More: A country of immigrants knows the value of immigration; it knows, nonetheless, in the 21st century that the conditions for uncontrolled admissions are not as they were 125 years ago. We are not in the same place. What we once could do -- take in your tired and poor -- we no longer can do with old-time ease. Restrictions have to apply. Which restrictions? Unable to pose such a politically loaded question, far less answer it, we dither, we drool, we sort of look sideways at the fruits of our indecision. Rick Perrys army of critics, lampooners and detractors will assail his motives, impugn his sense of humanity; so on and so on. Big deal. The feds arent doing the job the governor wants done. Hell take a hand himself. Abroad, Putin will slither and the jihadists slaughter. A governor can do only so much. Perry has done as much as he could. But you know what? He did something. A very nice change that makes for.
Posted on: Tue, 22 Jul 2014 15:18:52 +0000