Even One Life

How do solve a problem like Geraldo? How do you hold a moonbat in your hand?

I have long believed that Fox News has a real problem concerning their association with Mr. Geraldo Rivera. I understand ratings and buzz and diversity and all that crap – but giving a clearly intellectually and morally biased person like Jerry Rivers an international prime–time platform is selling out to the least common denominator. I expect better of FNS.

Recently Geraldo has carved out quite a niche for himself as the designated “indignant voice for the downtrodden brown–skinned people” as it relates to any and all matters concerning immigration. He drops the “R–word” with the ease of a disciple on a morally superior crusade.

I was therefore very interested to hear Mr. Rivers explain himself under the typically persistent and withering questioning of the reigning Queen of Talk Radio, Ms. Laura Ingraham.

http://hotair.cachefly.net/audio/2007-08/li-gr.mp3

I heard it live yesterday, and it was one of the most pathetic interviews/performances that I have ever heard in my life. Laura asks one “tough” question (and it wasn’t even that tough!) and Jerry immediately pulls out the whiny “why don’t you like me?” complaint. The guy has nothing – no moral, ethical or intellectual defense of his indefensible position other than feeling sorry for brown–skinned people.

Here is an interesting take on the “criminal illegal immigrants” story. Disingenuous mush–heads immediately argue that illegals are generally more law–abiding than regular Americans (where do they get this bogus statistic if it is generally impermissible to ask a criminal defendant his citizenship status? A wild bullshit guess?). They then assert that even stating the immigration status of the criminal is “racist”, because, after all, we are talking about Mexicans here. The conservative/immigrationist (to use Geraldo’s pejorative epithet) replies “But this man committed a heinous crime and he shouldn’t have ever been here”. The mush–head counters with “crimes are committed everyday by ordinary Americans” as if that means anything.

So, let’s turn it around. How many times have we heard that specific laws that abridge personal freedoms are justified “even if they save ONE life”?

Seatbelts, Speed Limits, Bike Helmets, Drunk Driving Laws, Anti–Smoking laws, Trans-Fat Bans, Restrictive Gun Laws, etc, etc.

Aren’t the libs being very hypocritical about a core philosophical issue? If keeping illegal immigrants out of the country saves EVEN ONE LIFE, isn’t it worth it?