Re: "Immigration reform".... "Dubyuh-Dumbass" has issued another "Red Herring" ; another "Gay-marriage", "Right-to-Life", "Flag-Burning" distraction from his dismal failures. He now wants to give government contracts to build fences, and vehicle-barriers across 4 states which border Mexico. Shouldn't MEXICO be required to PAY for half of their costs?? I would BET MONEY, that the contracts will be "no-bid", and go to a Neo-Con/ Republican insiders like Halliburton, or Bechtel!! The "Immigration-Problem" is NOT lack of fences... NO amount of new fences will deter those who are desparate for better lives. The current FAILURES of government "enforcement" are the TRUE source of the massive influxes. In the last two years, ONLY THREE PROSECUTIONS OF EMPLOYERS WHO HIRE "ILLEGALS" HAS OCCURED!! In That same period, ONLY SIX PERCENT OF APPREHENDED "HUMAN-SMUGGLERS" HAVE BEEN PROSECUTED!! This recent clamor for "border-security" has been turned into another reason to award lucrative construction contracts, and National Guard "support"contracts to Bush "insiders". In recent meetings with Mexico's president Vicente Fox, Did Bush DEMAND better border security on the Mexican side? Did he DEMAND economic reforms to enable Mexicans to stay in their own country? Did he DEMAND the investigationof all of the crimes which have occured along the borders (including hundreds of murders)? Did he DEMAND investigation into the rampant corruption of Mexican officials, who frequently are involved in drug-cartels???? It would seem that his "policy-meetings" with Fox were nothing more than "photo-ops" and opportunities for them both to re-group their "power-bases", and look good on television. Bush has also proposed a "guest-worker" program.... simply another name for "Indentured servitude".. a convenient source of cheap labor for the Republican corporate-contributors!! Cheap, and "legal" imported labor, which eliminates the remaining American jobs that haven't already been "outsourced". WE MUST demand accountability of this administration; WHY have only three companies been sanctioned for hiring "illegals"?? WHY are only six percent of apprehended "coyote"/human-smugglers prosecuted?? In many cases, it is the corporate-contributors of Washington, who profit from the "illegals". Does anyone HONESTLY think that huge-corporate donors in the "agri-business" ACTUALLY WANT STRICTER BORDER-CONTROL? As Ricky Ricardo said: "You got some 'splaining to do!"
- posted by Dave @ 4:04 PM