Friday, October 13, 2006
Homeland Security Continues to Fail
This story about elephants with a mariachi band crossed the river from Mexico into the U.S. circulated around the blogacube today.
The story is about more than illegal immigrants. It's about national security. The stunt points out what a joke the whole national security/anti-terrorism "effort" is.
I'm sure the CIA, FBI, NSA, et al know much more than I do about what's going on in the world. But why are we eavesdropping on phone calls, scrutinizing every passenger on airplanes, fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan, and pouring billions into these efforts while allowing entering into our country from Mexico to be ridiculously easy?
My personal feeling is that it has to do with big business. Liberals love to accuse Republicans of being in the pocket of big business. But I believe Democrats are equally so. They talk the talk of "caring" about the poor, down-trodden immigrants (They wouldn't dream of tying the word "illegal" with "immigrant".). But, just as much as Republicans, their real goal is to provide cheap labor for businesses, especially large agricultural and construction concerns.
Sure, the Federal government plays the game of protecting us from terrorists, but only as far as big business feels comfortable. And big business likes the cheap labor. And they don't care that "roughly half the population growth comes from immigration..." This means more people sharing the same amount of land and other resources, a more crowded country. Is this fair to our children?
A nation's first responsibility is to its own citizens. Somehow too many politicians, especially liberals, miss this point. Remember this phrase from the Preamble of the U.S. Constitution: "promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity?"
"Ourselves and our Posterity"
Of course, much of the rest of The Constitution has been disregarded, we shouldn't be surprised that this part is too.
The story is about more than illegal immigrants. It's about national security. The stunt points out what a joke the whole national security/anti-terrorism "effort" is.
I'm sure the CIA, FBI, NSA, et al know much more than I do about what's going on in the world. But why are we eavesdropping on phone calls, scrutinizing every passenger on airplanes, fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan, and pouring billions into these efforts while allowing entering into our country from Mexico to be ridiculously easy?
My personal feeling is that it has to do with big business. Liberals love to accuse Republicans of being in the pocket of big business. But I believe Democrats are equally so. They talk the talk of "caring" about the poor, down-trodden immigrants (They wouldn't dream of tying the word "illegal" with "immigrant".). But, just as much as Republicans, their real goal is to provide cheap labor for businesses, especially large agricultural and construction concerns.
Sure, the Federal government plays the game of protecting us from terrorists, but only as far as big business feels comfortable. And big business likes the cheap labor. And they don't care that "roughly half the population growth comes from immigration..." This means more people sharing the same amount of land and other resources, a more crowded country. Is this fair to our children?
A nation's first responsibility is to its own citizens. Somehow too many politicians, especially liberals, miss this point. Remember this phrase from the Preamble of the U.S. Constitution: "promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity?"
"Ourselves and our Posterity"
Of course, much of the rest of The Constitution has been disregarded, we shouldn't be surprised that this part is too.
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