Posted on 06/12/2007 3:22:43 AM PDT by Ultra Sonic 007
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1839185/posts
Officially approved by Bush on Dec. 17 after extensive bickering in Congress, the National Intelligence Reform Act included the requirement to add 10,000 border patrol agents in the five years beginning with 2006. Roughly 80 percent of the agents were to patrol the southern U.S. border from Texas to California, along which thousands of people cross into the United States illegally every year.
But Bushs proposed 2006 budget, revealed Monday, funds only 210 new border agents.
“We simply do not trust you.”
36 posted on 05/24/2007 3:28:02 PM CDT by azhenfud (The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
I concur.
“RICO: A New Tool for Immigration Law Enforcement”
Excellent! Thanks a lot!
I think the current buzz in conservative circles is "Ever Free Republic is PO'd at Bush about the immigration bill."
hell...I don’t want a bill
secure the border....enforce existing laws
BUMP DAT!!!
Well good, then people should then ask “Why?”. From there...they can learn something :)
Conservatives are “nice and respectful” to an actual fault. Law enforcement is trained to give out verbal commands, but only for so long. Conservatives have wiggled and compromised and played the nicety game long enough.
While figuring out how to defeat your enemy, social etiquette should be the last things you’re worried about...unless of course you’re not serious about what your fighting for. I saw that long list of what other “posters” (I presume at other Forums) are posting, well I say the time spent whining about actions of other conservatives could be put to better use in figuring out how to kill this bill. A careful look though shows me that the same group(s) really wouldn’t mind too much if it did get passed. To hell with them. Our ancestors look down on them in distain for the blood they spilled for our Soverignty!
Rant/off
Grouped By Vote Position | ||
YEAs ---45 | ||
Akaka (D-HI) | Hagel (R-NE) | Menendez (D-NJ) |
Bayh (D-IN) | Harkin (D-IA) | Mikulski (D-MD) |
Biden (D-DE) | Inouye (D-HI) | Murray (D-WA) |
Brown (D-OH) | Kennedy (D-MA) | Nelson (D-FL) |
Cantwell (D-WA) | Kerry (D-MA) | Nelson (D-NE) |
Cardin (D-MD) | Klobuchar (D-MN) | Obama (D-IL) |
Carper (D-DE) | Kohl (D-WI) | Reed (D-RI) |
Casey (D-PA) | Lautenberg (D-NJ) | Reid (D-NV) |
Clinton (D-NY) | Leahy (D-VT) | Salazar (D-CO) |
Conrad (D-ND) | Levin (D-MI) | Schumer (D-NY) |
Dodd (D-CT) | Lieberman (ID-CT) | Specter (R-PA) |
Durbin (D-IL) | Lincoln (D-AR) | Stabenow (D-MI) |
Feingold (D-WI) | Lugar (R-IN) | Voinovich (R-OH) |
Feinstein (D-CA) | Martinez (R-FL) | Whitehouse (D-RI) |
Graham (R-SC) | McCain (R-AZ) | Wyden (D-OR) |
NAYs ---50 | ||
Alexander (R-TN) | Crapo (R-ID) | Murkowski (R-AK) |
Allard (R-CO) | DeMint (R-SC) | Pryor (D-AR) |
Baucus (D-MT) | Dole (R-NC) | Roberts (R-KS) |
Bennett (R-UT) | Domenici (R-NM) | Rockefeller (D-WV) |
Bingaman (D-NM) | Dorgan (D-ND) | Sanders (I-VT) |
Bond (R-MO) | Ensign (R-NV) | Sessions (R-AL) |
Boxer (D-CA) | Grassley (R-IA) | Shelby (R-AL) |
Bunning (R-KY) | Gregg (R-NH) | Smith (R-OR) |
Burr (R-NC) | Hatch (R-UT) | Snowe (R-ME) |
Byrd (D-WV) | Hutchison (R-TX) | Stevens (R-AK) |
Chambliss (R-GA) | Inhofe (R-OK) | Sununu (R-NH) |
Cochran (R-MS) | Isakson (R-GA) | Tester (D-MT) |
Coleman (R-MN) | Kyl (R-AZ) | Thune (R-SD) |
Collins (R-ME) | Landrieu (D-LA) | Vitter (R-LA) |
Corker (R-TN) | Lott (R-MS) | Warner (R-VA) |
Cornyn (R-TX) | McCaskill (D-MO) | Webb (D-VA) |
Craig (R-ID) | McConnell (R-KY) | |
Not Voting - 4 | ||
Brownback (R-KS) | Enzi (R-WY) | |
Coburn (R-OK) | Johnson (D-SD) |
I’d like to know the weak links in an actual floor vote. Hopefully others will chime in. I’ve seen a couple lists, but need to hammer a couple thing down.
And to add to what I’ve said. We’ve actually stayed pretty well on course without bashing Bush but simply calling the bill out for what it is and how wrong it is. It could be Frank, Gary or Bob and it would still be the same to me.
Speaking of shots across the bow (figuratively)...where’s that ship firing picture? :)
Boy I tell you, I’ve got my Great-Great-Great-Grandfathers (picture hanging on the wall in full uniform. He survived, many of his friends did not. They were fighting for a nation’s sovereignty, and I seriously doubt they were concerned with social etiquette with a blackpowder and cannon staring at them.
Extreme example? I don’t think so. What’s the difference. The Future of our Nation due to the precedant setting bell ringing that will occur will effect some of our families primary language. It may be 300 years from now, 500 years from now, but hey, I’m not just looking at what the flag will look like when it goes over my coffin, I’m worried about the one’s growing up and looking back and thinking...”why didn’t they try to stop that”.
Absolutely!!! That’s the one ;)
Well a man come on the 6 oclock news
Said somebodys been shot, somebodys been abused
Somebody blew up a building
Somebody stole a car
Somebody got away
Somebody didnt get too far yeah
They didnt get too far
Grandpappy told my pappy, back in my day, son
A man had to answer for the wicked that he done
Take all the rope in texas
Find a tall oak tree, round up all of them bad boys
Hang them high in the street for all the people to see that
Chorus:
Justice is the one thing you should always find
You got to saddle up your boys
You got to draw a hard line
When the gun smoke settles well sing a victory tune
Well all meet back at the local saloon
Well raise up our glasses against evil forces
Singing whiskey for my men, beer for my horses
We got too many gangsters doing dirty deeds
Weve got too much corruption, too much crime in the streets
Its time the long arm of the law put a few more in the ground
Send em all to their maker and hell settle em down
You can bet hell set em down cause
Those are lyrics to a song, no? Can you add the author and title, and ping the post.
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