Reply #50: Just becasue it is the way things are....

[LeftHander]

doesn't mean that they are to stay that way.

So many times we see refusal to accept inevitable change because of the way things are or this is how we do things.

To me that is conservatism. Refusal to change on a basis that it has always been done thus. Progress requires change.

real progress is when we recognize that change is going to take place or has already taken place and then recognize it.

Take a look at the millions of people in the street.

MILLIONS

Americans were so full of ourselves we never even saw the cahnge occur...I did. MOst kept eyes closed and heads down as entire sections of EVERY CITY in America became latino. We allowed it happen.

No crime has been commited by honest hard working familes that came here....even the illegal ones.

ONe of our greatest strengths as a nation is our immigrants both legal and illegal. Many nations are growing older and the work force is gettign older and older and the available work force is getting too young and to few to cope with global economic growth.

India has the strongest population pyramid. the majority of the nation is under 30. Japan on the other hand has the inverse. they have next to zero immigration a rapidly aging population that will drain the economy as they grow old. America does to. We need the infux of families and young people to pay for care of the againg population.

Let them come. Open the doors.

Stop kidding ourselves the baby boomers are going to cost billions and billions of dollars to care for as they grow old and we need a new influx of immigrants to keep our poplulation balanced and the work force strong.

Rule of Law...is a double edged sword and is only valid based on how that sword is used. Behinfd any law is the essence of fairness and justice. Bush breaking a fair and just law does not require changing and needs to be enforced.

Immigrants coming to this country illegally are not to be punished by a law that is no longer fair or just in for our time.

Are we still going to arrest people for dancing..? Many states still have laws that ban dancing on Sunday's.

So the Bush/Hannity argument doesn't fly.

We need immigrants now more than ever. Our population is aging. Our time is slipping away and a new America is going to emerge long after we are gone. It will be much different that the one we know today. I hope I get to see some of the New America before I die....

If you don't know what that New America is...go spend some time in your local latino neighboorhood and find out.