WASanford's Comments (754)

“At least Eagleton sought help for his problems. These days we have Sarah Palin and dozens of other Nutjobs running around talking about being POTUS. Come a long way indeed.”

“They could easily expand Medicaid, effective immediately, with a very simple piece of legislation, and many less votes.

They should open up Medicare for all, facing the reality that this has to be done through payroll and income taxes.”

“San Francisco isn't Washington, Obama isn't Bush, and you're just giving excuses.”

“Your suggestion begins with the premise that the Afghans need to handle the Taliban. The Taliban didn't just land in a space ship, they are Afghanis. Unfortunately for our interests they are part of the largest tribes in the area, the Pashtun. We are the invaders, the infidels. The Taliban were the umbrella organization that attracted Muslim combatants to oppose the godless communists. While no one can deny their religious zeal and extreme views they present the only current alternative to the corrupt government ruled by warlords, brigands and drug dealers. The Afghan peasants are not at war with the Taliban. Whatever the true motives we are at war with the Taliban. The crooks who work for us are the ones that have historically preyed on the tribesmen. Now flush with American dollars they constitute an ally of quislings, pretending to represent a federal government of a country that never really existed. Instead of offering schools, hospitals, sewage, electricity and running water we offer a rifle and a stipend .This is the gift of democracy we offer. You and your family won't starve if you kill your neighbors for us.
As a Vietnam era vet it is hard to forgive the abandonment of our troops to repeated deployments in a war zone. We violate the human rights of our own troops.yet no one speaks out. In 1984, Orwell showed us how perpetual war is a form of social control.”

“Yes my friend, it may come down the nessesity to vote against our long held principles just to get to the next level. Going against the machine is never easy but look at what can be accomplished when right trumps might. Everyone has gotten a close look at how perverted the process has become in Washington. Staying staus quo is going to destroy America. Our representatives are not fulfilling their charter.”

“The answer is: If employers were jailed for hiring illegal workers, those workers would go home. And the anger against their own government--for most of them, that's Mexico--would result in demonstrations in Mexican streets. Which might result in their government finally being forced to care for its people. Endless rounds of amnesty in the U.S. merely ensure that the flow of illegal immigrants will never stop.

Most important consideration: The population of the U.S. has already grown beyond sustainable levels. In fact, we reached that point in the 1970s. Very hard times are ahead for the next generation if this illegal immigration insanity doesn't stop. Georgia and California are already running out of water.

The authors of this article wouldn't give a hoot if the vast majority of the illegal immigrants in this nation were from Canada. It's very clever to publish a jointly written article, by one Latino author and one non-Latino author, in order to give the appearance of being race-neutral in their thinking. But their transparent concern is for Latinos and Latino culture, not for Americans (of all races and origins) or for the U.S.”

“Nativists are not scapegoating! We are asking for the same thing all people desire, a county of our own...not an international plantation that we so happen to be born on.

The suffering of the world is not our problem. Mexico is not our problem. Granted I think that we should improve our relations with all our colonial neighbors (and yes, mexicans are colonists), this is not the way.

The illegals are already organized. You are a day late and a dollar short, my friend.”

“Which them are you refering to? The illegals?

If so, they have plenty of organization and support. The very fact that our government refuses to even enforce its existing immigration laws shows you how much support they have. What about La Raza, La Mecha, the ACLU, contemporary American Acedemia...I could go on and on. The illegals are not short of support and organization.

This was never about their character, but since you brought it up. They have transformed this entire debate into a racial debacle. They have slandered ever opponent they have as either a racist or a race traitor. And in my most humble opinion, they have generated more racial divisiness in our Republic than the New Left and the KKK combined.

To the illegals, this is reconquista. To the immigrant advocates, the dawning of an international nation (whatever that is!!!). To our economic aristocracy, cheap labor and mad profits. To the rest of us, further proof that we are nothing more than serfs on a plantation: a people without a country.”

“He was also saying the bill is what it is - a fraud, that keeps insurance cos. in position to continue gouge even more people.”

“So you want to spend another 7 months on healthcare reform? Yeah that is going to go over well with the voting public.

And for universal coverage you need to have the rebates. And that won't qualify for reconciliation. Unless you don't care about universal coverage, and wouldn't mind leaving 30 million Americans out in the cold, just so you can have a public option, which would only be available to a few million Americans in the first place.”

“The people who caused the fee increases are the voters and legislators. Not the Regents or the Chancellor.”