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[Stephanie]

What are they so freaking GLEEFUL about?










President Bush smiles as he signs the Secure Fence Act of 2006 in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, Oct. 26, 2006. Standing, from left are, Border Patrol Chief David Aguilar, Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., House Majority Leader John Boehner of Ohio, and Senate Majority Bill Frist of Tenn. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/061026/480/af4135875cfe4515bd32286406e3a683

[quiet.american]

1. I don't know anything about the border chief, but the rest are scum. n/t

[jobycom]

2. There's probably a large payoff in it somewhere for them. That's the only

reason Republicans smile. Oh, wait, except when they get to hurt people, so maybe it's that, instead. Or both.

[aikoaiko]

3. There are different reasons for supporting a fence.

And yes, some of them involve prejudice, but also economics and security.

I for one would like to see a more secure southern border and it has nothing to do with prejudice.

[Stephanie]

4. I see.

When do we build the fence across the Canadian border?

[aikoaiko]

11. When it becomes as big an issue of illegal immigration.

was that really so hard.

[Ellis Wyatt]

14. probably

when illegal immigration from Canada becomes an economic problem.

[TahitiNut]

16. You're welcome to build one.

If you had a fire in your home that started in a bedroom, would you rant at the firefighters for not hosing down ALL the rooms instead of just the bedroom where the fire was? Would you call them sex-obsessed just because they focused on the bedroom?

The utter idiocy of this fallacious rhetoric is really over the line.
Pretty soon folks will be called racists if they don't like burritos.

[Rosemary2205]

22. You put that so well.

I've seen alot of your posts where you put things so eloquently. I wish I had that gift. I tried to bring this up in another thread and it didn't go very well -- now if I had your eloquence maybe I'd have got my point across instead of starting a flame war. :)

[TahitiNut]

24. Thanks. I'm sure not the sharpest knife in the drawer, but ...

... the apparent absence of critical thinking skills and basic logic in so many of the posts on DU is really appalling - almost as appalling as the nearly total failure to appreciate the intellectual dishonesty of such fallacies when pointed out. Strawman and ad hominem fallacies abound on DU.

While I sometimes agree with the conclusions, I'm stunned at the invalidity of the route to those conclusions.


It's like saying "(some) bigots eat at McDonald's! If you eat at McDonald's, you're a bigot!" Fucking hogwash.
It's just like saying "Jack In The Box employs Hispanics. If you don't eat at Jack In The Box, you're a bigot!" More fucking hogwash.


I oppose the appropriations for a border wall ... but I sure don't paint it as racist. I strongly believe that comprehensive and draconian sanctions of those who employ illegal migrants are called for. The evidence of deliberate abuse is overwhelming. The claim of "we didn't know" is completely without merit. The corporatist right-wing avoidance of enforcing the laws on crony corporations is beyond question. I'd personally like to see prison time not only for the more egregious violators but for those corrupt politicians who've backed off on enforcement.

[Ellis Wyatt]

13. Yes

I'm new, so I don't know if it's just board comedy/inside jokes, but I think often people do a disservice to understanding the political motives of republicans when the default answer for understanding why anyone could support a republican issue is that they are either a) profiting financially, b) biggoted, or c) stupid.

To the issue, sure I would like to have fewer ILLEGAL immigrants, but it would not rank in the top 20 of imporant issues to me, and even if it ddi, I think a giant fence really sends the wrong message to everyone.

[butterfly77]

26. Well. some are stupid if, just because he signs this bill ...

they will change their mind now and vote for the republicons at the time of elections.

[stanwyck]

23. Hey, my ancestors didn't

climb into a tiny boat 200 years ago and brave an ocean to live in a country that would build a freaking fence!
Border security. Fine. But a FENCE? How about a Chinese wall? A moat with dragons?
This is medieval. Get out the boiling oil.
And take down Lady Liberty from our harbor. Clearly, her message is no longer meaningful.
Not with a freakin' American fence guarding our feudal land.
Although I guess your castle wall is appropriate - considering we already have a king.

[annabanana]

5. Just LOOK at that gargoyle King, grinning over chimp's shoulder.

Nothing would make me happier than to see that toad retired on the 7th.

[Stephanie]

6. Have you seen polls in that race?

I would canvass for Mejias this weekend if it looks close. Otherwise I'll work for John Hall.

[annabanana]

19. As of early this week he was within 2 points...

He may have a shot. He got Newday's endorsement, NY Times endorsement SEIU, a lot of Hispanic organizations - He would be the first latino rep from LI (there's a BIG influx here)

[zbdent]

8. I thought the term was brownshirts,

not green ...

[RaleighNCDUer]

9. Whossat? nt

[Stephanie]

17. Peter King of Long Island, NY

Major League Asshole

http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/ny-usking1022,0,7746176.story?track=rss

[Phillycat]

31. Seriously. He looks like Dennis Hopper in Blue Velvet

Lay off the laughing gas!

[Rose Siding]

7. Where's Denny?

[Warpy]

10. "Now we can do whatever we want, and the Democrats won't

be able to touch us, no matter how many investigations they have!"

[AndyA]

12. I can never get over how nasty Bush's teeth are.

Yellow, stained, crooked...

YUCK!

Condi has bad teeth, too.

So does Cheney.

Hmmm...I see a pattern developing.

There are so many things that can be done these days to correct bad teeth, I'm surprised none of these people have done anything. But then again, they don't smile often so maybe it doesn't matter to them. :)

[peekaloo]

18. literally a shit eating grin.

crooked teeth, crooked smiles, crooked gubmint.

[shanti]

30. you're right, they ARE nasty

all brown and stuff. crest whitestrips, HELLO!

[peekaloo]

15. The Great Wall of Cheetah!

[annabanana]

20. They sure do look pleased wtih themselves..

(They must all be set to make big bucks on whatever the money is actually spent on)

[Jed Dilligan]

21. A big morning FU to the race-baiters here

Anyone who supports this fence is a fascist and an idiot.

[AspenRose]

25. Pictures=prime example of the myth of 'white supremacy'

eom

[aikoaiko]

27. Just a reminder that a majority of Democratic Senators voted for this .

Party Yes No Not Voting
Democratic 26 17 1
Independent 0 1 0
Republican 54 1 0
Total 80 19 1


But the opposite was true of the House.


Ayes Noes PRES NV
Republican 219 6 5
Democratic 64 131 1 5
Independent 1
TOTALS 283 138 1 10

[SmokingJacket]

28. Great, big frigging Halliburton contract. nt

[arewenotdemo]

29. Circle jerk

They're circling the jerk.