Special-K wrote:
I guess anyone who tries to limit the lifeboat to its maximum capacity will always be called "big meanies" by those who ignore basic math... along with those who actually wish to sink the lifeboat.
That is a very profound comment SK of which I agree 100%.
Wellie, because you may have different opinions than many of us on maybe 20% of the things we alpine on, please keep in mind that we agree 80%+ of the time. When I ran my little $160M region I had ten district managers who worked for me. Each one had different skills and backgrounds which when all put together we made up the best pie in the (bakery) company.
I had one DM who was a ultra liberal and had graduated from Berkley. I had one DM who was right down the middle of the road politically and had graduated from Brown. Some of my DM's never went to college and had gained their smarts via "hands on experience." In short it was a rather eclectic group and because of their differences we made up an incredible team - Although it was like herding cats at times.
Never be a "wall flower" Wellie speak your mind as it is appreciated.
I forget who wrote that TX. & AZ. are treating the poor misguided South American children so poorly but you are wrong. It is the federal government who are treating these children so poorly. They are under the protection of the Border Patrol and ICE.
My father came to this country from Scotland in 1952 via Canada. Got a sponsor than a Green Card and immigrated to the US
of and was promptly drafted.
Became a citizen once he completed boot camp. I know of nobody who was more PRO American than dear old Dad.
My brother's wife is from the Philippines. Back in the Philippines she was a Operating Room Nurse and when she was in her mid 20's she was recruited by Hackensack General Hospital to be a OR Nurse here. She received a boat-load of money (Which most of which she sent home) and a Green Card. She met my brother as a blind date through a friend of my brother who also was a RN. She also is so Pro American it isn't funny.
I can keep going on and on here as I have a lot of other family members and friends who are naturalized citizens or current holders of green cards; However, I hope that everyone gets my point - They came here legally.
Now all of that above garbage aside; whether you feel bad or don't for the poor South American children, the question you have to ask is...Why?
Why will there be an estimated 90,000 illegal children coming across the border this year vs. 2013's 6,500? Why are the Fed's shipping them off to AZ. and TX. in buses and airplanes without doing proper medical checks? I will bet you that a larger percentage than US
ofA average have; measles, TB, Chicken pox,
insert commutable disease here and will ultimately affect our children.
In closing ("Thank God it's almost over" Rah45 said to himself), there is something sinister to this migration. I think it has a lot to do with overwhelming the system. Once the system collapses then it can be put back together in the eyes of the architect that is masterminding
A Series of Unfortunate Events. 
