Sardonic Scribe

This past October President Bush signed a bill for a third of the 2,100 mile border between the US and Mexico to be fenced. This project was estimated to cost roughly 2.2 billion dollars.  The border fence project is a step towards gaining control of our southern border in an attempt to stop the unending breach as hordes of illegal immigrants continue to swarm into the US. 10 months after the bill was signed we find ourselves still waiting for construction to begin. This on the heels of one of the most contintious efforts by congress over recent battles with what was being called immiration reform efforts. The more people learned of the proposals which were being worked out often behind closed doors the stronger the opposition became. A major sticking point was to grant 12 million or so illegals amnesty and supposedly put them on a path towards citizenship. Unfortunately the facts did not bear up under public scrutiny and an incredible backlash from grassroots organizations were largely successful in helping to defeat all atempts of passage much to the dismay and disbelief of our representatives in congress.We were expected to believe that the backroom deals would actually be useful and that without new legislation that the problem would become nearly insurmountable. Un huh, but why can’t existing laws be enforced and why hasn’t the fence already been built? New legislation would be the cure all but this is coming from a group of politicians who are incapable of building a fence that has already been funded. The same group expected us to believe that all the pie in the sky legislation would solve problems and myriad new laws would be the solution where enforcing existing laws is simply not possible. So how exactly would that incredible feat be pulled off? But then again, I guess we just aren’t capable of understanding and should not be questioning our enlightened elected representatives. That’s like a nightmarish “Father Knows Best” rerun and scares me to death. I for one will continue to question and will do my best to remain informed to the best of my ability.There is a severe credibility issue at stake with regard to congress having the ability to succeed at anything. Actual construction of the fence and active enforcement of immigration laws already on the books would go a long way towards improving their image in the public eye. It should be interesting to see how this situation will move forward. Regardless, something has to happen to stop the unending flood of illegals and the fence would certainly serve to help in those efforts. 

Should our government preface every action with the disclaimer, “For sale to the highest bidder”? As someone who is a admittedly a bit more than just a casual observer it is absolutely mind boggling to try to understand how our elected representatives could be doing the things that they do. People who are seemingly intelligent, patriotic, and motivated men and women become involved in activities that seem to even defy logic and reason when trying to understand them. When looking at the voting records of our trusted representatives, it is hard to imagine what could possibly motivate them to take the actions that they choose even when those actions are directly contrary to the will or their constituents or the majority of voters nationwide.The most recent example is the recently defeated Amnesty bill. Over 80% of americans were absolutely opposed to the proposed bill and yet we saw our senators take to the floor of the US Senate and vote against the will of the people. So the burning question in my mind is why would they do that? If the majority of americans were and are clearly against Amnesty for illegal immigrants and grassroots organizations and the american people stood firmly against such legislation then why would the people who we elected, trusted to represent our interests, and sent to DC betray us so willfully? Obviously there was a great deal of arm twisting, back room dealing, and every conceivable manner of dirty dealing taking place but again the burning question in my mind is why? What is to be gained by flooding our country with millions and millions of people who seem to have no intention of assimilating or becoming US citizens? How does it serve the good of the country to overwhelm our social services, medical systems, education systems, and society at large with non english speaking people who only seem to care about how much they can line their pockets with US currency? Why are we funding radical groups like La Raza and why are they participating in the process regarding immigration to begin with? Why can’t we simply enforce existing laws, build the fence that was approved and funded, and allow immigrants to continue to participate in the pursuit of citizenship in a legal manner just like the millions who did so since this country was founded? Why do our representatives seem to think that they no longer need to be concerned with the wishes of their constituents after they begin working in DC? If our representatives no longer feel compelled to abide by the wishes of the people of this country or the constituents who elected them then who do they listen to and why?If the sovereignty of this country is no longer important, politicians are no longer concerned with what is best for america, and our government is more concerned with appeasing foreign governments and entities than the american people then what exactly does that mean for those of us who are still concerned with the aforementioned items? Are we being sold out and if so why and if so to who? Obviously it is time to do some serious and intensive house cleaning in DC. If nothing else, maybe cleaning out the ears of our representatives who don’t seem to be able to hear us might help some. Or do our representatives only hear the ones who are lining their pockets the most?