1st post in new blog

This is my first post to my blog site. Since the family blog site is designed for keeping everybody up to speed on what the family is up to, I took an idea from my friend David and decided to create another blog site that I can vent a little on. I plan on writing on a variety of topics that interest me.
Today I was watching CNN and there was a story about the plans for the US to build a wall along the US/Mexico border. O.k. what is that supposed to do for us, keep the Mongol hordes from invading? The Bush administration says it is to protect our borders from terrorists. Funny I seem to remember that the 9/11 terrorists came over the Canadian border and NOT the Mexican border. Somebody needs to show the boy genius a map and explain to him which one is Canada.
My next thought was, "Who is going to build this wall?" It seems that every time I go by a work site these days and I don't see many non-Latino builders on the job site. I can just see how this Government contract is going to go. One of Cheney's building buddies will win the directed labor contract and then they will go down to the Home Depot and load up a truck full of day laborers (who are probably illegals) to work on the wall for cheap. It will get 1/2 way done and then somehow the contractor will run out of money and we will have a new place for graffitti artists to practice on.
Why on earth do we need a wall separating Mexico and the US? Haven't we alienated ourselves from everybody else in the world already? Why are we trying to stop one of the only workforces we have in the country from entering the country? What is so wrong with setting up a work permit system that allows people to come here and work if they want to? It isn't like you are seeing Americans lining up to pick fruit or to clean hotel rooms. The Mexican immigrants are doing to jobs Americans refuse to do. If they want to do them let them, just figure out a way for the guest workers to pay taxes on the income they are making and we're cool. I'm sure there are many more issues that go with it but it seems pretty straight forward me.
Well that is my first post. I'm sure I could have done better but I'm tired and I think I will head for bed. Goodnight all.