In spite of the rising swine flu pandemic in Mexico, which is now spilling over into the U.S., Obama and Pelosi stated yesterday that they will not shut down the U.S./Mexican border. The excuse given is that “it’s already here”, which apparently means we should just come to accept the inevitability rather than trying to fight this flu pandemic through quarantines and other outbreak control methods.

This reluctance to fight the outbreak comes as a shock to many, leaving people only the hope that the pandemic won’t be as severe as predicted if, god forbid, they should happen to contract this terrible and potentially deadly virus. But the democrat position of inaction shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone. The position is rooted deep in democrat philosophy: We, here in America, have not suffered with the rest of the world – and now we can. Yes, we can!

Why should such a position be any surprise after Obama’s “Apology to the World Tour”? After all, America is evil and selfish! The rest of the world is suffering and we refuse to help - at least in the government-mandated way that democrats insist on. Even at the potential cost of thousands of American lives, we still must give our neighbors south of the border full access to all the benefits of American citizenship.

Yes, immigrants and illegal immigrants alike generally support the democrat party, but don’t fool yourself into thinking that the reluctance to close the border is politically motivated. It is all based on a deeply-rooted democrat ideal – Americans should be forced to “spread the wealth around”, and we are expected to happily accept hatred, disease, terror, and death in return. The old adage is especially alive in the democrat ideology – no good deed should go unpunished.