Posted on 08/01/2005 9:37:49 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
I think creating this position was a good idea and that Chertoff is the right man for the job. Another Bush win that we often overlook.
His total vote was 289,116 out of a population of 3.8 million. Hahn got 204,000.
Actually amazingly close considering that LA is so liberal.
But then again, that would be logical thinking to Homeland UNSecurity....
It seems particularly absurd to me that you would say this on a thread that clearly shows that something is being done about it. Maybe you thing not enough is being done but you know nothing about what is going on behind the scenes. It is easy to be a Keyboard Rambo and insist on immediate solutions to difficult problems but it does nothing to solve the problem. It only underminds those who are trying to solve it.
Maybe we can get DFU to compose us a fight song called "I'm a Keyboard Rambo" and dedicate it to you and yours.
Arresting 0.000001% of the criminal invaders swamping the USA is merely a token PR gesture, empty symbolism.
Here in Indianapolis, they arrest these gang members, not all are illegal aliens, then the jails are too full and they release them on a low bond or on their own recognizance. Then they are back out committing more crimes.
"The Crips and Bloods organizations are no longer organized or powerful enough to cause the kind of trouble that many of the Latin American gangs can cause."
Good grief. I guess I'm not a hep cat any more.
I am of the opinion that the intent is sincere rather than symbolism. It may seem a drop in the bucket but this is an awfully complex problem. At least they are addressing it.
With several MILLION invaders strolling in every year, these 500 gangsters are replaced every few hours.
"We are making progress! We are removing one gallon more of water than we took out last hour! This is a great improvement!"
You don't understand.
See, 40% of them are going to vote Republican according to the brainiacs in DC, so it will all be ok, somehow.
ping
Protect our borders and coastlines from all foreign invaders!
Be Ever Vigilant!
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We have had many threads on this subject, discussed it each way from Sunday, and everyone has their opinions. It is a complex problem with no easy solution. However, it is being worked on. If it were simple the problem wouldn't exist.
As I have said, it is easy to be a Keyboard Rambo and say, "They should....!! I would....! They coulda, I woulda, etc." but actually doing it without creating other dislocations and getting it through the political maze is not easy. You must remember that the Democrats like the situation just as it is.
Although the gangs may be here illegally, law enforcement is a local problem. Some blue cities won't even arrest illegals when asked to by the feds but they scream for the feds to do something when the illegals becomes a problem. The purpose is to create a problem and blame it on the Republicans and Bush. They do the same with respect to the terrorists.
Just as the Democrats are exacerbating the problem with both illegals and the terrorists so are the Keyboard Rambos who demand action which can't easily be taken. That aids the Democrats, and I think we have several Democrat moles here on FR, by dividing support for the Republicans. The Republicans are not all we would like them to be but they are far, far better than the alternative.
Correctamundo! We have one of those great "sanctuary cities".
Bailing with teaspoons is a waste of time, when our lifeboat has the bottom ripped out.
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