The Problem With Problem Solvers (What Tom Tancredo, Al Gore and Chuck Schumer have in common )

Forbes Magazine ^ | 04/21/2006 | Rich Karlgaard,

[King Prout]

the writer errs.

the illegal alien influx has been a problem for 20 years and more - only NOW the mainstream is awakening to the trouble. It is hardly "a problem of the present" when in fact its course will without question play a determining role in what future exists.

Moreover, it has at least one clear historical parallel: The decline and fall of the western Roman provinces from @300AD to the fall of Rome itself in 476AD. One could make the case that the creation of the Republic of Texas (through demographic conquest and eventual rebellion) serves as yet another parallel.

The author errs, BADLY.

[Iscool]

Politicians lose when they focus on problems.

Really??? I'll have to re-focus...Let's just pretend everything is great...

[Plutarch]

Tom Tancredo wants to do what it takes to solve the problem of illegal immigration. Do what it takes? A big fence and then what, Congressman?

Enforce the law against illegal hiring employers such as Forbes is here shilling for.

[upchuck]

Can anybody list the problems solved by Chuckie Schumer or Lind-see Graham?

How 'bout problems caused by these two RATS?

Lind-see and his "Gang of 14" trick last year caused all kinds of problems.

And Chuckie causes problems (mostly pollution type problems) every time he opens his mouth.

[bybybill]

Truth hurts sometimes, huh?

[King Prout]

Truth hurts sometimes, huh?

evidently so - the open-borders/free-traders sure are madly spinning the issue like their butts were cooking in a furnace.

[lasereye]

George W. Bush is an opportunity seeker who has surrounded himself with problem solvers.

I wish he would elaborate on that.

[bpjam]

Its a valid theory of business. But the author thinks that the government acts like a business - or even a single entity and that is a huge flaw. While the government can want to do dynamic, free flowing things, it also has to have departments and agencies which do the stuff which keeps the machinery working. If the stasis people do their job, the revolutionary people have the freedom to create new ways to improve things.

On immigration, you are still going to need to close the border. Everything after that is going to need to be creative and dynamic.

[UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide]

At least he spun around the War on Terror problem regarding George Bush, obliquely blaming it on those around the President without explicitly mentioning it. To have done so would have have begged the question of should we be solving the problem of Muslim terrorism or embracing the "opportunity" to convert to Islam?

[UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide]

See #10

[UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide]

Incidentally, I consider it an opportunity to take down the whole Muslim world, end 1400 years of barbarism, defuse several regional wars and crises, eliminate the energy shortage for a couple decades, thwart Chinese and Russian plans and lots of other good things.

[King Prout]

it is a valid theory of business, save that it assumes "doing business" is not itself a mutable entity.

In reality, doing business is an outgrowth of culture, land value, agriculture, legal stability, and national sovereignty.

free-market theory works fine, so long as its assumptions are maintained by something which is not and should never be up for sale.

[King Prout]

yep. all of which is predicated by knowing one's history and acting in the present.

[madison10]

Tancredo has been on the issue longer than the last few months. Two-three years maybe. The White House told him to be quiet. A few of the radio talk show hosts have been covering the issue for a long time, too...Michael Savage to name one.

The MSM didn't wake up until the illegals' power became blatantly obvious.

[FlashBack]

The author lost me when he lumped Tanc in with Gore-vidal and sChmukie...Tancredo's a true-blue and the other phoney-baloney gootime rock-n-rollers prefer the colors red & yellow (and in Gore's case "green" as well).

[CowboyJay]

FYI:

More progressivist hogwash.

[CowboyJay]

"Two-three years maybe."

Longer than that.

[CowboyJay]

"Truth hurts sometimes, huh?"

Still hiring illegal aliens?

[bybybill]

Don`t answer with any facts, no, insults are so much easier.