God, Country, Liberty, and Georgia Governor Roy Barnes
by Glenn R. Jackson
After the horrific events of September 11th many citizens of this nation are thinking anew about what it means to be an American. We all find ourselves sharing feelings of sorrow for the victims of this act of war; filled with pride and concern for our fellow citizens in the Armed Forces of the United States as they take the fight to the enemy; and, thankfully, we have seen that this nation still turns to God in its hours of need.
God has granted the citizens of this nation many blessings, but the most treasured is our liberty. Liberty is one of the few things we share as a nation that brings us together in sacrifice in order to preserve our liberty in perpetuity.
We were bequeathed this liberty by our nation’s founding fathers. One of those founders, Thomas Jefferson, felt so strongly about the preservation of liberty that he penned these, by today’s standards, rather radical words:
“And what country can preserve its liberties if its rulers are not warned from time to time that the people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms! The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure.” Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Col. William S. Smith 1787
Now that was a different era, with large and sweeping tributes to the American ideals. These thoughts inspired and moved a people to value liberty and to value America. This no-nonsense American spirit created a nation, and created the gravity that brought people from a multitude of countries to this nation to become citizens. This was the American dream, to take the liberty provided by this country and to forge a life here, to become one with America.
Recently Georgia Governor Roy Barnes revealed the truth for our new wave of immigrants to America and the new American Dream. Our new waves of immigrants, here in the millions illegally, are here to help U.S. agribusinesses survive, and by golly, they need a driver’s license to do it.
Once upon a time there were indignant news stories written and filmed about the plight of migrant farm labor. Now those migrants and the millions more who have joined them are treated as the new wave of “immigrants” to Lady Liberty’s shining light, each seeking to be migrant “agribusiness” labor. I guess calling it “agribusiness” makes all the difference.
As the story goes there are anywhere from eight to eleven million illegal immigrants in this country. As you think about the level of exactitude that range of numbers fails to convey. You should also think about the law enforcement nightmare we face today as the FBI and local law enforcement race frantically and valiantly to put the terrorist genie back into the bottle before they can conduct round two with their next attack on Americans.
Are you as shocked as I to learn the magnitude of terrorist cells that have penetrated the shores of this nation, and into so many of our communities?
And the Governor of the state of Georgia, joining with other states, places a high priority on giving eight to eleven million people who have illegally crossed our borders a driver's license. Granting them a citizens right for the express purpose of allowing eight to eleven million illegal migrant workers to drive themselves to work, or to drive anywhere in the country for that matter. We learn of this plan from the Georgia Governor, as we also learn that the terrorist who attacked this nation with fanatical and foreign disregard for life were attempting to obtain commercial driver's licenses and the ability to transport hazardous materials.
In 1997 the U.S. Commission of Immigration Reform presented a detailed study that outlined the means to regain control of U.S. Immigration policy, our national borders, and our national safety.
The late chairwoman of that Commission, Barbara Jordan of Texas stated in 1995: “Credibility in immigration policy can be summed up in one sentence: Those who should get in, get in; those who should be kept out, are kept out; and those who should not be here will be required to leave.” “…for the system to be credible, people actually have to be deported at the end of the process.”
Clearly the Governor of Georgia is having none of that. As we Americans struggle to understand how deeply we have been betrayed by past political opportunism made into horrible public policy. Let’s each ask the question, is Georgia Governor Roy Barnes (http://www.ganet.org/governor/contact.html)worried about the survival of Georgia agribusiness, or in the survival of his favorite politician’s career? The career of a politician who’s greatest claims to fame appear to be bypassing the will of the voter and in legitimizing for himself the illegality of a new potential voting bloc.
Glenn R. Jackson