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Jesse "The Body" Ventura, the former Governor of Minnesota, appeared tonight on Larry King Live and stood up to Lou Dobbs on the proposed wall between the US and Mexico that has a lot of landowners up in arms. Dobbs said earlier today screw them, the feds should use eminent domain and seize the land -- without compensation, one might presume.
Ventura (no fan of any of the candidates running for President) pointed out that if you build a wall now to keep the Mexicans out, within ten years it could be used to keep Americans in, just like the wall that surrounded West Berlin for nearly three decades and made the people in the city virtually stateless.
Bravo, sir. That's precisely the point. You make people fear a false threat; then when it's too late you fear the people within and suspect even your spouse of being a spy for the government. In a climate of fear, there can be no democracy.
The Europeans on the Continent figured it out. They got rid of their borders (or more accurately, border controls) all together. They live in less fear than Americans, and have less crime and less illegal immigration than the United States. They also coordinate ther security policies and have each other's backs for tracking fugitives who cross the invisible lines on the map. And the member states of the EU and EFTA are certainly more democratic than the United States is at this point in time.
You couldn't even get a G-man to give the time of day to a Federale. Let alone an illegal immigrant. And don't forget, you can always dig under a wall or fly above it.
Lou Dobbs can prove there's nothing to fear from the wall by doing one simple thing. Turn in his passport. Naturally, he won't -- because he's so jingoistic he probably doesn't have one to begin with.
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Tonight, on April 1, 2008, on CNN's Larry King show, Jesse Ventura shared with Larry that one of the reasons he did not pursue his political career was due to his wife's health issues. After a lengthy search for what was ailing his wife, she was finally diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). He mentioned that doctors are not familiar with the illness but that now she is feeling much better thanks to their new home location and if I heard correctly is in Baja (Mexico). I had the television on but was not really paying attention until I heard his explanation about his wife's health and that got my attention a bit more. Click here for the Larry King complete transcript at his web site.
It is amazing that an illness like CFS, at this age and time, still being debated if it is really real! Jesse Ventura says it is! And whether you are on the side of his politics or not, if you have CFS or have a member of your family suffering with CFS-ME, you will appreciate what he said. For someone who was a famous wrestler, ran for political office as governor, his wife's health concerns turned out to be after all the most important fight of his life. I am glad he has won that fight! But for many in our community, without an advocate to speak on their behalf, they are not faring as well as Ventura's wife. But nonetheless, I wish her continuing good health and I take the opportunity to invite him to become a spokesperson for our community of suffering. I could certainly use someone like him in my corner, in the ring of my daily life, specially when I am faced with the health challenges that CFS brings on so often.
