08-31-2007, 09:05 AM
Quote:These are the same open borders that make THE WAR ON TERROR a joke, since the reason we went to war was to prevent another 9/11 and we have done NOTHING domestically to protect ourselves from a similar incident. Instead, we have harassed and inconvenienced our own peaceful citizens seeking to fly from city to city and prevented them from cutting their food with plastic knives or travel with cigarette lighters.
These are the same open borders that allow heinous evil like MS13, or Al Queda to propagate with impunity across cities all over the Americas.
I agree with you very much here.
Quote:In my opinion, this is a world wide battle between the civilizing forces of law and order against the anarchy of lawlessness, the power of personal violence, and the injustice of theocracy. The NYT can call that a racially motivated right wing assault on immigrants if they like, but I think that shows with which of the propaganda machines they have sided. People need to start understanding the meaning of the inalienable right of FREEDOM and why the founders wanted a limited government. It means that you have the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, or as the original text stated, the protection of property. What we have now is a government of vote pandering blithering buffoons who ban plastic utensils, breeds of potentially dangerous dogs, nail polish remover, any means of defending your property and watering your lawn.
Or... As Pete would say, we got what we deserved.
And here I would draw a slightly different conclusion. I think your government (and to prevent being called an america basher again I have to clearly state that I also mean mine and most other european governments) knows this. I mean they are not stupid.......they know that these very visible 'anti terrorist measures' don't work, but do keep the people scared, and ready to support every scheme they have to e.g. invade another country. While at the same time the real threats can just walk in whenever they want.
(this is taking me make so much to a 2004 discussion here on the lounge...).
Well actually this was the same conclusion you drew.