well, I'm here in Texas, although in a corner that actually had virtually no trace of illegals as recently as ten years ago. But, as I mentioned in another thread, I now find myself out shopping, and 50% of the voices I hear are in Spanish. It's astonishing how quickly all this occurred.
And, just a few weeks ago, a couple of illegals were out robbing a couple of quickie-marts in quick succession, and in their getaway, they rammed into a killed a local 18-year-old kid, who'd just taken on his first job. This happened only a few blocks down the street from where I live. This type of thing never used to happen around here. You can just see the whole area, and so many surrounding communities just going to Hell, and becoming third-worldish. There are times I'm driving through areas in which I don't feel like I'm in the good 'ole USA anymore.
So, yes, I'm MAD, MAD, MAD. The politicians have ignored this for years and years, and now they just want to surrender. My GOP representatives lean pretty strongly conservative, so I'm expecting to continue supporting them (unless they go the way of Bush-Kennedy). But, I have to admit, my long-standing support and loyalty to the GOP is extremely frayed at this point. If anything remotely resembling amnesty goes through... well... hard to say. I never fell for Perot or Buchanan back in the day. But, the GOP will really be 'mud' to me.
"well, I'm here in Texas, although in a corner that actually had virtually no trace of illegals as recently as ten years ago. But, as I mentioned in another thread, I now find myself out shopping, and 50% of the voices I hear are in Spanish. It's astonishing how quickly all this occurred. "
Imagine how bad it will get after this farcical "amnesty" goes through - the illegals already feel entitled to that which they don't have a right to - this will just further strengthen their position to demand things, and get them.
I'm not the kind of person who desires or advocates civil disobedience, but I'm wondering what we need to do to make these useless politicians understand we the American people do NOT want amnesty for criminals.
The next few years look bleak, I'm getting that same empty feeling in the pit of my stomach when it looked like Clinton would actually lead this country.
"well, I'm here in Texas, although in a corner that actually had virtually no trace of illegals as recently as ten years ago. But, as I mentioned in another thread, I now find myself out shopping, and 50% of the voices I hear are in Spanish. It's astonishing how quickly all this occurred. "
Imagine how bad it will get after this farcical "amnesty" goes through - the illegals already feel entitled to that which they don't have a right to - this will just further strengthen their position to demand things, and get them.
I'm not the kind of person who desires or advocates civil disobedience, but I'm wondering what we need to do to make these useless politicians understand we the American people do NOT want amnesty for criminals.
The next few years look bleak, I'm getting that same empty feeling in the pit of my stomach when it looked like Clinton would actually lead this country.
greene66 wrote: "But, the GOP will really be 'mud' to me."
I'm very sympathetic to your plight in Texas. I'm right next door, and your state is appearing more like Mexico every day. However, the best way to turn this around is to seize control of the GOP.
The GOP is a nationwide party. Its machine is well established, and it will carry a certain percentage of people in any election no matter what it does (much like the notorious FDR generation in the Democratic Party--they'd vote for Hitler if he was a Democrat).
Even more important, we already have several decent conservatives on the Republican team. It's a simple matter of doing whatever gives you the best chance of winning.
You know a third party will only water the conservative vote down, ensuring we have even less say and giving the election to the Democrats. Sitting out the election will accomplish the same thing. The most pragmatic course, if you are serious about winning, is to fight for control of the Republican Party (taking over the Democratic Party would be much less likely, right?).
You will be fighting upstream against President Bush and the other RNC elites, but I'm convinced it's the only chance you have. Do you agree?