‘Layup” in the Arizona Desert South of Tucson
This is a photo of a “layup”, a base camp for illegals who have made it across the border and need to rest before continuing on to their destination. What they have left behind as they passed through is a small symbol of what they will do during their tenure in America. And this is only one photo; this layup extends for a quarter mile. What you can’t see or smell in the photo is the disease and stench of the human waste accompanying this mess. Here’s our lovely desert, so prized and protected by Environmentalists that in Kalifornia Sen. Diane Feinstein got more than a million acres of the Mojave desert declared off limits to the public to “protect” it.
That’s right, Americans cannot legally access their own public lands, but illegals can thoroughly trash it. WHERE are the Sierra Klub, the NRDC, the other high-profile savior groups who fret about every worm on this issue? Nowhere to be found. Now that is understandable, being there’s no money in this issue for them. But what about the big-mouthed politicians, the Dianne Feinsteins and others who don’t even want you to set foot on the public lands you own? Hmmm? WHERE are all the Liberals, who so love the planet? WHY aren’t they leading the charge to stop illegal immigration on environmental grounds alone?
WHERE are all the hypocrites and finger pointers? Why will they shut down logging in the forest because a spotted owl might not like it, but they turn a blind eye to wholesale trashing?
That’s where it starts, and then they come in and trash cities!
Isn’t it interesting how the liberal environmentalists will sue to stop a fence being built but won’t do a damn thing to stop this kind of environmental damage?
lets just send all those far out to the left libbies out to cleanup the mess. Their so much in love with illeagals, let them cleanup, take in and cuddle all the desert crossers and Rio swimmers. Let libbies pay all the expenses with no SS money going to the illegals all money outa libby pockets, they can ask the Old Mass. alky to fork over his daddys illgotten money.
#2 FAO yes, isn’t it deeply ironic how the environuts would freak out if you washed your car in your driveway and let the rinse water (with soap) drain into the street, yet when shown this they would clam up and change the subject? They just can’t see the obvious. Yet more proof that when politics or ideology get involved reality doesn’t matter any more.
#3 LB right on as usual. I agree. All of those marchers marching with their Mexican flags to support illegals, and especially their white apologist supporters, should be herded onto buses and driven out to these “layups’ so they can clean them up. After all, as you point out, they love illegal immigration so much.
Gosh I thought by now SFL would weigh in on this issue, as he is pro-immigration and has often counseled us to lighten up and just accept illegal immigration.
Calling SFL! Where are you? Come in, SFL!
Robert
SFL is much to busy, weeping into his hankie because the Calif. Supreme Court voted down Frisco’s anti-guns to law abiding citizens ban. OOO and those Friscy boys wanted so much to arrange so only criminals could have guns.
…been busy with school and, quite frankly, have been getting a little burned out on the whole politics thing. I haven’t even watched the news in weeks.
That said, I’ll take the bait on this one…
Of course it’s sad and shitty that migrant workers crossing into the US through these wild areas often leave litter behind.
Until we come up with a plan that allows migrant workers to cross into the US safely and through regulated entry points, without penalizing them for trying to make their lives better for themselves and their children, then we’re going to have to deal with the kinds of mess in your topic. This kind of environmental damage is a symptom of an ailing immigration policy.
People shouldn’t be crossing long distances through deserts on foot anyways, unless you are prepared, experienced and treat the land with respect.
This won’t change until we change the overall situation.
Short term solutions? There should be local environmental advocacy groups that should take it upon themselves to clean up their neck of the woods.
If I were a local in a problem area, I’d get off my ass and clean that shit up.
And feel good about doing it, too.
Maybe leave signs asking to respect the land. Provide cat holes to poop in, and maybe even a garbage container or two if possible. Maybe dig a garabge pit, and mark it well.
I’d also leave caches of water and supplies.
There is also, unfortunately, a lot of environmental damage in wilderness areas that have “illegals” working large marijuana farms. I think, Kings Canyon/Sequoia National Park has a large problem with that.
They often litter, ruin the soil, and divert water resources.
I’d bust `em and book them on environmental damage charges.
…and take the pot.
Hey SFL, we missed you
What classes are you taking?
SFL I see what you are saying and agree with some of what you say. But I choked on this:
“Maybe leave signs asking to respect the land.”
Was that supposed to be funny? Do you think for one minute, even if the illegals understood the message, they would care?
I’m a history major, with a focus on education. This semester I’m taking World History pre-hist to 1500, American History colonial to reconstruction, American Politics with a focus on the African American experience (robert and pam you guys would love to hate my prof in that one!) and…fucking human biology.
I hate bio. Interesting and all that, but…has some pretty rough tests. ugh.
Once this is done, I can start working on my teaching credential program.
I sometimes kid around with my Conservative family and say; “every highschool needs a bearded, liberal history teacher”
they cringe.
“every highschool needs a bearded, liberal history teacher”
Fortunately I can request a different teacher in our system, and have done so. Those requests have been honored, and I temper my children’s indoctrination with facts as we often have discussions on politics and religion.
I don’t believe in revisionist history.
“I sometimes kid around with my Conservative family and say; “every highschool needs a bearded, liberal history teacher—
I’d guess there are actually too many of them…
“Fortunately I can request a different teacher in our system, and have done so. Those requests have been honored, and I temper my children’s indoctrination with facts as we often have discussions on politics and religion.”
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Hmmm…sounds like you are depriving your child of diverse points of view; when you request a different teacher along political lines.
Your kid has a whole lifetime to hear your point of view, why not let him/her figure things out on their own? If you raised them right, you should be able to trust their judgement on what they hear…right?
Sure would make for more interesting dinner discussions, with you trying to debate and/or shoot down what some “bearded, liberal” teacher told your kid that day…
“I’d guess there are actually too many of them…”
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Yes, but fear not.
My very conservative brother is a professor of film at a college near Burbank…and he goes out of his way to show off his political beliefs to students in his class. (!)
He’s probably just doing his part to try to restore balance. Good for him!