I was waiting for something stupid like this to come up as soon as discussions started in the U.S. to repeal the 14th Amendment to their Constitution. That's the one that states that anyone born in the U.S. is automatically a U.S. citizen.
Having a child born on American soil is also an easier way towards citizenship for their parents as it should be. We should not be so cruel as to keep the kid and send the parents back - well not those of us on the Left. We all know how the Right view this issue.
While some immigrants might use this clause to gain citizenship, I hardly think the numbers are so large as to frighten anyone besides the Republicans who have to know that the crappy way they treat people with brown skin is not going to translate into future votes for their party. Every baby they can turn away is just one less vote for the Democrats. How evil a policy/attitude is that?
It wasn't enough for the racists to push for the dropping of this amendment so that they could deny children their birthright if they are born in the U.S. (the so called ANCHOR BABIES) but now feel that they have to ramp up the fear by claiming that huge numbers of TERROR BABIES (great name) are being planted in their unsuspecting nation. These are the babies that are going to grow up to be home-grown jihadists when they are 'triggered'.
First of all, such a long term plan is stupid. These terrorist groups are not very large and therefor could not create enough of these babies to do any real damage.
These groups never think long term about anything. They just want to do the damage they can NOW and don't have the patience to wait 20 years for these children to grow up with no guarantee that they will have the same fire in their bellies to destroy the country they were born into as today's terrorist groups do.
It's so much more efficient to recruit the young men that are angry and disenfranchised ALREADY than to hope that someone will grow up with a yearning to be a suicide bomber. And even THEN, with training and planning they have to hope that the goober they chose for a mission can actually light his underwear on fire at the right moment.
I know if I was a teen who had been told that I was raised to hate America and kill it's people, all I would need to do was compare my lifestyle in the U.S. (with all the great perks that come from living in an affluent society) to the broken down desert shitholes where most of your really active terrorists come from. I think I would prefer the girls in the tight clothing to the ones in the bee keeper's outfits. It's a no-brainer.
"Sorry Dad, I have soccer practice on Saturday and then my band has rehearsal in the garage. I can't blow shit up for you until Monday at the earliest."
Recently we have heard stories about countries like China (and the Soviet Union and East Germany before them) taking children at a very young age and training them to be super athletes so that these kids could win all the medals at events such as the Olympic games. They poured millions into the science of physical achievement and basically turned these kids into lab rats for their own political gain. Guess what? Even after all that effort there was no guarantee that the child would win the gold just like their is no guarantee that these 'terror babies' (who would have much less attention paid to their indoctrination) would perform as intended on a given day twenty years into the future. It's all just so stupid.
Check out this video of this lightbulb headed numnut discussing what we all should be afraid of. Remember, the guy being interviewed is named GOHMERT not GOOBER in case you were confused there.
Friday, August 13, 2010
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It's not just politics Boreal Cal, it is the economy that inspires the hate to inmigrants.
And I agree, it is easier (and cheaper) to recruit a teenager to be a terrorist from a third world country than to breed one in the U.S.
I would agree with you if the immigrants were taking jobs that americans would be willing to do. I could easily pay more for my fruits and vegitables if it meant that labor wasn't being exploited as the growers exploit workers from Mexico. Differences always make easy scapegoats at a time when people are feeling insecure about the future. I am just shocked that it is as venomous as it is and how irresponsible politians are with their rhetoric.
Interesting to see the perspective from across our Northern border. Thanks for sharing.
If the US repeals the 14th amendment then the American Dream is truly dead.
Will never happen. Those magnificent bastard Founding Fathers knew that there will always be douchbags around who will attempt to convert the masses to their idiot ideologies. The anti-gay, anti-brown, anti-immigrants will never get the 3/5th majority from all 50 states to make the changes they want. It's just another way for these right wing asshats to rally their base on a foundation of hate because their ideas are so bankrupt. Let them wail and scream because it will only bring their ideas into the light so we can ridicule and dismiss them. It's a sad and pathetic thing to watch - this last gasp of hillbilly values. If anything, the stupid teabaggers will split the conservative vote and the house and the senate will be even more democratic after the next major elections. Then when Obama no longer needs to campaign in his second term, he will kick some serious ass. I don't know why I feel that this will happen but it will.
Ugh. I saw this when it aired on CNN. Embarrassing, pathetic and very transparent.
These same type of people burned witches back some time ago. They put Japanese Americans into camps during WWII and lynched black people not too long ago. The same type of fear mongering and lies that helped murder 6 million jews. Scary thing is, there are lots more of them today and they have a political party to hide in. And there is enough ignorance to make them very dangerous.
I love how Gohmert has, under his lip, what appears to be a freshly shorn Hitler mustache. Priceless morons from my side of the border.
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