Posted on 05/02/2006 12:58:26 PM PDT by Spiff
Pat's a tool. But he's right on this subject.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1625378/posts
Not a real fan of Mr. Buchanan, but totally agree with him on this.
Pat is right more often than he is wrong. But when he's wrong, he's really wrong. In this case he is right on.
The only thing I can criticize in this is that he is limiting this to a US/Mexico border issue. We have a big problem up north too.
Pat is a raving lunatic. He’s right here, but for the most part, he’s lost all credibility on just about everything, especially Middle East issues, so the impact of anything good he writes or says is minimal.
If the Airlines went on a massive strike like this Bush would have called out the National Guard to stop it. But here we have a few million criminals flaunting themselves in the streets and the government does nothing. It's not about 'we-the-people' anymore, it's about PC, money and votes. "We" don't seem to exist in their eyes.
A day without illegal immigrants is like a day without fleas to a dog.
Teddy Roosevelt said it right:
"In the first place we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the man's becoming in very fact an American, and nothing but an American ... There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag ... We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language ... and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people."
Anything less contributes to the rise of individualism and multiculturalism, and with that contributes to
the diminishment of our national security and personal freedoms,
the degradation of our structures of education, science and technology, jurisprudence and legislation, and
the disintegration of the American culture and its values, which have created both
the most effective system of equal freedom and justice for all, and
the most productive and advanced civilization in the history of the world.
When we apply new ideas to anything that's already working well, we either improve it still further, or injure its ability to function. It's undeniable to even a casual observer who is not agenda-driven that our country and the pillars of our society have taken some serious hits over the last half century. In spite of some spectacular achievements in science and technology, our country is falling apart and we are falling behind other nations in various areas --especially that of education in general and in science and math in particular.
Now we are engaged in a war for the survival of our civilization and freedom, and we're giving ground to the enemy while we fight bureaucratic and political turf battles and worry about being politically correct. This is insanity.
I say it's time to debunk individualism, personal nonresponsibility, multicultural diversity and political correctness, and get back to what we know works. We need to teach our children what makes American democracy work, and to restore the values that support our families, our communities and our culture.
If all you do doesn't work and you're falling behind, get back to the basics! There will always be problems to be worked out, but you never succeed in fixing them by sacrificing the basics!
Teddy Roosevelt as quoted in an editorial in The Washington Times, April 10, 2006
http://www.washtimes.com/functions/print.php?StoryID=20060409-101254-2257r
Ditto that! This is one issue he seems to have down "pat". ;-)
again, buchanan proves himself to be a broken clock. usually i don't agree with the guy but once in a while he nails it.
Loved your response!
I see, so you are saying because he is wrong on other issues we shouldn't pay attention when he is right on something? Is that right? Kind of a biased attitude on your part isn't it?
Pat's right on...and we can thank Clinton and Bush, and their NAFTA and CAFTA twins for a lot of it!
Immigration is a legal process by which nations afford non-citizens a path to establish residency & eventual citizenship.
Illegal aliens are those that have either (a) entered the country unlawfully, or (b) overstayed their visit/visa and are now in the country unlawfully.
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