these comments from Bill o'Reilly interesting - and disturbing -- js > >>>On Thursday, February 6, FOX commentator Bill O'Reilly interviewed >>>Congressman Silvestre Reyes (D-TX) about >>>the U.S./Mexico border. In the interview, O'Reilly refers to >>>undocumented Mexican immigrants as >>>"wetbacks." A partial transcript of the interview is available at: >>> >>><http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,77898,00.html>http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,77898,00.html >>> >>> >The following is a section taken from the partial interview I cut >and pasted to >this e-mail from the webpage above. > >> >>O'REILLY: You believe in the bureaucracy. The bureaucracy hasn't worked in 35 >> years. >> >> REYES: Bill, when you talk about the amount of narcotics coming >>into this country, >> 90 percent of those narcotics come through the ports of entry, >>not in between the >> ports of entry where the Border Patrol is patrolling. They come >>through the ports of >> entry. That's why I'm saying let's give the Homeland Security Agency an >> opportunity... >> >> O'REILLY: All right. Let me... >> >> REYES: ... to get the technology to help. >> >> O'REILLY: What would be the harm in moving troops to help the >>Border Patrol not >> only in Mexico, but in Canada, where they just found a big Al >>Qaeda big shot up >> there. We know that border's a sieve as well. >> >> What is the harm in giving us more protection by using the >>military the way they >> should be used? If you read the Constitution, the military's >>primary mandate is to >> protect the borders of the United States. >> >> REYES: Bill, immediately after 9/11, we did do that. We deployed >>several thousand >> military people, both on the northern border and some on the >>southern border. >> >> We did not have the resources. It costs too much to continue that kind of a >> deployment around the clock and throughout the year. That's why >>I'm advocating that >> we continue to hire professional law-enforcement officers. >> >> Let's supplement them with the kind of technology that's >>available today, that... >> >> O'REILLY: Oh, I am with you there. You've got to get the >>high-tech stuff there. >> >> But I'll tell you what. I've talked to the commanders, and they >>tell me, "Look, you >> deploy us down there, we stop the drug traffic dead"… >> >> We'd save lives because Mexican wetbacks, whatever you want to >>call them, the >> coyotes -- they're not going to do what they're doing now, so >>people aren't going to >> die in the desert. So we save lives, all right, and we seal it >>down and make it 100 >> times harder to come across. >> >> And 79 percent of Americans see that, Congressman. You are in the >>minority on this >> one, and so is President Bush. I'll give you the last word. >> >> REYES: Listen, just because we're in the minority doesn't mean >>we're not right, Bill. I >> already told you, if you're concerned about narcotics, then we >>need to focus on the >> ports of entry. That's where 90 percent of the narcotics... >> >> O'REILLY: The Army will be there as well, Congressman. They'll be >>there with their >> high-tech gear, with their nightscopes and everything else. >> >> All right. We appreciate you coming on. >> >> REYES: Thank you, Bill. -- John Sanchez, Assistant Professor Journalism/News Media Ethics Penn State University 119 Carnegie Building University Park, PA 16802 814-863/7994 ofc 814-863/8044 fax In order for dreams to come true...one must first wake up.