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this by way of

Real Clear Politics:

Border law-enforcement officials and
others were ordered this week to appear
before a U.S. House committee on Tuesday
to give testimony regarding Mexican
military incursions into the United
States.

Several members of the Committee on
Homeland Security will be heading to El
Paso, Texas, on Friday as part of a
fact-finding mission.

Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas,
chairman of the Homeland Security
subcommittee on Investigations, is
leading the group and will be in
discussions throughout the day with
local law-enforcement officials in the
area.

"We are going down there to find out
what happened," McCaul said Tuesday.
"The reports I have received are very
disturbing, and we cannot allow and
cannot tolerate armed Mexican drug
dealers to cross our borders and
endanger the lives of our
law-enforcement officers and citizens.

"Between this fact-finding mission
and the hearing I am conducting next
week, we can begin to understand what
happened and address this dangerous
crime."

Hudspeth County, Texas, Sheriff
Arvin West, whose law-enforcement
officers had an armed standoff with men
dressed in Mexican military uniforms
last week, said he is pleased
congressional leaders are finally
calling for an investigation.

Now, at this time, I don’t think an
investigation is worth the trouble.  We
already know there’s a problem.  We
already know that the efforts to get
illegals across the border is dangerous as
hell.  We already know that drug
smugglers are incredibly dangerous.  We
already know the ramifications if they
succeed.  We already know all this. 
The investigation needs  to be purely
what can be done to stop it.

Peter King of New York has submitted

legislation to enhance border security. 
Now, it’s wordy and all that, and somewhat
boring to read, as all legislation is. 
But, it sets a precedent in that it pretty
much desires to seal the borders.  Not
with just Mexico, but all borders.  It
concerns me in that it bogs itself down with
a lot "assessing".  We don’t need a lot
of assessing right now, we need some action. 
Here’s ONE suggestion:

These are the co-sponsors:

Now, although some people assure me that
the Republicans rule all right now, nothing
is farther from the truth.  Look at
that list carefully.  See any big
names?  See your representative? 
This bill is preparing to die on the vine. 
Those names will not get it done.  This
IMO is the PERFECT opportunity for Democrats
to grab a topic by the balls and prove once
and for all they are not soft national
security.  They’ve taken a beating on
that issue, and justifiably so.  This
is their shot to put a dent in that
reputation. 

The Republicans aren’t going anywhere
with it.  I can tell you that by who’s
signed on and more importantly, who has not. 
The

Democrats are opposing it for penny-ante
reasons ( read political gesturing ). 
This is just going to be another tool for
the Republicans to beat them with on
national security.  They need to jump
all over this but can’t let politics get out
of their way.

But they won’t unless they feel
absolutely compelled to do so.  Write
your Representative and tell them to
SUPPORT AND PASS H.. R. 4312 AS IT IS!

If you don’t, then don’t blame it
on Bush when the Mexican military makes
their next drug run into the US.  Don’t
you blame it on Bush when people
complain of an "open border".  Don’t
you blame your Representative for not
taking action.  You didn’t, so
why should they?  Bush can only sign
the bills he’s presented.  You‘re
as much of the reason a bill gets to him as
the person authoring it.  This ain’t a
partisan issue, it’s way too important for
that.  If you leave it to the
folks in DC, it will die a partisan death. 

And, YOU need to do it NOW, this
bill’s going nowhere unless YOU do
something!

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