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Old 05-11-2006, 01:37 PM
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Default Enfoce the laws? Did I pledge to do that, too?

Selective enforcement drives me nuts on some matters, but I admit that it doesn't so much on immigration issues. Thought I'd share the article, though.



http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/05/10/dob...ent/index.html

"Dobbs to president: Do you take us for fools?
By Lou Dobbs
CNN

Thursday, May 11, 2006; Posted: 7:32 a.m. EDT (11:32 GMT)

NEW YORK -- Reports this week that the Border Patrol is notifying the Mexican government of the locations of Minutemen volunteers are being denied by U.S. Customs and Border Protection. True or not, the Bush administration continues to follow absurd policies on both issues of border security and illegal immigration.

President Bush continues to push his guest worker program and amnesty for anywhere between 11 million and 20 million illegal aliens, and he insists still that nothing less than what he calls comprehensive immigration reform is acceptable.

And the lies keep coming from both political parties. This president is not enforcing the immigration laws enacted by Congress, and this Congress is failing in its duty of oversight to demand that those laws be followed.

Only a fool, Mr. President, Sen. Kennedy, Sen. McCain, would believe you when you speak of new legislation. You don't enforce the laws now."
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Old 05-11-2006, 01:47 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ronald Reagan
"Dobbs to president: Do you take us for fools?
Let's work it out...
  • Social Security... Check!
  • McCain Feingold... Check!
  • Sarbaines Oxley... Check!
  • I never had sex with that woman... Check!
  • The era of big government is over... check!
  • Read My Lips: No New Taxes... Check!
  • No-knock warrants... check!
  • War on Drugs... check!
  • Three helicopters vs Iran... Check!
  • I am not a crook... check!
  • Bay of Pigs... check!
  • Porous Southern Border... check!
  • Bridge to Nowhere... check!
The answer, is... yes we are taken for fools, and appropriately so. Lou Dobbs, especially.
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