tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12710103.post114748440807928513..comments2024-03-25T21:37:18.610-07:00Comments on Entropical Paradise: Scoreboardentropical paradisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09544700420855625055noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12710103.post-1147535330836972142006-05-13T08:48:00.000-07:002006-05-13T08:48:00.000-07:00Well, *I* thought this post made an interesting po...Well, *I* thought this post made an interesting point about how America chooses its wars. In fact, the ones that are actually chosen seem to be the unsuccessful ones. And making a "war" out of a social problem means creating tension and conflict rather than solving problems.<BR/><BR/>Don't get me started on the Minutemen. The thought of guys out there with muskets picking off the poor, tired, huddled masses, longing to be free makes me think Texas doesn't get it.Kristen Cavenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10999837105204056577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12710103.post-1147489551525600972006-05-12T20:05:00.000-07:002006-05-12T20:05:00.000-07:00I have to agree with Publius, both in the notion t...I have to agree with Publius, both in the notion that guarding the borders (and enforcing immigration controls) is both right and quite centrist. You can be suspicious of the round numbers, but the error rates in these studies are quite low.<BR/><BR/>What other nations (or at least nations that large numbers of people might want to emigrate to) have such poor enforecment of their borders? Go try and sneak into Canada ... Or Mexico for that matter. I don't feel we owe anyone American citizenship, just as I don't feel owed citizenship in any other country.<BR/><BR/>How much of our government's inaction can we attribute to their fealty to corporations that enjoy the benefits of depressed wages?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12710103.post-1147487909388144502006-05-12T19:38:00.000-07:002006-05-12T19:38:00.000-07:00I'm wondering about the eighty percent of American...I'm wondering about the eighty percent of Americans wanting the border closed off - I'm suspicious of nice round numbers like that. And the goal of the "Persian Gulf War" may not have been to "topple Saddam" (Hussein), but it sure makes me even more curious about why we are in Iraq again... Oh yeah, weapons of mass destruction, bringing democracy and yadda yadda yadda. I'll keep my scorecard - you keep yours and we'll check back at the bottom of the ninth (whenever that is).entropical paradisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09544700420855625055noreply@blogger.com