Quote Originally Posted by pisshead
Border Agent's Death Would Spark Impeachment Talks, Republican Says.....
i'm rather surprised this hasn't come up on the boards before.

these two men, given sentences usually reserved for repeat offenders or murderers, are a perfect example of politics at its worst. for the crime of doing their jobs they have been railroaded by corrupt officials in an attempt to further their own careers and ignored by most legislators for the sake of a few votes once bush and the dems push through an amnesty bill. evidence was suppressed, perjury was committed and the charges were blown out of proportion; all by good old boys (and girls) loyal to the bush agenda. now these two men have been torn from their families and thrown into a federal penitentiary for defending our borders. one of them has already been severely beaten and it's only a matter of time before they are both killed by some of the very people they have been defending us against. the whole mess stinks.

i know that some of you may be likely to say "well they shot some poor unarmed guy who was just trying to import a little weed across the border", but any of you who have had dealings with the cartels will know that smuggling across that border is tightly controlled and violence is the norm. to believe that the smuggler involved was unarmed is naive, at best. any border patrol agent who does not fear for his life on an almost daily basis is either a fool or in bed with some truly nasty folks.

as weed smokers you all might tend to discount the smuggling, but as citizens you should all realize the importance of secure borders. any of you out there with a political bent might think about sending a little message to your representatives in support of these men. they may be on the other side of the war against MJ prohibition, but they are still an important part of keeping you safe in a world that is more and more frightening every day.


yeah, this whole deal really pissed me off.