Maggie's Farm

Well mark me down as a TRUE humaitarian. although in my youth I had both a small parrot and a turtle. But as for most of mankind ... if they do their job and don't get hostile I'm fine with 'em .. trouble is they don't....

O/T for a minute..seems I remember Congress funding within four days of Katrina 250 million dollars for the reconstruction of N.O.

But,but,but, when it came time to debate whether we should build a wall on our southern border it took months.
It finally passed and was funded but we haven't built but about 100 yeards of it. The American Thinker has a great piece in it today regarding this..Here's a peek..

"Has the building of freeway noise barriers involved any national sacrifice? Have you ever fretted about how much money it has cost? Through the end of 2004, forty-five State DOTs and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico have constructed over 2,205 linear miles of barriers at a cost of over $2.7 billion ($3.4 billion in 2004 dollars), more than the length of the US-Mexico Border (1,951 miles)."

Now think about that 250 billion to reconstuct a city that is under sea level and will no doubt get swamped again versus 3.4 billion to build a wall that could cover our entire southern flank..

Well worth reading "The Neglected Truths of the Immigration Debate"
By Thomas Lifson...American Spectator

http://www.americanthinker.com/2007/06/the_neglected_truths_of_the_im.html

First article , left side.

While I'm at it can someone explain to me why we can't round up 12 million illegals and deport them? or 80% of them?......the only answer I can come up with is that the ruling class lacks the political will to do so. Sure it might take a few years but it could be done.

I like that idea AP....fine the employers then do the humanitarian thing...... "rejoin them with their extended families in their native land"