Obamacare is a terrible thing, but for those who resent paying for health care of illegal aliens, this will be a silver lining to the Obamacare dark cloud. I don't think most folks are aware of this.

There is nothing I am pointing out that is new news, the staggering cost of health care to cover the extra eleven million uninsured, clogged emergency rooms, over burdened welfare cost, lack of affordable housing in the lower income bracket, clogged highways, the collateral effects go on and on exponentially. No matter if every one of them could walk across the Rio Grande on water we still can not accommodate them.

However, whatever are our experiences and feelings, it is just plain wrong to think or say that illegal aliens deserves a long and suffering death in the brush. Something important has died inside of us, when such becomes our thinking. Time to take inventory of our souls because something is missing.

Today we have reached the point were we can not afford to turn a blind eye to the problem. We don't have the water, highways, housing, jobs, or economy to support the millions that want to come; and that says nothing about the national security issue. Since this is my honest feeling, yes I would say it in church.

After 70 years of this, I think I am safe in saying that these folks are a cross section of humanity. Some are salt of the earth, hard working folks with good values and some are not worth the powder and shot to kill them.

In other words, they are about like everybody else, including those of us who consider us to be good law abiding Americans.

Whenever we dump any group of people into one box and put a label on it that says "them", then all we do is just show our ignorance. I consider myself fortunate to grow up and live in a bi-cultural, bi-lengual society, it keeps me honest. Some of the Mexican folks don't hold Americans in high regard. Some of their feelings and thoughts are just pure prejudice and some of it is based on real facts. As a blanco/gringo/American I just deal with them as individuals. That is what I want them to do with me. You will go nuts down here, if you don't do that. Accept the good folks no matter the culture and language and disregard the ignorant and bad also with no regard to culture and language. Works for me.

Didn't seem much when I was a kid but now I see the draw...

Great folks down there....

Byron

My problem is the millions and millions of stupit fat thieving lazy self-centered worthless good for nothing American citizen leaches that are ruining this country right in front of our eyes.

Byron

I grew up in Deep South Texas, so the flora, fauna, people and culture are "home" to me. People without strong roots here, generally have a hard time with the place. There is nothing familiar to them here. It is all different and different makes folks uncomfortable and uncomfortable people are most often unhappy people.

They probably have a 20 to 30 mile walk, but the paths meander around in the brush so the actual milage is much farther. They travel on the game trail and senderos and stay off ranch roads where they might be seen. Brush is very dense and easy to get lost if the guide leaves you. You could be ten yards from water and not know it is there.