Posted on 02/08/2006 6:47:52 PM PST by Willie Green
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It seems that the U.S.A. has a history of waiting until the horse is gone before securing the proverbial barn door. In some cases it´s simply expensive or inconvenient, but in some cases it is downright dangerous.
Although few on the left are willing to admit, it´s pretty well known that Bill Clinton had at least three chances to take bin Ladin into custody and refused. We all know that we brought Saddam to his knees during the first Gulf War and sailed away without finishing the job, necessitating the second Gulf War.
We all know that our Congress usually takes so long in passing meaningful legislation that by the time it becomes law it is, many times, toothless and obsolete.
But one of the most dangerous things happening in our nation right now is the situation at our southern borders. Everyday illegals cross the international border of Mexico with impunity. Our cities are inundated with unpapered, non-English speaking aliens.
I have no problem with honest people coming to this country seeking a better life for them and their families, but when they come in illegally I am dead set against it. We don´t even know they´re here and we have no way of knowing what kind of people they are.
Are they Islamic sympathizers bent on destroying us and our way of life? Are they violent gang members who hire out to do murder and mayhem? Are they drug traffickers, fugitives from the law, disease carriers or political malcontents?
The fact is that when they simply walk across our borders we have no way of knowing who or what they are. Is this not insanity?
It has been proven that most politicians have not got the guts to deal with the situation. It´s not a Democratic or Republican thing, nor a left or right thing, it´s simply a political hot potato that will continue to grow bigger and hotter until it eventually explodes in one way or another.
These illegals are straining the budgets of every border state and now some politicians want to give them what´s tantamount to having undocumented American citizenship, allowing them to participate in social programs and entitlements.
There is no way that this situation is ever going to resolve itself. This is a festering sore that becomes bigger and more infected every passing day and, at sometime in the future, will manifest itself in some catastrophic result in this nation. Whether it comes in the form of a nuclear attack or some contagious, out-of-control disease, when it hits I hope that people in this nation will remember how our state and federal politicians left us vulnerable and defenseless, all in the cause of trying to buy themselves a few more votes.
In my book they´re all culpable - the president, Congress, Senate, governors and legislatures. It´s way past time to shut the barn door.
Charlie Daniels is a successful country music artist and enjoys writing a weekly column.
Okay. You've already posted this. What about what he said in 2006?
You posted that we should be supporting the Kyl/Cornyn bill, but with the speed from which you're running from it, I would suspect that you recently found out some of it's less than desirable provisions, such as the lack of enforcement for violators.
Get real, it's not an anti-anything song, he's just poking fun, big deal. You're going to have to do better than that, attacking the messenger is your modus operandi, whether it's FAIR or Tom Tancredo or anybody who dares to question your open borders agenda.
Why don't you answer the questions, who's going to make all these people leave when their time is up if the government won't enforce the laws now?
What does this have to do with the Kyl/Cornyn proposal and it's lack of enforcement for violators who overstay their visas?
OK Dane..if that's the standard...
Get back to me over the fact GWB was an alcoholic (With a DWI!!!), and "allegedly" snorted Coke!
Now let's wait for the inevitable "That's Different!" and "He's paid his dues" crap! Oh, and GWB's King Air airplane Number "Zero-Eight-Foxtrot" was owned by barry Seal! Yes, the very Barry Seal of mena Arkansas fame! My, what an INTERESTING coinkidink!
See Dane, your demi-G_d is now up on the petard next to Charlie Daniels...the same rules apply.
Do you retract your specious argument against Charlie...or do you take off the "Cult of Bush" kneepads?
And the corrupt Mexican government officials kept it.
Care to hazard a guess what they'll do with the funds we send them in response to the Social Security Totalization Agreement with Mexico?
Yes, Charlie----illegal immigration apologists can even throw YOU under the bus.
Huh it's okay with you that Charlie Daniels receives royalties from his pro-liberal, hollyweird stereotype song "Uneasy Rider".
What's next from you danny, that barbara streisand's rantings are off limits?
Uh junior, Charlie Daniels is still making money from trashing the South(i.e his song "Uneasy Rider")
The hundreds of thousands of central americans who came here "temporarily" after their floods, won't leave. There are 3.6 million visa overstays, that can't be found. There are 100,000 leftovers from the last amnesty that did not come forward by the deadline (probably in jail)
Answer Dan's question, Dane. You hiding from it is very telling.
Another good conservative, Jim Inhofe has introduced S 2117. Why don't you get behind that bill?
YOU know they won't go back, don't you?
What does this have to do with Mexican illegal aliens?
Anything to distract the reader from the fact that the Kyl/Cornyn proposal contains no enforcement provisions that will ensure compliance with the guest worker program it contains.
What's next from you danny, that barbara streisand's rantings are off limits?
Nope. Unlike you, I can stay on topic.
The Kyl/Cornyn proposal needs constant opposition, just like Bush's Guest Worker non-amnesty amnesty and Bush's Socal Security Totalization Agreement with Mexico.
So, how about your beloved illegals who send their money home? All those BILLIONS of dollars every year, sent to Mexico. Shouldn't they renounce their loyalty to another country, while begging to be a citizen of another?
Get off Charlie Daniels back...I thought you were better than that, Dane.
sw
Hiding from what? A so-called good ole boy(Charlie Daniels) who got his start in hollyweird by trashing(with the song "Uneasy Rider") the people who he thinks he represents.
Like I said get back to me when Charlie Daniels renounces all royalties from "Uneasy Rider".
You've fabricated a bogus issue and now you're just going to hammer on it like a broken record, aren't you? Rampant illegal immigration is a much bigger concern than somebody earning royalties from their early music (even if you have infused some sort of offensive qualities to that music).
So, how about your beloved illegals who send their money home?
Hmm, take a look at your above reply, maybe the hypocrisy will hit you sometime.
Of course! That's the idea.
But, that's only the first half. The real bombshell are the terms contained in the Social Security Totalization Agreement with Mexico.
Because of how hard Bush and the Republipuke lickspittles (read: Dane) are pushing the so-called Guest Worker non-amnesty amnesty and how close to the vest the administration is with the terms of the Totalization agreement, I can only conclude that they're even worse than what we saw in the Totalization Agreement proposal.
Uh junior, I didn't hold a gun up to Charlie Daniels head and make him record "Uneasy Rider".
Attacking a great American icon, like Charlie Daniels, is an act of desperation.
I have an appt...later, sw
This non-issue you've fabricated is laughably lame. Good luck rallying the troops on that one.
You do realize that if all these illegals are given citizenship closing the border won't matter much since thanks to family chain laws and any guest worker program that's get enacted half that country will be able to immigrate legally. I'm not sure that's in the national interest to allow one country to dominate our immigration system in such a manner. Not to mention it'll no doubt give the democratic party majority rule possibly for decades.
What does this have to do with Mexican illegal immigration?
What does this have to do with the Kyl/Cornyn proposal?
What enforcement provisions does the Kyl/Cornyn proposal contain that will ensure that the Mexican 'Guest Worker' goes home when his visa expires?
Or, perhaps it's not as conservative as you, Kyl and Cornyn would have us believe.
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