Posted on 04/12/2006 7:10:01 AM PDT by FerdieMurphy
I think that pretty much nails it. The only thing is that few, if any, walk the streets. They're walking on the treadmills furnished by the sucker taxpayers in their government paid-for gym.
(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie. Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")
Surely politicians don't want our country's destruction on their record and be blamed for that.
"Surely politicians don't want our country's destruction on their record and be blamed for that."
They don't have the vision or the wisdom to even care.
The politicians only care about themselves. In that context, getting votes would be a priority. The politicians from both sides seem to think they can win the Hispanic voters, (who are likely to be more active voters than current Americans).
No one actually believes it can all go wrong, until it does.
Guest worker - second class citizen - slavery lite ... they're all the same. It's not our way -- the unintended consequences of "guest worker" programs are horrendous. When I see someone with a brown skin I don't want to think, "there's some second class citizen who will clean the toilets". I want to think, "there's an American citizen, just like me". And that dignity of the human spirit won't happen if the rules are bent to allow illegals or second class citizens.
The illegal immigration problem has been festering for more than twenty years, thanks to dereliction of duty of the federal government. It will take years to solve it but the first step, sealing the southern border, must be done now! Everyone seems to understand this except our elected representatives. TV ads have begun leading up to the November elections, and it's business as usual ... negative ads by both parties rather than answers to serious problems such as immigration, social security, national debt, energy policy, etc. It disgusts me but doesn't surprise me.
This is news to me. Does anyone have any evidence to support this?
You nailed it. Anybody who thinks that the Republicans are the "stupid" party anymore is the dummy IMO.
Even the morally bankrupt Big Government LBJ saw in 1965 that the Bracero program, which was an early guest worker program, was not doing us any good. So he canned it. The tomato growers and others complained that they would never be able to get tehir crops picked. Their crops got picked. Prices didn't skyrocket any more than otehr things did. But their successors make the same wrong arguments today.
And our tax dollars subsidize these farmers, who then produce a surplus, which our tax dollars then buy and throw in warehouses to rot. Do we really need so many farm workers?
Yeah, that sentence jumped out at me, too.
The fact is, illegal immigration has not been in the top ten list of issues for ANY Presidential election campaign over the last 20 years.
The only reason it's penetrated the national radar now is because of Congressional action and all the marches.
The truth is, if Congress comes up with some kind of bill, look for immigration to vanish from the consciousness of the voting public.
All of them, in both parties, in my opinion.
I like it. Mexican Coolies. Mexicoolis. I think I'll use it, if they don't ban us for it.
If you remember 2004, people were furious about illegals but the two candidates effectively embargoed the issue by refusing to discuss or debate it. Kerry never attacked Bush for his stand on illegals, and Bush returned the favor. Call it Skull & Bones Courtesy.
How can they be considered "Guest" when they broke into our house? I do not call criminals that break into my house "Guest". What political correct. B.S.!
I remember people on FR were furious, but FR does not reflect the populace at large.
There were no polls indicating that illegal immigration was a major issue in 2004.
It will be interesting to see how the Senate lines up on this. I can't imagine a Senator facing reelection in November wants to vote for amnesty. The House CLEARLY is against amnesty and everyone of them faces reelection in November.
Could it be more clear that our politicians are bought and paid for? Will they bow to the special interest or their fear of the electorate?
Guest Workers ?
GUEST VOTERS is the idea behind all this,
the DEMS are desperate and dnagerous.
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