Posted on 04/21/2006 5:27:36 AM PDT by NotchJohnson
The immigration "debate" continues....and with every passing day, the American people get more and more fed up with the invasion of illegal aliens from Mexico. One proposal being kicked around is to build the equivalent of The Great Wall of Mexico. That's right...a huge wall stretching some 1,951 miles...from San Diego to Brownsville. That should just about do it. Make it a double-fence. Let really hungry dogs patrol the space between. It's an invasion ... it needs to be stopped.
At any rate, the desire for some sort of border wall is falling on deaf ears in Washington. It's not politically correct.....people think it's mean. But building a wall to prevent an invasion is natural right of any citizen or government. Mexicans are talking about the "reconquista." That's the dream of many Mexicans to retake the American Southwest ... as their own. If you aren't sufficiently agitated by this invasion, perhaps you would like to log on to http://www.aztlan.net. There you will find a story about a University of New Mexico Chicano Studies professor who is predicting a new, sovereign Hispanic nation in the Southwest. He calls it the "Republica del Norte" That would translate into the Republic of the North. This professor in an American university says that this is inevitable. Do you like the sound of that?
Anyway, enter the Minutemen. This is the group of citizen militia that have been patrolling the border with Mexico on their own time. They're tired of the endless stampede from Mexico. So now they've issued an ultimatum to President Bush. Build a fence or we'll do it for you.
In fact, it may happen. Already, landowners along the border are stepping forward to donate the land to put up the wall and contractors have stepped forward to donate equipment to build it. This could work...and maybe we can finally put a lid on illegal immigration.
Maybe
" "Republica del Norte" That would translate into the Republic of the North. This professor in an American university says that this is inevitable. "
I thought Lincoln settled these types of issues once and for all back in the 1860's.
The Minutemen aren't the only ones that want to build a fence.
Bravo!
What I'm saying is that if Mr. Simcox wants to build a fence, he should stick to his rhetoric and pay American labor an American wage to build the fence.
BTW it is bad FR etiquette to mention a poster without pinging them.
"I thought Lincoln settled these types of issues once and for all back in the 1860's."
A different time, a different country. I don't believe Lincoln would have sat back and allowed a slow but sure invasion of Mexicans, many bent on re-conquest.
oops
There. Fixed it for ya, Comrade. Viva la'revolucion, No Borders, and all that rot..../sarc
They will be shut down and arrested. Sad to say, but the truth.
"How come Mr. Simcox does not put his money where his mouth is and provide "living wages" for Americans as he builds his fence instead of using slave volunteer labor."
ROFHWL! Oh my! You truly don't "get" the concept do you?
btw, "slave volunteer labor" is an oxymoron. :)
"A different time, a different country. I don't believe Lincoln would have sat back and allowed a slow but sure invasion of Mexicans, many bent on re-conquest."
I didn't explain my point very well.
The re-taking won't be some walk in the park like they assume. Lincoln was willing to do anything to keep the Republic from being split up, and that sentiment probably still prevails today. I hope it wouldn't come down to something like that, though, God help us.
"Got it, building a fence with unpaid but willing labor good, a farmer who grows food and pays willing workers a market wage to pick food, bad."
Nope, you don't "got it". Funny, I live in a rural area in a heavily regulated state and while it ain't gettin' any easier, thanks to nonsense "regulations" made by non-farmers,farmers around here seem to get by without using illegal labor. Imagine that. :)
"Lincoln was willing to do anything to keep the Republic from being split up, and that sentiment probably still prevails today."
I still disagree. I don't think Americans, in general, have that sense of nationalism anymore. I think if New Mexico became 70% Mexican immigrant, and voted to leave the Union, there would be much gnashing of teeth as we watched them go.
As I said, it would be stupid. The state would lose federal aid and protection, and would be run less efficiently than Mexico. But we aren't talking about geniuses here.
Hmmm.... Well then, I guess I shall have to go to the Minutemen's website and donate $100 in Dane's name!!
"I still disagree. I don't think Americans, in general, have that sense of nationalism anymore. "
Oops. I did miss your point.
You may be right. I am still hopeful, though, that it won't come down to something like that.
Just electrifying the fence
should be sufficient; fewer
men needed to patrol that way.
They already have several
fence companies pledging
to do the work gratis.
The cost of materials is
the big money-eater.
I pledged this a.m. too.
Dittos on nixing the Republicans. I'm even including the Club for Growth because it won't take a stand on immigration.
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