AUDREY'S MISSILES
A weekly newsletter dedicated to the peaceful
reform of the United States government.
HIGHWAY PROBLEMS
On the tube here in California we see daily what happens on our
overcrowded highways. Just a simple little fender bender can tie up
traffic for hours. Generally the California Highway Patrol routes cars
around accidents if they can, but sometimes there is no alternate
route. There have been a great many truck accidents lately. Some of those
big rigs are so large and heavy that if they jackknife they can block
several lanes of highway traffic for many hours. Further, often they
overturn and big cranes have to be brought in to clear the road. The clean
up takes a lot of time and makes havoc for travelers.
Highways must be kept open and clear, but vehicles can stall right
in the middle of a freeway and it is in no way the fault of the driver so
there is no one for the police to arrest! Cars have lots of parts that can
malfunction. It is our understanding that they no longer have carburetors,
but maybe they have differentials? Spark plugs? Transmissions? Even
computer trouble might cause a car to stop right in the middle of a busy
highway. Then too, any vehicle - car, truck, or tractor, can run out of
fuel or have tire trouble with a spare nowhere to be found. All of these
mechanical problems (and more) are possible and could trigger a highway tie
up with traffic backed up for miles. The flow of traffic is also affected
by roadside conditions. This year California has had a lot of grass fires
with smoke obscuring some highways and backing up traffic. People were
late for work, and sometimes they even missed work! The police are also
having to deal with road rage, and that isn't surprising given the
frustrations of traveling on our highways. We are approaching a time when
the only place you can reach from a freeway is another freeway.
To the South of us the border crossings, like California's San
Ysidro, are overcrowded too. In 1997 California had five border
crossings listed for automobile traffic, Arizona had 6, New Mexico 3, and
Texas 10. In addition to that there are, of course, train crossing
points. That is a lot of traffic. Just like our California highways they
must be having problems down there. Think what might happen if some of
those border crossings were really tied up for days and on a regular
basis. The price of cocaine and heroin would rise. People smugglers would
be frustrated Vincente Fox might stop calling for amnesty for the millions
of illegal Mexican immigrants now in the United States and be forced to
look for ways to deal with his population problem within his own
borders. Accepting his surplus people only ruins more of our land and
postpones dealing the root problem.
Massive civil disobedience on highways that serve border traffic
could make the demonstrations at Seattle and Quebec look very small. As
well organized as those demonstrations were if these activists concentrated
on our out of control border they would be hitting the corporations where
it would hurt the most: in the pocketbook. Some of the maquiladoras might
have to ship out their products by air or sea rather than by truck! U.S.
farmers might be able to compete in the marketplace. Truckers might not
have to compete with Mexican trucks, and plant owners would not be so eager
to threaten U.S. workers with moving to Mexico. Should we wait until
hoards of illegal immigrants have degraded our land and caused more floods
like Houston? Should we wait until we have a carpet of people over all of
the agricultural land in the United States? The Colorado River no longer
reaches the sea. Should we wait until people are fighting for fresh
water? Should we wait until corruption and drugs have made a mockery not
only of government in Washington, but our local justice systems as
well? Should we wait until our infrastructure is completely
overwhelmed? Should we wait until the cartels have pried that border
completely open and we are entirely at the mercy of international criminals?
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