drugs and illegal immigration) from crossing our borders. We allow our government to threaten us with the impending disaster of another terrorist attack, yet Americans seem to be unwilling to defend themselves, let alone their country.
Americans seem morally devoid of the courage it takes to ward off an intruder breaking into their home, let alone realize the seriousness of allowing an invasion of refugees and drug dealers from foreign countries. It may be time to trust no one and begin building our alliances from the ground up.
The United States' borders and coastlines must be patrolled by the U.S. Army and/or state militias. That would be the National Guard. The military is to be utilized first to protect American citizens, yet you allow the government to tell you, "Sorry, we can't. It's too big a job." What they are telling you is that you and your loved ones are expendable casualties in this war on drugs and terrorism.
I among many others will not accept our government telling us it "can't." This is a "can do" society, and citizens will now risk confronting the government to get the point across.
Is it so wrong for Americans to demand some honest return on their tax investment?
The words "protect the people" are found in virtually every oath of office taken by elected and appointed officials in the nation, including police chiefs, mayors, county sheriffs, state legislators, governors, representatives and senators. Few of these officials on the public dole are taking those oaths seriously when it comes to the issue of protecting the United States. This problem has been ignored in just about every city and county in America while costing exorbitant amounts of taxpayer dollars, spent on social welfare and the education of illegal aliens. Ignoring this problem will result in an increasing crime rate in which too many American citizens become victims of criminal, illegal aliens.
We need responsible, controlled legal immigration policies to keep out likely criminals and those who have infectious diseases. Protecting citizens from such obvious dangers is the primary responsibility of our governmental agencies. That fundamental truth used to be recognized before business realized it could reduce labor costs by keeping the borders open for an endless supply of cheap foreign labor. I say hold these businesses accountable for following the law.
Our country calls itself a "nation of laws." But illegal immigration makes a mockery of that.
I have spent years teaching these values to my children and to the hundreds of children I nurtured as a schoolteacher. I have attempted to do the right thing for the youth of this country.
Again, I am attempting to do what is right to provide a better future for the next generation.
Is citizenship our most valuable asset, one achieved on the basis of an orderly queue? Or will you continue to allow the government to tell you they cannot help the situation? Hold them accountable, now.
Chris Simcox is owner, publisher and managing editor of the Tombstone Tumbleweed.
When immigration reformers start calling for federal funding to pay for the local costs of dealing with illegal immigrants (especially locking them up and sending them back)- then we'll see something effective get done.
IMO, we need both. Several hundred illegal aliens from middle east countries have been apprehended seeking across the Mexico/US border. How many got through? Intelligence is not always reliable.
When immigration reformers start calling for federal funding to pay for the local costs of dealing with illegal immigrants (especially locking them up and sending them back)- then we'll see something effective get done.
Most have and have been ignored, up until recently.
I think not. He would just run more counter ads calling us racist and xenophobes.
There are many roots to this weed that allows our country to be overrun. One main rootstem is the desire for power and to maintain that status as long as possible.
The states of the Confederacy saw this failure in the Constitution, a hundred and fifty years ago. When they rewrote the Constitution for CSA, they recognized that the seekers of the office of the presidency were more interested in re-election than in doing what was best for the country.
In that vein, they rewrote their Constitution containing term limits. The President was to serve one term of six years and be gone. They knew full well that on entering office, the first day of the first term, men were running for re-election for their second term. Bush is no different. There were limits also on congress. These men saw what evils would come to pass with professional politicians, now we are reaping the bitter harvest.
I'm tempted to "wake up" General Patton.
Tancredo as an Independent may have to do for now...
"...ignored, up until recently"
Have there been serious bills (ie: gotten out of committee) that addressed this?
It's admittedly a tough sell. Congressmen whose districts would get the most money from the bill have the most naturalized voters who would resent it; and those without many naturalized voters would get the least money.
Pilot programs in 'safe' members' districts would be a good first step. And after the money starts flowing everyone will be after their share.
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