Reagan on the Border "Fence"

Many so called "Reagan" Republicans have evoked the "Great Communicator's" name when discussing the issues facing the U.S today. But not regardng the one issue to which his most famous speach would clearly decry.

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• berlin
• wall
• border
• fence
• illegal
• immigration
• politics
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• crackrockid

[Jaydublus]

You're young...and that's sweet and everything, but you really neet to hit the history books. We do not have a wall surrounding MEXICO. We are a sovereign nation...or used to be. One more thing: One of the wall's biggest supporters and an introducer of the wall bill is Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Ne).

[iNsyNR8R]

Why don't you invite all those illegals to stay with you at your house? And YOU pay for their healthcare and other social services big mouth?

Your logic compares Apples to Oranges therefore...it ain't logical.

[chadmcaffee]

i hate beaners they suck they are stupid and theyll make the whole country smell like farts because all the beans. whoo hoo border fence.

[CrackrocKid]

Rodger sets the agenda, I like it. O.K, I'll produce a video on (some of the reasons) why small business owners hire illegals. I myself am a small business owner and can speak from my 1st hand knowledge of the subject.

[CrackrocKid]

We agree that border security is a priority; the specifics of which may curb toward the tedious. You make intelligent points & a logical argument. We'll have to agree to disagree on W.W.R.D.

I do believe that to evoke Reagan's words from different a perspective ensures the 'Great Communicator's' voice will continue to echo throughout our history. Hopefully it will help inspire a return to the Reagan era perspective which the modern G.O.P claims to embody, but so often forgets.

[RogerOnTheRight]

I think it is time for me to produce a video that explains how illegals work in this country. The money flow.

It's not that small business want illegals. What they want is a level playing field. If a few guys use cheap, illegal labour, they all have to have it. Deny one, deny all.

For enforcement, you need a meaningful and effective verification system. Not fair to put an unreasonable burden on business, so we need a system that works.

It starts with political will.

[RogerOnTheRight]

The fence is far more than mere symbolism, as I pointed out in the Israeli case.

I grew up on and near military bases. Certainly simple chain link fences with a barbed wire tops are quite helpful. Roaming soldiers with automatic weapons are better, and the fence becomes a force multiplier.

Add some technology to that-- cameras, motion detectors, UAVs-- and you have some effective security with relatively few troops.

Not for every threat, but for many, including illegal immigration.

[CrackrocKid]

My point has never been that our borders ought to be unprotected. But your reply proves that this "fence" is all about symbolism. It makes you feel safe & protected, like Daddy did during thunderstorms.

The real question is: Do you believe that a fence is an effective defense against elite terrorist cells, like the one that hit us on 9/11?

[RogerOnTheRight]

The Berlin Wall symbolized the denial of freedom. Our border fence strongly symbolizes the protection of freedom. Two quite different things, don't you think?

Besides which, you only have to look at Israel to see how well their fences/walls work to reduce terrorism. Or drive through your own town.

Fences do work, and if imminent domain ever has a purpose, it is for a public good such as this.

Do you seriously think our borders ought to be open and unprotected?

[CrackrocKid]

How dare you cast me as Carter:)! Reagan was about controlling our borders. But he'd back a better idea than building a really tall fence, which resembles the very wall he's known for toppling. He wouldn't have liked the Government's mass exercise of eminent domain, or the hasty way it's being constructed.

The speach was about what the wall symbolized, not it's function. It's his most famous of many famous speaches, so it's far from an clever bite.

I'm not at all like your dem friends.:)