Here's a hint. If you want to castigate Bush, do it based on illegal immigration and the growth of government. You'll have a cheering section. If you do it based on cultural values or his leadeership in the WOT you'll wish you were back at DU. :-}
Hello jwalsh07,
My point of view on immigration is that it should be controlled. Borders should not be invaded. There should of course be some compassion, some elasticity. Poor people are always a problem... There will always be crime, a huddling together, a big bordello. What the Muslims bring, along with that is also terrorism. So I would ban Islamic immigration.
I believe that immigrants must learn the language of their new country. That is non-negotiable. If they can share their language, music, gastronomy, then everybody gains. But if they insist on being Mexicans in America, or Italians in America then they have no right to come. Maybe for the first generation some of that is understandable. It's human, but they should not train their sons and daughters to love another flag or another culture. That is just treating the place like you own it, like a cow.
All that said, perhaps when you catch Mexicans at Tijuana, you can Parcel Post them to Italy. They drink wine, they dance, they live, they flirt, they are Christians, they don't blow up their children. And I'm sure they will fit in. Spanish is similar to Italian.
Yes, start an exchange program. If they bring crime, we Italians deserve it for all the Mafia we brought everywhere. But we don't deserve Islam.