Thread: Trump's funding request for U.S. border wall hits snag among some Republicans

So there aren't 8 Democrats in the US Senate who want to control our borders? Stop illegal immigration? And support the wall to help do that? Oh that is so disappointing. Hope the Democrats wake up! We need border security. We must end illegal immigration in the US once and for all. Support our citizens, support the Wall!

I have been thinking a lot about this. Truly, I wake in the night worrying about what is going to happen to our country and will anything actually be done.

This is my conclusion - NO. Nothing will be done.

For one thing, we are focusing on the wrong thing.

So--- we have to admit, our real enemy, our country's enemy in this is not really the illegals - it's our government. Tough to swallow, but it's the truth.

Picture this - Texas terms - you can substitute you own -

You have planted a field of alfalfa/corn/etc. You worked, planted, fertilized, cultivated it paid for the well to irrigate it, and it's beautiful. Your local sheriff, and county government, who are in the pocket of some rich rancher, suddenly opens your gates and let the rancher's herd of cattle into your crop. The sheriff threatens you if you do anything to get them out or 'horrors' if you harm those cattle. He even forces you to furnish water for the cattle, and be sure to maintain the fences so they don't roam, even pay for the vet should they need one.

And as strange as it seems, you then buy your beef from that rancher, and continue to vote for the sheriff and local government. Now why would anyone do that? I can't answer it, but we do.

Now, should you be mad at the cattle - or at the Sheriff - or at the rich rancher? Ourselves?

Well, the rancher, certainly as he is a scumbag thief - and ourselves because we are loathe to actually stop buying the products - but ultimately, it's the Sheriff and your local government who did you in and who forces you to care for those cattle.

Our politicians are the ones who should be doing what is best for the country and it's people. They should be doing what the people sent them to do. They are the ones who owe us loyalty.

When was the last/first time we saw politicians going around the country - or even to their own districts or states and speaking out against this?

Until we see them pounding the podium with the same fervor, bombast, and audacity we saw in Pres. Trump, we have to admit to ourselves - they are our enemy. The illegals are just a symptom.


But maybe we get the kind of government we deserve. Maybe - but our children and grandchildren do not deserve them.