To: stephenjohnbanker
And not until.......Calderon just gave Americans the middle finger!
Let's make two things clear from the outset:
1) I understand that Mexico is our neighbor, and that we ought to encourage trade with them in a mutually satisfying manner.
2) Free trade is important to the economy of the United States. I've sparred with countless liberals and left-leaning populists over this issue.
However, I have to ask, at what point do we consider our own national interest in all of this? The liberals are demonstrably terrible on the issue, and the Republicans have apparently found a new religion. I'd warn against this "Thank God for the Democrats" spirit, though they may have done what is right in this instance.
698 posted on
09/13/2007 5:18:59 PM PDT by
governmentstillsucks
("Nations survive only if they unite around common emblems of nationhood." Emile Durkheim)
To: governmentstillsucks
“However, I have to ask, at what point do we consider our own national interest in all of this? The liberals are demonstrably terrible on the issue, and the Republicans have apparently found a new religion. I’d warn against this “Thank God for the Democrats” spirit, though they may have done what is right in this instance.”
I agree. You didn’t see me cheering for a democrat.
Our national interest is to keep these trucks out.
Why? Because they won’t check the cargo, and massive amounts of drugs and illegals will be transported here.
704 posted on
09/13/2007 5:32:29 PM PDT by
stephenjohnbanker
( Hunter/Thompson/Thompson/Hunter in 08! "Read my lips....No new RINO's" !!)
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