Numbers are misleading. Sometimes it takes the rest of the story to make sense of what is reported. Here is the rest of the story to separate the wheat from the chaff.
Thought for the day:
Calling an illegal alien an ‘undocumented immigrant’ is like calling a drug dealer an ‘unlicensed pharmacist’
Woo Hoo, 1200 NG troops to Arizona to stop “illicit networks trafficking in people, drugs, illegal weapons and money”. Where is the much needed emphasis on stopping illegal immigration? And why all the DOJ reps present? Could it be that their presence is intended to blunt the effectiveness of the Arizona law to enforce federal law? After all Obama and the DOJ believe the law is misguided and will result in, “God forbid”, real enforcement of federal law. McCain and others want 6,000 troops–Obama sends 1200. Could it be that this is nothing more than reaction to Calderon who had the audacity to insult the United States on the floor of Congress? See: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0510/37759.html
Good Morning All Ye of Right Mind:
As many of you know my trusty Dell laptop and beloved XP became subject to the vagaries of the digital world and I have been getting acquainted to a new 17.3” ASUS laptop and Windows 7. I am ready to continue regular postings now so how about beginning with a few non-controversial quotations regarding the touchy illegal immigration situation. Passage of SB1070 in Arizona has focused attention on it and President Obama’s evident willingness to sic the federal Department of Justice on Arizona. One hundred years ago when Presidents, or ex-Presidents in this case, were leaders and not wannabe Messiahs, Teddy Roosevelt had this to say about immigration:
“In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the person’s becoming in every facet an American, and nothing but an American…There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn’t an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag… We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language.. And we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people.”
It is clear from the above that Roosevelt believed in the “melting pot”, or “Americanization” concept as he called it. He opposed the idea of “hyphenated Americans” and warned about the potential ruin of the country because of a “tangle of squabbling nationalities”. He also believed that English should be the only language taught or used in the public schools.
We have come dangerously far from Roosevelt’s positions. His fears are becoming reality. We have come so far that even the President of the United States is willing to violate his oath to uphold the laws of the land in the interest of his agenda. Woe be unto us!
