From Krist Boardman:
Memo to Donald Trump, President-Elect of the United States
Dear Donald,
Ditch the wall between the U.S. and Mexico. All the steel and mortar you can assemble to build a massive wall thousands of miles long will be a monumental waste of taxpayer resources. Ever hear of the saying, a chain is only as strong as its weakest link? There will be holes in the wall, tunnels underneath it, and if there aren’t enough of those there will be boats that get into the U.S. from Mexico by sea or airplanes by air. You can count on it. Or there will be truckers smuggling illegal workers into the country just as they have found ways to smuggle illicit drugs into the U.S. where there are plenty of buyers available to pay for this kind of contraband. I realize this was probably just campaign rhetoric, to appeal to the anti-immigrant crowd and make you look tough, which helped get you elected. Good for you, you snookered enough of the voters, though not a majority of them. But just in case you are serious about this, (and how could you possibly be?), though you are capable of doing nearly any outrageous thing, I hope you would listen to a little reason.
Is Mexico going to pay for this? How could you possibly be serious? This is not the time of the conquistadores and you are not Cortez and able to steal the gold from Montezuma’s Aztec empire. How would you pay for such a wall? I know you have some type of explanation, but if you build it Joe Sixpack will be paying for the wall and he’ll have to give up at least one or two cans from his six pack to pay for the wall. We know the rich plutocrats such as those to be running your cabinet posts won’t be paying for it either, just as you haven’t paid for anything by not paying taxes for 20 years.
No, all that concrete and steel will eventually be sitting in huge landfills after the wall has outlived its usefulness, or what’s left of the wall will be sitting out in the deserts of Arizona, New Mexico, Texas and California, neither keeping anyone in or out and as a monument to the colossal stupidity of the people of the 21st Century. Some people will have profited from the construction and eventual destruction and removal of the wall, but its social usefulness overall will have been close to zero. It will be nothing but a huge expense and a long term headache that will take years to recover from.
Now, I don’t expect you to like this proposal, but it does make a lot of sense. And I do have some faith that even you could come around to seeing its value. Why? Because you like big construction projects. With public money generally you can do a lot more than private entrepreneurs can do. Here is what my proposal has working for it: It’s called GEOGRAPHY. From Central America through Mexico, the U.S. and Canada all the way to the Arctic, there is a continuous land mass. People have been traveling across this land for thousands of years ever since the Indo-Asians crossed the Aleutian land bridge maybe ten thousand years ago, in search of new homes and better opportunities. Does this sound familiar? Of course, the same patterns are in existence today. People continue to risk their lives to find better lives somewhere else in North America from where they happen to be. That’s why so many lost their lives crossing the deserts recently from the south to the U.S. border to get away from violence in their homes or to find better places to make a living.
Even if you build the wall nothing is going to change. You can use all the bluster you can muster but it’s not worth the effort. Is it really so important that some of these people in North America grew up in an area colonized by Spain, while others grew up in areas colonized by England? No it doesn’t matter and you shouldn’t be so worried about it. North America is going to be here for millions of years more unless you happen to get it destroyed in a nuclear war or there are some big earthquakes and tectonic plate shifts. We might as well take the long view and figure out a way to get along with one another so we can all share this fine continent with one another.
So here is what you need to do. The existing train line from Central America to Mexico is not that great. It needs to be improved big time. As for Mexico, there really aren’t any train lines connecting Mexico to the United States, and there should be. If a good line and some other ones running parallel to it were built so that you could go anywhere in the United States, people could get from their homes in the south to work in the north or vice versa. Of course someone is going to have to solve the immigration problems, and the do-nothing, obstructionist Congress will finally have to do something constructive and pass immigration reform that works. You could help with that if you can get your head fixed. It will cost a lot less to pass a good immigration reform bill and build some good usable rail lines connecting southern North America with northern North America than it will to build a huge two thousand mile wall that won’t work.
If you do that, here is what will happen. People will get to jobs in the north where good reliable labor is needed and they will send some of their money to their families in the south. With an improved workforce in the north perhaps some companies also won’t want to go south which is something you are trying to prevent. And more money will flow into the south to Mexico and Central America and help to stimulate an economic revival. There may also be more investment and business development in those areas which should help to raise the standards of living overall.
Here’s where the train lines, connected to comprehensive immigration reform, will also help the overall border problem in the southwestern United States. The train lines can provide border checkpoints where documents can be checked if need be, though I envision a time when there will eventually be free passage throughout the continent. But at least it will be easier to police and monitor than a hodgepodge of trucks on too many roads, where some of the trucks are smuggling people and drugs as they are now. Less people will die crossing the deserts or die suffocating in truck vans trying to get to jobs in the U.S. Hopefully no one else will ever have to die this way if you do these things.
Do you think you could get the states of Mexico and Central America to participate in such a plan and help pay for it? I think so. Long term bonds could be raised to finance these projects.
The construction that would take place would further stimulate the various economies. But this requires a positive approach, one that also takes into account the interests of our neighbors to the south as well as the interests of the people of the United States.
More than a century ago, the French and Ferdinand de Lessups started building the Panama Canal. It was a huge project and was difficult to complete. The project required big thinkers and bold plans and had many problems. The venture went bankrupt but was eventually taken over by the United States. Now the canal has been expanded. It would never have even started were it not for the imaginative efforts of a few people.
Let me also toss this in: maybe the Japanese would be interested in the rail lines and help us construct Maglev (magnetic levitation) on the north-south route for a real first class connection as is now being planned for the eastern corridor from Washington D.C. to Boston. Now that would require some real visionary thinking. Think about it!
Krist Boardman
Yes a train from Mexico that will carry the workers for Trump wines and his hotels because they don’t pay a living wage and Americans don’t want to work for him.
The trains can also carry furnaces from that new Carrier plant in Mexico that Trump built with American taxpayer money.
Snookered? No one snookered more than Obama and he fooled the masses twice. “Hope and Change”.
LMAO
Drinking much of the orange Trump Aid lately? ROFLMAO.
Sorry if my use of the word “snookered” hurt your feelings. But it is the correct word. Like the true huckster and demagogue that he is, Trump played on anti-immigrant feelings and then promoted a solution that sounded good but is not viable. The Mexicans are not going to pay for the wall even if they did the wall wouldn’t stop anything. Yet it would be costly and would create more misunderstanding and hardship, all ultimately for Trump’s effort to exploit a problem and not provide a solution. Snookered is absolutely the right word.
I know you don’t remember when anti German feeling during and before World War I caused many people to go out of their way to kick Dachshunds because they were “German dogs”., whenever they saw an owner walking one.
Funny…wall kept Soviet Russia out of Western Germany for how many years? Perfect? No. 100%? Not exactly. Still could get good capitalist pig vodka on CommBloc side. Sometimes even Soviets made export of “labour” to capitalist pigs (via holes, tunnels, even balloons).
But, your idea far more beneficial than ugly wall. Lining the pockets of Omaha Oracle is brilliant Soviet Russian manuver. Perhaps will decrease oil spill rate a bit, on tanker trains, yes? Ahh, I’m onto you comrade; quite brilliant use of crony capitalism vs. necessary security!
Same Soviet American rhetoric from a different Soviet American. Red thought alive & well in post Obama era; cannot forget rules of Comrade Alinsky. Rodina Mat’ Zovyot!
The only thing between me an Lord Trump our savior is a single scratch off lottery ticket and dam you Krist for holding me back.
Yeah,,,and hows that scratching ,going for you????
We don’t need a wall, we need a couple of divisions of marines along the border with shoot-to-kill orders.
It’s a shame the Indians didn’t get your relatives.
A letter to Krist Boardman:
Just from reading your letter I can tell exactly the type of person you are. You attacked the President Elect and you attacked his character. You stated that the President Elect has paid no taxes for 20 years. I will be like every other liberal in the media and say “Source please.” The only liberal publication that I found that was somewhat reputable was ABC News and they reported that Mr Trump had zero tax liability in 1978 and 1979 only and this was after examining his returns for the past 40 years. His returns were available from the New Jersey Gambling Regulatory Commission and available for all, but your biased liberal media failed to report on that because it did not fit their agenda. Apparently it did not fit your agenda either because you believe what MSNBC and the NY Times tell you. You stated he snookered enough people to vote for him, but felt it was justified to throw in “though not a majority.” There it is. You said it. Another liberal crying about the popular vote and the antiquated electoral college. You cry for Hillary. Where were you in 2008 when she received more popular votes that Obama in the Democratic Primaries but Obama received more delegates? This is our Constitution and the election results are as they should have been. Compare your popular vote analogy to the World Series. The champion is the 1st team to win 4 games, not the team that scored the most runs overall.
I do not care how Mr Trump will pay for the wall. Maybe he will impose a $10.00 surcharge onto every Visa received from a Mexican citizen desiring to travel here for reasons other than tourism. The wall needs to be built to stop illegal immigration and to preserve our society and keep us safe. If you think no potential terrorists have illegally entered this country through our southern border then you need to reevaluate reality. If you think there are zero illegal immigrants, to include their families, being supported by “Joe the Sixpack,” then you need to have your head checked. By the way, that was another insult to the people who voted for Trump because you have lumped all Trump supporter’s into the same disgusting swamp. Open your eyes MS Boardman. There are racists in both the Republican Party and the Democratic Party. There are misogynists on both sides of the aisle. There are hateful people from all walks of life and I think you are one of them. I personally do not think that my President Elect is a racist or a misogynist. As stated earlier, “State your source.” You hate people like me, one of the 51% of the working class, tax paying American Citizens, who are sick and tired of supporting the other 49% of the population and disgusted that we send hundreds of millions if not billions of our dollars across our boarders to other countries. You hate because a lot of Americans’ beliefs and views do not coincide with your politically correct and liberal viewpoint. You hate because you just cannot believe that so many people were snookered into voting for The Donald. I and over 62 million Americans could not stand to vote for Hillary who is a proven liar and a criminal. She can bark like a dog but she couldn’t hang with the big dog.
Your analogy of the rail systems is out of whack. Who cares what the condition of the rail systems in Central America and Mexico is. Not my problem and not the problem of the US Taxpayer. If you want to make it your personal problem, make a donation to that particular counties transportation secretary. For your Information, there are 11 rail crossings between the United States and Mexico five of which are considered major and transport people as well as merchandise. The reason industry is leaving this country is because of overregulation and taxes, not because of a qualified labor shortage as you suggested. Ease the tax burden, make it easier for manufacturers to exist here and they will stay. I do not feel we need to take into consideration the interest of our neighbors to the South. This is the United States of America, not the United States of North America. You have suggested or envisioned that eventually there will be a time where there will be free passage for all throughout this continent. Have you seen what has been going on in Europe? Are you keen enough to realize that all of these terrorist acts that have occurred have been made substantially easier because of the EU’s open border concept? Why do you think that the UK voted for Brexit? The citizens there finally got sick and tired of the problems related to immigration due to open borders and their social services became overburdened to the point of bankruptcy. The citizens there got sick and tired of the constant liberal, PC minded Parliament and took the necessary steps to vote them out. The same will happen in other countries in the EU. Mark my words. Germany and France are tired of the senseless acts of terror and footing the bill for financially burdened countries like Greece, Italy and Portugal. Hollande and Merkel are soon to be lame duck leaders.
You even took a shot at the Panama Canal. Why? The project failed because the French designed it wrong, disease and massive corruption. The started the project thinking they could build a sea level canal without locks. They started the Eastern dig in the wrong spot. Massive corruption and bribery involving the Panama Canal Commission and the French government bankrupted the projected. The tropical diseases (malaria) that they encountered killed tens of thousands. The US took it over and got it right the first time. Just because Ferdinand de Lessups got it right at the Suez didn’t mean he was going to get it right in Panama.
Wow, I rambled on for quite some time. Can’t wait for the naysayers to pick it apart. I have patiently waited for 8 years for this election to happen. I did not protest about the last 2 elections. I did not bitch, moan, groan, whine, cry and or complain. I did not demand a safe place. I did not wear a safety pin. I did not buy a furry pet to cuddle with. I did not threaten to leave the country if Obama was elected and then renege on my statement. I continued to work, I continued to perform, I continued to survive and I continued to be a citizen of these United States.
Just one man’s opinion, take it or leave it.
What a piece of garbage writing. Your reference to average tax paying citizens as Joe Six pack” is highly offensive. I don’t think the US has a problem “sharing” as we distribute billions of dollars to help others throughout the world. If a wall will prevent the continuing flood of drugs like heroin coming into our country and ruining millions of young lives, so be it. The same goes for illegals coming into our country and committing heinous crimes. I think a lot of people are just fed up with the far left liberal (socialist) bull. We finally have a president who loves this country and its people.
Good. Give up your Social Security, Medicare, public education, public hunting areas and parks, public roads, public law enforcement, public fire service and EMT, public snow removal service ( to the highest bidder pay as you use it)……… I would suggest that a lot more people are feed up with politics of both sides which includes your right wing nut jobs who now think they represent the majority and are going to try and ram a bunch of ideological crap down our throats. Then, we have the egomaniac who thinks he will rule rather than govern. I don’t think the response will be just angry posts on some blog.
This election was the result of the two MOST UNPOPULAR candidates in US history. Neither one of them was a great choice. Hillary had no platform other than I will keep Obama’s policies in place. Trump, ran a campaign igniting the fear and economic concerns of the country. It has brought us to a place where a real estate mogul and game show host has won the presidency of the US. Republicans will claim they didn’t complain about Obama getting elected, but there is nothing further from the truth. Let’s face the truth that nothing got done for the last 6 years, except for government shut downs, increased surveillance programs, interference with other countries sovereignty and growing concerns over security issues. The Republican rally cries of “One Term President” and “Destroy Obama’s Legacy” took greater precedent than simply running the country and improving America both internally and internationally. Maybe, Trump will make America great again. But it will only be because he has the cooperation of a Congress that is part of the same political gang that Trump currently affiliates himself with. Trump wants to improve the nation’s decaying infrastructure, however this is but a mirror of his predecessor’s ideas with a directional twist to the past. Obama has done some very questionable acts recently with the introduction of possible radicalized Syrian refugees to our country, the defunding of federal funds to North Carolina for not allowing the LGBT community to use restrooms that don’t identify with their actual sex and abstaining from a UN vote that may have left a long time ally open to international intervention that could explode into a conflict. Obama’s legacy is forever secured by his ending the myth of Osama Bin Laden’s invulnerability, yet it will be diminished by the fact that ISIS has grown into a very credible threat right here on US soil. Will a wall solve America’s problems? Will corporate tax breaks solve America’s problems? Will Americans ever be united again? The answer is probably no. What will help solve some problems is that the Republicans may actually let useful legislation finally be passed because it will be in their gang’s name, not in the name of their political rival. We have all suffered because of two political gangs, fighting for control of our country’s government. that have both forgotten its citizens and what our country actually stands for. The repeal of the unconstitutional Patriot Act and a complete reform of the legal and criminal justice system is what this country needs most. We need to end the internal racketeering and imprisonment of our citizens that the law now allows. We need to end the unnecessary regulations and laws that have our country handcuffed to economic decline. We need to end the War on Drugs and admit it is a war against the American people by the people’s own government. We need to manufacture our own goods and keep American dollars in American hands. We need to make our government remember that the Constitution constrains the government, not the people. We really do need to make America great again. I hope Trump can do it ,but I have my reservations…..By the way, the artificial thumbs upping of the comment I am replying to won’t make America great again either. You put 10 thumbs up on your own post in the 15 minutes my response took to type. Polls don’t reflect the will of the American people nor does a thumb ups button.
SoulCrusher that was a fantastic outline of our inherent problems, hopefully the government that the people have elected will listen and allow our country to thrive once more.
The country is not thriving now?
Seriously?
@ Soul Crusher: If you were referring to me and artificial “thumbs up.” Look to another source fool. I work nights and was sound asleep well before you posted your comment. Well before. As far as Polls reflecting the will of the American People…..spot on. Hillary plus 4 1/2 points on election day. Best example of fake news ever.
Well, somebody did. When I first started typing there was 3 thumbs up. I went to post my comment and a word press error occurred. When I brought the page back up there was 13 thumbs ups. They all occurred between 6:55 am – 7:09 am. Its pretty obvious that somebody is using a VPN or a Proxy Server to artificially thumbs up your comment. If it was not you, whatever, I apologize. However, if you expect me to believe you, I would like to offer you some ocean front property in Colorado I have for sale. I’ll give you a great deal on it……
It was me, the one and only Miss Gulch. Kudos to @ US Male.
Geeze someone with that much to say, stuck being a forklift driver third shift at rite aide warehouse must be demotivating.
No wonder you are a trumpet, he has done so much in his life for grunts like you. Heck it looks like he is going to give you the opportunity to get a second job just to maintain your present level of poverty.
Someone watches too much Fox news.
Someone should “try” watching Fox news…
When Mother Jones is comrade fact checker, fake news fox takes upon new meaning.
How are ratings for mother russia msnbc these days comrade?
That is one hell of a sales job. Therefore, must be one POS product that your’re trying to convince yourself that your 62 million enablers plus 1 made a good purchase.
US Male, Excellent response to Mr.Krist. I couldn’t have said it any better.
The far left Liberal cry babies just can’t handle Hillary losing. At least Alan Dershowitz is recognizing how terrible the Obama foreign policies have been.
Smoking the agent orange ganja again I see.
Alan Dershowitz?
Thanks a lot you, made orange juice just came out my nose…..
Get it OJ?
hahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
Trump supporters are a uniquely ignorant group.
So says a crying Libtard..poor baby,,, would love to get you a soft warm blanket, hot cocoa , and a puppy,,,but , I just don’t have the time…Sorry
Happy Republican isn’t that an oxymoron? I thought that they were all angry old white people.
I’m not 100% sure about the oxy, but judging from the post you might be on to something with the moron.
According to the left libs all Republicans are racists. They make black people committ crimes and kill each other at disprortionate rates. It is all the fault of the white Republicans. Have you looked at the recent disturbances in the nations malls? Did you notice the ethnic make up of the great majority of participants? Again white Republicans who were not even there will be blamed by the liberal media. You want to break down racial divide in this country hold people accountable for their actions. Everybody! Have black people learn to assimilate in to an ordered society. Accept responsibility. They have to accept some of the blame. It gets really old blaming the white Republicans all the time. News flash the current POTUS is as much or more a racists as any white Republican but it only seems to go one way in the liberal media.
If your a member of today’s Republican Party, then you own all of it. Same is true of those who belong to today’s Democratic Party. So don’t play the sympathy card and cry crocodile tears. No one is forcing you.
Any day now white republicans and Trump will start doing something about the KKK.
Thanks donald.
You always hear the liberals proffering about the nationwide threats posed by the KKK. They act as if it is a major force in government influence and racial divide occurring in this country. Pure hysteria! Yes they are a bunch of Billy Bob idiots. Nationwide their numbers are negligible. Just small pockets of rednecks. Were they a major source of hate in the past. Yes. I ask the liberals to research their membership numbers and crimes of violence in the last twenty years. Then I ask the liberals to research the membership numbers of organizations like the “bloods” and the “crips”. Review the numbers liberals. Look at their huge membership and the the amount of crime and DEATHS these groups are responsible for every month. Again no liberal will ever concern themselves with the real problems occurring in this country if they pertain to people of color, but will always attach many of the nations problems to Republicans. Particularly white Republicans.
You are looking at all these organizations in a specific light. However, if you step back and take a look at the larger picture, you will see that ALL of them are gangs. Everyone wishes to demonize any organization that does not suit their ideas. This is because every one of these organizations wishes to blame another for their troubles and use that blame to spread hatred. Individuality is what every one of these factions fear. If everyone thought for themselves and stopped being misguided by the will of the pack, none of these organizations would exist. Packs exist because of strength in numbers, however, packs prey on the weak and take what does not belong to them. Even if they say its for the common good, it’s still an act of evil and a sin…..
You make valid points SoulCrusher. I was merely trying to show the lunacy in liberal thinking. Liberals are always trying to push their crazy agenda of reparation. This includes embellishing some social issues and refusing to acknowledge others that are much more dangerous and damaging to our country. Refusing to admit that one of the greatest problems leading to racial divide is the failure of many black people to assimilate in to an ordered society and to ignore many of the other social problems which exist? A perfect example of failing to assimilate in to an ordered society is many of the lyrics of rap music. This type of music advocates violence, drug use, disrespect for police, authority, women, and the list goes on. Look at the lawless violence taking place in our nation’s malls. All of which was orchestrated on social media by predominately black youths. For some reason Liberals will never test that water. Liberals feel the need to only acknowledge one problem. That is the problems they feel were caused by the white Republican. There is not one white Republican that has ever owned a slave and no black person that has ever picked cotton. Liberals need to stop trying to make these continued crazy reparations. Stop inciting hatred and start working towards a solution.
The far left and the far right are usually both a little crazy. Both the left and the right are usually kept at bay by the moderate majority which we consider centered. The danger of moving too far in one direction normally leaves the other side left out or ignored. This is the realization of the current situation the Democratic party is in. They lost many seats and positions because they forgot about those who made up their base in order to satisfy those minorities that pushed them over the top some 8 years ago. But, they lost their base, the blue collar worker. I mean, if you take away the income of those who supported you and put you in power, such as the coal miners, then you will lose their support as you destroyed those who got you where you are today. Its pretty simple if you think about it. Yes, you are correct, reparations don’t make any sense as those who were wronged by slavery have long been buried. However, maybe our government might think about giving those who believe they deserve reparations a 6 year tax free business start up loan, like the ones they give foreigners that come to this country and make America great again by making Americans great again. Better yet, make this business start up loan program available to all Americans that show they are deserved of the chance. Things don’t need to be a black and white issue or a red and blue issue. They need to be an American issue.
Nice to see “Give white Republicans a break” is against the Muslim registry and doesn’t think Muslims should denounce the minuscule amount of radicals.
Sure you have the time. If you got off the computer, put on clean tighty whities, turned off fox news and climbed out of the basement bunker at your mother’s house, then you could possibly become a less angry, hateful, self-absorbed person. Then again – maybe not.
He won’t agree to an experiment. He is a Republican,and they don’t believe in science.
Is that you Renfield? I bet it is. Nobody is more angry, hateful and self-absorbed as you. It’s funny to hear you call others that.
Wrong ADP, but then again, you ain’t never been right.
AD, you are right again. Let those libs cry…we don’t care as long as its you and me baby.
I hear some Rt 40 establishments rent by the hour.
We already have places…but thank you
We need the wall. We need to keep illegal immigrants out. We also need to cut welfare and food stamps.
Lin when Trumps economy puts you out of a job you are going to need that welfare and food stamps.
Another low process brain that thinks the wall that he spoke of was a literal brick and mortar wall.
Trump did compare it to the great wall of china…..
just sayin.
@Reality: China built a wall over 2000 years ago and they still have no illegal immigration problem…….. Just sayin
Another low process brain that thinks the wall that he spoke of was a literal brick and mortar wall.
JOJO thinks you have a low process brain that thinks the wall that he spoke of was a literal brick and mortar wall.
Must be nice to be on a first name basis with the President elect or is it contemptible ignorance brought about a desire for more heroin from south of the border. As to open borders, it seems to be working out well for the European union especially the funeral directors and casket makers.
Heroin comes from south of the border?
The misinformed never mind spreading their misinformation.
Someone needs a globe.
Yes Comrade, the misinformed masses of ignorant Amerikan skum…we should consult good Soviet Russian propaganda sites.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2016/11/17/heroin-mexican-drug-cartel/94032394/
Like less Daily Moscow? Perhaps Investor’s Business Daily is better radio free amerika source? No?
http://www.businessinsider.com/us-heroin-coming-from-mexican-cartels
Certainly comrade, the misinformed capitalist pigs never miss an opportunity to get it so wrong with their fake news and unrighteous comments.
You will see real Soviet Russia propaganda as to source of current heroin in post when “freedom” gatekeeper moderates my pending comment.
In case you are so sure, perhaps provide googled alternatives to useless Trump/Con/Republicans that show knowledgeable you truly are? Dah?
Awwww, freak dat wall out, Den Tone.
Now onto some real news please!!!
Agreed, if anybody really believes that a letter addressed to Donald Trump, that appears as an article on the Dagger is news worthy, then I’m a Leprechaun. I don’t believe Trump will be a good president. I do believe he won the election. I do believe he was confirmed by the Electoral College. I do believe he will be our president for the next four years. I might not like, but it is what it is. However, I wouldn’t have been very happy with Hillary Clinton either. Neither party fielded a proper candidate. Now we all have to live with the consequences…..
I don’t actually know who this Krist Boardman is and have to admit that while I picked out a few points the manifesto didn’t keep my attention long enough to finish it. Democrats are understandably upset over their loss and have been lashing out ever since but I feel they need to look at their own party leadership and lay the blame where it belongs. The party wound up with a lousy candidate because the party wasn’t given any choice in the matter… all too many still labor under the impression they had a meaningful primary. (Sure, failed Governor Nobody who was so successful he delivered Maryland to the Republicans, the geriatric Socialist or the Anointed One… thanks Powers That Be) The Powers lied, cheated and pushed a candidate who was a poster child of all that is wrong in DC… because it was her turn. Yes, she won the popular vote… but subtract California and she didn’t. It’s done. Move on. I understand illegal immigration. I’ve known people who were here illegally. They come for the opportunities they lack in their own countries because the leaders in those countries are more corrupt and incompetent than even the vermin we’re cursed with. I particularly enjoyed the hypocrisy of Vincente Fox lecturing America about borders and propriety while he wore a suit that probably cost more than most of his own citizens earn in a year… and an even nicer watch. If the problem were to be addressed at the source, the illegal flow would wane. Give people a job and stability and they’ll stay home with their families instead of traveling thousands of miles to pick fruit. I for one am sick of politicians – who I see as the source of most suffering in the world. You lament that your nemesis worked to limit his tax burden as if everyone else in America weren’t doing the same – how many millions go to tax preparation “experts” for the promise of the biggest refund? If he could pay nothing, I say good for him. As long as I see the unconscionable, outrageous, criminal waste that takes place in DC I’ll continue to begrudge every penny they wrest from me. T was never my first choice, but even four more years of O’s arrogant, smarmy, condescending, elitist prick lecturing would have been better than a day of Her. If T is only able to bring one thing to DC I hope it will be Accountability. No one in that cesspool ever seems to pay a price for incompetence, folly or even criminality. Sorry, but I can’t buy into your naive open borders ideas. Europe is realizing their mistake now as terrorists sprint from country to country like a hideous whack-a-mole game and when innocents are victimized by illegals here the left can’t even call up any meaningful degree of sympathy let alone assume any responsibility for the sanctuary policies that encourage their presence.
Nice piece Krist Boardman. I have found the average user on this site to be limited to a high school education, closed minded to anything other than the narrow view that is fed to them, angry, finger pointers (as with todays society, its someone else’s fault), and completely naïve to the real scope of what the issues are. With that said, your words are wasted. Sorry
Check out the Huffington Post’s story about bribery at the wall. It should come as no surprise when so much drug money is at stake, that order officials are taking bribes of$15 million. And those are only the ones who were caught. Hedley, thanks for the comment. I realize the almost utter futility but it’s betterto try to get the point across than not to try at all.
Dagger: News with a dull leftist edge