[ChildOfThe60s]

"lower the temperature and get people to talk about basic principles."

Here are three very basic principles:

1-United States sovereignty

2-American citizen's Constitutional rights come ahead of the "rights" of illegal aliens

3-The obligation of the executive branch to enforce the laws of the land

[So Circumstanced]

Nice post. Simply exquisite.

[TomGuy]

"lower the temperature and get people to talk about basic principles."

Remember the big tado last year about putting the NG on the border?

They never did have the full 6,000 on the border for any length of time -- and the program ended after 1 year. Most NG were in and out on 2-week deployment. When they were on the border, they were relegated to paperwork and washing vehicles of the Border Agents, and they were prohibited from carrying weapons.

The whole thing was a shellgame sham. It was designed for one purpose: to hoodwink the public into thinking the Bush Administration was serious about security the border.

Then, look at catch-and-release. Last year, Michael Chertoff made a big deal about ending 'catch-and-release'. Just one minor detail -- they didn't end it for Mexicans -- they continue, even now, the c&r for them. And most of those big raid? Most of the ones rounded up were -- after the headlines were made -- released; many within hours of their detainment.

And the spy drones that were used to stop illegals -- they were restricted to specified air spaces, and most of those covered areas were where illegals didn't come across the border anyway.

Yet, now, Team Bush expects us to believe that this new CI bill will be tough on border security.