>>>We are doing everything we can
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>>>"We"???....as my brother says, "What's this 'we' stuff...you got a frog in your pocket?" <s>
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>>>No Mike, "we" aren't doing everything we can. "We" are sending messages to the world that we're sorry so many people seem to dislike us. "We" (reportedly) are telling FBI agents to stop tracking certain individuals because "we" don't want to alienate them.
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>>>Mike, I don't have time to read through all the threads....but somewhere along the line I thought I read that you were talking about leaving the country. If I read incorrectly, I apologize, and you can read no further.
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>>>But if I read right....and if you were serious and not just posting after 3 martinis....that's chicken-sh**. This is a country that people fight for. You'd have to search long and hard for someone who opposes Obama's ideas more than I do....and yes, I am angry about the direction of this country....but I'm fighting back. I'm actually doing some volunteer work for a local Republican group.
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>>>Unless and until the day when the country establishes a full censorship, then all bets are off. But until then, this existential mamby-pamby whining about the country being divided is just too historically silly.
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>>Kevin. Wow. I have to say I really agree with you. I am disappointed in this country, but not enough to leave it. All I have to do to come to my senses is remember the folks I served with who were not born in this country but came here and joined the military and risked their lives for it. (Having the experience of spending time in other countries with fewer freedoms certainly helps as well)
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>>Mike. One thing you and I disagree on very strongly is illegal immigration. I am all for legal immigration (and adding a guest working program so more can come here legally) and have no issues at all when the person is honest and law abiding and their life is at risk under a non-democratic country. You constantly support those who come here for a better life "illegally" and yet you would walk away from it. I am surprised.
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>I don't see what one has to do with the other.
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>To clarify, I am not all for coming here illegally. All I have ever said is I understand it. Given that we share a border with Mexico, and that we are much more prosperous than they are, and that we don't allow more legal immigration, it doesn't surprise me at all that they would come here illegally. We have had this discussion before and you agreed that in their shoes you would be tempted to do the same for you and your family.


The failure of Mexico to bring up their standard of living, remove corruption, and better their economy doesn't make it the US's problem. Does the fact the the US borders Mexico somehow make the US responsible for Mexico?

Assuming that the US could actually do something to help Mexico, and they actually wanted to turn their country around, what then? Who's next? Does the US keep reaching out to the rest of the world when the rest of the world doesn't give a shit about the US? How much foreign aid comes INTO America?