A Petition to Stop the Railroading of Two Border Guards
As many of you know, two border guards are about to be sent to prison for shooting at a Mexican drug smuggler who had just crossed the border with 743 lbs of marijuana. This criminal fled when they confronted him, and one of the guards believed he had pulled a pistol, so fired a shot which hit the man in his buttocks. This young ``entrepreneur`` had his mommy call a friendly border guard at another location (suspicious, no?) who contacted Homeland Security. DHS raided these guards` houses and hauled them into custody.
At first I was a bit skeptical of the account of this; I thought perhaps these guys were mixed up with something and DHS had a valid reason to arrest them. The problem is, no accusations have been made of any misbehavior other than shooting at a fleeing criminal, and these guys are going to jail for a combined 23 years! Something smells about this case; I catch a whiff of the foul stench of politics here. George Bush and his big business cronies are absolutely determined to keep the Mexican labor pipeline flowing, and overzealous border guards threaten to upset the Mexican authorities and to actually stem the tide of illegals strolling in, casually breaking our laws. By making an example of these two, other agents will simple refrain from doing their jobs, lest they meet a similar fate.
Does anybody remember Papillon? Henri Charriere (I hope I spelled that right) was arrested for killing a ``pimp and a drug pusher`` and would normally have been given a minor sentence, but political machinations lead to life at hard labor in a penal colony in French Guiana. His autobiography was turned into a major motion picture starring Steve McQueen, as you all may remember. The parallels here are striking, but this is even worse, as these two men were merely trying to do their duties.
The Center for Individual Freedom has a petition demanding that President Arbusto (Spanish for Bush, and the name he gave his first oil-exploration company) pardon these two men. I think everyone should sign it.
If there are other reasons why these guys should be sent to prison, we should hear them. If their only crime was shooting at a drug dealing illegal, I say give them back their guns! Making money is not the only reason why drugs are being smuggled into the United States; China was destroyed by the opium trade, and Al-Qaida and other terrorist organizations finance their operations through narcotics, which has the fringe benefit (for them) of hurting the infidel`s societies. Drugs are the lifeblood of international terrorism, and what this Mexican importer was doing clearly had greater implications than a few hippies getting high.
If President Bush meant his rhetoric about either being for or against us, he has to get tough with Mexico and illegal aliens. If he is the honest man he presents himself as, he must stop this deranged act of national suicide in which we are currently engaged.
PARDON THESE MEN, MR. BUSH!
At first I was a bit skeptical of the account of this; I thought perhaps these guys were mixed up with something and DHS had a valid reason to arrest them. The problem is, no accusations have been made of any misbehavior other than shooting at a fleeing criminal, and these guys are going to jail for a combined 23 years! Something smells about this case; I catch a whiff of the foul stench of politics here. George Bush and his big business cronies are absolutely determined to keep the Mexican labor pipeline flowing, and overzealous border guards threaten to upset the Mexican authorities and to actually stem the tide of illegals strolling in, casually breaking our laws. By making an example of these two, other agents will simple refrain from doing their jobs, lest they meet a similar fate.
Does anybody remember Papillon? Henri Charriere (I hope I spelled that right) was arrested for killing a ``pimp and a drug pusher`` and would normally have been given a minor sentence, but political machinations lead to life at hard labor in a penal colony in French Guiana. His autobiography was turned into a major motion picture starring Steve McQueen, as you all may remember. The parallels here are striking, but this is even worse, as these two men were merely trying to do their duties.
The Center for Individual Freedom has a petition demanding that President Arbusto (Spanish for Bush, and the name he gave his first oil-exploration company) pardon these two men. I think everyone should sign it.
If there are other reasons why these guys should be sent to prison, we should hear them. If their only crime was shooting at a drug dealing illegal, I say give them back their guns! Making money is not the only reason why drugs are being smuggled into the United States; China was destroyed by the opium trade, and Al-Qaida and other terrorist organizations finance their operations through narcotics, which has the fringe benefit (for them) of hurting the infidel`s societies. Drugs are the lifeblood of international terrorism, and what this Mexican importer was doing clearly had greater implications than a few hippies getting high.
If President Bush meant his rhetoric about either being for or against us, he has to get tough with Mexico and illegal aliens. If he is the honest man he presents himself as, he must stop this deranged act of national suicide in which we are currently engaged.
PARDON THESE MEN, MR. BUSH!
posted by Timothy Birdnow | 5:07 AM
2 Comments:
The most these border guards deserve is suspension wothout pay instead of the RIDICULOUS prison sentences
While I think you and I may differ in our views from time to time, we don't differ here. No matter what side of the aisle we are on, no one appreciates the kind of hypocrisy you have so accurately pointed out here. These two guards should be pardoned.
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