(These men are what you’d call “enemies” of George Bush. They are vehemently anti-amnesty and fiercely pro-enforcement. Actually, I’m only assuming Thomas Sowell [far left] is “fiercely” pro-enforcement. Next is Minuteman Project co-founder Jim Gilchrist, “Rasta Republican” Ted Hayes, and Rep. Tom Tancredo, a man who should but will never be president of the United States. Honorable mentions: Rep. J.D. Hayworth and Rep. Mike Pence.)
["An estimated 45,000 cases of illegal immigrants from terror-linked countries were released to the American alien frontier between fiscal 2001 and the first five months of 2005."
OH NO, George Bush shouldn't be impeached for his immigration non-enforcement policy. That's absurd, La Shawn. You're crazy, girl. 
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[Wednesday, May 24: Part II of Bordering on fraud]
While I try to ignore people telling me how to think and feel about George Bush and his amnesty-for-illegal-aliens scheme, I’ll continue to provide my no-holds-barred commentary. Ironically, some of the same people are regular readers who know my style by now. I don’t go along with Republicans or conservatives (not necessarily the same thing) just because they’re Republicans or conservatives. I focus on principles and ideology.
My loyalty lies with men who put America and its citizens first, before all others. If they can’t do that, they won’t get my support. Period. I hate it when liberals, with their insipid multicultural claptrap, tell me how to think, and I hate it when conservatives do it.
That’s not to say I won’t vote in November. You better believe I’ll vote, but not to prove anything to anyone. I consider voting a duty because blacks who came before me fought and risked their lives so I, their descendant, could do so freely and without fear.
Remember when I blogged about joining the elites? Well, I’m not physically there, yet, but mentally…I’m on my way. I’ll continue blogging about illegal aliens, although the tone of the posts will be different. I decided the “join ‘em” route was better than ranting. Men like Thomas Sowell seem to have a cerebral grip on the matter, and I want to emulate people who’re smart enough to see the truth, calmly express their fact-based opinions, and move on.
Sowell has logged in countless words over the years through books, articles, research papers, etc. I appreciate him for the knowledge and insight he’s amassed and his ability to impart simple wisdom and common sense in his weekly column. In Bordering on fraud, he implies that the immigration “debate” is exactly what I know it is: fraudulent. Bush has no desire or will to enforce immigration law, and Sowell agrees:
Another insult to our intelligence is that amnesty is not amnesty if you call it something else. The fact that illegals will have to fulfill certain requirements to become American citizens is supposed to mean that this is not amnesty…But let’s do what the spinmeisters hope we will never do — stop and think. Amnesty is overlooking (“forgetting,” as in amnesia) the violation of the law committed by those who have crossed our borders illegally.
The fact that there are requirements for getting American citizenship is a separate issue entirely. Illegal aliens who do not choose to seek American citizenship are under no more jeopardy than before. They have de facto amnesty.
Lame Duck — George Bush is outta here. He has no interest in securing the borders, even in the wake of September 11, 2001, when Islamofascists murdered thousands on our own soil. It ought to be criminal. Lax immigration enforcement allowed those thugs access to the weapons they used to slaughter Americans. For that, there should be no mercy when it comes to securing our borders, solidifying our sovereignty, tightly regulating immigration, and expelling anyone and anything who threatens our safety and our way of life.
Straw Men — Says King George: “We are a Nation of laws, and we must enforce our laws. We are also a Nation of immigrants, and we must uphold that tradition, which has strengthened our country in so many ways.”
This is contradictory drivel. Whether or not we’re a “Nation of immigrants” is beside the point and not at issue. No one I know wants to shut down legal immigration. We want to stop illegal aliens jumping the border and overstaying visas, and crush Bush’s call to grant amnesty despite their criminal activity and despite the fact that numerous others are waiting in line for legal status and naturalization.
And how, someone please educate me, can we be a “Nation of laws” and “enforce our laws” when the Senate is discussing at this very moment how to avoid enforcing the law?
As soon as I get permission from the subjects, I plan to write a series of columns about the feedback I got from legal aliens and residents seeking citizenship in the United States and what they’ve gone through. The money. The red tape. And time. Years. And as soon as I’m allowed to reveal the details of my new biweekly column job, you’ll know where you can find their stories.
Sowell points out another straw man argument: mass deportation of 12 million illegal aliens. Reasonable people, I suppose, aren’t calling for it. In the deep recesses of my brain, however, I think we have the power and might to do it. Politically incorrect, it definitely would be.
Cosmetics — Unarmed, paper-shuffling troops “on the border” sitting in offices doing clerical work and zero enforcement. It’s just an intelligence-insulting, superficial, lame duck, CYA maneuver.
[Note: Blogger and commenter Juliette: "The troops won’t be unarmed, assuming that AF Security Forces (and other service equivalents) will be there."]
One final note. My mission is not to “get along” or come to a consensus or “stick together.” It is to tell the truth plainly, boldly, and loudly. Along the way, I’ve made enemies. As certain as death and taxes, the list will grow. If I weren’t making enemies and/or offending people, I’d be wasting my time and insulting your intelligence. I simply would be a lame duck out here attacking straw men and applying cosmetics to dangerous, deep-rooted, and growing problems that undercut our greatness, render meaningless the rule of law and a sense of fairness, and trick people into believing others are responsible for their own weaknesses and failures. Shufflin’ along is not my style.
Can’t or won’t deal with it? Sounds like a personal problem.
Related sources:
- Founder of Minutemen targets run for president
- Is Illegal Immigration as Dangerous for African-Americans as Slavery Was?
- A Day Without an Illegal Immigrant
Bloggers: Wizbang, Daily Pundit, Ace in the Hole, Diggers Realm…
As I’ve noted before, illegal immigrants haven’t just broken immigration laws. Most of them are guilty of fraud, perjury, forgery, and other crimes. Here are some of the penalties for those crimes…
That they managed to screw us so utterly back then [by passing an amnesty bill in 1986] was because we didn’t know any better.
We do now.
At least those of us blessed with intelligence, memory, pride and principles…Cheap political whores need not apply.
“Swallow this pile of sh**,†demands President Bush of a law-abiding American citizen.
“But, Mr. President, it’s a pile of sh**.â€
Bush counters, “No, it’s not. It’s actually a ‘comprehensive’ biodegradable accumulation of organic fecal compost.â€
Yeah, this just about sums it up…
Update (5/24): From one of Steve Sailer’s readers:
This whole guest worker thing is bad no matter how you look at it. If the guest worker is tied to the job or employer, then you have at best a worker almost totally under the employer’s thumb, sort of an indentured servant. Chances are you are going to see employers advancing these workers money to come to the US etc and they will end up “working it off” kind of like a drug-addicted prostitute who never seems to be able to pay back her pimp, who got her addicted in the first place.
He’s losing the support of black conservatives, too, but Repubs don’t need black conservatives to win. The GOP needs the white, married, middle-class vote to win elections. Democrats need the black vote. Priorities are all screwed up!
Black-brown: This meandering column contains a few ideas worth discussing.
