Ruminations

---By Ron Dupuis

In view of what’s going on along our southern border I thought perhaps we should reflect upon the words of the old “Rough Rider” himself.

"In the first place we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the man's becoming in very fact an American, and nothing but an American...There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag, and this excludes the red flag, which symbolizes all wars against liberty and civilization, just as much as it excludes any foreign flag of a nation to which we are hostile...We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language...and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people." Theodore Roosevelt 1907
Legal immigration is one thing; we should welcome anyone that wishes to enter this country seeking a better life. The problem is that our borders are being violated by drug smugglers and other nefarious characters who wish to dismantle the very freedoms that attract so many worthy refugees. Additionally, it boggles my mind to try to understand why this country can place thirty five thousand U.S. troops on the border of South and North Korea and not spare any to prevent the invasion of our own country.

“In My Humble Opinion” we should require South Korea to place an equal amount of their troops on OUR southern border in order to prevent the invasion of our country.
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A United Arab Emirates company has been approved to buy a British firm that controls most of the operation in six U.S. ports. They include Baltimore, New York, Philadelphia, Miami, New Jersey, and New Orleans.
In my wildest dreams I never thought I would agree with Sen. “Chucky” Schumer of New York who stated “America's busiest ports are vital to our economy and to the international economy, and that is why they remain top terrorist targets." "Just as we would not outsource military operations or law enforcement duties, we should be very careful before we outsource such sensitive homeland security duties."