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Bully Pulpit

The term "bully pulpit" stems from President Theodore Roosevelt's reference to the White House as a "bully pulpit," meaning a terrific platform from which to persuasively advocate an agenda. Roosevelt often used the word "bully" as an adjective meaning superb/wonderful. The Bully Pulpit features news, reasoned discourse, opinion and some humor.

Wednesday, April 05, 2006

RE: RE: Senate stalls on immigration bill

This isn't about illegal immigrants at all. This is about the concept of nation states. The debate we should be having is whether the idea of sovereign states with tangible borders will continue to exist... If the outcome of the debate is that we will hold on to the nation state concept, then the only thing that will work is a will to enforce the law.

But I take it that you think this debate won't happen. So the question remains — What do we do right now? And you can't simply say, 'Enforce the law.' Exactly where do we start in enforcing the law that will dramatically affect the lives of 12 million of our neighbors, co-workers, and friends, not to mention their 'legal' neighbors, co-workers, and friends who employ them?

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