Advocate Eliminating the Death Penalty for a Terrorist
Today Richard Cohen of the Washington Post wrote a column entitled
Let Moussaoui Live In the first five paragraphs he almost makes you believe that he has no ulterior motive other than that he doesn't want the world to see Moussaoui as a martyr. And he makes a decent case of it. However, the first five paragraphs are used to bury the actual lead of the story. Cohen is really advocating for the elimination of the death penalty in the United States. He intimates that the U.S. will become another Country to mass murder its citizens; equating us to Hitler's Germany, Stalin's Russia, Iraq under Saddam's tyranny, and to the terrorists themselves. He thinks that because capital punishment is still used in the U.S. - and in my opinion not enough - that the U.S. then promotes violence and bloodshed around the world. He draws parallels between the mass killing of innocent people, to the laws regulating the implementation of capital punishment in America. He also thinks that putting a terrorist to death will "finally close the book on [Osama Bin Laden's] most successful mission."
I believe this is a blatant attempt to help and victimize a terrorist. I don't think that Richard Cohen understands what it takes to keep this Country safe. He sees anyone who commits heinous acts as someone who needs protection. However, he can't just say that. He needs to talk around it, and give excuses that he deems acceptable to the public, to state his opinion. I wholeheartedly disagree with his opinion and his methods. As we see so often in the MSM, doublespeak and rhetoric come before honestly. Zacarias Moussaoui was capable of giving the Feds information that could have prevented the 9/11 attacks. He didn't. For that he has the lives of almost 3,000 people on his hands. For that, he deserves to die.
Mexico's Immigration Laws
I got this from Right Wing News:
...(A)ccording to an official translation published by the Organization of American States, the Mexican constitution includes the following restrictions:
* Pursuant to Article 33, "Foreigners may not in any way participate in the political affairs of the country." This ban applies, among other things, to participation in demonstrations and the expression of opinions in public about domestic politics like those much in evidence in Los Angeles, New York and elsewhere in recent days.
* Equal employment rights are denied to immigrants, even legal ones. Article 32: "Mexicans shall have priority over foreigners under equality of circumstances for all classes of concessions and for all employment, positions, or commissions of the Government in which the status of citizenship is not indispensable."
* Jobs for which Mexican citizenship is considered "indispensable" include, pursuant to Article 32, bans on foreigners, immigrants, and even naturalized citizens of Mexico serving as military officers, Mexican-flagged ship and airline crew, and chiefs of seaports and airports.
* Article 55 denies immigrants the right to become federal lawmakers. A Mexican congressman or senator must be "a Mexican citizen by birth." Article 91 further stipulates that immigrants may never aspire to become cabinet officers as they are required to be Mexican by birth. Article 95 says the same about Supreme Court justices. In accordance with Article 130, immigrants - even legal ones - may not become members of the clergy, either.
* Foreigners, to say nothing of illegal immigrants, are denied fundamental property rights. For example, Article 27 states, "Only Mexicans by birth or naturalization and Mexican companies have the right to acquire ownership of lands, waters, and their appurtenances, or to obtain concessions for the exploitation of mines or of waters."
* Article 11 guarantees federal protection against "undesirable aliens resident in the country." What is more, private individuals are authorized to make citizen's arrests. Article 16 states, "In cases of flagrante delicto, any person may arrest the offender and his accomplices, turning them over without delay to the nearest authorities." In other words, Mexico grants its citizens the right to arrest illegal aliens and hand them over to police for prosecution. Imagine the Minutemen exercising such a right!
* The Mexican constitution states that foreigners - not just illegal immigrants - may be expelled for any reason and without due process. According to Article 33, "the Federal Executive shall have the exclusive power to compel any foreigner whose remaining he may deem inexpedient to abandon the national territory immediately and without the necessity of previous legal action." --
The Center For Security Policy
