Bush Gives Country Away

WND.com | 01-15-03 | Farah, Joseph

[Theodore R.]

Bush gives country away

Posted: January 15, 2004 1:00 a.m. Eastern

© 2004 WorldNetDaily.com

President Bush's plan to legalize 8 million to 12 million illegal aliens – maybe considerably more – is one of the most irresponsible, dangerous, reckless proposals to come out of Washington in my lifetime.

And that's saying a lot.

In my lifetime, I have witnessed:

wage-and-price controls imposed by Richard Nixon;

the greatest expansion of unconstitutional, immoral wealth-transfer programs in the history of our country;

the use of the Internal Revenue Service by President Clinton to harass and intimidate political adversaries;

the sacrifice of more than 50,000 U.S. servicemen in a war they would not be allowed to win;

the shredding of the Constitution in a thousand ways to bring us to the point at which politicians no longer even question the limits of the federal government;

the transfer by President Clinton of sensitive technology with military applications to a budding superpower for campaign cash;

the demoralization and emasculation of the country under President Carter;

I watched all this and more in nearly a half-century of life. But, honestly, President Bush's proposal to legalize untold millions of illegal aliens is potentially worse than any of these blunders, any of these mistakes, any of these abuses.

Why?

First, because it is immoral. Bush claims this is the "compassionate" thing to do. But he is misusing the term "compassion" the same way do those who would most like to unseat him from power. There is nothing compassionate about inflicting pain on others, in hurting the country, while accepting none of the responsibility, nor pain, nor sacrifice yourself. This move will not materially affect George W. Bush's life. But it will impact those competing for jobs at the lower end of the economic ladder. It will impact those who live in crime-plagued areas of the country and who don't have Secret Service protection. It will impact those who chose to obey the laws rather than flout them as their first act in America.

Second, it is unconstitutional. The federal government has few and limited areas of responsibility in our republican system of government. Among those clearly defined areas are the defense of the nation and the defense of our borders. This act is a reprehensible betrayal of the president's oath of office to uphold the law and execute it.

Third, it is bad policy. Even the simple act of proposing this notion encourages more illegal immigration into our country. More foreigners will want to get in on the action. It sends a horrible signal that America doesn't really believe in enforcing its laws. It promotes chaos at our borders and crime in our streets.

Fourth, it risks national security. Presumably, there was a reason this president placed the Immigration and Naturalization Service under the Department of Homeland Defense. The American people assume it was because he finally recognized that out-of-control immigration is a real threat – especially at a time when terrorists are trying desperately to kill and maim as many of us as possible.

It's not strong enough to call Bush's proposal "irresponsible." It is borderline seditious. And there is a widespread perception he is making this move because he believes there is personal political gain in it.

That is hardly "compassion," Mr. President. That is the worst kind of cynicism. That is the worst kind of selfishness. That is the worst kind of example a leader could set for the nation.

Shame on Bush. Shame on his party for standing by quietly as he sets out to destroy the fabric of our nation. Shame on the opposition for suggesting his move doesn't go far enough. Shame on all Americans who lie down and accept this outrage from Washington.

[Texasforever]

Total federal "handouts" to school districts amout to an average of 6% of the various districts budgets and that is the total, not just money for illegal alien students. The Supreme Court has already spoken 30 years ago on the issue. If a kid is here he must be allowed to attend school but the amount to be spent is a strict function of the states.

[Kwilliams]

I really don't deem that interesting enough to employ my time in writing.

However, I appreciate your wisdom from the heart.

[Theodore R.]

Alan Keyes said flatly in a couple of 2000 debates that Bush would not govern as a conservative.

How does Keyes now stand in regard to Bush? Do you know?

[Theodore R.]

Not everything that Reagan did was right.

Also Reagan signed the King holiday bill, elevating King to a status greater than George Washington.

And his enduring legacy is Sandra Day O'Connor.

[Zipporah]

Not sure re Keyes. I haven't followed Keyes since he ran for president several years ago.

[Righty1]

The real security issue here is that Americans reject the idea that their job will be put up on the global bidding board. Who the hell wants to see their hours increase and their salary decrease continually? When I was mid level in Silly-con Valley several of the "lords" of the realm told me that my people just didn't work hard enough. These slouchers were averaging about 75 intense hours per week vs about 50 for the bitchers who included every miserable VC. I responded by stopping all real planning or prioritization. Hours went up a bit and the company went down hard due to the increased burn rate.
When it was my turn to be a "lord" I relied on lots of fairy dust (options) and explaining the path to an IPO included bottom as well as top line growth (screw the sandhill crowd). Funny how this path worked better than endless 100 hour weeks!

[Righty1]

Honestly I think GW is in a time warp. Karl Rove is the evil hand behind this crap however, GW will have to suffer in order to figure out that KR is as wrong on this one as he was about muslims.

[jim35]

CMAC51, you are one of the only people on these posts that has a brain! You are so right about the liberal courts blocking all efforts to enforce the laws on the books that are already in place to deal with the illegals. No one else has brought up this point, all seem just too happy to bash Bush. DU is delighted over the Bush-bashing over here!

[txdoda]

Rmember the whooping you put on the ol' Dawg in that thread, Cat?

Oh, yeah. I remember.>>>>>>>>


Cheers for you Cat !! Sure sorry I missed that whooping 'dawg' surely deserved.

Hard to believe someone RUDE as 'dawg' is from Texas.

[lainde]

bttt

[Ed_in_NJ]

bttt

[Texas_Dawg]

I really don't deem that interesting enough to employ my time in writing.

Just give it a few years.

[Consort]

Draft Tancredo? Fragment Conservatives across the Republican, Libertarian, Constitution, and other assorted Parties? Teach them all a lesson? Take back the country? Is that you, Pat?

[Thorin]

Ah, yes, it's all the fault of the liberal courts. If enforcing our immigration laws and defending our borders were a priority to Bush, he would highlight the need to defend our borders and enforce our laws and point out the great damage caused by illegal immigration. After 9/11, this would not be a tough sell.

Instead, he resurrects the amnesty plan that was in the works before 9/11, warbles about how wonderful the illegals are, and apologizes because our laws aren't "humane." The simple fact is that Bush has no intention whatever to enforce our immigration laws or defend our borders, and he wants to give business the right to import unlimited amounts of low-wage, Third World labor whenever it wants.

[RebelBanker]

Well, you apparently have more in common with the denizens of babylon by the bay than those of us in S California.

Thanks for the gratuitous ad hominem.

Personally, I think you would more likely see rioting in the streets than celebrating. You see, racial profiling is Unconstitutional (thanks to our liberal courts), so the Illegal Alien Task Force would have to check everyone's ID. What, you and your family do not all have Government approved identification on you at this moment? Get on the bus, you are going to the deportation concentration camp!

I thought a lot of people here were opposed to expanding the power of the government. I guess I was wrong.

[ought-six]

"Why? We'll never get the number of illegals down to zero and after a while you hit the point of diminishing returns when it comes to effort."

I wouldn't want to be with you in a foxhole, for not only would you quickly surrender, you'd like give the rest of us up, as well. Your logic, employing another example, is this: We'll never get the number of criminals down to zero, so after we arrest some of them, we'll leave it at that. I don't want to live in a society that takes only half measures on issues of critical importance, and then feels faint with what little effort it expended in the first place, and then calls it quits. What you described is France. I don't want to live in France, but you apparently do.

[RebelBanker]

...either you agree with the SF radicals that deporting illegals is a Nazi act, or you are afraid to enforce immigration law because SF radicals are going to call you names....

I support deporting illegals as a matter of law and common sense. What I object to is the massive government crackdown it would take to round up 10,000,000 people and deport them all at once. Also, as I mentioned in my last post (yes, I was being a bit sarcastic - sorry about that) the massive government intrusion would really anger a lot of people.

The immediate political fallout would be to drive all Hispanics into the Democrat camp for at least a generation. Also, anyone who values civil liberties could no longer support an administration that has done this.

[philosofy123]

"Well I certainly was duped. I honestly was under the false impression that Bush was a conservative.. probably because of his claims of being a Christian"

I don't consider fundamentalists people real Christians. Real Christians are people who follow the NEW Testament, specially follow CHRIST example (humbel/forgiving/meek/accepting/gentel/....). The Evangalicals have basterdaize Jesus example as much as the fundamentalist Moslems have done to the already screwed up Islam. The evaganlical zeal to convert people to Christianity is almost as bad as the fundamentalist Moslems. Granted they don't kill you if you don't convert!

[EverOnward]

You speak with truth, logic and common sense. Expect to get pummeled by the greedy who can only think in terms of $$$$, but hide it by intimidating those who refuse to follow blindly.

[EverOnward]

"Why no complaint about 8 years of open borders under Clinton? Clinton let them in. Now Bush has to fix the problem. I think he's making the best of a bad situation."

What has Bush done thus far to close the open borders?