I'M MAD AS HELL AND I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANYMORE!!!!
-TLP
--- In [email protected], "terry12622000" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> Speaking of noise, I think our fearless Commnader in Cheif is going
> to mispeak about the issue, I opened another bottle of Bud to keep
my
> blood pressure down. No use yelling at the TV, so I right some in
> all capital letters, you all will know why. Terry Parker, I promise
> to be nice.--- In [email protected], "terry12622000"
> <cottondrop@> wrote:
> >
> > Victor, you sure can pick some good ones to post. I guess I have
> been
> > listening to too much talk radio especially Neil Bortz hollering
> > about the undocumented immigrants being law breakers. I excepted
> that
> > from Savage and Limbaugh but I fiqure with Bortz's libertarian
> > leanings he would have more
> > sense.
> > He did bring up a good point today if it is true that Fox
and
> > the Mexican government don't want to reform their very corrupt
> > government and are trying to invade the US for economic and
> possible
> > political gain. Bortz said Mexican troops will actually drive
> > immigrants over the border in miltary trucks. if this is true it
> > needs to come out and Congress needs to warn the Mexican
government
> > against such action if they are tresspassing on private property
> and
> > that Congress could sue and possibly declare war on
> > Mexico.
> > Jon Roland is right about the constitution a lot ( but I
> think
> > he is wrong sometimes) and he runs a great website
> constitution.org.
> > I really doubt if he would lie to us when he says the laws of
> > nations covers tresspassing over the border. That would give
> Congress
> > some constitutional standing on immigration but I doubt if most
of
> > the present federal laws and INS regulations would qulify as
> > constitutional because of the Laws of Nations Clause in Article 1
> > section 8 of the US
> > constitution.
> > Still there are other more specific parts of the
> > constitution that would lean away from federal power and more
> towards
> > state government authority and private property
> > rights.
> > So unless there is evidence of a clear and present danger
> of
> > an invasion by the government of Mexico, immigration should be
left
> > to the states, counties, local governments, neighborhoods and the
> > private property owners, in the reverse order of importance. Even
> if
> > there is an invasion the local, county and state governments have
> > first dibs on protecting their area and the federal government
> should
> > butt out unless ask or the inasion presents a clear and present
> > danger to other states and the other states ask. If Congress
> declares
> > war on Mexico then the federal government can act first but the
> > state still have a say in the matter.--- In
> > [email protected], "Victor Bozzo" <vbozzo1@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hello All,
> > >
> > > I am not sure how I overlooked such a good piece but for what
> it's
> > worth here it is.
> > >
> > > Yet another great piece showing where the REAL problem is, The
> > State and the people who support it.
> > >
> > > Vic
> > >
> > > "The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace
> > alarmed - and hence clamorous to be led to safety - by menacing
it
> > with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary." -
> H.L.
> > Mencken
> > >
> > >
> > > "Illegal" Immigration Is a Phantom Problem
> > >
> > > by Marcel VotluckaI
> > >
> > > Exclusive to STR
> > >
> > > Last year I attended a sociology lecture which began with
> the
> > professor citing attacks upon minorities in the context of their
> > struggle for equal dignity in our society. He cited Native
> > Americans, Blacks, women, gays and lesbians, and Arabs and
Muslims
> as
> > examples. Seizing the moment, I raised my hand and suggested
that
> > immigrants would be the next group targeted.
> > >
> > > Oh, how prophetic my statement was!
> > >
> > > Not five minutes before I began writing this essay, I
> watched
> > a news vignette about recently thwarted Congressional proposals
to
> > prosecute "illegal aliens" as felons, as well as the people who
> > provide them with services. The vignette also looked at
activists
> > who aim to embarrass people who hire undocumented immigrants,
going
> > as far as to post their names and photos on their website.
> > >
> > > Recent campaigns and vigilante movements against
> immigrants,
> > such as the Minuteman Project, reveal much about Americans'
> attitudes
> > toward the State and the theology behind it. Most people really
do
> > want to live in freedom, but at the same time many people also
have
> a
> > deep need to be taken care of, coupled with a fear
of "outsiders,"
> as
> > it were. Human nature is a mix of these conflicting
individualist
> > and collectivist tendencies. The latter is where absurdities
such
> as
> > nationalism, racism, sexism, homophobia, xenophobia, socialism,
and
> > any number of "isms" emerge. Politicians, being the savvy
bastards
> > they are, don't hesitate to take advantage of this psychological
> > quirk and turn it into yet another marketing strategy to sucker
> more
> > people into statism.
> > >
> > > Indeed, immigration is only a "problem" for politicians
> eager
> > to win votes, not you and I. The miracle of America 's success
as
> a
> > (relatively) free country is due to the contributions of
immigrants
> > who came here because they sought a better life through (gasp!)
the
> > free market.
> > >
> > > I can think of no better example than New York City 's
> > Chinatown . Somehow I end up wandering there whenever I visit
the
> > city. I've often wondered why I am so drawn to that place.
Could
> it
> > be the food? The low prices? The exotic yet familiar urban
> > atmosphere? No, it's the glory of the democratic market on
display
> > that draws me there. The hustle and bustle of shoppers looking
for
> > the best deal, the competing fruit stalls on Canal Street, the
> > bargaining, the efficient, no-nonsense service in restaurants and
> > stores, the availability of goods the likes of which you'll be
hard-
> > pressed to find in an insular suburban community . . . the list
> goes
> > on and on. All I need to do is learn Mandarin and I'll be set
for
> > life! Never mind what you hear about "Red China"; these
immigrants
> > are hard-core entrepreneurial capitalists, and are willing to
work
> > from the bottom up to make a living and get ahead.
> > >
> > > How many of them came to this country illegally? Plenty,
> I'm
> > sure. That doesn't lessen their contributions one whit. We live
> in
> > an ever-shrinking world thanks to technology; there's no logical
> > reason why oceans and mountains or even different languages and
> > cultures need to hinder trade and commerce. Likewise, there's no
> > logical reason someone from another geographical region should be
> > prevented from emigrating to another. What's the difference
> between
> > a Chinese emigrating to New York and my moving to Brooklyn from
> Long
> > Island ? Essentially, there is no difference. And who the hell
> has
> > the right to prevent me (or a Chinese or anyone else) from moving
> to
> > where the grass is greener? What arrogance!
> > >
> > > After all, borders are just lines on a piece of paper
> called
> > a map, to be obsessed over by presidents, dictators, and military
> men
> > eager to protect what they seem to think to be their own personal
> > property. In order to maintain their power, they have to stoke
> the
> > collectivist fires of racism and xenophobia:
> > >
> > > They invent stories of "outsiders" and "aliens" coming in
> to
> > steal our jobs (as if anybody has a natural right to a job).
> > >
> > > They come up with tales of how they leech off our tax
> dollars
> > (even as they shower corporate welfare queens with handouts,
> > opportunities for war profiteering, and favorable legislation
that
> > acts much like Robin Hood in reverse).
> > >
> > > They spin yarns comparing immigrants crossing the Mexican
> > border to an invading army of potential terrorists and criminals
> > (even though said job-seekers are generally not aiming to blow up
> > buildings--nay, that's a sport for, uh, red-blooded Americans
like
> > Tim McVeigh).
> > >
> > > They give shrill sermons condemning immigrants who do not
> > give up their cultural identity, who do not assimilate or at
least
> > learn English (as if the immigrants' linguistic abilities had any
> > bearing on their right to settle down where they please).
> > >
> > > Worst of all, they tell you to "buy American" (lest you
> hurt
> > the poor auto manufacturers who lack the cojones to adapt to the
> > global economy and earn American business, not take it for
> > granted).
> > >
> > > Yet, if individual rights mean anything, they include
your
> > right to go wherever you want in order to seek better
> opportunities.
> > They include your right to buy or sell stuff with whoever will
> trade
> > with you. They include your right to seek and earn work. They
> > include your right to make free choices in the market. Indeed,
we
> > all make such choices, big or small, significant or trivial,
every
> > day. The market is made up of the aggregate whole of all these
> > choices, all this bargaining and trading and exchange of ideas,
> > products, services, and information. This is not a magical
> process;
> > it's simply how society operates.
> > >
> > > This is in spite of efforts by economically ignorant
> > politicians and interest groups to set up barriers to commerce
and
> > free immigration. This is in spite of their efforts to control
the
> > market so they can make it work for their own ends. This is in
> spite
> > of their efforts to protecting and enriching themselves by
robbing
> > others of their freedom. This is in spite of their efforts to
lock
> > out foreigners out of paranoia that American culture will somehow
> > disappear. That whole "borders, language, culture" nonsense, for
> > instance.
> > >
> > > Attacks on immigration, legal or otherwise, are attacks
on
> > individual rights, not to mention attacks on the market and a
free
> > society. The only "aliens" we should be concerned about are
those
> > unsavory, ignorant, and politically-connected folks to whom
freedom
> > is an alien concept.
> > >
> > > In short, "illegal aliens" arouse their ire because they
> > represent a force the politicos cannot control--a force that
> > undermines their own ill-gotten power and replaces it with the
> power
> > of the truly democratic free market.
> > >
> > >
> > > March 29, 2006
> > >
> > >
> > > discuss this column in the forum
> > >
> > > Marcel Votlucka is a writer and freelance journalist from
> > Queens, NY. He is a graduate of Stony Brook University, and is a
> > frequent contributor to the Stony Brook Press and the Stony Brook
> > Independent. He is currently finishing work a novella,
Neverland:
> > Voices From the Muslim Holocaust.
> > >
> > > Marcel Votlucka Archive
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Reprint Rights
> > >
> > > back to Strike The Root
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> > >
> >
>
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