By now, everybody knows about Steve Irwin : the "Crocodile Guy" who liked to get way too close to danger. Flirting once too often with danger, Irwin swam so close to a stingray , the creature reacted by driving its poisonous barb right into his heart.
Right here - close to home - there are divergent groups which persist - each in its own way - in flirting with danger : all using the issue of illegal immigration.
Here's one example: On July 28,2006 a small group of anti-immigration protestors,calling itself The East Bay Coalition for Border Security , was brutally attacked on the streets of Fremont, CA during a peaceful protest by a group favoring illegal immigration : the International Socialist Organization (ISO), which had reinforced itself with a contingent of thugs from the Brown Berets and from La Raza Rising.
ISO , which, by the way supports Green (Support Non-Violence or we'll kill you)Party candidate Todd Chrieten for the US Senate, had threatened the East Bay people repeatedly in the past, and had tried to intimidate them by knocking their signs down , blocking public view of their group , etc. This time they attacked : with fists, bottles,clubs, and feet.
Fortunately, there were plainclothes police officers on the scene ,and several of the attackers were arrested. (ISO, naturally, sees things differently. They have the distinct San Francisco/Berkely point of view that the "pigs" interfered with their administration of "peoples' justice".)
On the opposite end of the scale are the "White Identity" groups, which have been gathering a considerable following - especially in California, New Mexico, Arizona, and Texas : the Border states hardest hit by the incessant influx of illegal aliens.
Like their "Socialist" counterparts , these groups hate the US government ,and would like to tear it down , so they could get their firing squads up and running: all the "wetbacks" of course, the Coloreds, the smart-ass Jews (they've got quite a shopping list.) Normally, most folks wouldn't give them the time of day ; so the Neo-Nasties have identified themselves with the immigration problem.
Just this weekend,a group of Klansmen put on a demonstration at Gettysburg : demanding all troops be brought home from overseas so they could be used to round up illegal aliens.
In the Arizona area,a loosely associated group of White Identity people has been issuing remarks that fall just short of the legal definition of death threats - against the President, against Cabinet members, and against Congressmen. One expressed regret John Mc Cain's plane (at which a missile was launched in the Republic of Georgia) had not been hit.
Everybody knows we have an illegal immigration problem : several million people - the bulk of whom are Mexicans and other Central Americans -have sneaked into the USA and show no signs of wanting to leave.
A few "Open Borders" people claim they boost our economy ; but most agree they are a drain on our resources. (They pay no taxes , but they make lavish use of tax-funded services without restriction : frequently with court and government approval.)
These trespassers (or invaders, if you prefer) did NOT get here yesterday or in the last 5 years - or even in the last 15 years. They've been trickling in - a few at a time- since the 1950s ; and , urgent as it may be to get them out of here , it's going to take a lot of careful planning , persistence, and effort to deal with them.
Those - on either side of the issue - who tell you otherwise are more interested in flirting with danger to the Republic than resolving the problem.
Every military installation has buses and humvees, national guard troops, state militia with guns to escort illegal aliens to tent city jail in Maricopa County, Arizona, felons in tent city, others across the border after fingerprinting and necessary I.D. work, they get caught again they go to prison for one year.
Posted by: Goose | September 05, 2006 at 01:17 AM