1. Of course. We agree. It's the best country in the world in my humble opinion. Not sure the far left agrees. That was my comment. 2. Agree. My beef probably isn't really with the people as much as their American employers hiring them illegally. The mess should be fixed with our immigration. The laws are on the books but not enforced for political reasons. Compassion should be shown on the other side of the border (probably by the usual Christian outreach groups). BTW, love to here your opinion about what Mexico, a sovereign nation, should be doing about the border problem. I think Brad had a excellent observation about their President. You have any pithy comments for him? 3. Not sure you understood the joke. Oh well. Guess my humor is lame. You ever think those illegals tapping into our colleges and social sytems (hospital, welfare, etc) might be robbing our own citizenry of their rights? Guess you don't mind spending your hard earned money on illegals. Me, I'd like to have the freedom again to spend my money on the charities of my choice. 4. Agree. But, not sure "most" who were demonstrating are as you described. If they were I might be inclined to be sympathetic. Probably the ones loving our country the most were quietly working and praying the demonstrators were not going to jeopardize their "good thing". Of course, it may have just been a coincidence that the people interviewed on TV were the rare hostile ones who think their illegal status gave them some rights in this country of laws. Then there seemed to be others who were trying to rewrite history by saying they actually need to be taking back Mexican property that was stolen by the United States. And, I could be misinterpreting what I was seeing...but, why would people wanting to be assimilated in our wonderful country by waving Mexican flags. Spaceship, you also have to address the bad guys that are still trying to bring this country down (remember 9-11?) Think any MidEast radicals may be crossing the border with the good guys? You can count on it!). --Ziobuck agreeing with ya on a lot, but am still concerned for our country's security.