Harry Reid’s shamnesty stand: Senate Bill 9 will tear down the border “wall”
Harry Reid has filed S. 9, the Democrats’ new shamnesty bill. Not much difference in principle between Reid’s bill and McCain-Kennedy-Bush. Disingenuous lip service to immigration enforcement? Check. Path to legalization? Check.
There are a few new nuggets — most notably, open hostility to the Fence in Name Only on our southern border. Quoting from the bill:
And I believe we would be wise to reconsider the effectiveness and cost of a wall along our southern border, which has adversely affected the fragile environment and vibrant cross-border culture of an entire region. Such a wall stands as a symbol of fear and intolerance. This is not what America is about and we can do better.
“Vibrant cross-border culture?” Like the hellish, head-chopping, kidnapping and lawlessness striking fear on both sides of the border? “Fragile environment?” He’s more concerned about some desert plant than he is about the MS-13 gang members and drug runners traipsing across the “region.”
That’s not all. Also prominently featured in Reid’s bill:
We must also live up to the goal of family reunification in our immigration policy and join at least 19 other nations that provide immigration equality to same-sex partners of different nationalities.
These are his top immigration concerns? God help us.
Oh, by the way: McCain Hispanic outreach advisor and anti-”wall” activist Juan Hernandez approves!
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Isn’t congressional approval at less than 10%?
I have to remember thought that Harry Reid and his ilk are an insulated class in their gated communities and armed protections. They don’t need to worry about MS13 or illegal drunk drivers or all that stuff us unwashed masses have to worry about. I’m sure glad for the new Capitol visitors center so Lord Harry doesn’t have to come within smell distance of the people.
Why yes, yes it is. With fun stuff like this we can see why…
It’s a desert Mr. Reid. I’d be happy to give you a tour of a stretch of it near the Mexico border here in Arizona. Come on down, you’re the next contestant on ‘Edumacate a Liberal’
To add a ditto to JHSH, Reid himself does not pass the “smell” test.
Also:
“Family reunification”? We (American citizens) did not separate them, they did it to themselves. Secondly, what the heck do we need with more jihadosexuals? We have
enoughway too many of these sicko loons already here.Me thinks Reid and Biden drink from the same well.
JHSII. Corrected and sorry JHSII.
I wonder who they’ll blame when the border crime rate skyrockets, and they aren’t able to fill the empty Border Patrol Ranks?
Or, is this an opportunity, inspired by Blago, et al, for Reid and Company to raise campaign funds, by extorting “protection money” from the Mexicans, a la Al Capone and the Chicago mob? Nah. It’ll be more subtle than that. Perhaps, AMNESTY and CITIZENSHIP?
Get on your phones, write your emails to your congressmen and demand your Republican representatives stop cowering in fear and start opposing Democrats radical agenda. They intend to move FAST, Republicans cannot wait to organize. And like last time, its going to take outrage from their constituents to get them to get their acts together.
Americans overwhelmingly support this fence, and its long past time for Republicans in congress to stop cowering in fear.
WTF?!?!?! I guarantee that with this current elitist group in charge, this country will not be here in 5-20 years.
Does anyone want the U.S.A to exist any more?
Just 2 years worth of reversals and “agenda” will cause this country to ccompletely vanish. We will no longer be a sovereign nation that follows laws.
I am truly 100% scaredforamerica
Just a walk in the park down there at the ‘wall’.
Surely the school kids have nothing to worry about?
How many are dying each and every day at the hands of NarcoTerrorists on our southern border?
12? 15?
EACH DAY.
60 Americans have been kidnapped and are still being held for ransom.
Many more have been killed.
Thanks Reid, just invite them to your house, please.
I just want to SCREEEEEAAAAAAMMMMMM
I cannot sufficiently express the depth of my contempt for these arrogant slugs.
On January 8th, 2009 at 11:48 pm, right_on said:
What border crime?
/MSM
I don’t think that he can come up with this stuff on his own. There has to be a group of
dumbmassesidiotsscrewballspeople that sit around a table and draft this stuff and then put it into some sort of document that he reads from.P.S. I hope these people don’t have the ability reproduce.
It’s the end of an era…. America is gone.
I’ve had a vision. A real visio, in my head, like Val Kilmer in Thunderheart.
I see Obama, sitting in the Oval Office, his head buried in his hands, presiding over a destroyed nation. A nuclear attack, the burning rubble of 3 American cities….
He is hopeless to do anything about it. He is incompetent. He cannot make a decision based on reality… His mind was lost years ago in Marxist, Socialist theory…. He can only theorize from textbooks… He cannot comprehend reality…
I wouldn’t bother investing in any long-term financials, to be honest with all of you. We aren’t going to have a financial system in 3 years…
The liberals, democrats, 60s radicals have won…
Out here in CA I really feel the effect of the open border. The single family homes up and down the street are basically boarding houses. The one directly across the street, 3 bd, 1 bath has 12 adults, all with cars and at least 5 kids. What scares me even more is if Gavin Newsome runs for and gets the Governor position, he will make CA a sanctuary state like he made SF a sanctuary city.
You can try, but the RINOs, led by McCain, are just going to ignore you again. All of the people who stayed home rather than go vote for McCain seem to have forgotten that the down-ballot races were important too – in fact, more important than the Presidential race. For the foreseeable future, we on the right will be completely powerless to affect anything Congress does. Elections, as they say, have consequences.
If homos, criminals and the unskilled/uneducated are what make a country great, why isn’t Mexico the envy of the world? And how did we grow into a superpower without them?
We are so f’d.
Not so sure these crooked unamerican political politicians aren’t being protected from the 90% disapproval rating either. I myself dare not say anymore or my privileges on this site maybe revoked…I will say this…that 2nd American Revolt is gaining ground with type of bull$hit. That arrogant little puke thinks because Odumbo won the election they can do anything they, the democraps want…forgetting these Senators have to go home and face 70% of Americans that do not want Amnesty, do want a fence build(a real one, that you can see and touch). Stupid little POS.
The fact that we have a Senate Majority Leader able to pay homage to the “vibrant cross-culture border” and worry about the visitation rights of gay illegals in the same breath leads me to this statement:
The barbarians are at the gates. We need a modern-day Pope Leo to talk them down. Failing that, we need heavy artillery.
Not yet they haven’t, I have guns and ammo, I’ll die with my country if that’s the case.
As I said above, don’t forget these Blue Dogs have to go home where at least 70% of Americans do not want amnesty and do want the borders closed.
Yet 51% of the voters keep voting for them…
They NEED the border open for their weed supply.
No means no Harry.
Its time to do some rabble rousing.
I am beginning to think the entire voting process is corrupt. There is no way these imbeciles can be getting re-elected.
What in the hell is “vibrant cross-border culture”? It has the same stench as “comprehensive” immigration reform.
It reminds me of the “self-reliance” ads for the entitlement-dependent native American ads on television.
This is going to take another email, phone and fax campaign to shut down Washington.
We are in big trouble and these politicians have to be replaced now.
I bet Harry Reid has no understanding of the basic parameters of the US population.
>> Current Total Population:
305,580,000 …and growing.
>> We are the third most populous country on the planet (behind China and India, respectively).
>> Our population grows by approx 2.5-3.0 million EACH YEAR. That’s the approximate population of the state of Iowa.
>> Almost all other industrialized/advanced/”Westernized” nations, have a lower population growth rate.
>> Current Growth Rate: (approx. 1-1.5%)
eg. total number of new persons:
2.5 to 3.0 million. Of those, approx 1/2 are foreign-born persons (”immigrants” – including legal immigrants and illegal aliens). The other approx. 50% are from domestic births. Of the foreign entrants, approx. 800,000-1,000,000 enter or remain in the US illegally each year.
(of course, it is not easy or reliable to count those that tend to not want to be counted).
As a country, we really lack an official population policy (yes, as ominous and “big-brotherish” as that might sound). Even worse, and perhaps more importantly, we have foregone the discussion of what one might be, or what one should be. In any event, I would suggest that a population that is at or near 0-0.5% growth is a sustainable and manageable population level.
Keeping the population at near zero growth rate relying upon domestic births to offset native deaths would be a predictable and sustainable way to deal with the overall population level (with small allowances for refugees, very highly skilled professionals to work, etc).
There is not one problem – not one – that is solved simply by allowing more people into the country.
Shame, shame on you Harry Reid. You are gambling shamelessly with America’s future with little regard for the once great country and her citizens. I’m glad I left your party a long time ago.
Silly me, I thought it stood for safety and security. I mean after all, when I go to the zoo, I want to be in direct contact with the lions and tigers. Since we know that walls don’t help then the zoo shouldn’t need them either.
Our entire government is anti-American. These people are talking about spending H-U-G-E money on ‘infrastructure’, but can’t find a penny for this simple fence.
I’m sorry but the congress does lots of things it is not supposed to do. Securing our borders is one thing that they are constitutionally REQUIRED to do. I’m about ready to call for a tax boycott.
If we can’t reason with the beast, maybe we can starve it to death.
We need to get rid of these idiots. Unfortunately for us the next election is 2 years away. I propose the following changes:
1. Term limits: 5 – 2 yr terms for House and 2 – 6 yr terms for Senate.
2. Only taxpayers can vote. If you derive your income from public assitance (food stamps, section 8, unemployment insurance, welfare) you can’t vote. No more politicians buying votes. All voters must present proof of ID and Taxpayer status.
3. Government employees (elected and full time (exempt military & law enforcement)) cannot receive raises when there is deficit spending. Elected officials should get their pay reduced in deficit spending.
4. Immediately ammend the 14th Ammendment so only children of legal citizens can claim birthright citizenship.
5. No public funds to be used for economic bailouts. Except for natural disasters and acts of war.
I think this is a good start, but hell will freeze over before it happens.
Bingo txvet2, I was talking with a girl who voted for Obama and she was going on about how great it is going to be. I asked her who the speaker of the house was and the senate majority leader. No clue. In her mind, the president runs the whole country. I think the left run public schools and mindless tv shows have produced some of the most ignorant voters this country has ever seen. I bet a lot of conservatives think the same way as well, although I would bet on not as many as liberals. Either way, we are screwed. Hello North American Union.
Many people think we have a one man government by the President. Congress encourages placing blame on the President, so they are covered. We have “Bush tax cuts” and “Obama’s stimulus package”. When it comes to the approval rating, people dislike congressmen, except their own, that is. That’s why you can have so low of a rating, yet the same people keep being re-elected. As far as S9 goes, it’s nothing more than political double-speak for “we need more left-wing voters and people to control.” If Mexico was a conservative country, we’d have walls, searchlights, pit bulls, and “shoot to kill” officers patroling the border.
American Elephant said:
Get on your phones, write your emails to your congressmen and demand your Republican representatives stop cowering in fear and start opposing Democrats radical agenda.
Fortunately, we still have this constitutionally given right in the Senate, the Pelosi House passed the restriction rules that disenfranchises all republican representatives (and their voters). Read the history of the rise of the Third Reich – seize control of the newspapers, the radio stations, then the legislative body.
Now that the Republicans have absolutely no power left in the federal government, they have nothing to lose. New elections are a few years away, so maybe they could grow the balls to vote what is constitutionally correct. The MSM will only have the liberals to report on, so that fear factor should be removed . I think they may find that most of the country is behind true conservatism. There is now no need for comprise.
GIVE IT A TRY BOYS AND GIRLS OF CONGRESS.
I couldn’t agree more frontierguy. The clueless idiots that keep electing liberals and RINOs are the ones who are really taking down the country. They’re selling out their own kids’ future so Pelosi, Ried and Obama can send them their welfare check or whatever other handout they dream of.
We haven’t paid the price yet to be paid for this disgrace of a government.
FDR tried packing thew court, Reid wants to stack the voters. So if people don’t hire them will they still come? Sure, here is your welcome to America welfare checks.
Just stealing the jobs Americans used to have.
“Staying home” for most of us, meant not supporting or voting for McCain. We still went to the polls and voted; just not for President.
I tried to copy/highlight various quotes from Reid to comment on their utter stupidity, but the were too many!
Holy Moly, I guess we can add this shamnesty crapola to the list of other liberal abominations coming our way.
Gird Your Loins, people! Gird Your Loins!
Why doesn’t Reid just propose to annex Mexico as the 51st state? Or would that be the 59th? Just think of all those new democrapo voters he would have then. How many electoral votes would be added? Go Harry! Take us straight to destruction.
What an ignornat fool. Our current law allows legal immigrants to bring their immediate family here once they have completed the proper paperwork. As for the “undocumented Amwericans” he is really talking about, they also have the ability to reunify with their family anytime they wish by simply packing up and leaving. The border fence is not the same as the Berlin wall or the Korean DMZ in that it allows people to leave anytime they wish.
I wish he spend some time in my neighborhood and see that vibrant cross-border culture is right here in Atlanta, 1000 miles from the border. He ought to be forced to live next door to a filthy, cockroach infested home loaded with illegals and have them swarm is SUV everytime he pulls up to buy gas. How did we ever reach the point that an idiot like Harry Reid that cares more about illegal aliens than working American has such power over this coiuntry?
“vibrant cross-border culture”: code for more unskilled workers to compete with our lower end workers for jobs and need social services we can not afford, ethnically diverse street gangs, huge numbers of people whose loyalty WILL NOT be to this country-at least not for several generations.
And from a man who will not let us drill for our own oil, blocks coal plants and applauds trillion dollar deficits.
Our Leftist will tell us “Welcome to the Global Community-no boarders!”
Honest souls call it treason.
That everyman be armed-you too ladies.
I guess in a way I agree with Reid. The difference is that I want all of the families to reunite back in Mexico, Central America or wherever else they came from. For those of us who live in border states, we need all the help we can get including building the wall. If something has to be destroyed, I will vote for some poor bird’s habitat, not the entire U.S. of A.
I’ve seen the “vibrant Cross-Border Culture” displayed in the news every night. I suppose that “Kidnapping Expert” that was kidnapped, is doing some advanced recon DEEP into the cross-border culture.. (If he is still alive that is).
Nice job, people of Nevada. You must be very proud.
Um, no. It’s the illegals that have adversely affected the fragile environment.
Build the wall and save the environment!
I find this strange…Harry Reid represents Nevada. Now, I know that Nevada doesn’t border on Mexico specifically, but it’s close enough to where illegal immigration is a problem for them as well.
Now, with all of the problems that illegal immigration brings (and granting the fact it IS Dingy Harry we’re talking about anyway…), I still find it so odd as to why someone from a state which has something to gain from *stopping* illegals from crossing over…would in fact champion their cause.
But if we take it step by step, and issue by issue, building a wall is both sensible, provides for the safety and security of our nation, and worth the cost.
Stemming, or in some areas outright preventing, the flow of illegal drugs, guns, and known human trafficking…where’s the negative here? Unless you’re good with idea?
Making people follow the established and legal method of gaining entry into our country and becoming citizen…who thinks upholding the law is a bad idea?
Apparently, Harry Reid does.
By not having the wall, by having agencies turn a blind eye to the illegals, and by allowing them to bring their drugs, guns, crime, prostitution, gangs, and subplanting culture here, it diminishes us all.
Thanks, Harry for sticking up for the little guy. And its not your fellow citizens, senor.
I cannot begin to express how sick and DA**ED TIRED I am of this myth.
Fragile, my @$$.
When is this slimy slug up for re-election? We need to fight and fight hard to get him defeated. Not just residents of Nevada, but everyone in the country. Same for Blinky Pelosi. The question is…how? First, there needs to be a good viable candidate to run against them. We almost defeated Murtha. But we had a great candidate. Pelosi would be harder to beat because she lives in la la land. But Reid…good grief, someone has to stop this POS!
Phone calls and faxes just won’t do it…Time for the people of this country to assemble enmasse with those pitchforks and torches Glen Beck has in his office. Many complained they had jobs and couldn’t do that….well, guess what? many do NOT have jobs anymore or their occupations were overtaken by illegals…Truck Drivers, construction, waitresses,maids….heck McDonalds also benefitted from hiring illegals and paying them peanuts!
Seriously folks do we do it now or wait until we have to do it with guns and violence. With the supposed FEMA camps set up, and troops being trained for placement “in country” time is of the essence.
Ignore it and wait til the illegals take your homes and you replace them on the park bench!
Jonah Goldberg: “Harry Reid Isn’t the Brightest Crayon in the Box.
The link to the bill is dead.
I guess Dirty Harry, in an effort to be the most ethical and open Congress in history, has decided to hide the truth from us.
It’s foolish to think we could ever build a wall along the border anyway.
I mean really, expecting history’s wealthiest, most technoligically advanced country ever to replicate the work done by 5th Century Chinese peasants is insane.
Right you are, James Felix. I have often thought of the Great Wall example when contemporary politicians parrot the usual – “we can’t”, “it’s too [reason du jour here]“, etc. BS!
Plus, we would have the advantage of a shorter distance, better tools/equipment, better overall weather and terrain conditions, etc. To say we can’t is pure ridiculousness.
Hey folks, the good people at NumbersUSA are working the illegal immigration/new Administration angle fairly intensively (especially in the area of the economy/jobs). If you don’t know about them, they are an excellent group and been instrumental in helping push back bad immigration “reform” legislation in the past.
Please stop in and help if you can.
http://www.numbersusa.com/
with our congress trying desperately to create new gubmint jobs to keep the masses down on the farm, you would think a plan to hire some of these unemployed americans to work for ICE and round up and deport some of the 12 million (or 4% of america’s population) would appeal to these nimrods. with an unemployment rate of 7.2%, think what a 4% drop would do to the great parties chances for reelection. but the donkey party never lets reality disrupt their ideology. the people’s party, kind of reminds me of “america’s team”
Someone else on this post…I can’t find it again…made the point that Obama is pulling together this huge plan to put American back to work on the infrastructure and what better use of our unemployed than to pay them to BUILD THE DAMN FENCE!! Of course it won’t happen. Instead, he will use the money to build his domestic police force under the guise of “putting people to work” and if you think we are screwed now, just wait. Congress is shutting down any chance for us to have a voice there, and will probably pass the “Kill Free Speech” bill (formerly known as “Fairness Doctrine) and they will do it after hours, in the dead of night so no one will have a chance to oppose it. This is truly turning into a dictatorship before our very eyes. Pray for our conservative spokespeople, like Michelle Malkin, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, all the others on the radio and webs. Pray for their safety and pray that their voices can somehow continue to be heard.
The problem with the fence isn’t just labor and technology. It’s a huge land grab, and the condemnation process takes a long time to complete. We, the taxpayers, need to pay the landowners the full value of the taking, not just the token amount they’re being offered.
Why are these morons so h*ll bent on destroying this nation? Any amensty will end up 30M people who will then start chain migration of 3 on average (that was the avg chain migraiton after the 1986 amensty) leading us to a 120M population boom in a few short years. Then the idiots want to add other provisions to ensure we take in every derelict/defect/pervert form around the world. Why don’t we limit all immigration to the “best and brightest”? Why give away something so precious to invaders/derelicts/perverts/defects?
They just don’t care that the majority of Americans oppose amnesty under any name. If it passes, the US will not be fit to live in within 20 years. We will be a 3rd world craphole.
THANK YOU!!! That was a well written persuasive fact driven post. I have the exact same thoughts. But always feel like I am the only one who thinks this way. To me it is common sense. We are taking a risk with the long term viability of the US by not considering it, while receiving little to no benefit for the American people. At a minimum an open and honest dialogue about about the long term strategy of our population growth as it relates to all immigration is a must.
Weary Citizen, the same Democrats like Ted Kennedy who two years ago said a $2 Billion border security fence was too expensive are now supporting $2 Trillion in busywork infrastructure projects.
What a difference a change in administrations makes.
MORE SAN MATEO residents struggling with literacy…(Thanks Arnold!)
http://www.insidebayarea.com/sanmateocountytimes/localnews/ci_11411265?source=rss
California suffered the worst rate among all 50 states and the District of Columbia, with 23 percent of residents lacking basic prose literacy skills.
In general, states with large immigrant populations had the most residents who were unable to read and understand information from such sources as newspapers and brochures or could grasp only short, commonplace language, the study indicates.
“It’s sadly surprising” that California fell from 33rd in 1992 to 51st in 2003 in the literacy rates, said Debra Jones, director of adult learning
for the state Department of Education. But “there’s a strong correlation to the immigration pattern.”Percentage of those 16 and older lacking
basic literacy skills in 2003
15 percent — San Mateo County
16 percent — Santa Clara County
18 percent — San Francisco County
19 percent — Alameda County
23 percent — California
14.5 percent — United States
Source: National Center for Education Statistics
And doesn’t this benefit idiots like Reid ? The stupider the electorate the better chance he remains in office…….
When has Ted Kennedy EVER been correct on anything? He unleashed the greatest disaster ever on this nation with his 1965 immigration act lies. The combination of amnesty and huge deficits to fund these “bailouts” will ensure 3rd world status within 30 years. We certainly will be socialists, broke, and without unity or a common bond. I will be out of here when that day arrives.
What happens is that the locals vote for Reid on what Reid promises them in their home town. Think Murtha. Fair enough.
BUT, when a candidate is a “leader” as in “majority leader” the whole country should vote because what that “leader” does affects/effects the entire country.
And with Pelosi’s new rules this week, only those of supreme seniority will be in the “leadership” positions.
juliesa-
I have an idea on the land grab issue. First, offer to build the fence along the land of anyone who WANTS the fence, as well as any gov’t land… forcing the illegals to go around, onto the non-fenced properties. Then, see how long the owners of these non-fenced properties don’t want a fence. What do you think?
WearyCitizen (re: #55)
Hey, you’re welcome!
Just doing the fact-exposing and reality-checking our (?) Congress refuses to do.
G’Day
PS. Here’s a link as an aside –
http://www.census.gov/main/www/popclock.html
Since I wrote the post above, our population has increased by over 3,000 persons. And how many jobs have we lost in that same time… hmmm, think about it. Immigration, at least in the present time, is a lose-lose proposition for the country.
TexasT, you should know that in Texas, the fence is being built well north of the border. People whose house or land is on the south side of the fence won’t be affected by your idea.
And anyway, TexasT, I’m saying the govt. should condemn any land they need, but they must go through the time-consuming legal process provided for in the 5th amendment, and they must pay ALL the damages for all loss of value caused by the taking. That is a very conservative position, and I’m surprised anyone would have a problem with it. I’m always surprised when I see conservatives blithely advocating huge illegal govt. land grabs.
Great point, WaterBoyz! It makes a lot of sense. So obviously, it will never fly.
juliesa, I think you missed my point. I’m not “blithely advocating huge illegal govt. land grabs.” In my scenario, the fence would only be built where the landowner requested it to be built.
so why do you think they are planning the fence well north of the border?
Boy, that about says it all. Tear down this wall, Mr. Obama! Sort of a moral equivalent to the Berlin Wall, was that what Harry was reaching for? And what an ingenious way to work in the pro-gay agenda, reuniting same-sex partners across the border. The mind boggles, the gorge rises.
I don’t think that, I know that. They’ve already plotted the course for some segments, and that’s where it goes. The fence can’t be built in the floodplain, because of flooding and because international treaty prohibits it. Structures could change the course of the river, which would change the border. This is against the international boundary treaty.
It will be built outside the floodplain, as much as a mile north of the actual border. I know someone whose farm will be cut in two, and the house and equipment sheds will be on the south side where the fields are. They know they’ll have access to it, but they don’t know how; they don’t know where the gates and the gaps will be, and who will have keys. So they’re holding out until they can find out just exactly what loss of value the impaired access will cause. They’re probably going to get screwed anyway. The govt usually won’t pay the true value on land seizures.
I just called the illustrious senator’s office. I asked whether his fears about the fragile border include the tons of trash that have been left by illegal aliens crossing the border. Also does he worry about the heads rolling around the border left by drug cartels that have killed 5,000 in the last year alone? LYING dog, this man needs to be stopped for so many reasons. How did such a great country end up with a leader in the Senate represented by a pansy waisted nerd of a fellow whose main purpose in life is to line his own pockets, who tries fruitlessly to embellish his own reputation and ends up drawing less and less approval ratings. I have predicted he and his cronies can easily reach 0 % approval ratings…I would bet the ranch on it!
Whether the Dems kill the fence or not, they need to continue the current buildup of Border Control staff and stations, and flood the zone with federal aid for more local law enforcement. The border counties can’t do it on their own; it’s very expensive. Temporary surges in law enforcement man-hours have been shown to have big impact on the border, so let’s have a permanent surge.
G*D ALMIGHTY!!! Will someone please tell me what the **** a “cross border culture” is??? Since when is enforcing our ****ing border “intolerant”???
God save us from Reid and other brain dead sell outs in our government. I hear “PC speak” garbage like this, and it makes me want to pull every remaining hair out of my balding head. Have pod people invaded our planet from another universe, and possessed liberal politicians, turning them into walking and talking abominations? What the hell has happened to our Country???????
Every time I see Harry Reid’s smug, insipid face I want to smash it. Must be the FDR resemblance.
I am so disgusted with these cretins from Bush on down who want to give amnesty to illegal, scofflaw, foreign invaders— but they will not pardon, they want them to rot in jail, the border patrol agents who tried to protect us from these scumbags.
will the last American please turn out the lights, ’cause it’s over folks.
USA has become hey “YOU, ese”
Wow how is it people like Reid get elected to one of the highest seats in our government…
while real conservatives ie. Sarah Palin, Bobby Jindal … cant get voted by The American People to office.
I think at least half the nation has lost their minds. How do you elect a far left politician who will do socialist things in the coming days.
If its about color or race (Which it shouldnt be) then elect people like Condelleezza Rice, Bobby Jindal, etc.
Well one things for sure… This election may prove in our favor. When The Democrats and The President push forth socialist bill after socialist bill… we can then show The American people what evil really is.
“The [immigration] bill will not flood our cities with immigrants. It
will not upset the ethnic mix of our society. It will not relax the
standards of admission. It will not cause American workers to lose
their jobs.”
– Ted Kennedy, 1965
“This amnesty will give citizenship to only 1.1 to 1.3 million illegal
aliens. We will secure the borders henceforth. We will never again
bring forward another amnesty bill like this.”
– Ted Kennedy, 1986
“Now it is time for action. 2007 is the year we must fix our broken
system.”
– Ted Kennedy, 2007
juliesa, I live on the border in southern AZ and here the fence is 10feet this side of the real border between Mexico and the US. It was T. Roosevelt I believe (must fact check this) who established a 60 foot “easement” between the two countries that would be specifically for the defence of the US should it ever be necessary–but it has never been enforced and it could have been thrown away in some obscure bill in the last 100 years anyway.
In places along the Rio Grande where there would be problems with a physical fence such as they have been building there should be intensive coverage by boots on the ground. Barring that make it a concrete ditch like they did the LA “river” (that big ditch you see in all the movies with the trickle of water running down the middle) I guarantee it will NOT change the direction of the river and all the BS about “boundries” will be dropped in a heart beat. Who says the fence has to start at ground level?? who said it has to be made of wire? Concrete works too. They can build it 10 feet behind the existing banks 20ft deep and 20 ft high with a road way on top–just like LA. Steep enough and NOBODY will be climbing. As for environmental issues–it is a moot point since the entire southern border region is nothing but a pile of garbage now anyway. There is no “environment” left to preserve. It doesn’t take a rocket scientists to solve these simple problems–just common sense. Something DHS lacks.
You are right, it makes no sense to put a fence a mile away from the actual border. The gov’t is required to give fair market value when they do a taking but that is of today not any time in the future. When splitting a homestead you would think they could make a deviation that would not slice a property in half like that–since they are already a mile away.
Ohhhhhh my aching a$$… I thought the last time we blasted the phones, he’d get it.
He’s gonna start this all over again…
He needs the culinary vote to stay in 2010.
Nevada needs a viable conservative or even another dem at this point, anybody but him.
I really do hate that guy!!! As I said above, he has done more harm to this country than any person in history. If I made projections like that at my company then missed those projections so miserably, I would be fired. Why does anyone listen to that blowhard anymore?