The illegal immigration battle rages on, of course. With absolutely no end in sight, of course.
And, as with most critical issues facing our country today, I find myself somewhat annoyed by both ends of the political spectrum.
The Democrats seem completely oblivious to the following facts: (1) condoning and supporting law-breaking is a bad idea, (2) continually lowering standards in virtually every part of American life because "they're going to do it anyway, and you're a meanie" is also a bad idea, and (3) if Mexican nationals can pop across the border with the ease of a trip to your corner 7-11, so can terrorists. Of course, Democrats can be counted on to immediately scream "racism" if any of these points are brought up (their brilliant method of controlling the argument), so I'd better keep my voice down.
The Republicans, as usual, remain virtually unable to put two consecutive coherent thoughts across on this topic. How about this: "Close the freakin' border, enforce the freakin' laws." There. That wasn't so hard, was it? The GOP could take this issue and run with it all the way into the White House in 2008, but they're too busy, uh... well, I actually have no idea what they're doing.
They even sit there and take it when the Democrats say that "Republicans are against immigration", purposely leaving out the "illegal." Can't you guys at least call them on that load of crap? Has Bush screwed up on so many levels that you're afraid to even fight any more?
One topic I've heard very little about on this issue is the bizarre inability of our friendly neighbors to the south to get their act together and, you know, have a country. Fred Thompson is the only candidate I've heard explore this. Here it is:
Evidently, Mexico sucks.
We wouldn't have to worry about this constant flow of illegals from south of the border if their country weren't such a pile of crap. What is it, have the drug lords so corrupted the country that it's beyond repair? Why the hell are your people so freakin' desperate to get out of your country? Did I do something?
For crying out loud, you're so close to us geographically, can't you just figure it out by osmosis? Isn't there anyone in your country who can look a few miles north and see how it's done? I'm pretty sure you have electricity there, can't someone get online and look up "commerce"?
Perhaps we can do something like force feed you some business sense. Can we send a few business consultants down there (God knows we have plenty to spare) with a laptop, Excel, and the latest edition of Inc. magazine? I'm just trying to think outside the box here.
I'm not sure what would be tougher - motivating Mexico to get its act together or waiting for our politicians to close the border and enforce the laws.
As usual, I'm not holding my breath.
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