Kaye Grogan
Republicans wasting away in margaritaville . . . and Mexican border
By Kaye Grogan
The American people are sick and tried of being promised a bunch of futile and useless pipeline dreams — especially when it comes to reforming the illegal immigration travesty. There has been so much misrepresentation and lies evolving around this number one problem — and it has gone way beyond the point of no return, and is on the last nerve of the majority of law-abiding citizens.
Contrary to what the bogus polls are showing, 75 percent (not even close) of the American people are not in favor of eventual amnesty for millions of foreigners who have used the system not only to break the laws, but to be rewarded for their lawless behavior to boot.
First of all, there is not any way on God's green earth that millions of "in your face" bullish foreigners are going to gain favor with a country's citizens by threatening to take over their territory.
And secondly, the government had better recognize that they have a humongous problem that just keeps escalating and growing like a snowball rolling down a mountainside.
And thirdly, and perhaps the most important: when it comes to the reelection for incumbents, why should you be voted back into office when you haven't done a "dang" thing to resolve this dangerous and cumbersome issue?
While you sit around trying to devise plans and manipulative strategies to retain your power status — you are hoping that the voters still have "stupid" written across their foreheads. But I am seeing a rebellious nature forming, and it's a lot more difficult to pull the wool over the eyes of Americans.
Well, what do you expect? ... sooner or later even a meek lamb if it is kicked around long enough, will eventually attempt to fight back.
Evidently, most of the politicians forgot to bring their red cape, and are standing in the arena in front of the menacing voters without political collateral to justify their previous actions.
With the Republicans and the Bush Administration tying to hustle up a watered-down version of amnesty just to try and impress the voters before the November 2006 election — they are really wasting away — not only like people in margaritaville, but at the borders in their hastiness to apply a band-aid to a gigantic oozing sore.
It is going to take more than scientists deciding that Pluto is not actually a planet — to divert attention off of the deluge of illegal immigrants into America.
Some of the talking heads in the Bush Administration believe if a backed-up long line stands patiently awaiting their turn to enter through Ellis Island, instead of illegally crossing the borders to progress to legal citizenship — this will be the cure-all that will appease most Americans.
Now you politicians are living a pipeline dream if you think this is going to work favorably in your camp. It ain't gonna happen!
I agree with Jim Gilchrist founder of the Minuteman Project with his expertise assessment of the whole situation that the staging of Homeland Security Chief Michael Chertoff, along with Republican Rep. Mike Pence and Senator Kay Bailey Hutchinson of Texas at the border — is nothing more than a dog-and-pony show that doesn't amount to much of anything beyond a photo-op segment.
With the very sovereignty here in the United States at risk — we need "representatives" who are serious as sober judges to deal with this grave and life-altering decision that will have serious repercussions for many years to come — if the wrong decision is made.
And that's just my opinion!
© Kaye Grogan
The American people are sick and tried of being promised a bunch of futile and useless pipeline dreams — especially when it comes to reforming the illegal immigration travesty. There has been so much misrepresentation and lies evolving around this number one problem — and it has gone way beyond the point of no return, and is on the last nerve of the majority of law-abiding citizens.
Contrary to what the bogus polls are showing, 75 percent (not even close) of the American people are not in favor of eventual amnesty for millions of foreigners who have used the system not only to break the laws, but to be rewarded for their lawless behavior to boot.
First of all, there is not any way on God's green earth that millions of "in your face" bullish foreigners are going to gain favor with a country's citizens by threatening to take over their territory.
And secondly, the government had better recognize that they have a humongous problem that just keeps escalating and growing like a snowball rolling down a mountainside.
And thirdly, and perhaps the most important: when it comes to the reelection for incumbents, why should you be voted back into office when you haven't done a "dang" thing to resolve this dangerous and cumbersome issue?
While you sit around trying to devise plans and manipulative strategies to retain your power status — you are hoping that the voters still have "stupid" written across their foreheads. But I am seeing a rebellious nature forming, and it's a lot more difficult to pull the wool over the eyes of Americans.
Well, what do you expect? ... sooner or later even a meek lamb if it is kicked around long enough, will eventually attempt to fight back.
Evidently, most of the politicians forgot to bring their red cape, and are standing in the arena in front of the menacing voters without political collateral to justify their previous actions.
With the Republicans and the Bush Administration tying to hustle up a watered-down version of amnesty just to try and impress the voters before the November 2006 election — they are really wasting away — not only like people in margaritaville, but at the borders in their hastiness to apply a band-aid to a gigantic oozing sore.
It is going to take more than scientists deciding that Pluto is not actually a planet — to divert attention off of the deluge of illegal immigrants into America.
Some of the talking heads in the Bush Administration believe if a backed-up long line stands patiently awaiting their turn to enter through Ellis Island, instead of illegally crossing the borders to progress to legal citizenship — this will be the cure-all that will appease most Americans.
Now you politicians are living a pipeline dream if you think this is going to work favorably in your camp. It ain't gonna happen!
I agree with Jim Gilchrist founder of the Minuteman Project with his expertise assessment of the whole situation that the staging of Homeland Security Chief Michael Chertoff, along with Republican Rep. Mike Pence and Senator Kay Bailey Hutchinson of Texas at the border — is nothing more than a dog-and-pony show that doesn't amount to much of anything beyond a photo-op segment.
With the very sovereignty here in the United States at risk — we need "representatives" who are serious as sober judges to deal with this grave and life-altering decision that will have serious repercussions for many years to come — if the wrong decision is made.
And that's just my opinion!
© Kaye Grogan
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