A Positive Thought
Deborah Venable
06/15/07
While
we, who watch the goings on of government and society for signs of looming
danger, must continually be concerned with the negative indications of
anecdotal evidence, we must also be ever vigilant to point out positive signs
of encouragement that all is not lost.
While it may seem in any given day of news reporting we can find much
more of the former than the latter, we must take heart from every positive sign.
The
American people have crossed political, ethnic, and spiritual lines to let
their majority voice be heard by those who would rule them in a free
society. For our trouble we have been
called racists, bigots, and selfish nativists by those also crossing all lines
to embrace amnesty for illegal aliens – but we have forced the issue of debate
on the subject. That’s the positive
thing here. While the newest attempt to
shove illegal aliens down our throats via Mexico has been carefully hammered
out “in the shadows,” we insisted on viewing it in the full light of day. Hoorah for us!
Of
course the fat lady hasn’t sung yet on this, but I’d like to believe that the
chorus is being written in our key.
Obviously
our Congressional representatives were more than a little uncomfortable with
the flood of protest they received from constituents on the immigration reform
bill, but don’t think they will be above discounting it in future attempts to
“do something” about this issue. The
president and other architects of this newest legislation have predicted that
it will get passed, whether we
like it or not. All the votes that
blocked cloture on the bill last week are on the auction block, and the bidding
for them is in full swing. Let’s make
sure that the shadows do not engulf these proceedings. It is too important to keep light on this
debate so that we know just who is to blame if positive turns to negative, so
that we can remove the offenders the next electoral chance we get.
The
whole amendment process is being grossly misused on this piece of legislation
in an attempt to appease those representatives opposing amnesty on our
behalf. I’m afraid that will be our
undoing. The point is being totally
overlooked in the process – we don’t need new legislation! The bill to strengthen border defenses and
build the fence ARE ALREADY LAW – law that is being IGNORED. The laws that require aliens to be here
LEGALLY are likewise being ignored. No
amount of spelling it out more clearly in new legislation is going to insure
that these things will be enforced.
We are spending millions of tax dollars every day that the legislature continues to haggle about this in Congress – dollars spent on the salaries of these people wasting time, and dollars spent to continue to support and offset the results of our disadvantaged, leaky southern border. Meanwhile, the will of over seventy percent of the American people is being ignored. Some democracy we have here, huh – and especially some Constitutional Representative Republic!
Behind closed doors, again in the shadows, deals are being made to shove this legislation through - decorated with a big bow just for us as a Fourth of July present. The handful of holdouts in the Senate, (far less than the percentage of folks they are supposed to represent) are being played like a fine Stradivarius to eventually cave in to pressure. We cannot trust what they tell us – we must only trust what we see. If we don’t like what we see, we must continue to let them know it.