Posted on 03/14/2008 2:58:40 PM PDT by T.L.Sink
Bay Buchanan, former U.S. treasurer under President Reagan, argued that the United States must secure its borders. Buchanan addressed the growing negative sentiment towards the immigration issue. "Never even in the time of Nixon have I seen a populace as angry as they are today," she said. Buchanan directly linked this anger with America's unsecured borders. "Now it's a complete sieve again," she said. She noted that American small-business owners cannot compete with businesses that hire Hispanics and pay them lower wages. Buchanan went on to highlight overcrowding in schools and hoapitals as consequences. She cited gang-controlled trafficking of drugs and humans across the Mexican border and went on to discuss other devastating economic consequences as well. "They're taking all the jobs," Buchanan said of illegal immigrants, citing the high unemployment rate Americans have had to endure. She placed most of the blame on corporations. "It's cheap for corporations, but taxpayers are footing the bill. They're sheep in Washington who do what the power people tell them," she said. Buchanan said three things were necessary to enforce the law of the land: build a physical fence; enforce the law against the illegal hiring of illegal aliens; securing the border because 'we're being flooded.'
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Nah, we will not need a fence after November.
Lunar surface yes, Mars is next, hopefully after a lunar exploration base is built.
And I agree, our borders are not only a national disgrace, but a massive national security nightmare, that is undermining and compromising our entire system.
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Certainly the laughing stock of Mexico, I see it every day in the local, Virginia, immigrant crowd. A few days ago an immigrant car passed with a Mexican flag bumper sticker, and below it a US flag upside down. Dyslexia you think?
But I don't think the rest of the "international crowd" gives much of a hoot one way or the other. And this is a critical insight. The rest of the world can today produce anything the United States does, as well or better. We are NOT the leading innovator (Ford, Lockheed, Apollo moon landings, etc.etc.) we once were, nor are we an ethical or principled leader we once were, witness the Clinton's character, Spitzer, Goldman Sachs - money-is-God boys, ad nauseum, nor do we have the independent resources we once did.
Think about it. There may be a whole lot of lip service in the shallow media about trusted "allies", "American prestige," primacy of the dollar, etc. but it is all phony. The vast majority of Americans are living either in the past or with their head in the sand. Does any American reader here really care about a rebel insurrection in Thailand, or unrest in the immigrant ghettos of Paris? Then conversely it is silly to project that any voting citizen of say France or Indonesia, really is going to make any sacrifice whatsoever for the prosperity of America. We saw this graphically in international support (lack of) for Iraq. (Mexico incidentally, ala Vicente Fox, REFUSED to contribute any troops).
Thus the tragic naivete of GWB, and the sinister motives of the US globalists. We are talking about a cabal of extraordinarily ruthless and self interested people. Eliot Spitzer is just a low level example, it goes a whole lot deeper.
It is time to back up to a little nationalism, Not isolationism, but nationalistic loyalty. The illegal immigration thing is a major aspect.
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I stopped reading your post right there.
The rest of the world can produce anything the US does, as well or better? C'mon, you don't really believe that.
A voice crying in the wilderness.
Our borders are exactly as the globilist factions in the GOP intend them to be. Nothing less nothing more. There are many on the other side of the aisle who are in perfect agreement. The only thing lacking is the backing and will of the American people.
You are absolutely correct. Until we show some guts,enforce our immigration laws, and secure our borders, we're toast.
>>Mars is next, hopefully after a lunar exploration base is built.<<
Have you considered the possibility that China will get to Mars first?
- They will use the profits from the USA trade deficit
- US politicians sound unwilling to invest in a mission to Mars, even if we could afford it, unfortunately. We could do it but we probaly won’t.
Good observations. I referred to being the laughing-stock of the international community in the sense that in an age of international terrorism we are incapable of securing our own borders. I’m sure that not only the drug cartel and some Islamofascist terrorists are laughing but many rogue nations who see a Congress and an administration who are intent on securing Iraq’s borders but are oblivious to our own. Speaking of the Spitzer debacle, I notice the cable networks are now giving more coverage of the prostitute than to the very serious legal issues involved. What next? Will she be on the talk shows, promoting a book or making a film? It’s one more example of the race to the bottom in terms of the public’s capacity to remain serious about anything much longer than the 24 hour news cycle.
You bet. Red China could make a big statement sending some people to Mars, in addition to learning a whole lot of new stuff. They’ll take chances we won’t do, it fact they could get lucky and make the trip before us, and actually return their people alive. If that ever happened, you can bet they’ll claim it outright.
I am very afraid.
I am afraid that my government will crack down on illegals for the wrong reasons. I’m afraid that our economy is going to shit and people will begin losing jobs so fast it will be pure pandemonium. I’m afraid our government will go after illegals with zeal to save their own bacon. They will do it to divert attention away from the damage they’ve done to our economy. Illegals will be the scapegoats for the destruction of america.
It’s won’t be the first time the RIGHT thing will be done for the wrong reason.
You had better believe that non-working legal citizen Americans are not going to tolerate un-employment while illegal workers of any nation are gainfully employed. The finger pointing and prosection of illegal aliens will be incessant. I do not see mob rule but I do see enforcement of our immigration laws on a scale that we have not yet seen.
And that will be good enough for you? You will accept NAFTA, unbalanced trade, UN oversight, adoption of the amero currency, confiscation of guns, A north american union, carbon credits...as long as the government goes after illegals and those that hire them? You won’t want the traitors running our country into the ground held responsible?
Illegal immigration is at the top of my spectrum of national concerns. I feel no issue presents itself in such a manner as to cover such a wide field of concerns wrapped in one package. Illegal immigration presents itself in medicine, education, incarceration, transportation, prostitution, unemployemnt,vandalism, terrorism, over population and pollution to name a few. We are just starting to see the national reaction to this problem. Should the economy struggle we will see it intensify rapidly and progressively. In short for every action there is a reaction. Very normal in the course of human history.
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