*NEWS
ITEM;
&nbs
p; **Bush
authorizes
U.S.-Mexico border fence*
United Press International, October 27, 2006
*WASHINGTON (UPI)* -- President Bush authorized construction
Thursday of nearly 700 miles of fencing on the U.S. border with
Mexico. "The bill authorizes the construction of hundreds of
miles of additional fencing along our southern border," Bush said
at the signing ceremony. "The bill authorizes more vehicle
barriers, checkpoints and lighting to help prevent people from
entering our country illegally.
Walls can be built to keep people OUT, or they can be built to
keep people IN. When the East German Government authorized the
construction of the Berlin Wall in August of 1961, they told
their citizens that it was to protect them from an invasion from
the west and to stop West German students from taking advantage
of the free education available in East Germany and using that
education to get better paying jobs in the West.
We ALL know what the real reason was. Do we ALL know the real
reason for building a wall around America?
Habeas Corpus has been suspended for the first time since the
civil war. Patriot Act I is the law and Patriot Act II is still
waiting in the wings. Will be face, in a few years time, the same
dilemma the East Germans did? Will history credit the "Great Wall
of America" for keeping out the hordes of poor, or keeping in
disenters and "enemies of the state", or both.
If you happen to have a piece of the original Berlin Wall
[thousands of pieces were collected and sold as souvenirs] it
might be appropriate to send it to the President to be
incorporated into the new wall.
I also note that the Statue of Liberty is apparently out of date
and politically incorrect. Maybe we should pivot it 180 degrees
on its pedestal so that it faces inward rather than outward;
urging people to leave. At minimum we should remove the obviously
outmoded phrase; "Give me your poor, your tired,your huddled
masses yearning to breathe free", or add an * stating that it is
restricted to white Anglo-Saxons of northern European extraction.
If those words are no longer valid, perhaps the Statue has
outlived its purpose and should be returned to France. As IF
they would accept it!
David Terry,
&nb
sp; Libertarian
Candiate,
Oregon House of
Representatives
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