Comments on: A Nod to Personal Independence and the Protection of Individual Rights

By: Farmer Phyl

Farmer Phyl — Sun, 10 Nov 2019 04:00:41 +0000

Congress passes all legislation that is federal. Not the president! If the immigration laws are immoral or inhumane, blame congress. If you don’t want immigration laws enforced, get Congress to change the laws. But the laws on the books need to be enforced. I don’t get to decide what laws I will follow, and which ones I will break. Hold congress accountable for the mess at the border. They need to stop fighting and DO THEIR JOB!!!

By: Dwight

Dwight — Fri, 19 Jul 2019 15:29:05 +0000

In reply to nancy tinney.

Congratulations – spoken like a true; fake news occupy Matrix collective citizen.

By: nancy tinney

nancy tinney — Thu, 18 Jul 2019 17:23:31 +0000

In reply to Dwight.

1. yes, it’s a misdemeanor to cross the border illegally; a crime on the same level as stealing a candy bar from a 7-11 (i don’t think people who commit misdemeanors deserve to be held in those conditions for weeks). what i said was that it’s not a crime to cross the border to request asylum, and that’s true. many of the detainees are those who came across asking for asylum. 2. in some of the cells, the toilets were working but the sinks were not. 3. my opinions don’t come from pills but from information coming from actual journalism.

By: Dwight

Dwight — Sun, 14 Jul 2019 14:51:35 +0000

So much is wrong with your thinking. Yes, it is a “CRIME” to cross boarders illegally! If you still believe they are drinking toilet water; than think again. If there is water to run toilets there is water (from a sink) to drink. Rethink which pill you are taking daily Red vs Blue. Leave the lies!

By: Nancy Tinney

Nancy Tinney — Sun, 14 Jul 2019 00:24:23 +0000

gaye, i can’t help wanting to correct some of your misconceptions about immigrants. for example, that they pay few or no taxes. if they’re employed, the employer must deduct certain taxes–like social security–from their wages, even if they don’t or never will qualify for the benefits those taxes pay for. every time they buy something, they pay the same sales taxes we pay. through the rent they pay, they contribute to their school budgets just like everyone else. you say they willingly get themselves into debt which we write off–illegal immigrants don’t have the opportunity to accrue debt, unless you’re talking about loan sharks; and we certainly don’t subsidize those debts! they don’t pay premiums for private health insurance: true, because they don’t HAVE health insurance. urban folks may be able to go to a free clinic, but most of them do just what uninsured citizens do–they wait until they’re sick enough to go to the e. r. for treatment. we’re supposed to give up ours {private health insurance} in exchange for some va-type nightmare? ask anyone in ANY other “developed” nation whether they think their single-payer government-run health system is a nightmare. and then consider that every single one of those nations has a greater life expectancy and better health outcomes than we do. and lower maternal and child mortality rates. and they spend many, many times less on health care than we do. i should have that kind of nightmare every night! as for the camps…no of course they’re not nazi concentration camps, and their purpose is not to exterminate any race or ethnic group. the inmates there are political prisoners, being confined and tortured for political purposes, which is another kind of concentration camp, according to the encyclopedia brittanica. but there are some similarities to the nazi camps: the inmates are forced to live in their own filth; they are kept there regardless of whether they have committed a crime or not (crossing the border to request asylum isn’t a crime); they are underfed and forced to drink water contaminated by human waste; they are deprived of any diversion or entertainment; and they are so crowded together that there is no place to lie down and sleep. the only thing that’s missing is the gas chambers. and anyone who thinks it’s better to “get it for free” than “work hard for it” should start by spending some time there!