1.2 Billion! 1.2 Billion!

Click on this article if you want to know the source of what got me riled up tonight. 1.2 billion stinking dollars to be spent on a fence between the U.S. and Mexico, but we’re forgetting that when people are DESPERATE they will do ANYTHING. The people that are crossing the borders are desperate to find work to make money to FEED their families. They do not want to leave their families behind, but they are left with no other option. A wall will not stop them from coming here. Well, I’ll take that back, it will stop some of them from actually getting here, because others will die in the process because they will be forced to sneak into the country through more dangerous routes. This wall is to supposedly keep terrorists out (but we have no documented incidents of terrorists actually using this method), and if this is only to keep terrorists out, then why aren’t we building one between Canada and us too? I’m sorry. I know that governments cannot operate the way Christians are called to operate. I know that it doesn’t work that way. But don’t tell me that this is a Christian government or country. So many Christians in the South think that you’re a freak if you’re a Christian and don’t support Bush. I don’t. Christians are called to help those in need. I know that the government can’t work exactly the way Christians do, but we don’t have to do this either. 1.2 billion dollars. You know, Niger was begging the world for aid a year and a half ago as their citizens starved to death. 1.2 billion dollars. There are over 1 million orphans in South Africa, many of which turn into street children, because there are no resources to take them in. 1.2 billion dollars. And the list goes on and on. 1.2 billion dollars on a fence. Well, at least we’re not biased to certain parts of the world… at least we want every part of the world to hate us.