One Reporter's Opinion: Our Own Paul Revere {in Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-CO}

Newsmax.com ^ | 09-26-03 | Putnam, George

[gubamyster]

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[Mears]

The more I read this stuff,the angrier I get. We have been totally abandoned by our "leaders"!!!!!!

[SAMWolf]

Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colo.

A lone political voice in the wilderness, I'm sure he's paying a political price for his stand. Colorado should be proud of him.

[Vindiciae Contra TyrannoSCOTUS]

We remember when California public schools were the envy of the nation, and we remember when the Los Angeles Times took an arch-conservative editorial stance. We remember city, county, and state politics before their every aspect was dominated by racial overtones, and we remember when film production actually occurred in Hollywood.

Indeed, the very industry that gave California most of its glamour has all but vanished, leaving behind little more than office towers and historical studio buildings filled with administrative functionaries. What other industries might depart the state? Rather, we should ask what industries have to stay here.

Fortunately, agriculture, the foundation of the state's wealth, will top the list. Mining, fishing, forestry, and their secondary processes would round out those basic endeavors that are intimately tied into the physical geography. The military is well entrenched here, but bases have been known to close. Government has been a major employer, but will be affected by an ever shrinking tax base as industry moves out. Public sector cutbacks are inevitable, as are higher taxes, which will cause more businesses to leave, in a truly vicious circle. Californians Are Fleeing The Golden State At An Alarming Rate

Dr. Victor Davis Hanson teaches classics at California State University, Fresno, one of the 23 campuses in the California State University system. He says when he grew up in the nearby San Joaquin Valley, the majority of the population were Mexican immigrants who had become Americans and who made a genuine effort to become "acculturated" and to assimilate into mainstream American society.

Hanson believes that type of immigration established a healthy pattern for all concerned. "When people came from Mexico in numbers that were smaller and would allow greater chance for assimilation -- along with legalities so that they didn't live in the shadows of society -- they were less likely to be exploited by employers, they were more likely to vote, and they were more likely to learn English," he says.

But now, the professor says, thanks to uncontrolled immigration, the region's population is composed mostly of illegal aliens who live in separate communities, isolated from mainstreaming influences. California Scholar Says Most 'New Immigrants' Fail to Assimilate

In one month, in one state, a motor vehicles department gave out 41 driver's licenses to people assuming the identities of the dead.

California's head of homeland security thought there were safeguards to prevent that kind of identity theft. If all this leaves you feeling even more uneasy about the law passed this month giving undocumented immigrants the right to have drivers' licenses, it should. I see dead people . . . driving

[truthkeeper]

A deserving bttt. (Hey, put me on your immigrant list, will ya?)

[StriperSniper]

the federal government is shirking its responsibility to the people of this nation."

And finding 'busy work' by invading every corner of our lives.

[gubamyster]

(Hey, put me on your immigrant list, will ya?)

You are added.

[Chi-townChief]

"Our Own Paul Revere"

And don't it seem like, kicks just keep gettin' harder to find ....

[KantianBurke]

Tancredo also recalls that Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge was giving a briefing and was asked why he had not used the military to help defend and protect the borders. Ridge responded, "There are political and cultural reasons why we can't do that."

[b4its2late]

I like what I've seen and heard from this guy so far. I say he should be a GOP rising star....

[Theodore R.]

he should be a GOP rising star....

Is Tancredo the only Republican in the country who has stood up to Karl Rove?

[Theodore R.]

Tancredo, a former teacher, promised to serve only three terms but has announced that hew will seek a fourth term in 2004. He considers the "term-limits" movement dead, and he will not be bound to term limits if no one else is. This is not hypocrisy, but living within the political rules written by the majority. There is always the chance that a liberal Republican will defeat him in a primary. The district is suburban Denver, I believe. Is it in the area of Columbine High School?

[MissAmericanPie]

This is why I will write in Tancredo in 2004 and so will alot of my friends, coworkers, and family. Not enough people to effect the election, of course Bush will carry Texas. But Tancredo doesn't waffel between good and evil, right and wrong, consitutional and unconsitutional, he is a national treasure and can handle any war the US engages in, in a more honorable and pro-UScitizen fashion.

Almost every political figgure in the US today is either a fence sitter or working hard for our destruction. Tancredo breaks the mold. He is my president and the only man fit for the title.

[Paulie]

"A lone political voice in the wilderness, I'm sure he's paying a political price for his stand. Colorado should be proud of him."

Yep, but I'd like the names of those making him pay for his patriotism. Or is it quicker to list who's NOT attempting to make him pay?

If and when America goes the way of Rome, at least Tancredo will have a clear conscience. TT should borrow a line from the movie "Wall Street", which goes something like: "I don't go to bed with no whores and I don't wake up with any...I don't know how you do it."

[bc2]

Well, please tell that to the people who attack Rep. Ron Paul on the term-limits issue, for no other reason than he is a libertarian, and a common sense Constitutionalist.

They hate him, bitterly hate every molecule in his body, and the only thing they can say is "because he lied about term limits".

And so it is that they would advocate the defeat of one of, maybe, seven true Constitutionalists in the US House.

[usadave]

Recently, Tom said, "Osama bin Laden could shave off his beard, land in Canada, call himself 'Omar the Tentmaker,' come on in and – without identification – be allowed into Canada."

And if Osama could make it into the United States, which wouldn't be very difficult considering our porous borders, he could go to one of several states that are giving driver's licenses to illegal aliens, and he could then use his driver's license to board a commercial airplane packed with lots of Americans and lots of fuel. The United States - land of opportunity!

[Theodore R.]

I think that the majority of those who "hate" Rep. Ron Paul, R-TX, as you phrased it, remember Paul's weak showing as the Libertarian nominee for President in 1988 against George Herbert Walker Bush. The Bushes do not tolerate any deviation from the family line, except they let Jack Kemp and E. Dole serve in the Cabinet from 1989-93. Notice how they exiled Dan Quayle after 1993. The first George Bush got embarrassed when he was asked to "defend" his running mate in 1988.

[Theodore R.]

Some may also "hate" Ron Paul because he challenged Phil Gramm in the 1984 Republican senatorial primary. He did very poorly in that race and has since concentrated on staying in the House.

[sarcasm]

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