Posted on 06/04/2002 11:12:18 PM PDT by kattracks
If I were Mr. Zogby I'd choose my words more carefully. Would he rather be targeted to be fingerprinted or one of a group of totally innocent people whose lives were lost when they were targeted by a commercial jet piloted by group of Islamic Arabs.
BTW, did anyone hear Mansoor Ijaz on Imus this morning? He was great. Blasted his co-religionists in this country for whining about things like this. Said he is American first, and Muslim second and that they all should be that way. Slos blasted 3 people in the Clinton admin that were responsible for letting Osama go free. I can't believe this guy is a Dem, but he is.
After a cut off time of 30 days to register and be fingerprinted, any Islamic alien who didn't register or fingerprinted is immediately a criminal at large. If he or she is caught with no registration without the fingerprints, they are arrested. If they have illegal documentation, they are charged as spies for the al Qeada thugs.
And continuing to think along that line, perhaps there is a good use for those Digital Angel GPS microchips.
Keep in mind the only reason the PC/Liberal crowd is even saying this now is to cover their own a**'s. They know that when another terrorist attack happens here, as we all know it will in some form or another, and they have been pushing the PC BS, their political careers and well as their personal lives will cease to be. As the old saying goes, "A leopard can't change its spots", but in this case it will sure as hell try to convince the prey that it can.
Sorry, I can't agree. Since this move is simply enforcement of an existing law, it could have been enacted last fall, as Americans were still reeling from the effects of 9/11, and subjected to a daily bombardment of revelations concerning the identities of the hijackers and the web of Arab/Muslim terrorists active within our borders.
It is also a waste of time and manpower, since Justice could have fingerprinted these people when they conducted the initial interviews of thousands of Arab immigrants months ago -- many of whom, I am certain, will not be found the second time around, not to mention those who have since entered the country and, (knowing their patterns), will have disappeared into the landscape by now.
I truly wish I could share your optimism about grand political maneuvers behind the scenes. Unfortunately, I see an administration wracked by internal dissent and full of Clinton holdovers such as Tenent and miguided "can't we all just get along" appointees, such as Minetta and Powell, who have a stake in maintaining the bureaucratic status quo.
It's time for a “my way or the highway” housecleaning by the President, if he means to put his West Point speech into action., and truly lead the war on terror.
There's much to be said for The Art of War and it's subtle implementation.
I have to offer a fingerprint if I try to cash a check at a local bank where I have no account. Because I am not a signator on my company's checking account, I have to put my fingerprint on any check I bring to the bank on our company's account in return for a certified bank check (cash)-- and I am half owner of the company! What's the big deal? If they have nothing to hide, then there should be no objection.
And I don't want any flames about sacrificing precious freedoms. Your (any everbody else's) freedom stops right where it starts to hurt me, my family, or other members of my community.
Although Mr. Kobach, 36, is only a White House fellow on temporary assignment to the Justice Department, he also played a central role in another contentious proposal to give state and local police departments the power to track down illegal immigrants as a new tactic in the global war on terror.
You can always count on the NYT to give us a heads-up about the involvement of conservative, right-wing, hate-filled nuts so that we know not to give any credence to the subject at hand.
Phew, that was close - I was beginning to think this defending the borders thing was a good idea.
I call BS on this statement. Didn't most of the hijackers use their real names and go through regular channels? When they boarded the planes, they were dressed in Western clothes to blend in....They will do the exact same thing.
They may but I doubt it. We were collectively asleep pri 9/11. Now (I hope and pray) our intelligence and enforcement agencies fully aware of the consequences of inaction. I think a sleeper would think twice about showing up to get fingerprinted. He would be taking a significant chance.
As there is not current list of all aliens in the country who are from terrorist nations, the INS will not simply be able to round up everyone who does not show up. This registration process will be effective because thereafter, anyone encountered who had refused to registered could be immediately hooked up and processed for removed for a legal cause. This is why we need to allow local law enforcement to work with the INS.
They have to find them first. If these people are terrorists, they'll simply "disappear" long before INS starts looking for them.
19 hijackers on 9/11......19 arabs....we fingerprint arabs.
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