Government is Failing in Protecting our Borders

"Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence." --John Adams

John Adams is exactly right in the above quote. The "stubborn facts" are; The Federal Government has a Constitutional requirement to protect our borders, and ensure our country's sovereignty, and the Immigration and Naturalization Services has the responsibility to control immigration. Another "stubborn fact" is the Federal Government is doing neither.

Here are a couple quotes out of the Constitution that define the Governments responsibility in these areas:

Article IV, Section. 3. "The Congress shall have the power to dispose of and make all needed rules and regulations respecting the Territory or other property belonging to the United States; and nothing in this Constitution shall be construed as to prejudice any claims of the United States, or any particular state."

Article IV. Section. 4. "The United States shall guarantee to every state in this Union a Republican form of Government, and shall protect each of them against invasion."

The Federal Government has failed miserably in their responsibility to uphold the Constitution, and taking action to stem this invasion of our Southern border byMexico. With monumental hypocrisy the Attorney General of the United States Eric Holder has seen fit to sue the state of Arizona for passing immigration laws to protect their states sovereignty. Quite simply Arizona took action because the Federal Government failed in its responsibility to protect its borders, and contra illegal immigration. I think that the President and the Attorney General of the United States should have a good look in the mirror and, and upon reflection, an epiphany would occur; in the words of it would be Pogo; " We have met the enemy and it is us."

Although immigration issues are not a part of the Constitution per se, when the Civil War ended the states were faced with issues relative to immigration, and consequently, began introducing immigration policies. In 1875, the U.S. Supreme Court designated the regulation of immigration policies to the federal government, and not individual states. The first big wave of immigration to the United States began in the 1880s, and the government reacted by creating the Immigration Service in 1891. To deal with the high number of immigrants entering the country, the U.S. Congress introduced new immigration policies. The government introduced the National Origins Quota Act in 1921. The quota limited the number of legal immigrants to 3% of their current ethnic makeup in the United States. This immigration quota system was altered three years later and the percentage was lowered to 2%. In addition, Congress established the U.S. Border Patrol as part of the Immigration Service.

The whole point of the short dissertation on Immigration is to point out that the Federal Government established the immigration policies for the country, established the Immigration Services, and the U.S. Border Patrol. They (the government) seems to have not taken seriously these polices, and entities that are supposed to protect our borders, both country and state.

Again: "Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence." --John Adams

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Kagan

The decision to nominate an individual as an Associate Supreme Court Justice to the highest court in the land should not be taken lightly, nor based on gender, or whether the individual has "empathy" and could make better decisions than a man because she is a woman, as is the case with Sotomayor, or a woman like Elana Kagan who has a paper thin Resume' in terms litigation, and " a reputation as a consensus builder."

Excuse me, I am just an old country boy, however, it has always been my understanding that the Supreme Court at the completion of hearing the arguments of the litigants would retire to their chambers to contemplate the case, and write their opinion base solely on the Constitutionality of the arguments. Their written opinions should be devoid of any preconceived opinions, notions, prejudices, "empathy" or "consensus building." The Supreme Court Justice's opinion should be theirs alone based on, and written on the Constitutional adherence of the arguments.

Mr. Obama has, and will appoint individuals such as Sotomayor, and Kagan based on their political bent, and assurances that they will write opinions that will advance his Marxist agenda. Only a fool would believe that these two women have not surreptitiously passed litmus tests on issues critical to Mr. Obama's agenda to "Transform America."

It is unfortunate that these are life time appointments. If you get a real stinker in there you are stuck with them for life.

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Keystone Cops v. AZ

Let me get this straight. The Federal Government has a constitutional obligation to secure our national borders. The Immigration Naturalization Service has the task and obligation of controlling immigration. So why should Jan Brewer the Governor of Arizona take it upon herself to usurp the power of the Federal Government to write and pass its own Immigration Bill? After all the Federal Government has "preeminent authority" on immigration enforcement and the Arizona law disrupts that balance, so says, the Department of Justice and as a consequence filed a lawsuit stating the Arizona law is unconstitutional.

Why did the proactive Governor of Arizona introduce legislation that virtually mirrors the Federal immigration, and border security laws? Quite simply the answer is, the Federal Government has failed miserably on both securing the borders, and controlling immigration. What Governor Brewer has accomplished is an act that has exposed the huge grossly inept derriere of the Federal Government on the issues of border security and Immigration control. So in its infinite wisdom the Justice Department has filed an injunction to prevent the Arizona law from taking effect ( July 29) until the lawsuit is settled. Eric Holder, and the Keystone Cops of the Justice Department are scrambling to make the case against Arizona. Give it up Eric you are only going to make the Government look even worse than it does now (if that is possible).

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What is the Progressive Agenda?

There are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of thise in power than by violent and sudden usurpations."……..James Madison

We don't hear the words Transnationalism, Internationalism, and Statism a lot. These philosophies are a large part of the Progressive Agenda of ruling rather than governing. For the most part we the people have been unaware of what is happening to our country because it is being accomplished in incrementally small doses. Progressive sounds good, but when it is put in the context of losing your freedoms in the process, it is pernicious to those Freedoms. Lets define.

Transnationalism is a social movement promoting a heightened interconnectivity between people and the loosening of boundaries between countries. Transnationalism as an economic process involves the global reorganization of the production process, in which various stages of the production of any product can occur in any country, typically with aim of minimizing costs.

Internationalism refers to global co-operation between nation states, and points to the affairs between nation state governments, while transnationalism refers to global co-operation between people, and points of activities, which transcends national boundaries and in which nation-state governments do not play the most important or even a significant role.

Statist, Conservatives acknowledge the statist does not share his passion for liberty and all the good that flows from it. The statist does not recognize the tremendous benefits to society from the individual efforts, and pursuits of tens of millions of others. The statist rejects the Founder's idea of the dignity of the individual , who can flourish through ordered liberty, for one rooted in unpredictability, irrationality and Ultimately tyranny.

Transnationalism also calls for a global court system that will supplant power of our country's court system. Now, isn't that special.

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