Posted on 07/21/2005 2:44:05 PM PDT by lonewacko_dot_com
The Department of Homeland Security announced Thursday it has no plans to enlist citizens volunteers to patrol U.S. borders on the day after its top border enforcement official said he was exploring how to involve civilians in his agency's work.
On Wednesday, Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Robert C. Bonner told The Associated Press that his agency was considering the training of volunteers to create "something akin to a Border Patrol auxiliary."
In a refutation of that controversial idea, a Homeland Security spokesman issued a statement Thursday backing off Bonner's suggestion.
"There are currently no plans by the Department of Homeland Security to use civilian volunteers to patrol the border," spokesman Brian J. Roehrkasse said. "That job should continue to be done by the highly trained, professional law enforcement officials."
Roehrkasse added that Bonner, whose agency is part of Homeland Security, had not told department officials "any specific details of the idea."
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So is this utter foolishness and nonsense the result of (1) wanting to continue mostly chummy political relations with Mexico (the Mexicans really see the U.S. as easy pickings, don't they? Why are we proving them right?!) or (2)some NWO dream of a North American nation consisting of the U.S./Mexico/Canada, or (3) to appease the many businesses that are now relying on illegals to do things cheaply inside the U.S.?
Yeesh, who says we don't contribute enough to third world economies -- between all the $$$$ given as aid and the many businesses that move and have moved their operations outside the U.S. over the years. And now we have even more businesses than ever hiring illegal aliens -- openly his time -- within the U.S.
No civilian patrol? This is another sell out / giveaway any way it is sliced. And it is highly dangerous these days.
My hope is that the volunteer civilian groups continue to band together and multiply despite what the Feds want...
Major Bummer!
Original article here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1447239/posts?page=1
Visions of a Police State keep coming to mind.
Exactly what I thought but I think I would use the word "would".
Is it a possibility that there is a mutiny in the ranks over Bush's demonstarted unwillingness to enforce our boarders?
If there is a mutiny of common sense and patriotism brewing, I hope it surfaces soon before all the good Bush has done in the middle east is washed down the drain by the invading Mexican hordes.
And that, my friends, is the lie of the day. The Department of Homeland Security, through the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary, uses civilians to provide border security on a daily basis.
The idiot that made that comment is either ignorant or stupid...or else he thinks we are. Yeah, that's probably more like it.
Absolutely! I think the success of the Minutemen terrified Bush, and he will do anything to stop them from keeping illegal Mexicans from coming in.
Tancredo said there are 30 million more aliens who are going to come to America in the next few years. Bush and Fox are allowing only a few million in in a given time. Keeping aliens out will ruin Bush's time table.
Business as usual.
Correction:The feds view you,John Q. Citizen as a liability not an asset. What truly pisses off the feds is the fact that you refuse to shut-up sit down & do as you are told by your "intellectually superior government officials". The fact that these same govt. officials aren't getting the job done due to lack of will to do what is politically incorrect but needed as well as a blatant refusal to insist that the United States of America will have it's borders respected & under control.
Two bookmarks, two days. And, I guess, according to Bonner's statement, they're worried about "clericals"?
"There are currently no plans by the Department of Homeland Security to use civilian volunteers to patrol the border," spokesman Brian J. Roehrkasse said. "That job should continue to be done by the highly trained, professional law enforcement officials."
Bah humbug! How are you, Mr. Roehrkasse, going to explain to the American people, after some jihadist muslim smuggles in WMDs and uses them, why you didn't use the volunteers?
BTTT
Yeah, I noticed the glaring and unsual presence of the use of the word, "professional..." in the denial statement.
They're law enforcement...people respect that (most of us), but once people start asserting the "we're professionals" tag (unless they have medical or law degrees, have otherwised earned and received a 'doctorate' of some sort), there's a problem.
In the method it's used in that statement ("highly trained professional.."), they're making some additional statement that indicates a covert purpose, to my view.
It's just not necessary language and it's also inaccurate language, which is why I say it indicates some covert intention in that statement.
Yeah, agreed, but, unfortunatley, it's not "false" elitism...but you've hit the nail on the head by noticing that element of separation there. Which is what I was just trying to describe (not sure I did, earlier comments here)...something about that statement, "highly trained professional law enforcement" (which means, NOT YOU!), is both too inexact and too separist for my comfort.
I mean here, people respect law enforcement. Most people, anyway. Such that, it's already a complete and effective concept, right there, to refer to 'law enforcemen' versus the public, versus volunteers, etc.
But to use those emphatic words, "highly trained professional..." seems to be saying something while avoiding spelling it out...elitism, yes, it is, but it's also rather dangerously risky and inaccurate language.
Good post, and I am glad someone else could see and understand this.
Protect our borders and coastlines from all foreign invaders!
Be Ever Vigilant!
Minutemen Patriots ~ Bump!
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