tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post4809201884451033759..comments2024-03-26T06:17:49.527-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: Good Walls Make Good NeighborsStuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-52961205962089570732016-05-23T19:34:27.876-07:002016-05-23T19:34:27.876-07:00Stuart said "... more and more of those who h...Stuart said "... more and more of those who have entered the nation illegally will find ways to vote and to exercise political power ..."<br /><br />And, Heaven help us, many states -including Colorado, where I live- are KNOWINGLY, WILLINGLY, DELIBERATELY aiding and abetting illegal aliens by providing them with Driver's Licenses.<br /><br />Isn't there something about the term "accessory-after-the-fact" that should cause the Attorneys-General of such states to pause and consider the ramifications of providing "perverse incentives" to lawbreakers??? Or are they all convinced that the Current Official One-World Whim relieves them of any duty to uphold their oaths of office?<br /><br />This country has lost its collective mind. And, furthermore, we are no longer a nation which believes in Rule-of-Law ... or even in the lessons of history.<br />That-right-there spells DOOM.A_Nonny_Mousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13599733730516661522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-1102192419162809122016-05-23T08:06:44.588-07:002016-05-23T08:06:44.588-07:00I don't think Trump was proposing that Mexico ...I don't think Trump was proposing that Mexico directly pay for the wall. It is estimated that $25 billion is sent back to Mexico annually from illegals working in the US-- most of that through Western Union or Walmart. <br />I think he was proposing a surcharge on that money, a tax if you will. 10% would net $2.5 billion annually, which would make a nice start on the wall.<br />About 1/4 of the Mexican border is already fenced, thanks to the Secure Border Fence Act of 2006. I think the wall is really a metaphor for securing our border, whether it be increased border guards or high tech surveillance, but more important is a willingness by Washington to just enforce the laws already on the books.<br />I think you would find most Americans support legal immigration, but any country has the right to decide who enters the country and from where. I certainly do. BrianEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15616649882871876100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-48834072229518877322016-05-22T23:10:01.547-07:002016-05-22T23:10:01.547-07:00Hey Sam L,
I think walls and fences are great, al...Hey Sam L,<br /><br />I think walls and fences are great, although I don't think you should boast your neighbor is going pay for it. Only a madman says things like that. Even Israel didn't demand the Palestinians pay for the walls, although crazily they did use their scarce resources to dig tunnels under the wall anyway.<br /><br />I'm sure everyone knows the line "Good Walls Make Good Neighbors" comes from Robert Frosts poem, Mending Wall, and it wasn't a wall that kept people out, but a wall that delegates property lines so everyone knew what they were responsible for maintaining. And don't forget the line "something there is that doesn’t love a wall" so nature itself, or the freeze-thaw cycle at least, has a way of breaking our artificial boundaries.<br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mending_Wall<br /><br />And about Berlin, I recall it was Reagan who went to Berlin in 1987 and said this, and the wall did go down soon after. <br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tear_down_this_wall!<br />-------<br />General Secretary Gorbachev, if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, if you seek liberalization, come here to this gate. Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate. Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!<br />-----<br /><br />I forget the details of history, but know the wall was built after World War II when Nazi Germany was defeated by two temporary allies, but the wall wasn't build right away. And if the wall was across Berlin, it wasn't across the whole landscape, right? It would be interesting to learn more about that.<br /><br />But if we go to the start of the "good walls make good neighbors", we can consider walls are not meant to keep out people but to make sure people know who's land is whos, and when you're on my side of the wall, you're my guest, and you're under my authority, and that's a more important distinction than simply keeping people out.<br /><br />But immigration can look scary, if you become a citizen of MY country and MY culture, and try to change it to accommodate yours culture that, I may wonder about the future, and perhaps my descendants will live in a world that looks completely unlike what I grew up in.<br /><br />I don't know how to relieve those fears, and I have my own, but at least Ronald Reagan's speech offers some hope. Tribalism is in our genes, and Civilization is still a young an unnatural thing in a 3+ million year genetic inheritance, something that exists by the force of will of culture and religion that can see we're all God's children, all children of Noah, and Adam, or at least 3 religions can claim that. So we are siblings, and we may fight, but we can find better ways, even if temporary walls are also necessary.<br />-----<br />We welcome change and openness; for we believe that freedom and security go together, that the advance of human liberty can only strengthen the cause of world peace.<br />-----Ares Olympushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726811306826601686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-4430200504991106992016-05-22T21:28:32.818-07:002016-05-22T21:28:32.818-07:00"Good Walls Make Good Neighbors"
And go..."Good Walls Make Good Neighbors"<br /><br />And good balls make good kidspriss rulesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-6350861747730566062016-05-22T19:42:53.821-07:002016-05-22T19:42:53.821-07:00This is the single issue on which the election wil...This is the single issue on which the election will be decided. However, there are sufficient numbers of inhabitants of what we still call the "United States of America" that hate this country that I would not want to bet on the outcome. This country was over when B. Hussein Obama was elected. Hillary will complete the process by empathizing with our enemies. <br /><br />Better get a gun.sestamibihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03713681322114049960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-28052122410505366742016-05-22T15:04:35.831-07:002016-05-22T15:04:35.831-07:00Where is Ares O. to tell you and us just how wrong...Where is Ares O. to tell you and us just how wrong you are?Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-60086787237402731002016-05-22T12:18:04.088-07:002016-05-22T12:18:04.088-07:00"The issue, obviously enough, has nothing to ..."The issue, obviously enough, has nothing to do with compassion or with empathy. It has to do with identity, not merely belonging to a nation, but feeling a sense of pride in one’s nation. Moreover, in the grand culture war against Western Civilization, the rising tide of refugees will, if it reaches a tipping point, corrupt and undermine the civilization itself."<br /><br />This is where the hammer hits the nail, and what the Left so assiduously refuses to acknowledge (if any of them even recognize the problem).<br />If you destroy Western Civilization -- and unfettered immigration without assimilation or education (of the pre-precious-snowflake variety) will have exactly that affect -- then there will no longer be any rich place to which the poor can flee.<br />Venezuela didn't even need immigration to destroy itself.AesopFannoreply@blogger.com