Rush Limbaugh: "Immigration Proposal Roils America"

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[longtermmemmory]

We have to make lemonade somehow out of these lemons.

[Merdoug]

Rush was simply brilliant today. His empassioned speech today, at the end of his second hour, was one of the finest I've ever heard from him.

[Zipporah]

Those aren't lemons.. lemons aren't brown. <>p>

[Thumper1960]

When someone breaks into my house, comes in bereft of any welcome, I dispense with "due process" and engage Ole Betsy. There is no difference between an illegal alien and a thief who breaks and enters. The illegal comes to siphon off so-called "public services" paid for by *my* tax dollars, for the benefit of myself and fellow, legal citizens. The illegal *may* pay some taxes, but probably does not. The illegal does not want to risk leaving a trail of paper that can lead to him. The burglar comes in, illegally, to deprive me and my family of goods and funds earned by my hard work. The illegal breaks into my home...my house, my abode and domicile-my country. The burglar Breaks into my home...my house, my abode and domicile-my castle.

To surrender the borders to scofflaws is more than a slap and single-finger-salute to all those millions who came to this country legally, it is near treason and capitulation to potential enemies at the gates.

[Nanodik]

. I voted for him and will vote for him in 2004

Which is precisely why he does not give a flying &*%$ that you are pissed off.

[richtig_faust]

Hey crap head. Learn the differnce between these two terms:

Legal.. illegal. And how much each costs the taxpayers and how much we want them.

[Old Student]

Bullseye! I know Morocco isn't Mexico, but parts of both are practically identical, except for Mosques instead of Cathedrals.

I spent a month in Rabat Sale, Morocco, once upon a time (about a decade ago). I got a chance to go to Fez, one of the holy cities of that part of the world. Our tour bus traveled on one of the National Highways of Morocco; a 2 lane road with no shoulders. Along the road were villages strung out like beads on the necklace of a small stream. We passed one village where a guy was loading water into two huge jars (in Mexico they call them Ollas, I believe) on the back of a donkey. Dipping it out of the stream, he was. At the next village, a mile or so up the road, there was a man standing at the stream, urinating into it.
There were "power poles" alongside the road, but they were on the opposite side from where the villages were; and the "power lines" looked like zipcord, the stuff that connects your desk lamp to the outlet. There were no branch circuits to any of the villages, either. No electrical power to the villages.

[harpo11]

The President talks about National Security. Well, after today he might as well call it National Discourtesy.

He has just spat in the face of the rule of law, law abiding citizens, and his oath of office to defend and protect our borders.

I'm not sure now if Bill Clinton's lying to a federal grand jury was as egregious as it was at the time when compared to what President Bush is proposing today by awarding criminals who have broken the law by entering into our country illegally.

And furthermore, our social security system is screwed, and he wants to screw it even worse than Bill Clinton could have ever managed to do with his mistress Monica by giving these criminals social security benefits which we have been paying into for years with little hope of seeing our own social security benefits.

You know the leftists are never happy with what they get, and want more, and manage to get more, and the conservatives just get kicked in the chin because Rove/Bush calculate that we have no where else to go. We in their minds are chained to the Republican Plantation. We are expendable.

I've been a banner supporter of George W. Bush and have been exceedingly proud and thank God everyday for his outstanding honor, character and dedication to the office of the presidency, especially confronting and dispatching the "evil doers" and despotic sadistic dictators, but this latest attempt to pacify his need to garner Latino voters for his reelection bid, satisfy the corrupt, derelict and incompetent Fox, and continue to amass substantial campaign donations from the wealthy donors who want to hire cheap labor and servants is so blantantly wrong headed that I cannot support him on this issue.

I believe the middle class is paying a very high price already in taxation to support the welfare and education needs of these illegals and if the President's proposal is passed into legislation it will even be worse. Anyone been to our schools lately, anyone been to the hospital emergency rooms, anyone been to the Department of Motor Vehicles well, it's just going to get worse. And what the prisons? At least 26% of prison inmates are illegal aliens.

Thank you President Bush, I've donated to your campaign and continued to donate, supported you no matter what, but now forget it, I can't afford it when you strip the rule of law to accommodate and reward outlaws.

What the heck is our beautiful glorious wondrous citizenship that so many generations of good and brave men and women sacrificed their most precious life to protect and defend, worth when it is so undervalued and belittled as it was today? First, you took away our free speech with McCain/Feingold, and now you have cheapened our citizenship. What's next?

I apologize for my feelings of dismay. Perhaps, just because I do not walk in wealthy men's shoes, or in the esteemed halls of government, or have the intellect to fully understand the whys and the wherefores of President Bush's divisive illegal alien proposal, I should not be casting about looking for answers but like a good republican serf just bow down and say "yes, master".

[bulldogs]

"And that will be a vote for the democrat candidate. But hey who cares about that. You made your point. Then the UN will dictate our foreign policy. Our tax cuts gone, the list will go on. But go ahead get so mad about this issue and vote democrat. There are to many with this kind of logic that it scares me. Terrorists are praying to Allah that Bush loses."

Ditto!! Go whine in the corner.

[Tauzero]

"Show me serious respect for the law in everyday life, by most Americans, and I'll buy harsher punishments for people who are trying to take care of their families."

As if anyone here objects to people "trying to take care of their families." Nice slimy tactic.

Your right to take care of your family does include the right to break and enter my home, bury my street in garbage, or squat on my property.

[OldFriend]

Tell me exactly how your life will change if there are no illegal immigrants in our country.

[Thumper1960]

If one illegal, in particular, hadn't been in this country, a very good friend from high school wouldn't have been knifed for his wallet. He'd still be alive and a father to his kids.

Good enough for you?

[Lady Eileen]

Rush was simply brilliant today. His empassioned speech today, at the end of his second hour, was one of the finest I've ever heard from him.

Ditto.

[henderson field]

"...some of the hate spewed on this web site?"
More accurately, it is "some of the concern voiced on this web site." Immigrants, legal and otherwise, are eroding the middle class in two important ways: 1) they are lowering the wage rate; 2) they are pricing housing out of reach of what used to be the middle class. Before long, America will be like Mexico: an upper class and a lower class and no one in between.

[Old Student]

Somebody breaks and enters your home, shoot him. I'll buy you replacement cartridges. People on the streets have a legal right to be there, and that isn't your home.

Not eveyone who comes here is trashing the place. You see a lot of citizens dropping their garbage all over the place. It sounds like maybe you would teach your children not to do stuff like that, but I've been working in a high school here in Oklahoma for most of the last five years, and most of the kids that attend there didn't learn that lesson. I'd suggest rock salt in shotshells for those.

As for squatters, show me where squatters are a problem, I'll show you how to find out how to get them evicted. Problem solved. Most illegals rent from flophouses, or stay with friends or people they know. If you own property that has illegals staying in or on it, someone is paying rent on it, and if not, you can have them evicted. Most places, if they exceed occupancy, or have restrictions on the rental contract, you can probably have them evicted anyway.

You might think on the fact that an illegal can make minimim wage, or less, and save money to send home to his family. They do have a different set of priorities from many Americans. It isn't a slimy tactic, it's the truth. Most third-world countries are crapholes, at best. The desert between Mexico and practically anyplace in Arizona, California, and New Mexico, is not a nice place for a stroll. The fact that people are willing to walk through that to try and get a job should tell you something about how bad it is in Mexico. You ARE objecting to people trying to take care of their families. Yes, there are better ways for them to do it, legally, but some people can't or won't wait. I don't blame them. Like I said, Mexico is mostly a craphole. If you're stuck in a toilet, you either shovel crap, or you leave.

[CWOJackson]

I like your savy...even for an Air Force type.

[Dr. Marten]

"And that will be a vote for the democrat candidate"

I did not say I would vote for a Democrat candidate either did I? No I didnt think so!

In fact, either I will write in Tom Tancredo or I will deliver a blank ballot. (both slots punched out so neither can do so for me)

[OldFriend]

Okay, you convinced me. No illegals, No crime in America.

[Dr. Marten]

"And that will be a vote for the democrat candidate"

I did not say I would vote for a Democrat candidate either did I? No I didnt think so!

In fact, either I will write in Tom Tancredo or I will deliver a blank ballot. (both slots punched out so neither can do so for me)

[Ingtar]

We should require businesses to pay 120% of the average American salary for a job to use these workers. After all, these are jobs that Americans will not take. Supply and demand requires that a premium be paid.