Posted on 07/12/2014 5:24:24 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
The “ugly American” has gotten a lot uglier over the past few weeks, from the streets of California to the halls of Congress and state houses around the country.
A growing number of our fellow Americans have taken on grotesque features, in looks and sounds, in reaction to the thousands of children from Central America who have crossed our borders as they flee poverty and violence in hope for something better.
Sadly, the arrival of these youngsters has been greeted by flag-waving, sign-carrying, Bible-thumping and Constitution-quoting citizens demanding that they not be received here and that they be returned immediately to their country of origin.
There have been some ugly scenes reminiscent of the days when racist mobs in the 1960s attacked young “freedom riders” on their buses or at lunch counters in the South. The viciousness — indeed hatred — demonstrated in some of these anti-immigrant protests is painful to watch.
And while I assume, hope and pray that the most vile individuals represent a minority, I also know that they are being egged on by some of our most influential political leaders and social commentators, who seem to care more about their own power than they do anything or anyone else, especially some poor, frightened child from a distressed country who is looking for refuge.
I know that there are plenty of people in Texas and across the nation who care about these kids and their families. We’ve seen an outpouring of people in the Dallas-Fort Worth area stepping up, ready to help....
(Excerpt) Read more at star-telegram.com ...
I don’t have enough money to pay for every sad story American liberals hear.
Exactly.
The fact that cellphones and recording devices are not allowed in to the holding areas is a huge signal that there is something that they don’t want let out.....
like maybe a large percentage of these “children” are young men 14 to 18 years old....
And many have highly contagious diseases...
Immigrants? Or Invaders.
I agree. If the Feds wanted to give sympathy to the invaders, and they were truly innocent children, they would show us pictures.
I’m sure ol’ Bob Ray will be willing to take 20 or 30 of the little mites into his home, to show his superior compassion.
Correction: 17 to 18 years old.
Yep.
No pictures....
Anybody got a link to where we can email this newspaper commentator?
Freep ‘em!!!!!
All y’all ping to OP!
This newspaperman needs freeping!
We are being invaded on our southern border. Our commander in chief is not ordering our military to protect us.
Our government has the primary responsibility to protect our borders and our citizens. Our government is not doing this.
We need a new government.
I blame the republicans. They control the House and they are doing NOTHING.
I thought the “Ugly American” of the 21st century was the US government forcing Sodomy on nations that have laws against it.
The more a few facts leak out, the smaller the percentage of actual ‘children’ becomes. I bet kids say, fourteen and under, barely make up 1/3 of these illegal entrants. But they do make up about 90% of the pictures or video released so far.
ESAD, Bob Ray, you wrong-headed, wrong-hearted waste of space.
Say, Bob Ray, you’re quite the dick, maligning people who care about our national sovereignty.
“I thought the “Ugly American” of the 21st century was the US government forcing Sodomy on nations that have laws against it.”
You’re no fool.
EXCELLENT MUST SEE 6 MINUTE BILL WHITTLE VIDEO!
Bill skillfully skewers the limousine leftist hypocrites on their phony “feel good” posturing on ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION.
Please help this one also go viral!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkN4XiqRnrE
Shared it with my 200 odd twitter followers.
My thoughts exactly. Liberals are always so generous with other people’s money and property, not so much with their own.
” The Fort Worthless Red Star-Telegram.”
...in the Sanctuary City of Tolerant County.
Children’s Crusade.
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