liberty_or_death wrote:> One Reporter's Opinion -Importing Disease>
George Putnam>
Friday, Feb 25, 2005>
It is this reporter's opinion that when the president and first lady
return> from the fence-mending trip to Europe, he and the 'Ayatollah in the White> House,' Karl Rove, need to lock themselves in the Oval Office and review the> findings of the February 17, 2005 testimony before the Senate Intelligence> Committee: Three of the nation's highest-ranking Homeland Security officials> issued a chilling warning that al-Qaida will exploit our lax border> enforcement to infiltrate terrorists and weaponry into the United States.>
CIA Director Porter Goss, FBI Director Robert Mueller and Admiral
James Loy,> deputy secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, all warned that> al-Qaida and other terrorist organizations will use our poorly guarded> border with Mexico to launch another lethal attack on American soil.>
According to Admiral Loy, Intelligence reports strongly suggest that> al-Qaida considers our southern border to be a point of
vulnerability. Goss> told the committee, "It may be only a matter of time before al-Qaida
another group attempts to use chemical, biological, radiological and
nuclear> weapons against the United States.">
Mueller warns that at the top of the FBI's list of concerns is "the
threat> from covert al-Qaida operatives in the United States.">
The warnings are spelled out for the president and Mr. Rove just as
they> were so often before, specifically, in September of 2004 when Time magazine> warned of our porous borders. According to Time's cover story, "Illegal> immigration into the United States has accelerated in the last year since> President Bush proposed a TEMPORARY WORKER PROGRAM that amounts to an> amnesty program that would allow millions to remain in the United States> legally.">
Isn't the president aware of the thousands of letters and
communications,> phone calls and faxes from all of us crying out against the disastrous> effects on Americans as a result of illegal immigration? We the people are> stunned at the deaf ear turned away from our pleadings in defense of
nation!>
While the illegal immigration crisis began decades ago, it has
reached> epidemic levels since Bush was elected in 2000. Much of this began with the> incessant assault on America by the Mexican government encouraging their> nationals to invade the United States in violation of our immigration laws.> Observing Mexico's success, many other nations sent their people to join the> tsunami of illegals. Shouldn't we conclude that this is a carefully designed> and executed plan to destroy the very fabric of our nation?>
At this moment, our Census Bureau has released its latest figures:
foreign-born population in the U.S. numbered 34.2 million in 2004,
which> accounts for 12 percent of the country's total population. Of the foreign> born,>
53 percent came to us from Latin America;> 25 percent from Asia;> 14 percent from Europe;> and the remaining 8 percent from other regions of the world.>
And along with this invasion by the unwanted and uninvited comes the> importation of diseases we previously all but stomped out:
tuberculosis,> hepatitis, malaria, even leprosy, and diseases previously not heard of, such> as chagas ... and a new one: infectious neurocysticercosis, caused by
parasite taenia solium (a tapeworm), identified as the cause of this
disease> in the southwestern U.S. It's especially rampant along the Mexican border> all the way from Brownsville, Texas, to San Diego, California.>
It's found in the shantytowns on the U.S. side of the border where
there is> no sanitation of any kind: no toilets, no showers, no clean water. Disease> proliferates unchecked among 185,000 Mexicans and South Americans who> inhabit those shantytowns. From 1985 to 1995 the number had increased
half a million. These areas are known as "colonias": rusted trailers
shacks nailed together from tar paper and cardboard, without toilets,
with mounds of trash, multitudes of rats, and a complete lack of
sanitation,> with the pitiful people drinking their own waste.>
And so, Mr. President, having returned from your trip of playing
'nice' to> Chiraq, Schroeder, Putin and company, don't you think it's time to take> another look at the almost insurmountable task that remains for you here at> home?>
With 50 million of our fellow Americans living without any form of
health> care, let's set aside the manufactured crisis of Social Security. It will> wait. The health of America will not.>
liberty_or_death wrote:> One Reporter's Opinion -Importing Disease>
George Putnam>
Friday, Feb 25, 2005>
It is this reporter's opinion that when the president and first lady
return> from the fence-mending trip to Europe, he and the 'Ayatollah in the White> House,' Karl Rove, need to lock themselves in the Oval Office and review the> findings of the February 17, 2005 testimony before the Senate Intelligence> Committee: Three of the nation's highest-ranking Homeland Security officials> issued a chilling warning that al-Qaida will exploit our lax border> enforcement to infiltrate terrorists and weaponry into the United States.>
CIA Director Porter Goss, FBI Director Robert Mueller and Admiral
James Loy,> deputy secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, all warned that> al-Qaida and other terrorist organizations will use our poorly guarded> border with Mexico to launch another lethal attack on American soil.>
According to Admiral Loy, Intelligence reports strongly suggest that> al-Qaida considers our southern border to be a point of
vulnerability. Goss> told the committee, "It may be only a matter of time before al-Qaida
another group attempts to use chemical, biological, radiological and
nuclear> weapons against the United States.">
Mueller warns that at the top of the FBI's list of concerns is "the
threat> from covert al-Qaida operatives in the United States.">
The warnings are spelled out for the president and Mr. Rove just as
they> were so often before, specifically, in September of 2004 when Time magazine> warned of our porous borders. According to Time's cover story, "Illegal> immigration into the United States has accelerated in the last year since> President Bush proposed a TEMPORARY WORKER PROGRAM that amounts to an> amnesty program that would allow millions to remain in the United States> legally.">
Isn't the president aware of the thousands of letters and
communications,> phone calls and faxes from all of us crying out against the disastrous> effects on Americans as a result of illegal immigration? We the people are> stunned at the deaf ear turned away from our pleadings in defense of
nation!>
While the illegal immigration crisis began decades ago, it has
reached> epidemic levels since Bush was elected in 2000. Much of this began with the> incessant assault on America by the Mexican government encouraging their> nationals to invade the United States in violation of our immigration laws.> Observing Mexico's success, many other nations sent their people to join the> tsunami of illegals. Shouldn't we conclude that this is a carefully designed> and executed plan to destroy the very fabric of our nation?>
At this moment, our Census Bureau has released its latest figures:
foreign-born population in the U.S. numbered 34.2 million in 2004,
which> accounts for 12 percent of the country's total population. Of the foreign> born,>
53 percent came to us from Latin America;> 25 percent from Asia;> 14 percent from Europe;> and the remaining 8 percent from other regions of the world.>
And along with this invasion by the unwanted and uninvited comes the> importation of diseases we previously all but stomped out:
tuberculosis,> hepatitis, malaria, even leprosy, and diseases previously not heard of, such> as chagas ... and a new one: infectious neurocysticercosis, caused by
parasite taenia solium (a tapeworm), identified as the cause of this
disease> in the southwestern U.S. It's especially rampant along the Mexican border> all the way from Brownsville, Texas, to San Diego, California.>
It's found in the shantytowns on the U.S. side of the border where
there is> no sanitation of any kind: no toilets, no showers, no clean water. Disease> proliferates unchecked among 185,000 Mexicans and South Americans who> inhabit those shantytowns. From 1985 to 1995 the number had increased
half a million. These areas are known as "colonias": rusted trailers
shacks nailed together from tar paper and cardboard, without toilets,
with mounds of trash, multitudes of rats, and a complete lack of
sanitation,> with the pitiful people drinking their own waste.>
And so, Mr. President, having returned from your trip of playing
'nice' to> Chiraq, Schroeder, Putin and company, don't you think it's time to take> another look at the almost insurmountable task that remains for you here at> home?>
With 50 million of our fellow Americans living without any form of
health> care, let's set aside the manufactured crisis of Social Security. It will> wait. The health of America will not.>
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