Note to all...see spodefly's comments in the first 5 posts or so. A very lively discussion was cut off because of a flame war. Don't let individuals you disagree with get the better of you.
Be better than them, stay out of their gutter.
Posted on 03/24/2005 6:33:06 PM PST by Marine Inspector
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"Bush decries border project ^" has been pulled.
No, I did not write this article. LOL
I saw that.
That thread had over 400 posts, and an almost complete agreement among all posters, and some of the best posts I have seen on the subject in a long while. Then, as is predictable, CJ shows up baiting ... unfortunately Czar took the bait and the admin mod yanked a 400+ post thread. I was hopeful that we had turned a corner, but obviously not.
I said it before on the thread Jim Robinson started, discussion of the illegal alien situation on FR is dead. This place is FARK.com for conservatives. My wallet is closed.
GWB calls them "vigilantes," which indicates either that he has no idea what the word 'vigilante' means - a distinct possibility - or that he's completely unware that the Minutemen are not taking the law into their own hands but merely alerting the severly undermanned BP to any suspicious activity (illegals crossing the border). That's not vigilantism. That's patriotism.
This is a good article, BTW. Too bad it was written before Bush's 'vigilante' comment. It would be interesting to see what the author had to say about that.
I believe he knows the definition of "vigilante" and I believe he knows the Minutemen are not "vigilantes"; he's just kissing Fox's rear end.
He's been re-elected and our opinions no longer matter when it comes to immigration and border issues. He'll keep pushing his idiot immigration policies and blame Congress when they don't get passed. Politically, he can't lose on this issue.
Yes it would.
He's been re-elected and our opinions no longer matter when it comes to immigration and border issues.
They may not matter to him personally, but if conservatives get ticked off enough the GOP coffers will start drying up and many will take their votes elsewhere -- third party or Independent conservatives. And that could very well spell disaster for their congressional majority in 11/06. ....as well as the Presidency in '08.
The party establishment should be very worried.
But that was all the excuse they needed, apparently.
A true Commander-in-Chief's primary responsibility is to his OWN country's borders and security and prosperity of its citizens. Pissing-around in pig-countries with their 'freedoms' comes second.
A lame-duck moron's priorities are reversed.
Yes they should.
100% correct and Bush has proven it.
Why's the President not doing something about illegal immigrants? They've caused crime, taken jobs, get welfare, cost us money in hospitals, and drive without insurance? They need to be deported now. I thought the President was going to send more border patrols down on the southern bordre?
Note to all...see spodefly's comments in the first 5 posts or so. A very lively discussion was cut off because of a flame war. Don't let individuals you disagree with get the better of you.
Be better than them, stay out of their gutter.
That's what he wanted you to think. Fortunately, your one of a few Citizens that think for yourself and see through his BS on this issue. He has no intention of doing what is necessary to secure the borders.
Yes. The action was transparent.
Funny that our Pres, doesn't know the difference between vigilante and patriot.
The Constitution also allows for a militia, and militia has been given a dirty reputation.
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