Doonesbury Say What?
Aug. 18th, 2010 09:26 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
thewayne"They did not tell me that you were going to grill me for this specific information that I was not ready to give to you tonight."
-- TX Rep. Debbie Riddle, upset with Anderson Cooper for pressing her on the claim that "terror babies" exist
"Badges? We ain't got no badges. We don't need no badges. I don't have to show you any stinking badges."
The New Colossus
Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.
"Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she
With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
Emma Lazarus, 1883
I have lived my entire life within 100 miles of Mexico, mostly living in Phoenix, AZ. White Americans people were the minority in my condo complex: the dominant group were Bosnian. White Americans are the minority in Las Cruces where I lived for over 2 years. While I'm not a fan of illegal immigration, pretty much no one talks about improving conditions south of our border to reduce the desire for people to head Norte. It's all about kicking 'em out and sealing the border, an impossible task.
OK, so I'm a little off-topic and we're really alleging that pregnant terrorist supporters are trying to get babies born in the US so they become citizens and can travel more freely. I just occasionally need to rant about immigration.
Do "terror babies" exist? I can't really see AQ launching a 20+ year campaign to do something like that. The logistics are incredibly difficult. Russia recently pulled off something like this in terms of information gathering (of dubious success), but that's not sabotage, assassination and terrorism. Plus, the terrorist training camps are pretty closely monitored and the CIA knows a lot of who is getting trained there, and we all well know that being an American won't keep you off the watch lists and the no fly lists.
-- TX Rep. Debbie Riddle, upset with Anderson Cooper for pressing her on the claim that "terror babies" exist
"Badges? We ain't got no badges. We don't need no badges. I don't have to show you any stinking badges."
The New Colossus
Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.
"Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she
With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
Emma Lazarus, 1883
I have lived my entire life within 100 miles of Mexico, mostly living in Phoenix, AZ. White Americans people were the minority in my condo complex: the dominant group were Bosnian. White Americans are the minority in Las Cruces where I lived for over 2 years. While I'm not a fan of illegal immigration, pretty much no one talks about improving conditions south of our border to reduce the desire for people to head Norte. It's all about kicking 'em out and sealing the border, an impossible task.
OK, so I'm a little off-topic and we're really alleging that pregnant terrorist supporters are trying to get babies born in the US so they become citizens and can travel more freely. I just occasionally need to rant about immigration.
Do "terror babies" exist? I can't really see AQ launching a 20+ year campaign to do something like that. The logistics are incredibly difficult. Russia recently pulled off something like this in terms of information gathering (of dubious success), but that's not sabotage, assassination and terrorism. Plus, the terrorist training camps are pretty closely monitored and the CIA knows a lot of who is getting trained there, and we all well know that being an American won't keep you off the watch lists and the no fly lists.
