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PAGE 4, MAY 31, 2010, THE ISLANDER
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Calderon’s state visit
Dear Friend:
Last week, Mexican President
Felipe Calderon addressed a joint
session of Congress. Fortunately for
me, I had a conflict. I was the guest
of Tony Perkins’ and Tim Wildmon
on a radio show discussing defense
policy. Otherwise, it would have been
hard to sit still.
It is bad enough when our own
President runs around the globe
apologizing for America but to invite
another country’s head of state to
America and listen to him criticize
us is outrageous.
In his remarks, President Calde
ron condemned Arizona’s recently-
passed immigration law as a, “ter
rible idea,” that uses, “racial profil
ing as a basis for law enforcement.”
It’s evident in these comments that
the President, much like some of the
top Obama Administration officials
who’ve taken to the airwaves to criti
cize it, has not read Arizona’s law.
If President Calderon had taken
the time to do so, he would find that
the use of race, color or national
origin in asking a person to verify
his citizenship status is expressly
prohibited. While uncommon for a
foreign leader to use this opportuni
ty to criticize our country, it’s some
what understandable that President
Calderon chose to make these accu
sations given President Obama’s use
of the same ill-informed claims just
a day before.
Both President Obama and Presi
dent Calderon are wrong to suggest
that American immigration law is
anything but generous. We admit
more than one million legal immi
grants each year and more come
from Mexico than any other country.
As a sovereign nation, we have the
right to ask those who want to come
here to do so in a legal manner. We
also have the right to enforce our
laws and to deport those found here
illegally.
After scolding Congress about
immigration, President Calderon
criticized America’s guns laws by
calling on Congress to reinstate a
ban on assault weapons blaming
their sale for cross-border violence.
This, too, was encouraged by Presi
dent Obama who made a similar
call last year while in Mexico. At
the time, he called on the Senate
to ratify a treaty which would have
a drastic impact on gun rights and
violate the privacy of United States
citizens.
The Second Amendment is not a
subject for diplomatic discussion — it
is a fundamental right guaranteed
by the Constitution. Moreover, no
foreign leader should come to our
nation and dictate our policies.
I have great respect for the people
of Mexico and for the long-stand
ing relationship between our nations
but the apology tour has got to stop.
If nowhere else, it must stop at our
border.
Sincerely,
Jack Kingston □
Letter to the Editor
Dear Editor:
I sadly share your frustration over
the growing number of golf carts
clogging the streets of the Island.
I applaud those cart drivers who,
realizing there's a bottle-up glut of
ten or twelve cars going fifteen miles
an hour behind them, courteously
cling tightly to the right curb, or tem
porarily pull into a right-hand street
or driveway, allowing the accumu
lated automobiles to move beyond
them, at the posted speed limit.
But such good friends are hard to
find.
Today I had a "discussion" with a
couple of the more usual golf-carters,
who had been cruising obliviously
along, slowly, on Ocean Boulevard.
They are year-round residents of St.
Simons, as I am, a Glynn Academy
graduate. They immediately tossed
out the argument, that they had
been holding ready, in case of a con
frontation: "This is legal!" I asked if
they thought, however, that it was
moral.
They answered, smugly, with: "I
wish all cars were banished from the
streets, and leave them open for us."
- and - "There are going to be more
and more golf carts, so you'd better
get used to it."
Even more aggravating than the
blockades the carts create are the
frightening potential dangers to be
seen every day, of un-seat-belted
small children sitting or lying or
standing on the wide-open back
seats, facing to the rear. A sudden
stop, or a pothole, could propel a
child off the seat and into the path of
the car behind, with certain injury to
the child, tragically and needlessly.
Can nothing be done by the Com
mission, or by a ballot, toward which
I'm confident that 98% of the voters
would protest that golf carts belong
on golf courses, period.
In vain hopes,
Jim Cavanaugh
St. Simons Island □
Local #177 hosts 17th
Kids Fishing Event
The Plumbers and Pipefitters Local
#177 will host their 17th annual Kids
Fishing Event Saturday, June 12 at
the Union Hall office on Highway 341
North. The event begins at 9 a.m. until
11:30 a.m. Registration begins at 8:30
a.m. There is no charge to enter the
catch and release tooumament.
Lunch will be served at noon and
prizes will be awarded in different age
groups.
An adult must accompany children;
bring fishing equipment; some bait will
be provided; or bring your own bait.
For information call 912-265-1890. □
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