The President could have saved the gas to fly to the Southern border back in late November, and he could have saved his breath, as well. None of what he is proposed will make a thimble’s worth of difference in the efforts to thwart illegal immigration across the border with Mexico.
I see three possible solutions. A fence (with the National Guard patrolling it), annex Mexico, or lastly, invade, conquer, and occupy Mexico. (This time keep it! )
It is useless to think this President is going to do anything to help solve that problem. He has many Mexican friends, having been brought up in Texas, and his sister-in-law is Mexican. That’s all well and good. But we have a serious problem with illegal immigration from Mexico, especially in the Southern States, and the Southern States will only hold still for this a short time. Then we’ll take matters into our own hands. When we do, it won’t be pretty.
I have been taken to task, time and again, for coming up with, and proposing, simply solutions to complex issues. That’s the way I see them. I rarely see any gray. To me… issues are black and white… right or wrong. See, it’s simple.
What we have is “Breaking and Entering” on a massive scale along our Southern border. The US is being burglarized. In my state you can legally shoot a burglar. Why is the same solution not acceptable when your country is being broken into and your law enforcement officials, (I’m referring to the President and the Congress) won’t do anything about it?
Southerners have a long and, colorful history, of banding together to mete out justice or, enforce laws that, for whatever reason, the authorities won’t. As a Southerner, the President should know this. The Southern Border States are on the verge of taking over the job of patrolling their own borders. When they do, it will be, as we say in the South, “Too wet to plow!”
We Southerners are headed for a confrontation, again, with the Federal Government. As in the incidents earlier in our history it does not have to happen. Also, just like the incidents in our early history, the federal Government is refusing to hear the South and refusing to act as the South is requesting. Back in the 1850's, and 1860’s, this attitude, on the part of Washington, lead to massive bloodshed and a four-year war.
The point is, when the Southern ire is up, we will be heard. Steps will be taken, either by the lawful authorities or, well,... let’s not go there!
Mr. President, Congress, you’d better pay attention and get this worked out! NOW!
“Longstreet”
If the south is ready to confront the fed's you have my blessing and I'm a Northern Liberal. It seems the Dems. want to do more to secure our borders then your precious Republicans, oh the neo-conns. will cave after public pressure but their have been centrist people like Mccain and liberals like the governors of a couple south western states calling for the securing of our borders. I think this issue and possibly more that raise the concern of "Joe Six Pack" could be common ground for a people's party. no left and no right extremists doing what is best for true majority of calm, rash thinking Americans.
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