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I know they are worth their weight in tax dollars when as I go to Algodonas, Mexico with my 69 year old father, so he can afford his eye glasses (even though he spent 40 years working for Amoco oil), and as we walk out . . . back into what used to be America, a border guard screams at us in the most undignified tone "Use the cross walk!". All those tax dollars paying this Border Nazi's income and he is a freaking Patrol boy? Our country is over run with undocumented foreign workers (because of them), and he wants to ensure that we American citizens walk between the lines as we leave Mexico! We wouldn't even be in Mexico if Prescriptions of any kind were even remotely affordable in Bush's country. I wanted to scream back at this Monkey "PROTECT OUR BORDERS!" but I knew it would not do any good, It is already to late. These phony keystone cops are a waste of our tax dollars . . . just drive down Grand avenue near El Mirage any day of the week and look at the hundreds of unmolested Illegals waiting openly out in the daylight for work. They have not a worry from border police, but American citizens get treated like criminals? Somebody needs to police the border patrol to make sure they get their priority's fixed!
Praise the Border Patrol
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Posted By: prometheus Posted on: May. 28, 2006 at 7:56 AM  12 Comments
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May. 29, 2006 at 07:31:01 AM
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| Great metaphor, Promenteus. Respect begets respect. Whether it's a law enforcement official who permits heavyhanded authority to replace common courtesy or a President who permits political dogma to replace his allegiance to the people, it's time to send him on vacation. MoronInCharge, that's a total of 20,000 unfunded agents. Time for a vacation for the Commander-In-Chief? |
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May. 29, 2006 at 12:54:54 PM
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| All I want to do is . . . everytime I cross paths with a Border police person and I think they misspeak to or mistreat me . . . I am going to hang em out to dry. My pen is mightier than his or her sword! Because, It happens way to often, I detest rude public servants! And somebody (even if only on a website), needs to call them on it!
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May. 30, 2006 at 12:31:42 PM
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| Are you in favor of the wall or does 75% who enter with a visa and over stay their visa really grip your shorts. How about building a giant tent city near the border to place all illegal in it until they pay us(AZ)$10000.00 for taking care of them. Then we will put them on a plane and drop them in the middle of the Amazon. Then say goodbye. This is what you want right?
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May. 30, 2006 at 01:34:18 PM
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| Prometheus, I have been thinking about this article. And there is no doubt that the way the border guard treated you was wrong. But maybe he is frustrated. He is part of an undermanned force, under great pressure from the immigation debate, and knows that if the illegals get past him they will be free to roam Grand Avenue in El Mirage without having to worry about anyone doing anything. And so he asserts his authority in anyway he can. Kinda like the guy that has a bad day at work but can't kick the boss, so he comes home and kicks the dog. That doesn't make it right, butI feel sorry for the border patrol officers. They can capture and return the illegals, but in doing so they know full well that the illegals will attempt and probably succeed in the near future. And the US government hasn't and probably won't do a thing about it. (The reform package being debated in Congress is a joke as far as immediate and full border control) So I say you have a right to be angry, but give 'em a little bit of a break. |
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May. 30, 2006 at 02:09:26 PM
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| I'll take the comparison a bit further. Maybe he is frustrated and part or an undermanned force, maybe like a Marine in Hadditha, maybe like a guard at Abu Graib. Neither offense is excusable, but let's direct the bulk of our anger at the people really responsible.
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May. 30, 2006 at 04:51:42 PM
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| William, what the duce are you blubbering about?!? You fibbed blatantly to make your point. The visitors that have overstayed their visas amount to FORTY (40) of the illegal aliens in the United States - not your inflated 70%! You're just another lying political hack wannabe. |
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May. 30, 2006 at 05:07:05 PM
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| No wall, no amount of border guards will solve illegal immigration without enforcing workplace laws ending the "pull" of good paying jobs for those who are able to evade the Border Police. As for one rude jerk Prometheus, I haven't been across the border on foot in 20 years, were there signs stating to you to stay in the crosswalk? You are crossing a secured border, did you follow the laws, and rules? |
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May. 30, 2006 at 05:13:00 PM
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| Phaedrus, Your point about workplace laws is well taken. |
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May. 30, 2006 at 05:59:50 PM
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| There is no short-term solution for a generational immigration problem. That's like asking a politician to give you the no-brainer simple solution to crime, drugs, prostitution, poverty, or any other social woe. But I firmly believe that, like getting out of our energy dependency problem, there are some basic steps that any longterm solution will require: 1. Get serious about enforcing/protecting our borders. And I don't mean a tall wall. I mean a properly staffed U.S. border patrol and a generous use of technology. Let's not lose focus here. I'm not on a crusade to stop every person illegally crossing our border just because they have the same dream that I have to make it big in the U.S. But if we want to find the terrorist crossing that same border, or the smuggled biological/chemical/nuclear weapon to be used against us someday; then yes, we need to catch every person crossing that border. 2. We will never stop Mexicans from flooding the border unless we work with and compel Mexico to enforce their laws and to commit to real longterm economic reform in that country. It's hard to believe, but the Fox goverment is even more corrupt than ours. There should be some real consequences to Mexico if they continue to run an oligarchy and encourage their poor to flee to the U.S. rather than take care of them. Instead, Bush applies absolutely no pressure upon the Mexican government - probably because he's looking forward to eating their mangoes. 3. As Phaedrus states, we need to enforce our own laws and finally crack down on the U.S. employers of undocumented laborers. I'm not talking about the guy that picks up a Mexican on the corner to help lay rocks in his yard for the day. I'm talking about the large business owner and major corporations that go out and employ dozens or hundreds of these undocumented workers to further pad their bottom line while offering them no healthcare, no benefits, no contract protections, and no legal recourse if they choose to rob them blind. |
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