Porous Border
Border security, normally just a code phrase (at least locally) for right-wingers who want to curtail immigration, actually has been getting some interesting traction on talk radio today. So how and why can someone supposedly on a no-fly list (medical or otherwise), fly from Europe to Canada and drive across the border to enter the United States? What’s the point of all the debate about amnesty, new visa programs and protective walls if nearly six years after 9/11, the Bush Administration still cannot even enforce a watch list against people who show their true ID at an official border crossing? Ever wonder what would happen if the government stopped spending millions monitoring electronic communications and simply started checking arrivals and departures against the lists it already has? Maybe we’ll get an answer in 2009.
Among those who harbor great resentments against their brothers for the color of their skin, their nation of origin or because they have an irrational malice toward religions other than Christianity, the phrase “border security” means keeping those groups and others that I have failed to mention like homosexuals who wish to be allowed to marry their life partners, in abeyance. A brief but yet soiling experience at FreeRepublic.com is enough to give