Just a few minor issues:
"Never before in the history of the United States has the House, Senate and the President been so out of touch with the wishes of the overwhelming majority of Americans. Never before have our elected leaders been so willing to utterly ignore their duties to the electorate, the rights of American citizens, the Constitution, and the very principle of America herself."
You have forgotten the eight-year nightmare of the Clinton Administration, complete with the executions at Waco, and the Commando raid to retrieve a 7 year old and return him to Cuba.
"We are not stupid!"
Maybe WE aren't, but 50 million people still voted for John Kerry. I wouldn't be so quick to discount the phenomenon of a bullet-proof stupidity in the American population.
"We are sick of hearing that this is an “immigration issue”, when we know for a fact it is an illegal alien problem!"
Actually, it's more like an attempt by American business to do by underhanded means what it cannot do in the open" re-institute slavery ikn this country, or failing that, to come as close to it as possible. The evil here is the American agriculture, travel, hospitality, rstautrant, landscaping, construction and several other indusrtries who wish to remain profitable by not paying Americans to do the necessary work, because Americans. after all, have rights and access to lawyers. Illegal immigrants have neither and will accept near-slave wages.
"Above all, WE DO NOT WANT AN AMNESTY PROGRAM IN ANY WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM! This means no “path to citizenship”, no “undocumented migrants”, and no plan yet supported by President Bush. We tried it once before, and the results have been nothing short of disastrous."
Personally, i'd opt for a "shoot on sight" policy at the border and the forced branding on the forehead for those who slip through but are found afterwards. This way, tere would be no excuse for hiring an illegal based on the "we didn't know and it's too troublesome and expensive to find out" defense.
"We do not need another huge bureaucracy created to handle the problem. We don’t need tax increases to pay for it, and we don’t need sniveling or crying or political infighting. We want a rational, steadfast and immediate approach to handling a problem which has gotten way out of hand, and we will vote for those who support such a measure. We would remind those who so willfully abandon the values and ethics of American ideals in exchange for campaign contributions: It does not matter if corporate donors line reelection coffers with one trillion dollars... it will not buy one single vote on this issue."
Au contraire. Any solution to the problem will, by nature of the beast in Washington, be relegated to an expensive, unresponsive bureaucracy. This is the only acceptgable solution to anyone involved in government; make it the responsibility of a huge, unresponsive, faceless commitee, or organization upon which no one can pin ultimate responsibility. Particularly not on a Congresscritter.
And guess again: the trillion dollars has already been spent, and it's already bought the votes. The money is well and truly safe in the re-election coffers already. It's too late to complain about "monied interests" in a day and age where "Campaign Finance reform" is little more than unaccountable tenure for elected officials.
I admire your pluck, tenacity and drive in composing and sending what is a very fine letter. It will find it's way to the circular filing cabinet next to every Congresscritter and Senator's desk, because there is no check enclosed with it. I admire your dedication to the cause. I'm truly sorry, hwoever, that without taking to the streets armed, your pleas (and the similar feelings of millions of others) will not amount to a hill of beans in the face of such arrogant, unassailable and irresponsible personalities (mostly non-entities) as sit weithin the US Congress.
What's even sadder is that we all voted for them, and that many will be re-elected anyway, no matter how many letters get written.
But I thank you for the attempt.
Nail hit squarely on head. And the vote whores know it.
Thanks for the heads-up... With respect to the Clintonites and the Kerry voters, a large percentage of them are on board for tight borders etc. We could write volumes on the damage to this country wrought by the Clinton misadministration, but this letter was meant to focus on the border issue alone.
As far as campaign cash goes, it really doesn't matter how much is spent when your job is on the line. If you're up for reelection, and the voters are angry with you, you change your policy or you're out... and it doesn't matter how many nice-sounding commercials you have going for you. Cash is important, but I think that people are fired up and want real change... guess we'll see this November.
I understand how close we are to rioting in the streets on this issue. This letter, and the intention behind it, is being sent with the hope that if just one senator or congressman gets something from it, it will have made a difference. This is the nature of our republic... the voice of the individual, when combined with millions of others, facilitates change. Sitting around and not making your voice heard, especially when things are out of hand, is tantamount to surrender. If we all just give up, we deserve whatever we get. Such is the history of our nation.