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07/01/07  I have never been impressed with Michael Chertoff, currently Secretary of Homeland Security.  How he ever got tangled up in the high levels of this administration remain a mystery to me.  His general incompetency first came to my attention during the Katrina fiasco.  I think in his current post as Secretary of Homeland Security he is a complete disaster.  Mr. Secretary, you could get 750 miles of fence along the border built in 6 months, if not sooner, if you awarded 150 contractors to each build 5 miles of fence.  This is not rocket science.  During WWII we built and launched Liberty ships in 3 days, and I submit this is an equally important matter.  Perhaps the real answer is that you have been under orders to do otherwise.   JES

06/29/07  Yesterday, in the Senate, the great McCain/ Kennedy/ Bush Amnesty "compromise" plan of 2007 for illegal wetbacks and terrorists of various heritages came to a halt.  Finally.  Mr. President, now go and enforce the law.  Shut down the circus on the border.  And I want to see some employers go straight to jail.  You have the tools to do this, and have had all along.  Now just go do it and quit protecting your corporate, Democrat and RINO friends.  JES, American Nationalist Conservative.

06/11/07   Mr. President, enforce the current law, and no amnesty.  JES

06/08/07   Finally, thankfully, the inside brokered deal in Congress over amnesty for illegal immigrants falls apart in the Senate.  We have just witnessed Congress at its worst.  In the opinion of this observer, passage of this legislative monstrosity would have been fatal to the continued existence of the nation.  George W. Bush, you are now on your own.  In the course of this process, you have stabbed us, your own base, in the back.  This came as no surprise; we have watched this storm approaching for a long time.  I do not doubt your honesty and sincerity, and never have.  Your recognition of the threat of the international threat against the West after 09/11, and your decision to preemptively target Afghanistan and Iraq as you did were absolutely correct.  However, in the execution department you are an absolute bumbler, both foreign and domestic.  I am too disgusted at the moment to write the list here now, and in any event I would just be repeating myself anyway.   This matter of your ideas about border security and amnesty for illegal aliens however, just pushes everything over the top.   General David Petraeus, who is now running the show, carry on.  I look forward to your forthcoming report  in September.   For Iraq, it will be determinative.  It is ironic that your boss in the White House, by his own actions and operational decisions, has done as much to undermine the War on IslamicFascism in several ways as all the Democrats and RINOs in Congress, and those Americans who elected them.  This observer fears that another 09/11 event, perhaps nuclear, will be necessary to get folk's heads on straight.  JES   

06/04/07   On what's wrong with the "compromise" immigration proposals currently being debated in Congress, go to http://www.heritage.org/Research/Immigration/misc/index.cfm#research for an examination of the details.  JES

05/30/07   Throughout his presidency, George W. Bush has had an repeatedly bad habit of throwing his own political base under the bus.  (The "where else can they go" theory coming from the political middle.)   However, yesterday, on the subject of border and immigration policy, the president crossed a bridge too far.  Go to GEO. W. BUSH - IMMIGRATION 05-29-07   He has now become the Texas Democrat I predicted he would shortly after last Falls election.  I repeat some of what I said at the time:

05/24/07  On immigration: I've said it all before.  (See below).  Democrats want cheap votes.  Republicans want cheap labor.  So nothing gets done and the problem festers.  It's been this way for decades.  Now, driven by security concerns and original problems grown too hot to any longer deguise, politicians are in full panic mode; their primary individual priorities, as they imagine them to be, to head for the tall grass.  What has not changed is any real intent to fix the problem, which is to say, enforce current laws.  The current proposed legislation is a traveling train wreak, akin to throwing more gasoline on the fire.  Under the current highly charged political moment, the best result would be no new legislation at all.  Whatever happens, or doesn't happen, at this point, we know one thing for sure: The Republican Party is a bunch of old fools being led around by the nose by Ted Kennedy.  Again, here's what needs to happen:

a). Secure the border, which is to say: lock it down with a 2000 mile electric fence or its functional equivalent.  Authorize Border Patrol personnel to shoot to kill, with immunity from prosecution, smugglers, "coyotes", drug runners or anyone who looks like they might be, and authorize "hot pursuit" into Mexico if that's what it takes. 

b). Put any American employer in jail who hires an illegal immigrant.  Period.

Trust me.  The swamp will be emptied in a hurry.  Then we can sit down and talk about immigration reform.  JES

05/20/07  During World War II, George Orwell is quoted as observing that "The quickest way of ending a war is to lose it, and if one finds the prospect of a long war intolerable, it is natural to disbelieve the possibility of victory.  The chief activity among left-wing writers is a rather pettifogging criticism which turns into a kind of dismay when England wins a victory, because this always falsifies their predictions." 

The Left will never change.  Today, with nuclear weapons falling into the hands of IslamicFascists determined to destroy us and who, at once, thrill to the prospect of 72 virgins in heaven, American Conservatives have a problem with the Leftists among us.  Existentially, most are Democrats.  It must also be said that none of this is helped by a GOP President caving into the current nonsense of "immigration reform", recognized by the rest of us as amnesty that is already provoking a mad rush for our southern border.  Our world is going nuts.  JES

10/07/06   And oh, by the way, last Wednesday  the President signed the bill just passed by Congress authorizing construction of 700 miles of fence along the border, however funds for only 300 miles have been appropriated.  Faced with election day, kicking and screaming, the open borders crowd, sadly including the President, bow to political reality.   Whether this actually goes anywhere, however, remains to be seen.  Much depends on the results in November.  JES

07/09/06  Illegal immigration.  Let's keep up the pressure on the North Carolina legislature to fix their problem with issuing drivers licenses willy-nilly.   Go to  www.alipac.us/index.php , and keep going.  JES

www.smalltowndefenders.com        Mayor Lou Barletta of HAZLETON, PA offers small town leadership

06/21/06  Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert, R-IL, wisely calls for "more hearings" on immigration reform legislation, putting the brakes on a traveling train wreck.  Effectively, an election cycle will be inserted into "the process" of reform.   We would have preferred passage of the House version, but the dangers lurked in the inevitable compromises with the Senate, a non-starter.  Amnesty is amnesty however you slice the cake.  Current law, submarined for decades by special interests, is entirely adequate, were it to be enforced until proper reforms can be worked out.  We do not need new law that is designed to be subverted as it is sold as a solution.  What we need is enforcement, and existing law will be just fine until we can beef up the border and cause a political attitude adjustment on the issue of illegals.  Forget the crap about Ellis Island; that's irrelevant and an insult to honest immigrants.   The order of the day is national security, conservation of the culture, respect for the law, and a single legal American economic system.  Go pick your own strawberries.  JES

05/29/06 Illegal immigration amnesty Senate passage of S. 2611       Those who last week voted for and against.

YEAs ---62
Akaka (D-HI)     Baucus (D-MT)     Bayh (D-IN)     Bennett (R-UT)     Biden (D-DE)     Bingaman (D-NM)     Boxer (D-CA)     Brownback (R-KS)
Cantwell (D-WA)     Carper (D-DE)   Chafee (R-RI)     Clinton (D-NY)     Coleman (R-MN)     Collins (R-ME)      Conrad (D-ND)     Craig (R-ID)
Dayton (D-MN)     DeWine (R-OH)     Dodd (D-CT)     Domenici (R-NM)     Durbin (D-IL)     Feingold (D-WI)     Feinstein (D-CA)     Frist (R-TN)         Graham (R-SC)     Gregg (R-NH)     Hagel (R-NE)     Harkin (D-IA)     Inouye (D-HI)     Jeffords (I-VT)     Johnson (D-SD)     Kennedy (D-MA)
Kerry (D-MA)     Kohl (D-WI)     Landrieu (D-LA)     Lautenberg (D-NJ)     Leahy (D-VT)     Levin (D-MI)     Lieberman (D-CT)     Lincoln (D-AR)
Lugar (R-IN)     Martinez (R-FL)     McCain (R-AZ)     McConnell (R-KY)     Menendez (D-NJ)     Mikulski (D-MD)     Murkowski (R-AK)
Murray (D-WA)     Nelson (D-FL)     Obama (D-IL)     Pryor (D-AR)     Reed (D-RI)     Reid (D-NV)     Sarbanes (D-MD)     Schumer (D-NY)
Smith (R-OR)     Snowe (R-ME)     Specter (R-PA)     Stevens (R-AK)     Voinovich (R-OH)     Warner (R-VA)     Wyden (D-OR)

NAYs ---36
Alexander (R-TN)     Allard (R-CO)     Allen (R-VA)     Bond (R-MO)     Bunning (R-KY)     Burns (R-MT)     Burr (R-NC)     Byrd (D-WV)
Chambliss (R-GA)     Coburn (R-OK)     Cochran (R-MS)     Cornyn (R-TX)     Crapo (R-ID)     DeMint (R-SC)     Dole (R-NC)     Dorgan (D-ND)
Ensign (R-NV)     Enzi (R-WY)     Grassley (R-IA)     Hatch (R-UT)     Hutchison (R-TX)     Inhofe (R-OK)     Isakson (R-GA)     Kyl (R-AZ)     Lott (R-MS)     Nelson (D-NE)     Roberts (R-KS)     Santorum (R-PA)     Sessions (R-AL)     Shelby (R-AL)     Stabenow (D-MI)     Sununu (R-NH)     Talent (R-MO)
Thomas (R-WY)     Thune (R-SD)     Vitter (R-LA)                                Source www.alipac.us

05/26/06  If you want to know what real Mexicans, and American Mexicans, think about us and the border issue, go to http://www.americanpatrol.com/MECHA/MEChAindex.html   or  http://www.azteca.net/aztec/mecha/   or  http://www.panam.edu/orgs/MEChA/nat.html    or   http://www.calstatela.edu/orgs/mecha/planphilmecha.htm 

05/26/06  On the subject of the current illegal immigration debate, you are encouraged to visit a new web page on this website.  

Go to THE USCCB ON IMMIGRATION          

05/21/06  On the issue of the border with Mexico, Ann Coulter is always a good contributor.  Make a point of visiting her at www.anncoulter.com/ when ever you can.   I would only point out that "Native Americans" also are immigrants, albeit a few thousand years ago, most probably across the Alaskan land bridge.  Let's see, in modern reference American "Indians" (term inherited from mistaken Columbian premises) should more correctly be known as Siberian Americans.  As for the modern crop of invaders from south of the border, I would suggest the term American Mexicans, as opposed to Mexican Americans, legal or illegal, for in the hearts and minds of many, if not most, is the dream of Reconquista.  It is really bad that we can no longer know who can be trusted.  When European Americans started showing up about 500 years ago, the Siberian Americans made the mistake of not issuing green cards, setting a very bad precedent.  Guess we are all slow learners.  Now we need to step back, take a deep breath, build a high steel fence from Brownsville to San Diego, throw some American employers (and politicians) in jail, and calm down.  My premise, of course, is that Mexicans are really not so stupid that they can't fix Mexico, or are they?  No, it's a question of moral turpitude, and an apparent preference for a non stop national siesta.   Just rambling.  JES

05/18/06  ANN COULTER for President

05/17/06   Getting more into the details of what the Administration has in mind for the National Guard on the border, the insincerity of the effort becomes more apparent.  Rotating units on their annual 2 week obligation in and out of the border theater is about the most inefficient, and expensive, plan I can imagine.  It reflects a desperation for ideas and a rapid cobbling of resources under pressure for the appearance of action in response to a decades old problem ignored by Democrats and Republicans alike.  What exactly is the National Guard supposed to do, realistically?  First, Republicans, and the Administration, need to come to grips with reality about the true nature of this problem.  So long Vicente Fox, ADM and Nebraska meat packing interests.  Welcome, American law, even as it exists today, and some concern about our national security.  Drop the obsession with the issue of attempting to resolve the legal status of those illegally present now, aka amnesty. They are illegal, and any political gymnastics will be seen for its own phoniness, and only serve to draw more over, as after 1986.   First, let's get control of the border, and a sincere effort to do so will require a lot of new fencing, and armed personal with orders to shoot when shot at.  Nothing short of this is serious.  JES 

05/17/06   SECURE THE BORDER FIRST    

05/16/06  The President's speech on immigration last night did not disappoint because we expected nothing new going in.   Clearly the President has been dragged to the table by events not of his choosing.  Conservatives must rely on Conservatives in the House of Representatives to hang tough.  A comprehensive solution to this overall problem is neither possible, nor wise, at this time.  The number one priority is securing the border, whether with fences, technology and/or increased deployment of personnel.  The second priority is to enforce even existing laws against hiring illegal immigrants and send a few a these employers to jail.  Following serious enforcement of border and hiring violations, a better understanding of the next steps required will emerge.  Hard action on real problems is necessary now, not cosmetic fixes framed on emotion and political opportunism.  The biggest problem I saw with the President's speech, and the legislation being debated in the Senate, is a lack of seriousness about achieving actual results.   Same old problem: Republicans like cheap labor and Democrats like cheap votes.  The law, and national security, seem to be of secondary concern.  That's a lot for serious Conservatives to overcome.  JES

05/15/06  On the subject of the current illegal immigration debate, you are encouraged to visit a new web page on this website.  

Go to THE USCCB ON IMMIGRATION          

05/02/06  The Liberal / Left revives the international Communist holiday of May First to loudly obfuscate the discussion concerning illegal immigration vs. immigration.  Apparently there are a lot of people who are unable to recognize the distinction, and most of the mainstream press, which really knows better, are willing to encourage the confusion.   With the complicity of the Government of Mexico, and thousands of American employers, there are now millions of illegal immigrants embedded in our economy depressing wages and mocking those who suffered through the process of coming in right.  Few ever ask why it is that Mexico cannot accommodate it's own population with a growing and health domestic economy.  The answer is that it could, but is unwilling to do so.  It is easier and cheaper for a corrupt ruling class to force the poor north and on to the backs of the American taxpayer.  However, there is a larger agenda: Purging the hurt honor of defeat in 1846 and the re-taking of the American Southwest.  This is really at the bottom of what is really going on here.  It is not an accident that the American Left sees opportunity in all this beyond the cheap votes earned through accommodation: an America severed of the Southwest would be far easier for the Northeast to own and control.  Watch for this convergence of interests to unfold.  Conservatives may learn too late that their waltz with Libertarians on the issue of "free trade" has backfired on themselves, and America.   First, we need the fence, and control of the border.  Second we need aggressive prosecution of employers who have been hiring illegals, ignorance is not an excuse.   Amnesty No; that issue will correct itself by vigorous pursuit of steps one and two.  Legal American labor (citizens) will appear to do much of the work as free market (legal) labor rates unfold, supplemented by the inventiveness of free markets to adjust, and, invent new processes and technology.  Certain prices will rise, and huge public costs will be cut.  Then an intelligent discussion of legal immigration and trade (read NAFTA) policy can occur, and be determined on the basis of American national interests.   JES

04/13/06   Join the fight against illegal immigration and amnesty.  Go to  www.alipac.us .   JES

04/11/06  Those of us who complain about illegal immigrants, including wetbacks, are concerned about a legal issue, an economic issue, and a cultural issue, as in what happens ultimately to any civilization that disrespects its own legal framework.   It is not an issue exclusively concerned with Hispanics, nor are Hispanics, or any other ethnic group, our targets.   On the southern border, wetbacks, by definition, have entered the country illegally, and that is the problem.  The Mountain Observer does not deny for a moment that there is an economic demand for entry level labor that could be partially satisfied by temporary Mexican labor, and that major surgery must be accomplished on our entry procedures for such traffic.  What many employers fear is that a reformed and legal process will necessarily raise their costs of doing business, and they are right.   That is why the demand for illegally imported labor has been so high.   "But Americans won't do the work"; of course not, at compensation levels depressed by fear of revelation .   Free trade must be legal, and voila!, Americans will appear, willing to work at fair (free) market prices, reducing the need to turn to foreign sources.    Half of the political problem is the political power of employers who don't give a flip about the law, or the political implications of the status quo.  The other half of the political problem is the interest of the political Left in subverting the nation, and they are right that continuation of the status quo will do exactly that.   Finally, folks, it is simply the truth that amnesty in any form, which is all that has been proposed, defers the issue, solves nothing, indeed will make things worse.  Redux 1996 Kennedy "reforms".  Identified illegals must be sent home, and re-entered legally.   We recognize that may be tough, but that's just the way it is; there are no other effective options.  Flip side, some employers need to go to jail.   We recognize that may be tough, but that's just the way it is; there are no other effective options.   We need to be very clear here; those who are demonstrating in the streets today against genuine reform as I have outlined it here, are not real Americans, and neither are those who support them.    JES

04/08/06  The Senate and House go on vacation, and let us hope that they all get an earful from the voters on amnesty for wetbacks.  The Senate had scrambled to come up with an answer, and thankfully failed with the amnesty proposals.  Folks, the hang up on this whole mess has to do with the fact that under the current arrangement, U.S. employers, by hiring wetbacks, not only can bottom feed on pay, but can also duck out on the costs of state and federally mandated administration of tax withholding, workman's comp., etc, etc.  The underground cash economy writ huge.  Employers, and the culture as a whole, have become drunk on this huge hypocrisy, and people of all kinds at the lower end of the pay scale have been ripped off for years.  Aside from ending the charade of pretending illegals are ok, we need a national examination of the legal burdens placed on employers in the first place for hiring casual labor.   Meanwhile, those who have entered illegally need to be sent back so as to properly re-enter, and employers in violation of hiring improperly documented folks need to be prosecuted.   Expect some price adjustments; that's OK, and cheaper in the long run than the burdens now being placed on border jurisdictions and private individuals.  JES

04/05/06  Michael Savage has been recognized by many Conservatives for a long time as a public embarrassment, for whatever he thinks he is, he is not a conservative, big C or small.  He is a loose cannon who never grew up.   Nothing better illustrates the point than his recent tirades against the Catholic Church concerning our national interests at the border and with Mexico.  What is most disturbing is the he has a market of listeners at all.   JES

04/02/06  Those unfamiliar with our problems on the southern border may not realize that the issue is far larger than the squabble about cheap labor and cheap votes.  Just as the Islamic world hungers for the destruction of Israel, so it is that Mexican culture, and the government of Mexico, are invested in the re-capture of the American southwest.  Denials aside, this is the truth, and they are serious.  The sting of 1846 has been alive ever since, and it is as racist as it can be.  MEChA  Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan. “For the race, everything.  For those outside the race, nothing”.   All the Mexican flags recently waved aloft were offered in sincere testimony, and every concession to the presence of illegals is a capitulation to this desired result.  In the opinion of the Mountain Observer, Mexicans, observing the political collapse of moral and intellectual integrity by the American Left concerning events in the Middle East, are only encouraged to step up their own agenda and assault on our territory and culture.   JES

                        05/18/06    NOTE: I am embarrassed. Go to comments about Tancredo ELECTIONS 2008

03/30/06  Tom Tancredo for President.  Enough of Vicente Fox!  JES

03/26/06   Ok, that does it.  The size of the Left Wing demonstrations denouncing border and immigration reform currently being considered by Congress underscore how far out of control this issue has gotten.  So as of today, the Mountain Observer is now on the Tom Tancredo bandwagon for President.  Enough is enough; it is time to take back our country.   JES

02/13/06   The Homeland Security Department waves papers and words about as Mexican drug thugs step up their attacks on Homeland Security agents patrolling the border.  Over 190 incidents since last October have been recorded, at an accelerating rate.  The situation is described as "serious" by US officials.  One would hope so, however Homeland Security Secretary, Michael Chertoff reaffirms that the focus will remain on illegal immigrants from countries other than Mexico.  Aside from the fact that it is hardened Mexican drug criminals causing this particular mayhem, why the distinction?  To blame an American market, or the wisdom of American drug laws and policies is to miss the point.  The law is the law, and borders are borders.  Mexican society is free to collapse upon itself if it so wills, but the infection of lawlessness, and disrespect for American sovereignty must end at the border, irrespective of the source.  As for the millions of dollars that US taxpayers have given Mexico in recent years to work security issues, one wonders into whose pockets these funds actually went, and for what purpose.  Perhaps we are funding the invasion of our own country?  Vicente Fox, perhaps you are our Presidents brother, however, you are not mine.  JES

01/21/06  U.S. Rep Rick Renzi R-AZ recently wrote a note to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice complaining about Mexican military incursions into the United States apparently providing armed escort for drug and alien smuggling operations.   He demanded "immediate diplomatic action".  Now you see, folks, this perfectly demonstrates how the Mountain Observer is set apart from the DC culture.  I would recommend that the resources should be available on the border to shoot back, with deadly force after a single warning to "halt".  Where is President James Polk when you need him?  Chase the bastards back deep into their own Sonoran desert to Chihuahua.  Then diplomats can sit down for an honest discussion, if we choose to do that.   JES

10/19/05  On the issue of the border, it appears that the policy turnaround may be nothing more that a repackaging of Bush’s original temporary-worker proposals.  The Administration still seems to be working under the allusion that current illegals are going to voluntarily identify themselves so as to work “legally” before being forced to return home to return again legally.  This is all upside down and absurd.  So we are back to square one, almost.  The victory for Conservatives is that, however pitifully, this Administration has suddenly discovered that on the American Right, their base is in the Heartland, not New York.  Mr. President: first you get control of the borders, as with a fence, and troops.  Then you flush out the illegals.  Then we can have a rational discussion about immigration policy, and the shape and scope of guest-worker programs framed for individuals, not entire families, and not inclusive of American Constitutional “rights” absent citizenship.   Finally you require that applicants for citizenship learn to speak English and swear off any prior citizenship allegiances, and then time-limit those who choose not to apply in the first place, tracking them every step of the way.    Real Americans are not hyphenated.  Mr. President, the current problem with your poll approval numbers is really on the Right.   Go see my earlier comments on 10/04/05.  JES

10/18/05  As further evidence that George W. is not a candidate in 2008, today it has been announced by Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff that illegal aliens will be rounded up and sent home, no exceptions.  This is very welcome news, and a huge adjustment of policy for this Administration, and for what was true of virtually all preceding Administrations.  The political handwriting was on the wall; national security bigger than any partisan political issue.   For years Democrats saw easy votes, and Republicans (and Libertarians) saw cheap labor, so the matter festered, unattended.  Although the Mountain Observer will continue to maintain that a high steel electrified fence from the Gulf of Mexico to the Pacific Ocean is a necessary prerequisite to re-gain control of the border in the first place, if this new policy of zero toleration of illegals is, in fact, successfully and thoroughly implemented, a rational discussion on general immigration policy can proceed, long overdue.  Meanwhile, the Border Patriots, and their successful initiatives, (see 10/09/05) can take a lot of credit for this reversal of direction.  Laws, policies and procedures regarding Cuban refugees may need to be reviewed.  JES

10/09/05  Perhaps the Border Patriots are only the beginning of a new day in re-ordering the Republic.  When things really come apart, the Heartland will take care of itself.  Meanwhile, Congress has just approved hiring 1000 new Border Patrol agents, in addition to 500 approved somewhat earlier.  All of this is to say that concerned citizens are pushing a wet noodle, but then nothing could be more American.  The Mountain Observer continues to maintain, that at least in the case of our southern border, it will remain impossible to regain control and discipline of the issue absent the construction of a high steel electrified fence from the Gulf of Mexico to the Pacific Ocean.  Then it will be possible to sit down and talk about guest workers, as guests, and immigration as consistent with our own national interest, perhaps.  Meanwhile, hats off to the Border Patriots.  These are good people.   JES

06/30/05  As Mexican police nail 2 Iraqis attempting illegal entry across our southern border, and China instructs us not to interfere with their negotiations to buy a major American oil firm, the link between our trade policies and our national security is further underscored.  Mexican police did not act out of altruism; the message of popular American impatience is beginning to soak in.  The Chinese do not yet recognize popular American impatience, and we need to fix that.  My friends, Walmart, and the America shopper, are not the problem.  Trade policies that are managed by Elites in Washington that steer the general economic climate is where the problems lay, and where the fixes must occur.  It is not in our interest to shut down international trade.  It is in our interest to discipline a level playing field, including the security of our own borders, and our own energy resources.  With China especially, the hour is getting late.   JES

05/05/05  Re National ID cards: Congress is debating a national set of criteria for states to enforce on the issuance of driver's licenses.  Upon deep reflection, the Mountain Observer supports the strongest legislation possible.   The Libertarian (Jeffersonian) corner of my Conservatism rebels, but my hard (real) Conservative side prevails, recognizing the imperatives of national security and regretting our national failure to properly manage our borders.  Of course, some personal inconvenience and burden, and burden on state budgets, will ensue (perhaps an example of where federal re-imbursement is appropriate).  I am under no illusion about the direction in which this sort of thing leads, however neither am I am under any illusion about where failure to do this is currently got us headed.  We need to deal with the real world as it is without wearing rose-colored glasses.  In the long run, the real fix is control of our borders.   JES

11/03/04  The key to re-assembling the 4th Amendment is to fix the nation's borders.

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