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| 2005-05-13 |
| Posted by:BrerRabbit |
| #12 This is very sad. The Federal Government is failing to fulfill specific duties that the founding fathers outlined for it, leaving the states and the citizens holding the bag. This almost smacks of something I would expect of the late Roman Empire. Very distressing..... |
| Posted by: WITT 2005-05-13 21:30 |
| #11 lex: I see a major 2008 campaign issue developing. Rove, are you taking notice? I'd bet Hillary is. Hillary will *talk* about it, leading the GOP to *talk* about it, but neither will *do* anything about it. As long as Dems benefit from illegal immigration, we'll continue to have gridlock in Washington. Note that hospital unions in NYC love illegal immigration - it keeps the taxpayer-funded hospitals full. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2005-05-13 14:55 |
| #10 Also, please consider the disinformation potential here. Remember BP agents are unionized and every union I have ever run across has one priority - expansion!! Duh, how do you do that - one way is to discredit the management by leaking false directives that create this kind of attention to the border problem that then gets more attention to the traditionally easy way out in DC - throw money and more manpower at it - therefore: more border agents doing the same thing they have been doing - not arresting anyone. |
| Posted by: Jack is Back! 2005-05-13 14:27 |
| #9 I see a major 2008 campaign issue developing. Rove, are you taking notice? I'd bet Hillary is. |
| Posted by: thibaud (aka lex) 2005-05-13 13:40 |
| #8 Understanding the negative impact of illegals (Mexicans for the most part) in my community and having just paid enough in 2004 federal taxes to keep a USBP supervisor happy for a year or a congressman for a few months, I find this report simply nauseating. The problem has been ignored for years. |
| Posted by: Tkat 2005-05-13 12:55 |
| #7 Their opponents speak disparagingly of the "vigilantes," but it wouldn't hurt to remind ourselves that San Francisco's episodes with vigilantism occurred because the local gummint, under the control of some spectacularly corrupt pols, had ceased responding to even the minimal requirements of government. The city was infested by thieves, murderers, pimps, and assorted other hard boyz, and had become notorious for shanghai'ing sailors, slipping mickeys to drunks, and bumping people off in significant numbers. Because the city fathers were working hand-in-glove with the Sydney Ducks, thereby becoming a part of the problem, and owned the governor's office, the honest citizens were forced to take matters into their hands. The number of actual hangings was relatively small, and the results lasted about 20 years in each case. San Francisco in the days of the Barbary Coast is kind of the archetype of this sort of thing, but there were lots of other episodes in other places, and usually for the same reasons. If the duly constituted authorities aren't fulfilling their duties, the citizenry will eventually end up doing it for them, assuming the duties have any import at all. |
| Posted by: Fred 2005-05-13 12:24 |
| #6 This is getting out of hand. If we have to do everything that the government is supposed to do, what is the use of having the current government? Pay attention you mooks in Washington. The population is getting seriously fed up with your stupid, lazy, bloted asses. |
| Posted by: mmurray821 2005-05-13 10:30 |
| #5 I'd be interested in finding out just where this directive originated from, and what inspired it. It's getting to the point that I'm willing to see necks on the chopping block in Washington. (Repubs, are you paying attention?) |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2005-05-13 10:22 |
| #4 Now they're begging for REAL vigilantes. First they put up warning signs and leaflets, then threatening pictures. And then somebody's going to get hurt. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2005-05-13 10:15 |
| #3 talk about effective checks and balences. |
| Posted by: bk 2005-05-13 09:43 |
| #2 There won't be any firings. The BP is probably one of the most entrenched, stultifying bureaocracies in Washington. Even worse than the FAA. [gasp! Worse than the FAA?!?! Ye-e-e-es! Worse than the FAA!] Nope, don't see it happening. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2005-05-13 08:50 |
| #1 U.S. Border Patrol agents have been ordered not to arrest illegal aliens along the section of the Arizona border where protesters patrolled last month because an increase in apprehensions there would prove the effectiveness of Minuteman volunteers, The Washington Times has learned. More than a dozen agents, all of whom asked not to be identified for fear of retribution, said orders relayed by Border Patrol supervisors at the Naco, Ariz., station made it clear that arrests were "not to go up" along the 23-mile section of border that the volunteers monitored to protest illegal immigration. There need to be mass public firings of BP management and any administration officials issuing these orders. NOW |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-05-13 08:42 |