I see that our President is going to send 1200 troops to Arizona, ostensibly to help out with the illegal migrant problem. Not that I think 1200 troops is going to be a drop in the bucket, but he gets to show that he's doing something.
Which begs a number of questions.
How can the National Guard enforce the law without being racist and profiling people? And how does that make them different from the state agencies enforcing the law? For that matter how are the state agencies enforcing the law any different from Federal agencies enforcing the law? In short, if it's racist and ill-advised to enforce Arizona's immigration law (which mirrors Federal law), and the President now is sending troops to enforce the law, does that make our President a racist?
These questions are easily asked, although it's hard to ask them without mirth.
The simple fact of the matter is that the Feds have all but abdicated responsibility on the immigration problem. They've simply done nothing. What you're seeing now is a belated attempt to put spin on a problem that demands action.
While I'm ranting, lets talk about the little spill in the Gulf. The British Petroleum disaster. It seems that the President is getting testy with aides who are briefing him on the response. "Plug the damn hole," Obama told them. I'm sure BP would love to know just how in the hell he proposes to do that. That's what they've been trying to do for over a month.
Our President has no clue how to solve our problems and he's making it up as he goes along. This Presidency is kabuki theater at its best.
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I'm sure BP would love to know just how in the hell he proposes to do that.
Well, it could be nuked. The Russians have done it several times, with good success. And POTUS is who would have to sign off on it. So, yeah, it probably won't happen.
http://news.yahoo.com/video/us-15749625/nuking-the-oil-well-20001503
Interestingly enough, there was a meeting today with the Republicans, who wanted 6000 troops and $2B for the border. Pres. Unicorn wouldn't commit and apparently got in a spat with McCain. Low and behold, as soon as he got back to the White House, out pops 1200 guard and $500M in support...
>This Presidency is kabuki theater at its best.
Yep, it's a shame Rumsfeld & Cheney had to leave office. They would have taken over the gulf blowout during the first week, and by now their micro-management techniques would have doubled the well's output. And with those two in charge of closing the border, by now Mexico would own Arizona.
And back on topic...
I saw Obama's pic with "plug the damn hole" quote on a news site right next to an article about his administration looking at challenging the Arizona law. The irony was quite clear.
"Mr. President." Point at the border. "Close the damn hole!"
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