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Tom McClintock Response to Calderon
Friday, July 2, 2010
COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM
Here is the official transcript released by the White House (With my Comments):
July 1, 2010
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
ON COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM
American University School of International Service
Washington, D.C.
11:12 A.M. EDT
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
ON COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM
American University School of International Service
Washington, D.C.
11:12 A.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. (Applause.) Everyone please have a seat. Thank you very much. Let me thank Pastor Hybels from near my hometown in Chicago, who took time off his vacation to be here today. We are blessed to have him.
My Comments: B.S. Fluff to make people start agreeing with him.
I want to thank President Neil Kerwin and our hosts here at American University; acknowledge my outstanding Secretary of Labor, Hilda Solis, and members of my administration; all the members of Congress — Hilda deserves applause. (Applause.) To all the members of Congress, the elected officials, faith and law enforcement, labor, business leaders and immigration advocates who are here today — thank you for your presence.
My Comments: More B.S. Fluff to make people start agreeing with him.
I want to thank American University for welcoming me to the campus once again. Some may recall that the last time I was here I was joined by a dear friend, and a giant of American politics, Senator Edward Kennedy. (Applause.) Teddy’s not here right now, but his legacy of civil rights and health care and worker protections is still with us.
My Comments: More B.S. Fluff to make people start agreeing with him.
I was a candidate for President that day, and some may recall I argued that our country had reached a tipping point; that after years in which we had deferred our most pressing problems, and too often yielded to the politics of the moment, we now faced a choice: We could squarely confront our challenges with honesty and determination, or we could consign ourselves and our children to a future less prosperous and less secure.
I believed that then and I believe it now. And that’s why, even as we’ve tackled the most severe economic crisis since the Great Depression, even as we’ve wound down the war in Iraq and refocused our efforts in Afghanistan, my administration has refused to ignore some of the fundamental challenges facing this generation.
My Comments: Still more B.S. Fluff to make people start agreeing with him.
We launched the most aggressive education reforms in decades, so that our children can gain the knowledge and skills they need to compete in a 21st century global economy.
My Comments: No you didn't Mr. Obama. Because of the economy and the loss of state revenue most schools have cut back employees, canceled programs, dissolved sport teams and nearly doubled class sizes. The only thing that has been added is special day care programs for the poor (oh, did I mention that most of the poor, in the Southwestern states at least, are illegal aliens?)
We have finally delivered on the promise of health reform -– reform that will bring greater security to every American, and that will rein in the skyrocketing costs that threaten families, businesses and the prosperity of our nation.
My Comments: I voted for you Mr. Obama, especially for the Health Care Reform. Unfortunately, the Health Care Reform that was finally passed did not have even the spirit of the original plan by the time you and the rest of government butchered it to take care of all the B.S. pork barrel changes to make it look like you actually got something done. You achieved nothing but a horrible step backwards.
We’re on the verge of reforming an outdated and ineffective set of rules governing Wall Street -– to give greater power to consumers and prevent the reckless financial speculation that led to this severe recession.
And we’re accelerating the transition to a clean energy economy by significantly raising the fuel-efficiency standards of cars and trucks, and by doubling our use of renewable energies like wind and solar power — steps that have the potential to create whole new industries and hundreds of thousands of new jobs in America.
My Comments: Again, I call B.S. I see no evidence of anything that will fix this economy. Only patchwork policies and temporary relief for the unemployed, who by the way have taken full advantage of their free 99 weeks of pay to lay around and do nothing. (Yes, I actually have acquaintances who have done this.) After 99 weeks of doing nothing, these individuals now have acquired the mindset that society OWES them a living. They did little if anything to find work because any of the jobs were below their pay standards, AND below what they were getting from the US Government for doing absolutely NOTHING. I asked one of my jobless acquaintances, why don't you apply for a job at Home Depot or McDonalds? You know, start over. He said indignantly, "I'm not going to work for minimum wage!!!" This is the attitude your unemployment policies have fostered.
Edit in sympathy to people who posted on FB: To those of you who are unemployed and are trying to find work, the above statement does not apply to you so do not take offense. The previous comment is a result of personal experience and anger. I am employed and have the perspective of working my butt off to keep being employed, which I realize is different than being unemployed and working your butt off to become employed again. However, there are many of unemployed that have thrown their hands up in despair and have given up. There are those who just refuse to take any work no matter how low the pay. We, the U.S., can not afford to keep paying the unemployed.
As to the clean energy initiative let me say, this again is a B.S. comment to make people forget why we’re here. If you were serious about this you would mandate AFFORDABLE clean energy vehicles, not just a little tax credit. You would mandate that Electric Companies install Solar Panels on every house in the Sun States, eliminating the need to use OIL to generate electricity. Energy company profits are so HUGE that there is plenty of money to do this. Consumers don't want to do this because it costs too much for the average household but doing this in bulk would lower the costs and of course the Electric Companies would continue to charge for the power used, BUT the silly Tiered Cost Structure could be abandoned.
So, despite the forces of the status quo, despite the polarization and the frequent pettiness of our politics, we are confronting the great challenges of our times. And while this work isn’t easy, and the changes we seek won’t always happen overnight, what we’ve made clear is that this administration will not just kick the can down the road.
My Comments: Despite your redirecting the blame and use of euphemisms and misuse of the word despite we, the citizens who voted for you will remember the way you handled these challenges. We, the LEGAL CITIZENS will remember how you joined in with the status quo with one side of your mouth and slyly blew smoke up our collective rear ends. You're not kicking the can down the road, but have moved on to a bigger and better can.
Immigration reform is no exception. In recent days, the issue of immigration has become once more a source of fresh contention in our country, with the passage of a controversial law in Arizona and the heated reactions we’ve seen across America. Some have rallied behind this new policy. Others have protested and launched boycotts of the state. And everywhere, people have expressed frustration with a system that seems fundamentally broken.
My Comments: Here is an example of the smoke: No mention of the words ILLEGAL, DEPORTATION, ALIEN, CRIME or LAW!!!
Of course, the tensions around immigration are not new. On the one hand, we’ve always defined ourselves as a nation of immigrants — a nation that welcomes those willing to embrace America’s precepts. Indeed, it is this constant flow of immigrants that helped to make America what it is. The scientific breakthroughs of Albert Einstein, the inventions of Nikola Tesla, the great ventures of Andrew Carnegie’s U.S. Steel and Sergey Brin’s Google, Inc. -– all this was possible because of immigrants.
My Comments: Yes LEGAL IMMIGRANTS, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM!!!
And then there are the countless names and the quiet acts that never made the history books but were no less consequential in building this country — the generations who braved hardship and great risk to reach our shores in search of a better life for themselves and their families; the millions of people, ancestors to most of us, who believed that there was a place where they could be, at long last, free to work and worship and live their lives in peace.
My Comments: Ah, yes. Let's look far back in the past, when this country was young and had the need for unskilled, uneducated labor. We asked for them to come here and we made them legal citizens at the GATEWAY TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, otherwise known as Ellis Island. They had to cross the Atlantic Ocean on a then dangerous voyage in overcrowded ships. Many died on the way. These days you just wander across a line in the desert sand. If you're smart and do this in the winter, sure it's quite a hike, but I've taken longer hikes in my day.
So this steady stream of hardworking and talented people has made America the engine of the global economy and a beacon of hope around the world. And it’s allowed us to adapt and thrive in the face of technological and societal change. To this day, America reaps incredible economic rewards because we remain a magnet for the best and brightest from across the globe. Folks travel here in the hopes of being a part of a culture of entrepreneurship and ingenuity, and by doing so they strengthen and enrich that culture. Immigration also means we have a younger workforce -– and a faster-growing economy — than many of our competitors. And in an increasingly interconnected world, the diversity of our country is a powerful advantage in global competition.
My Comments: Okay, the "Best and Brightest" are NOT crossing the border ILLEGALLY. How, I ask, can you make such a stupid statement when the issue is not LEGAL, but ILLEGAL MIGRATION. Please, readers, DO NOT fall for this blatant pandering to the supporters of illegal migration.
Just a few weeks ago, we had an event of small business owners at the White House. And one business owner was a woman named Prachee Devadas who came to this country, became a citizen, and opened up a successful technology services company. When she started, she had just one employee. Today, she employs more than a hundred people. This past April, we held a naturalization ceremony at the White House for members of our armed forces. Even though they were not yet citizens, they had enlisted. One of them was a woman named Perla Ramos — born and raised in Mexico, came to the United States shortly after 9/11, and she eventually joined the Navy. And she said, “I take pride in our flag and the history that forged this great nation and the history we write day by day.”
My Comments: Isn't all this wonderful??? No, I mean it. Legal Citizenship. WELCOME TO AMERICA!!! To all you who have joined this great nation the legal way, we welcome you with open arms and we thank you for helping make this country the greatest nation on Earth! HOWEVER - There is still no talk about those unskilled illegal aliens, those who drop anchor babies and suck up the welfare money for those babies and crowd our emergency rooms for free health care (Not the Health Care Reform health care either, and not the generous free emergency health care for tourists and legal visitors who find themselves in need.)
These women, and men and women across this country like them, remind us that immigrants have always helped to build and defend this country -– and that being an American is not a matter of blood or birth. It’s a matter of faith. It’s a matter of fidelity to the shared values that we all hold so dear. That’s what makes us unique. That’s what makes us strong. Anybody can help us write the next great chapter in our history.
My Comments: Still talking about the LEGAL IMMIGRANTS!!!
Now, we can’t forget that this process of immigration and eventual inclusion has often been painful. Each new wave of immigrants has generated fear and resentments towards newcomers, particularly in times of economic upheaval. Our founding was rooted in the notion that America was unique as a place of refuge and freedom for, in Thomas Jefferson’s words, “oppressed humanity.” But the ink on our Constitution was barely dry when, amidst conflict, Congress passed the Alien and Sedition Acts, which placed harsh restrictions of those suspected of having foreign allegiances. A century ago, immigrants from Ireland, Italy, Poland, other European countries were routinely subjected to rank discrimination and ugly stereotypes. Chinese immigrants were held in detention and deported from Angel Island in the San Francisco Bay. They didn’t even get to come in.
So the politics of who is and who is not allowed to enter this country, and on what terms, has always been contentious. And that remains true today. And it’s made worse by a failure of those of us in Washington to fix a broken immigration system.
My Comments: Mr. Obama, of course we fear WAVES of Immigrants!!! We set up a system specifically to make sure that the number of immigrants we LEGALLY accept is able to integrate into our society without placing undue hardship on the citizens who are already here. The idea of "America as a place of refuge and freedom" is no longer valid. We cannot afford to be that place anymore. Back in Jefferson's days, the journey to get to our shores was fraught with hardship and risk. We did not have cars, buses, trains and airplanes. We did not have cruise ships. There were no "coyotes" who would facilitate illegal crossing. We welcomed a new workforce. We have no need of a workforce when unemployment is 9.5% nationally (By the way, did you know that the number is far greater than that. You see, once your unemployment benefits have expired, you are no longer counted as "Unemployed").
To begin with, our borders have been porous for decades. Obviously, the problem is greatest along our Southern border, but it’s not restricted to that part of the country. In fact, because we don’t do a very good job of tracking who comes in and out of the country as visitors, large numbers avoid immigration laws simply by overstaying their visas.
My Comments: You are absolutely right here, Mr. Obama. We (read Our Government) do not do a very good job of tracking who comes in and out of the country. But you did not compare numbers here did you. The difference is thousands of people overstay their visas, whereas MILLIONS of people do not bother with those pesky visas, as they have no intention of ever leaving. Here's the understatement in this paragraph... did you see it too? ("Obviously, the problem is greatest along our Southern border...") No duh?
The result is an estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants (My Comments: Okay, I couldn't wait this time until the end of the paragraph. "undocumented immigrants" Mr. Obama, why are you and the rest of you pro ILLEGAL ALIENS so afraid of using the proper phrase for this? I already said it, and it didn't hurt a bit. ILLEGAL ALIENS, ILLEGAL ALIENS ILLEGAL ALIENS!!!) in the United States. The overwhelming majority of these men and women (ILLEGAL ALIENS) are simply seeking a better life for themselves (ILLEGAL ALIENS) and their children (ANCHOR BABIES). Many settle in low-wage sectors of the economy; they work hard, they save (SEND MONEY BACK TO MEXICO TO USE IN THEIR ECONOMY, NOT OURS), they stay out of trouble (AFTER BREAKING THE LAW FOR COMING HERE. AND LET'S NOT MENTION THAT THEIR CHILDREN SURE DON'T STAY OUT OF TROUBLE, BUT THEY WERE BORN HERE, SO TECHNICALLY WHILE THEY ARE ANCHOR BABIES, THEY ARE NOT ILLEGAL). But because they live in the shadows, they’re vulnerable to unscrupulous businesses who pay them less than the minimum wage or violate worker safety rules -– thereby putting companies who follow those rules, and Americans who rightly demand the minimum wage or overtime, at an unfair [dis]advantage. Crimes go unreported as victims and witnesses fear coming forward. And this makes it harder for the police to catch violent criminals and keep neighborhoods safe. And billions in tax revenue are lost each year because many undocumented workers are paid under the table.
My Comments: Okay, they live in the shadows (Dark by my house I guess, lots of obvious shadows) and fall victim of other criminals, sure, but they are not visitors or guests of this country, they are here ILLEGALLY and as CRIMINALS do not deserve the protection of the UNITED STATES. They can solve their own problem of victimization by LEAVING!!!
More fundamentally, the presence of so many illegal immigrants (oh crap, did you slip up here? Didn't you mean undocumented immigrants?) makes a mockery of all those who are going through the process of immigrating legally. Indeed, after years of patchwork fixes and ill-conceived revisions, the legal immigration system is as broken as the borders. Backlogs and bureaucracy means the process can take years. While an applicant waits for approval, he or she is often forbidden from visiting the United States –- which means even husbands and wives may be forced to spend many years apart. High fees and the need for lawyers may exclude worthy applicants. And while we provide students from around the world visas to get engineering and computer science degrees at our top universities, our laws discourage them from using those skills to start a business or power a new industry right here in the United States. Instead of training entrepreneurs to create jobs on our shores, we train our competition.
My Comments: Okay, am I the only one who sees this as B.S.? If I am a legal citizen of the U.S. (and I am) and my wife is not, and is trying to become legal but is forbidden from visiting, would it not make sense for me to visit her. On to education! We are allowing students from around the world to be here for education because they are paying huge amounts of money to do so. We are not discouraging them from settling here, we are encouraging them to use the process in place. Most of them came here JUST for the education and have no intention of staying here. We have better universities here or they wouldn't have come. Did I mention that these students LEARN ENGLISH!!!?
In sum, the system is broken. And everybody knows it. Unfortunately, reform has been held hostage to political posturing and special-interest wrangling -– and to the pervasive sentiment in Washington that tackling such a thorny and emotional issue is inherently bad politics.
My Comments: Yes, Mr. Obama, the system is broken, but not in the way you are preaching. Reform is your secret code for AMNESTY and don't try to tell us differently. We aren't falling for it. Special interests want the ILLEGAL ALIENS here. Big companies would love for you to just open the boarders, remove the very IDEA of Illegal Aliens as they would suddenly have an influx of VERY CHEAP labor. Why do you think companies OUTSOURCE whenever possible? Are you just blind to this reality?
Just a few years ago, when I was a senator, we forged a bipartisan coalition in favor of comprehensive reform. Under the leadership of Senator Kennedy, who had been a longtime champion of immigration reform, and Senator John McCain, we worked across the aisle to help pass a bipartisan bill through the Senate. But that effort eventually came apart. And now, under the pressures of partisanship and election-year politics, many of the 11 Republican senators who voted for reform in the past have now backed away from their previous support.
My Comments: Okay, Senator Kennedy is dead, sadly, and you are using his name here gratuitously to engender support, so just stop. Senator John McCain has flip flopped on the subject and is now fervently against these plans, so again, stop. The bill came apart because the idea is just WRONG on it's face. You propose the 3rd amnesty, albeit under a different moniker, but an amnesty just the same. The first two didn't work as planned and you open up the door to a 4th wave of illegal aliens to rush across the border in hopes of a 4th amnesty.
Into this breach, (a breach that the U.S. Government created by not enforcing their own LAWS) states like Arizona have decided to take matters into their own hands. Given the levels of frustration across the country, this is understandable. But it is also ill conceived. And it’s not just that the law Arizona passed is divisive -– although it has fanned the flames of an already contentious debate. Laws like Arizona’s put huge pressures on local law enforcement to enforce rules that ultimately are unenforceable. It puts pressure on already hard-strapped state and local budgets. It makes it difficult for people here illegally to report crimes -– driving a wedge between communities and law enforcement, making our streets more dangerous and the jobs of our police officers more difficult.
My Comments: You're damn right it's understandable!!! Not only is it understandable, but it is ABSOLUTELY JUSTIFIED!!! What if there was a violent invasion by IRAQ into Arizona and the Federal Government turned a blind eye. Would you expect the LEGAL CITIZENS of Arizona to just sit on their hands and do nothing? Well, Mr. Obama, this is exactly what is happening. Not Iraq, not as violent, but a invasion just the same.
People who are here illegally do not DESERVE our protection and should not be reporting crimes!!! GET OUT!!!
And you don’t have to take my word for this. You can speak to the police chiefs and others from law enforcement here today who will tell you the same thing.
My Comments: Yes, Illegals don't report crimes for fear of being deported. (DEPORTATION IS THE PENALTY FOR THEIR OWN CRIME)
These laws also have the potential of violating the rights of innocent American citizens and legal residents, making them subject to possible stops or questioning because of what they look like or how they sound. And as other states and localities go their own ways, we face the prospect that different rules for immigration will apply in different parts of the country -– a patchwork of local immigration rules where we all know one clear national standard is needed.
My Comments: If everything that had a potential of violating civil rights were abolished, we would have anarchy. Police and laws have the potential of violating my civil rights. The government has the potential of violating my civil rights. Just because law enforcement will likely stop more Latino's than Caucasian for illegal status is just pure statistics. If 99% of all illegals are Latino, then shouldn't those questioned be Latino? If 99% of all spotted mushrooms are poison, are you going to eat one just because that 1% is not? But since we are all human first, let's ask the question: Do you want to be stopped and asked for your papers? I say, YES PLEASE ASK FOR MY DRIVERS LICENSE EVERY TIME YOU STOP ME!!! Oh wait, you already do. Ask me for ID when I use my Credit Card to make a purchase, Oh wait, you already do. Okay, then, what's the difference? Why would any legal citizen care if he/she is stopped for a traffic violation, that paperwork is asked for. The answer is, WE DONT!!! It happens every day. And don't even talk to me about racism. I'm white, and my kids are being victimized by the overwhelming majority of Latino kids at their school, so shut up!!!
Our task then is to make our national laws actually work -– to shape a system that reflects our values as a nation of laws and a nation of immigrants. And that means being honest about the problem, and getting past the false debates that divide the country rather than bring it together.
My Comments: Yes, make the current laws work. It's simple, enforce them. How can you say the laws aren't working when you haven't even tried? The penalty for living in this country illegally is deportation. This is not enforced except when convenient. The penalty for employing an illegal is $10,000 per occurrence. Not enforced except when convenient. We spend billions of taxpayer dollars supporting the illegal population, how much more will it cost us to pack them up and ship them out?
For example, there are those in the immigrants’ rights community who have argued passionately that we should simply provide those who are [here] illegally with legal status, or at least ignore the laws on the books and put an end to deportation until we have better laws. And often this argument is framed in moral terms: Why should we punish people who are just trying to earn a living?
My Comments: Yes there are. And you are proposing pretty much the same thing. Okay, own up to being illegal, pay a small fine and get in that line over there. We'll process you for legal status.
I recognize the sense of compassion that drives this argument, but I believe such an indiscriminate approach would be both unwise and unfair. It would suggest to those thinking about coming here illegally that there will be no repercussions for such a decision. And this could lead to a surge in more illegal immigration. And it would also ignore the millions of people around the world who are waiting in line to come here legally.
Ultimately, our nation, like all nations, has the right and obligation to control its borders and set laws for residency and citizenship. And no matter how decent they are, no matter their reasons, the 11 million who broke these laws should be held accountable.
My Comments: Again, you are not being specific when you say own up! You have no plan to actually SECURE our 2000 mile long southern border, and you've set no penalty for those who just say screw it, the line is too long and I can't afford the fine so I'm just going to do what I've been doing.
Now, if the majority of Americans are skeptical of a blanket amnesty, they are also skeptical that it is possible to round up and deport 11 million people. They know it’s not possible. Such an effort would be logistically impossible and wildly expensive. Moreover, it would tear at the very fabric of this nation -– because immigrants who are here illegally are now intricately woven into that fabric. Many have children who are American citizens. Some are children themselves, brought here by their parents at a very young age, growing up as American kids, only to discover their illegal status when they apply for college or a job. Migrant workers -– mostly here illegally -– have been the labor force of our farmers and agricultural producers for generations. So even if it was possible, a program of mass deportations would disrupt our economy and communities in ways that most Americans would find intolerable.
My Comments: Oh, I'm so glad you brought up this one!!! It is possible! We do need to round them all up. It isn't going to happen overnight, and some will do it themselves when they see we are serious about mass deportation. The problem is that this government isn't ready to stand up for our country and go to WAR with Mexico. Mass Deportation WILL create civil unrest (mostly from those being deported and their families, but you got us here so Own Up and Be Accountable.) Mexico will be pissed and threaten WAR, so be ready! But hey, you've got to have something for those troops to do once we pull out of Afghanistan right? And, we already find ILLEGAL ALIENS and the economic depression (Screw you with this putting lipstick on a pig Recession term) intolerable. I will trade the things I find intolerable for DEPORTATION OF ILLEGAL ALIENS.
Now, once we get past the two poles of this debate, it becomes possible to shape a practical, common-sense approach that reflects our heritage and our values. Such an approach demands accountability from everybody -– from government, from businesses and from individuals.
My Comments: Come on, just say it AMNESTY with a fine.
Government has a threshold responsibility to secure our borders. That’s why I directed my Secretary of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano — a former border governor — to improve our enforcement policy without having to wait for a new law.
My Comments: Yeah, you won't do it. We spend more money helping foreign countries than protecting our own borders!!! And, we always will.
Today, we have more boots on the ground near the Southwest border than at any time in our history. Let me repeat that: We have more boots on the ground on the Southwest border than at any time in our history. We doubled the personnel assigned to Border Enforcement Security Task Forces. We tripled the number of intelligence analysts along the border. For the first time, we’ve begun screening 100 percent of southbound rail shipments. And as a result, we’re seizing more illegal guns, cash and drugs than in years past. Contrary to some of the reports that you see, crime along the border is down. And statistics collected by Customs and Border Protection reflect a significant reduction in the number of people trying to cross the border illegally.
So the bottom line is this: The southern border is more secure today than at any time in the past 20 years. That doesn’t mean we don’t have more work to do. We have to do that work, but it’s important that we acknowledge the facts. Even as we are committed to doing what’s necessary to secure our borders, even without passage of the new law, there are those who argue that we should not move forward with any other elements of reform until we have fully sealed our borders. But our borders are just too vast for us to be able to solve the problem only with fences and border patrols. It won’t work. Our borders will not be secure as long as our limited resources are devoted to not only stopping gangs and potential terrorists, but also the hundreds of thousands who attempt to cross each year simply to find work.
My Comments: "We have more boots on the ground near the Southwest border than at any time in our history." But you don't allow them to actually do anything!!! They can't deport, they won't deport. We are not more secure, you flat out LIE here. Here's an idea. MOVE all of our bases into ONE big Military Base along the Southern border. Conduct training THERE.
That’s why businesses must be held accountable if they break the law by deliberately hiring and exploiting undocumented workers. We’ve already begun to step up enforcement against the worst workplace offenders. And we’re implementing and improving a system to give employers a reliable way to verify that their employees are here legally. But we need to do more. We cannot continue just to look the other way as a significant portion of our economy operates outside the law. It breeds abuse and bad practices. It punishes employers who act responsibly and undercuts American workers. And ultimately, if the demand for undocumented workers falls, the incentive for people to come here illegally will decline as well.
My Comments: You think it's hard to deport illegals, try proving that a small business is employing an illegal. But, don't let that idea deter you! By all means, ENFORCE THE LAWS STUPID!!!
Finally, we have to demand responsibility from people living here illegally. They must be required to admit that they broke the law. They should be required to register, pay their taxes, pay a fine, and learn English. They must get right with the law before they can get in line and earn their citizenship — not just because it is fair, not just because it will make clear to those who might wish to come to America they must do so inside the bounds of the law, but because this is how we demonstrate that being — what being an American means. Being a citizen of this country comes not only with rights but also with certain fundamental responsibilities. We can create a pathway for legal status that is fair, reflective of our values, and works.
My Comments: Okay, in other words, let's reward the criminal, for taking advantage of our country for years and years by letting them stay here while they learn English, work (because, how do you pay taxes if you don't work?) and basically take a fast track to citizenship. So it's not exactly amnesty, because amnesty would only require registration and here's your citizenship. But, what Mr. Obama isn't telling you is that the fine will be small, because most of the 15 million (not 11 million) illegal aliens can't afford a big fine. Back taxes can never be estimated so they won't have to pay those. We will have to foot the bill for teaching these criminals English and while all this is happening, millions more will anticipate Amnesty and flood the border saying they were here all along. If they're paid under the table and staying in the shadows, how would we know? You see Mr. Obama, we're not all as stupid as you think.
Now, stopping illegal immigration (what gives, you said it again) must go hand in hand with reforming our creaky system of legal immigration. We’ve begun to do that, by eliminating a backlog in background checks that at one point stretched back almost a year. That’s just for the background check. People can now track the status of their immigration applications by email or text message. We’ve improved accountability and safety in the detention system. And we’ve stemmed the increases in naturalization fees. But here, too, we need to do more. We should make it easier for the best and the brightest to come to start businesses and develop products and create jobs.
My Comments: No, Mr. Obama, stopping illegal aliens must go FIRST! STOP THEM NOW, STOP THEM!!! Do not detain them, SHIP THEM OUT. Choke off their ability to survive here and they will be forced to leave. You can't possibly believe that the majority of undocumented migrant workers who make up the vast majority of illegal aliens are Mexico's Best and Brightest.
Our laws should respect families following the rules -– instead of splitting them apart. We need to provide farms a legal way to hire the workers they rely on, and a path for those workers to earn legal status. And we should stop punishing innocent young people for the actions of their parents by denying them the chance to stay here and earn an education and contribute their talents to build the country where they’ve grown up. The DREAM Act would do this, and that’s why I supported this bill as a state legislator and as a U.S. senator — and why I continue to support it as president.
My Comments: Legal Citizen's who have committed a crime are ripped from their families every day. Why do we give more respect to the illegal alien? When do we not punish the young for the sins of their parents. Children born to criminals are punished by having their parent or parents taken away to jail all the time. Poor families have too many children to support and all of those children pay for the sins of their parents. Abused kids pay for the sins of their parents. Kids in foster care are paying for the sins of their parents. This is LIFE. Even you, are paying for the sin of your parents with the talk of being Born in Kenya, being named Barak Hussein Obama, being black, or not black enough. It's all because of your parents! WE ARE IN DEBT UP TO OUR EYEBALLS BECAUSE OF THE SINS OF OUR PARENTS AND OUR GOVERNMENT!!! You are not stupid, so you have bought into the politics of it all and are looking to get the Latino vote for the politicians you support. I do not believe in you anymore. I did once, I voted for you, but no longer. You are as bad as all the rest, maybe worse, because you made me care and then you pissed on me.
So these are the essential elements of comprehensive immigration reform. The question now is whether we will have the courage and the political will to pass a bill through Congress, to finally get it done. Last summer, I held a meeting with leaders of both parties, including many of the Republicans who had supported reform in the past — and some who hadn’t. I was pleased to see a bipartisan framework proposed in the Senate by Senators Lindsey Graham and Chuck Schumer, with whom I met to discuss this issue. I’ve spoken with the Congressional Hispanic Caucus to plot the way forward and meet — and then I met with them earlier this week.
My Comments: It's not courage. It's going against what the people overwhelmingly want!
And I’ve spoken with representatives from a growing coalition of labor unions and business groups, immigrant advocates and community organizations, law enforcement, local government -– all who recognize the importance of immigration reform. And I’ve met with leaders from America’s religious communities, like Pastor Hybels — people of different faiths and beliefs, some liberal, some conservative, who nonetheless share a sense of urgency; who understand that fixing our broken immigration system is not only a political issue, not just an economic issue, but a moral imperative as well.
My Comments: Immigrant Advocates = Illegal Alien Lawyers
So we’ve made progress. I’m ready to move forward; the majority of Democrats are ready to move forward; and I believe the majority of Americans are ready to move forward. But the fact is, without bipartisan support, as we had just a few years ago, we cannot solve this problem. Reform that brings accountability to our immigration system cannot pass without Republican votes. That is the political and mathematical reality. The only way to reduce the risk that this effort will again falter because of politics is if members of both parties are willing to take responsibility for solving this problem once and for all.
My Comments: Your belief is not in line with the majority of Americans. You believe in adjusted Amnesty, we believe in DEPORTATION!!!
And, yes, this is an emotional question, and one that lends itself to demagoguery. Time and again, this issue has been used to divide and inflame -– and to demonize people. And so the understandable, the natural impulse among those who run for office is to turn away and defer this question for another day, or another year, or another administration. Despite the courageous leadership in the past shown by many Democrats and some Republicans — including, by the way, my predecessor, President Bush -– this has been the custom. That is why a broken and dangerous system that offends our most basic American values is still in place.
But I believe we can put politics aside and finally have an immigration system that’s accountable. I believe we can appeal not to people’s fears but to their hopes, to their highest ideals, because that’s who we are as Americans. It’s been inscribed on our nation’s seal since we declared our independence. “E pluribus unum.” Out of many, one. That is what has drawn the persecuted and impoverished to our shores. That’s what led the innovators and risk-takers from around the world to take a chance here in the land of opportunity. That’s what has led people to endure untold hardships to reach this place called America.
My Comments: "E pluribus unum" does not mean, Out of many, including those who aren't here legally, one. It refers to a community of citizens, with a common goal. Law abiding citizens who did not commit crimes against the very community they are trying to be one with. You do the legal citizens of this nation a disservice and you will be voted out of office. I have always been a democrat, but I will change my party to make sure there is a better candidate for president next time around. You, Sir, won the election by default. The lesser of two evils.
One of the largest waves of immigration in our history took place little more than a century ago. At the time, Jewish people were being driven out of Eastern Europe, often escaping to the sounds of gunfire and the light from their villages burning to the ground. The journey could take months, as families crossed rivers in the dead of night, traveled miles by foot, endured a rough and dangerous passage over the North Atlantic. Once here, many made their homes in a teeming and bustling Lower Manhattan.
My Comments: Okay, speech writing 101, close with your opening. So, I'll close with mine too. THESE IMMIGRANTS WERE WELCOMED AND LEGAL!!!
It was at this time that a young woman named Emma Lazarus, whose own family fled persecution from Europe generations earlier, took up the cause of these new immigrants. Although she was a poet, she spent much of her time advocating for better health care and housing for the newcomers. And inspired by what she saw and heard, she wrote down her thoughts and donated a piece of work to help pay for the construction of a new statue — the Statue of Liberty — which actually was funded in part by small donations from people across America.
Years before the statue was built — years before it would be seen by throngs of immigrants craning their necks skyward at the end of long and brutal voyage, years before it would come to symbolize everything that we cherish — she imagined what it could mean. She imagined the sight of a giant statue at the entry point of a great nation -– but unlike the great monuments of the past, this would not signal an empire. Instead, it would signal one’s arrival to a place of opportunity and refuge and freedom.
“Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand,” she wrote,
A mighty woman with a torch…
From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome…
“Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!”…
“Give me your tired, and your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to be free…
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”
From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome…
“Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!”…
“Give me your tired, and your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to be free…
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”
Let us remember these words. For it falls on each generation to ensure that that lamp -– that beacon -– continues to shine as a source of hope around the world, and a source of our prosperity here at home.
Thank you. God bless you. And may God bless the United States of America. Thank you.
My Comments: The Statue of Liberty was a gift from the French (I personally think it was an expensive gag gift and that they were snickering in their baguettes).
The words may have been true for a new country, looking for cheap labor. It's like starting a new garden. You till the soil, you fertilize, you plant the seeds. The seeds had to come from somewhere, you welcomed new types of seeds from wherever you could get them so you could have variety of foods. But then the winds blew in seeds of a different sort. Seeds you did not plant. The result, weeds. Weeds take over your garden if you aren't diligent in your tending. Weeds will kill off the productive plants you tended with care if you forget for even a day to keep the weeds out. Mr. Obama; It's time to weed your garden!
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Immigration Laws
1. If you migrate to this county, you must speak the native language
2. You have to be a professional or an investor. No unskilled workers allowed.
3. There will be no special bilingual programs in the schools, no special ballots for elections, all government business will be conducted in our language.
4. Foreigners will NOT have the right to vote no matter how long they are here.
5 Foreigners will NEVER be able to hold political office.
6. Foreigners will not be a burden to the taxpayers. No welfare, no food stamps, no health care, or other government assistance programs.
7. Foreigners can invest in this country, but it must be an amount equal to 40,000 times the daily minimum wage.
8. If foreigners do come and want to buy land that will be okay, BUT options will be restricted. You are not allowed waterfront property. That is reserved for citizens naturally born into this country.
9. Foreigners may not protest; no demonstrations, no waving a foreign flag, no political organizing, no badmouthing our president or his policies, if you do you will be sent home.
10. If you do come to this country illegally, you will be hunted down and sent straight to jail.
Now for all you people who think these immigration laws are too harsh and our Illegal Mexican Immigrants will suffer unduly... Surprise!!! These are the MEXICAN IMMIGRATION LAWS
The Mexican President is bashing the new Arizona Immigration Laws??? Really??? What a buffoon!
2. You have to be a professional or an investor. No unskilled workers allowed.
3. There will be no special bilingual programs in the schools, no special ballots for elections, all government business will be conducted in our language.
4. Foreigners will NOT have the right to vote no matter how long they are here.
5 Foreigners will NEVER be able to hold political office.
6. Foreigners will not be a burden to the taxpayers. No welfare, no food stamps, no health care, or other government assistance programs.
7. Foreigners can invest in this country, but it must be an amount equal to 40,000 times the daily minimum wage.
8. If foreigners do come and want to buy land that will be okay, BUT options will be restricted. You are not allowed waterfront property. That is reserved for citizens naturally born into this country.
9. Foreigners may not protest; no demonstrations, no waving a foreign flag, no political organizing, no badmouthing our president or his policies, if you do you will be sent home.
10. If you do come to this country illegally, you will be hunted down and sent straight to jail.
Now for all you people who think these immigration laws are too harsh and our Illegal Mexican Immigrants will suffer unduly... Surprise!!! These are the MEXICAN IMMIGRATION LAWS
The Mexican President is bashing the new Arizona Immigration Laws??? Really??? What a buffoon!
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
A Few Days Before Christmas
It’s a few days before Christmas and all through our home,
“How long ’till Christmas?” our kids they do moan.
The stockings are hung on the mantle it’s true,
the fire is off and closed is the flue.
The kids are all antsy and running around
while visions of video games, in their heads, do abound.
Mamma going shopping, me on the notebook,
I am blogging for all to have a look.
When out in the street there came a big noise,
'twas big kids on minibikes, kids and their toys.
I sprang from the couch stubbed my toe on the table,
would have chased after them but found I wasn’t able.
So I opened the door and stood on the mat.
The grass was well groomed, trimmings in the green can,
with the mower Branden groomed and helped out his old man.
The smell of 2 stroke engines assaulted my nose,
while the sound of them faded where once they had rose.
The kids were much older, a reckless driving attack,
I knew in a moment that they would be back.
They rode really fast knocking over the trash,
not a care in the world or thought of a crash.
Hey Johnny, hey Carlos, ’sup Frankie, ’sup Joe,
let’s hit the next block, come on, let’s go!
We’ll trash all the yards, do donuts on lawns
we’ll rip up the reindeer, run over the fawns.
Now here I must pause, as no more could I see,
I closed my front door and pondered my tree.
My kids were good boys, they’ve been good all the year,
and gifts they will get lots of gifts do you hear?
Santa will come in the quiet dark of the night,
he’ll come down the chimney and the tree he will light.
By the glow of the tree he’ll get straight to his task,
he’ll leave all their toys and then what you may ask.
He’ll eat the cookies and milk that Bailey has left,
to replenish his strength, his spirit, his heft.
While he eats and he drinks he admires his work
and chuckles and smiles with just a hint of a smirk.
As he ponders his big day and the years culmination
he sits and he wonders what to do on vacation.
For he’s got some time coming after all the toiling,
his muscles are sore and his bunions are boiling.
The time is now fleeting, back to work he must go,
the reindeer are a waiting ho ho, ho ho ho.
He zooms up the chimney and gets into his sleigh
and in the blink of an eye they’re off, they’re away.
The next family on his list with his toys he will see,
and presents will he leave, for the kids, by the tree.
Again and again the scene it will play,
’till the gifts are all gone and it’s dawn the next day.
He’ll head off to the pole, the workshop and his elves,
the reindeer will be fed and have time to themselves.
He’ll thank everyone for a job that’s well done
and they’ll head off to bed and rest their tired bones.
And Santa will head off to his suite to share
with Mrs Claus all the tales from his feat through the air.
He went round the world and all in one day,
and gave the kids joy and games with to play.
Now a gift for Mrs. Claus, and one thing left to do,
“How long ’till Christmas?” our kids they do moan.
The stockings are hung on the mantle it’s true,
the fire is off and closed is the flue.
The kids are all antsy and running around
while visions of video games, in their heads, do abound.
Mamma going shopping, me on the notebook,
I am blogging for all to have a look.
When out in the street there came a big noise,
'twas big kids on minibikes, kids and their toys.
I sprang from the couch stubbed my toe on the table,
would have chased after them but found I wasn’t able.
So I opened the door and stood on the mat.
The grass was well groomed, trimmings in the green can,
with the mower Branden groomed and helped out his old man.
The smell of 2 stroke engines assaulted my nose,
while the sound of them faded where once they had rose.
The kids were much older, a reckless driving attack,
I knew in a moment that they would be back.
They rode really fast knocking over the trash,
not a care in the world or thought of a crash.
Hey Johnny, hey Carlos, ’sup Frankie, ’sup Joe,
let’s hit the next block, come on, let’s go!
We’ll trash all the yards, do donuts on lawns
we’ll rip up the reindeer, run over the fawns.
Now here I must pause, as no more could I see,
I closed my front door and pondered my tree.
My kids were good boys, they’ve been good all the year,
and gifts they will get lots of gifts do you hear?
Santa will come in the quiet dark of the night,
he’ll come down the chimney and the tree he will light.
By the glow of the tree he’ll get straight to his task,
he’ll leave all their toys and then what you may ask.
He’ll eat the cookies and milk that Bailey has left,
to replenish his strength, his spirit, his heft.
While he eats and he drinks he admires his work
and chuckles and smiles with just a hint of a smirk.
As he ponders his big day and the years culmination
he sits and he wonders what to do on vacation.
For he’s got some time coming after all the toiling,
his muscles are sore and his bunions are boiling.
The time is now fleeting, back to work he must go,
the reindeer are a waiting ho ho, ho ho ho.
He zooms up the chimney and gets into his sleigh
and in the blink of an eye they’re off, they’re away.
The next family on his list with his toys he will see,
and presents will he leave, for the kids, by the tree.
Again and again the scene it will play,
’till the gifts are all gone and it’s dawn the next day.
He’ll head off to the pole, the workshop and his elves,
the reindeer will be fed and have time to themselves.
He’ll thank everyone for a job that’s well done
and they’ll head off to bed and rest their tired bones.
And Santa will head off to his suite to share
with Mrs Claus all the tales from his feat through the air.
He went round the world and all in one day,
and gave the kids joy and games with to play.
Now a gift for Mrs. Claus, and one thing left to do,
say “Happy Christmas to all and good-night to all of you.”
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Illegal Immigration
Illegal Immigration
Between 12 and 20 million illegal immigrants are estimated to be living in the United States. This is just an estimate since by their very nature, they're not telling us they're here.
Illegal immigration is immigration across national borders in a way that violates the immigration laws of the destination country. People become illegal immigrants in one of three ways: entering without authorization or inspection, staying beyond the authorized period after legal entry, or by violating the terms of legal entry. Their mode of violation breaks down as follows: If the suspect entered legally without inspection, then the suspect would be classified as either a “Non-Immigrant Visa Overstayer” (4 to 5.5 million) or a “Border Crossing Card Violator” (250,000 to 500,000). If the suspect entered illegally without inspection, then the suspect is classified as having “Evaded the Immigration Inspectors and Border Patrol” (6 to 7 million).
In any of these cases, being an illegal immigrant is a CRIME by United States LAW! This crime is punishable by deportation. The Immigration Act of 1891 Mandates that Illegal Immigrants be deported. This act is largely ignored by the Federal Government.
Whatever happened to DEPORTING THEM?!? The kids aren't responsible, but kids aren't responsible for their parents being poor, or handicapped, or stupid. Yet they have to deal with it. The citizens of the United States are not responsible for the children of illegal immigrants. Nor should children born in the United States be granted citizenship as a reward for the crimes of their parents!
Why are we so afraid of making our citizens sing for their supper? We perpetuate the problem with rewarding people for not working. I was listening to a talk radio show the other day with talent that just got their new gig. They talked about some of their old support staff who they spoke to about working for them again. One said that he couldn't do it because unemployment paid him more than their offer. I understand that we, as a society, have a responsibility to take care of those who CAN NOT work. But that is quite the minority of the people who we support today.
Immigrants Rights groups claim that illegal immigrants are paying millions into our Social Security program, knowing that they'll never get that money back. Okay, so what? How much do their uninsured butts cost us at the ER when their kids get sick? How much does their use of our infrastructure cost us? We can live without an illegal immigrant for a day, a week, a lifetime if we want. We will have to adjust, but we can do it and we will be better off for it. Remember the saying "An honest day's work for an honest days pay"? Let's get back to that people.
Between 12 and 20 million illegal immigrants are estimated to be living in the United States. This is just an estimate since by their very nature, they're not telling us they're here.
Illegal immigration is immigration across national borders in a way that violates the immigration laws of the destination country. People become illegal immigrants in one of three ways: entering without authorization or inspection, staying beyond the authorized period after legal entry, or by violating the terms of legal entry. Their mode of violation breaks down as follows: If the suspect entered legally without inspection, then the suspect would be classified as either a “Non-Immigrant Visa Overstayer” (4 to 5.5 million) or a “Border Crossing Card Violator” (250,000 to 500,000). If the suspect entered illegally without inspection, then the suspect is classified as having “Evaded the Immigration Inspectors and Border Patrol” (6 to 7 million).
In any of these cases, being an illegal immigrant is a CRIME by United States LAW! This crime is punishable by deportation. The Immigration Act of 1891 Mandates that Illegal Immigrants be deported. This act is largely ignored by the Federal Government.
Plyler v. Doe, 457 U.S. 202 (1982), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States struck down a state statute denying funding for education to children who were illegal immigrants. Amazingly, the court majority found that the Texas law was "directed against children, and impose[d] its discriminatory burden on the basis of a legal characteristic over which children can have little control" — namely, the fact of their having been brought illegally into the United States by their parents. The majority also observed that denying the children in question a proper education would likely contribute to "the creation and perpetuation of a subclass of illiterates within our boundaries, surely adding to the problems and costs of unemployment, welfare, and crime." The majority refused to accept that any substantial state interest would be served by discrimination on this basis, and it struck down the Texas law.
Whatever happened to DEPORTING THEM?!? The kids aren't responsible, but kids aren't responsible for their parents being poor, or handicapped, or stupid. Yet they have to deal with it. The citizens of the United States are not responsible for the children of illegal immigrants. Nor should children born in the United States be granted citizenship as a reward for the crimes of their parents!
Border Patrol vets offer tips on curbing illegal immigrationIndustries who hire illegal immigrants claim that Americans won't do the jobs. I say let's find out! Sure, you'll have to pay them more causing you're product's prices to rise, but we Americans will have to adjust. Maybe that 2nd Flat Screen TV imported from China won't be as important as Clothing or Food. Maybe we Americans have reached the end of the PARTY and are now in our Hangover Period. If we do nothing, illegal immigrants will continue to take jobs that our unemployed could do. Our unemployed will do those jobs, I say, if we stop paying them Welfare! Our unemployed will do these jobs if we stop giving them a free ride.
One day in 1954, Border Patrol agent Walt Edwards picked up a newspaper in Big Spring, Texas, and saw some startling news. The government was launching an all-out drive to oust illegal aliens from the United States.
The orders came straight from the top, where the new president, Dwight Eisenhower, had put a former West Point classmate, Gen. Joseph Swing, in charge of immigration enforcement.
General Swing's fast-moving campaign soon secured America's borders - an accomplishment no other president has since equaled. Illegal migration had dropped 95 percent by the late 1950s.
Several retired Border Patrol agents who took part in the 1950s effort, including Mr. Edwards, say much of what Swing did could be repeated today.
"Some say we cannot send 12 million illegals now in the United States back where they came from. Of course we can!" Edwards says.
Donald Coppock, who headed the Patrol from 1960 to 1973, says that if Swing and Ike were still running immigration enforcement, "they'd be on top of this in a minute."
William Chambers, another '50s veteran, agrees. "They could do a pretty good job" sealing the border.
Edwards says: "When we start enforcing the law, these various businesses are, on their own, going to replace their [illegal] workforce with a legal workforce."
While Congress debates building a fence on the border, these veterans say other actions should have higher priority.
1. End the current practice of taking captured Mexican aliens to the border and releasing them. Instead, deport them deep into Mexico, where return to the US would be more costly.
2. Crack down hard on employers who hire illegals. Without jobs, the aliens won't come.
3. End "catch and release" for non-Mexican aliens. It is common for illegal migrants not from Mexico to be set free after their arrest if they promise to appear later before a judge. Few show up.
The Patrol veterans say enforcement could also be aided by a legalized guest- worker program that permits Mexicans to register in their country for temporary jobs in the US. Eisenhower's team ran such a program. It permitted up to 400,000 Mexicans a year to enter the US for various agriculture jobs that lasted for 12 to 52 weeks.
Why are we so afraid of making our citizens sing for their supper? We perpetuate the problem with rewarding people for not working. I was listening to a talk radio show the other day with talent that just got their new gig. They talked about some of their old support staff who they spoke to about working for them again. One said that he couldn't do it because unemployment paid him more than their offer. I understand that we, as a society, have a responsibility to take care of those who CAN NOT work. But that is quite the minority of the people who we support today.
Immigrants Rights groups claim that illegal immigrants are paying millions into our Social Security program, knowing that they'll never get that money back. Okay, so what? How much do their uninsured butts cost us at the ER when their kids get sick? How much does their use of our infrastructure cost us? We can live without an illegal immigrant for a day, a week, a lifetime if we want. We will have to adjust, but we can do it and we will be better off for it. Remember the saying "An honest day's work for an honest days pay"? Let's get back to that people.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Obama's Nobel Peace Prize
Sorry, just a tiny rant... a rantlet if you will.
Just like Barack Obama is responsible for the recession, according to the Right Wing, he is also responsible for the ridiculous award of the Nobel Peace Prize. In fact not only there is no longer a Nobel Committee but the Obama administration is now responsible for everything! In a few years Rush Limbaugh will be saying that not only is Obama responsible for 9/11 but he is also responsible for the Holocaust and was the actual snake that tempted Eve.
I think that President Obama was embarrassed and disappointed that he got the award. But, what could he do? Decline, refuse and embarrass himself more. If he had, I'm sure Rush Limbaugh and the right wing wackos that listen to him would find fault with that as well. Nothing this man can do will satisfy the bitter Republicans who have nothing good to say about him.
America is such a disappointment to me these days. I love my country, but at the same time my fellow Americans make me very sad.
-Alleymon
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Just like Barack Obama is responsible for the recession, according to the Right Wing, he is also responsible for the ridiculous award of the Nobel Peace Prize. In fact not only there is no longer a Nobel Committee but the Obama administration is now responsible for everything! In a few years Rush Limbaugh will be saying that not only is Obama responsible for 9/11 but he is also responsible for the Holocaust and was the actual snake that tempted Eve.
I think that President Obama was embarrassed and disappointed that he got the award. But, what could he do? Decline, refuse and embarrass himself more. If he had, I'm sure Rush Limbaugh and the right wing wackos that listen to him would find fault with that as well. Nothing this man can do will satisfy the bitter Republicans who have nothing good to say about him.
America is such a disappointment to me these days. I love my country, but at the same time my fellow Americans make me very sad.
-Alleymon
What Ever Happened to the Cream?
What I want to know is what ever happened to the cream? I mean, was it that long ago that the cream would rise to the top? Maybe we've forgotten that the cream of the crop used to mean the best of the best, the smartest of the smartest the people who were among the very best! So, what ever happened to the cream?
I know I'm getting older, and the older I get the further to the right I move, politically speaking. I started off pretty far left of center, but I'm either approaching true center or I've passed it. I recently took an online questionnaire that told me I'm still a democrat by 75% based on the stupid irrelevant questions asked, but I don't feel so democrat anymore.
Oh, I still feel that able bodied people should help out people who aren't. The very rich should help out the very poor, after all, It's quite likely that those rich got that way on the backs of the poor who may not have been as fairly compensated as they should have been. Outsourcing and insourcing cause the value of labor to drop to below poverty levels. What's insourcing you ask? Illegal immigration is insourcing. And I'll talk about illegal immigration in another post soon because, you see, I'm bursting to talk about this stuff but afraid of offending the people I care about, so I say nothing.
I also feel the federal government's role in our lives should be to protect us. Protect us from hostile entities outside our borders and hostile entities inside our borders. Protect us from a poverty that is beyond the individual's control. Protect us from being taken advantage of by greedy corporations. Protect us from things that we don't understand like the recent banking collapse that should never have happened. Protect us from outright lies (oh wait, is that possible from a government that is only in power because of lies?)
You'll find if you keep reading my posts, that I digress often. One thought can send me off on a different tack and, well, there you have it. So back to the question of cream. It used to be pounded into our young heads, by teachers and parents, that "Cheaters never prosper". Do you remember that? Well, it seems to me now, that it was a lie. Take one look at the executives responsible for the mortagage crisis and you'll have glaring evidence that cheaters, in fact do prosper, and they prosper better than our teachers and parents could have ever imagined. How about Bernie Madoff, who "Madeoff" with a bunch of peoples money by being a cheater? Do I even need to mention politicians?
This "cheater" thing is in every aspect of our lives, from fast food commercials sporting high definition video of a burger you've never actually seen in real life, and never will, to political ads where the "facts" are spun a little or even completely made up!!! These cheaters have become so successful that they are the new cream. Another long lost saying is "An honest days pay for an honest days work" Uh huh.... How many of us do an honest days work anymore? When did we stop? Was it when we figured out we weren't getting paid what we thought we deserved? Or did some of us discover that we could cheat our employers and be lazy?
So, if we're lazy cheaters, who is the new cream? The new cream are those industrious cheaters who under pay and lie to us. Those who employ illegal immigrants instead of Americans. All the cheaters who never get caught cheating and even some of those who do are the new cream. And the average among us are caught between trying to do an honest days work, and cheating. Most of us do a little of both.
We need to get back to rewarding HONEST! We need to get back to rewarding good deeds and generosity! We need to care about others. We need to respect those who don't cheat! The "New Cream" is sour! Pour it out and start over. Bring back the cream!
Alleymon
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I know I'm getting older, and the older I get the further to the right I move, politically speaking. I started off pretty far left of center, but I'm either approaching true center or I've passed it. I recently took an online questionnaire that told me I'm still a democrat by 75% based on the stupid irrelevant questions asked, but I don't feel so democrat anymore.
Oh, I still feel that able bodied people should help out people who aren't. The very rich should help out the very poor, after all, It's quite likely that those rich got that way on the backs of the poor who may not have been as fairly compensated as they should have been. Outsourcing and insourcing cause the value of labor to drop to below poverty levels. What's insourcing you ask? Illegal immigration is insourcing. And I'll talk about illegal immigration in another post soon because, you see, I'm bursting to talk about this stuff but afraid of offending the people I care about, so I say nothing.
I also feel the federal government's role in our lives should be to protect us. Protect us from hostile entities outside our borders and hostile entities inside our borders. Protect us from a poverty that is beyond the individual's control. Protect us from being taken advantage of by greedy corporations. Protect us from things that we don't understand like the recent banking collapse that should never have happened. Protect us from outright lies (oh wait, is that possible from a government that is only in power because of lies?)
You'll find if you keep reading my posts, that I digress often. One thought can send me off on a different tack and, well, there you have it. So back to the question of cream. It used to be pounded into our young heads, by teachers and parents, that "Cheaters never prosper". Do you remember that? Well, it seems to me now, that it was a lie. Take one look at the executives responsible for the mortagage crisis and you'll have glaring evidence that cheaters, in fact do prosper, and they prosper better than our teachers and parents could have ever imagined. How about Bernie Madoff, who "Madeoff" with a bunch of peoples money by being a cheater? Do I even need to mention politicians?
This "cheater" thing is in every aspect of our lives, from fast food commercials sporting high definition video of a burger you've never actually seen in real life, and never will, to political ads where the "facts" are spun a little or even completely made up!!! These cheaters have become so successful that they are the new cream. Another long lost saying is "An honest days pay for an honest days work" Uh huh.... How many of us do an honest days work anymore? When did we stop? Was it when we figured out we weren't getting paid what we thought we deserved? Or did some of us discover that we could cheat our employers and be lazy?
So, if we're lazy cheaters, who is the new cream? The new cream are those industrious cheaters who under pay and lie to us. Those who employ illegal immigrants instead of Americans. All the cheaters who never get caught cheating and even some of those who do are the new cream. And the average among us are caught between trying to do an honest days work, and cheating. Most of us do a little of both.
We need to get back to rewarding HONEST! We need to get back to rewarding good deeds and generosity! We need to care about others. We need to respect those who don't cheat! The "New Cream" is sour! Pour it out and start over. Bring back the cream!
Alleymon
Future Topics:
- Health Care Reform
- Illegal Immigration
- Who is responsible for outsourcing anyway?
- Why are the wackos the only ones who get heard?
- Are we just sheep?
- Whatever happened to "Think" before speaking?
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Friday, July 2, 2010
COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM
Here is the official transcript released by the White House (With my Comments):
July 1, 2010
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
ON COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM
American University School of International Service
Washington, D.C.
11:12 A.M. EDT
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
ON COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM
American University School of International Service
Washington, D.C.
11:12 A.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. (Applause.) Everyone please have a seat. Thank you very much. Let me thank Pastor Hybels from near my hometown in Chicago, who took time off his vacation to be here today. We are blessed to have him.
My Comments: B.S. Fluff to make people start agreeing with him.
I want to thank President Neil Kerwin and our hosts here at American University; acknowledge my outstanding Secretary of Labor, Hilda Solis, and members of my administration; all the members of Congress — Hilda deserves applause. (Applause.) To all the members of Congress, the elected officials, faith and law enforcement, labor, business leaders and immigration advocates who are here today — thank you for your presence.
My Comments: More B.S. Fluff to make people start agreeing with him.
I want to thank American University for welcoming me to the campus once again. Some may recall that the last time I was here I was joined by a dear friend, and a giant of American politics, Senator Edward Kennedy. (Applause.) Teddy’s not here right now, but his legacy of civil rights and health care and worker protections is still with us.
My Comments: More B.S. Fluff to make people start agreeing with him.
I was a candidate for President that day, and some may recall I argued that our country had reached a tipping point; that after years in which we had deferred our most pressing problems, and too often yielded to the politics of the moment, we now faced a choice: We could squarely confront our challenges with honesty and determination, or we could consign ourselves and our children to a future less prosperous and less secure.
I believed that then and I believe it now. And that’s why, even as we’ve tackled the most severe economic crisis since the Great Depression, even as we’ve wound down the war in Iraq and refocused our efforts in Afghanistan, my administration has refused to ignore some of the fundamental challenges facing this generation.
My Comments: Still more B.S. Fluff to make people start agreeing with him.
We launched the most aggressive education reforms in decades, so that our children can gain the knowledge and skills they need to compete in a 21st century global economy.
My Comments: No you didn't Mr. Obama. Because of the economy and the loss of state revenue most schools have cut back employees, canceled programs, dissolved sport teams and nearly doubled class sizes. The only thing that has been added is special day care programs for the poor (oh, did I mention that most of the poor, in the Southwestern states at least, are illegal aliens?)
We have finally delivered on the promise of health reform -– reform that will bring greater security to every American, and that will rein in the skyrocketing costs that threaten families, businesses and the prosperity of our nation.
My Comments: I voted for you Mr. Obama, especially for the Health Care Reform. Unfortunately, the Health Care Reform that was finally passed did not have even the spirit of the original plan by the time you and the rest of government butchered it to take care of all the B.S. pork barrel changes to make it look like you actually got something done. You achieved nothing but a horrible step backwards.
We’re on the verge of reforming an outdated and ineffective set of rules governing Wall Street -– to give greater power to consumers and prevent the reckless financial speculation that led to this severe recession.
And we’re accelerating the transition to a clean energy economy by significantly raising the fuel-efficiency standards of cars and trucks, and by doubling our use of renewable energies like wind and solar power — steps that have the potential to create whole new industries and hundreds of thousands of new jobs in America.
My Comments: Again, I call B.S. I see no evidence of anything that will fix this economy. Only patchwork policies and temporary relief for the unemployed, who by the way have taken full advantage of their free 99 weeks of pay to lay around and do nothing. (Yes, I actually have acquaintances who have done this.) After 99 weeks of doing nothing, these individuals now have acquired the mindset that society OWES them a living. They did little if anything to find work because any of the jobs were below their pay standards, AND below what they were getting from the US Government for doing absolutely NOTHING. I asked one of my jobless acquaintances, why don't you apply for a job at Home Depot or McDonalds? You know, start over. He said indignantly, "I'm not going to work for minimum wage!!!" This is the attitude your unemployment policies have fostered.
Edit in sympathy to people who posted on FB: To those of you who are unemployed and are trying to find work, the above statement does not apply to you so do not take offense. The previous comment is a result of personal experience and anger. I am employed and have the perspective of working my butt off to keep being employed, which I realize is different than being unemployed and working your butt off to become employed again. However, there are many of unemployed that have thrown their hands up in despair and have given up. There are those who just refuse to take any work no matter how low the pay. We, the U.S., can not afford to keep paying the unemployed.
As to the clean energy initiative let me say, this again is a B.S. comment to make people forget why we’re here. If you were serious about this you would mandate AFFORDABLE clean energy vehicles, not just a little tax credit. You would mandate that Electric Companies install Solar Panels on every house in the Sun States, eliminating the need to use OIL to generate electricity. Energy company profits are so HUGE that there is plenty of money to do this. Consumers don't want to do this because it costs too much for the average household but doing this in bulk would lower the costs and of course the Electric Companies would continue to charge for the power used, BUT the silly Tiered Cost Structure could be abandoned.
So, despite the forces of the status quo, despite the polarization and the frequent pettiness of our politics, we are confronting the great challenges of our times. And while this work isn’t easy, and the changes we seek won’t always happen overnight, what we’ve made clear is that this administration will not just kick the can down the road.
My Comments: Despite your redirecting the blame and use of euphemisms and misuse of the word despite we, the citizens who voted for you will remember the way you handled these challenges. We, the LEGAL CITIZENS will remember how you joined in with the status quo with one side of your mouth and slyly blew smoke up our collective rear ends. You're not kicking the can down the road, but have moved on to a bigger and better can.
Immigration reform is no exception. In recent days, the issue of immigration has become once more a source of fresh contention in our country, with the passage of a controversial law in Arizona and the heated reactions we’ve seen across America. Some have rallied behind this new policy. Others have protested and launched boycotts of the state. And everywhere, people have expressed frustration with a system that seems fundamentally broken.
My Comments: Here is an example of the smoke: No mention of the words ILLEGAL, DEPORTATION, ALIEN, CRIME or LAW!!!
Of course, the tensions around immigration are not new. On the one hand, we’ve always defined ourselves as a nation of immigrants — a nation that welcomes those willing to embrace America’s precepts. Indeed, it is this constant flow of immigrants that helped to make America what it is. The scientific breakthroughs of Albert Einstein, the inventions of Nikola Tesla, the great ventures of Andrew Carnegie’s U.S. Steel and Sergey Brin’s Google, Inc. -– all this was possible because of immigrants.
My Comments: Yes LEGAL IMMIGRANTS, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM!!!
And then there are the countless names and the quiet acts that never made the history books but were no less consequential in building this country — the generations who braved hardship and great risk to reach our shores in search of a better life for themselves and their families; the millions of people, ancestors to most of us, who believed that there was a place where they could be, at long last, free to work and worship and live their lives in peace.
My Comments: Ah, yes. Let's look far back in the past, when this country was young and had the need for unskilled, uneducated labor. We asked for them to come here and we made them legal citizens at the GATEWAY TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, otherwise known as Ellis Island. They had to cross the Atlantic Ocean on a then dangerous voyage in overcrowded ships. Many died on the way. These days you just wander across a line in the desert sand. If you're smart and do this in the winter, sure it's quite a hike, but I've taken longer hikes in my day.
So this steady stream of hardworking and talented people has made America the engine of the global economy and a beacon of hope around the world. And it’s allowed us to adapt and thrive in the face of technological and societal change. To this day, America reaps incredible economic rewards because we remain a magnet for the best and brightest from across the globe. Folks travel here in the hopes of being a part of a culture of entrepreneurship and ingenuity, and by doing so they strengthen and enrich that culture. Immigration also means we have a younger workforce -– and a faster-growing economy — than many of our competitors. And in an increasingly interconnected world, the diversity of our country is a powerful advantage in global competition.
My Comments: Okay, the "Best and Brightest" are NOT crossing the border ILLEGALLY. How, I ask, can you make such a stupid statement when the issue is not LEGAL, but ILLEGAL MIGRATION. Please, readers, DO NOT fall for this blatant pandering to the supporters of illegal migration.
Just a few weeks ago, we had an event of small business owners at the White House. And one business owner was a woman named Prachee Devadas who came to this country, became a citizen, and opened up a successful technology services company. When she started, she had just one employee. Today, she employs more than a hundred people. This past April, we held a naturalization ceremony at the White House for members of our armed forces. Even though they were not yet citizens, they had enlisted. One of them was a woman named Perla Ramos — born and raised in Mexico, came to the United States shortly after 9/11, and she eventually joined the Navy. And she said, “I take pride in our flag and the history that forged this great nation and the history we write day by day.”
My Comments: Isn't all this wonderful??? No, I mean it. Legal Citizenship. WELCOME TO AMERICA!!! To all you who have joined this great nation the legal way, we welcome you with open arms and we thank you for helping make this country the greatest nation on Earth! HOWEVER - There is still no talk about those unskilled illegal aliens, those who drop anchor babies and suck up the welfare money for those babies and crowd our emergency rooms for free health care (Not the Health Care Reform health care either, and not the generous free emergency health care for tourists and legal visitors who find themselves in need.)
These women, and men and women across this country like them, remind us that immigrants have always helped to build and defend this country -– and that being an American is not a matter of blood or birth. It’s a matter of faith. It’s a matter of fidelity to the shared values that we all hold so dear. That’s what makes us unique. That’s what makes us strong. Anybody can help us write the next great chapter in our history.
My Comments: Still talking about the LEGAL IMMIGRANTS!!!
Now, we can’t forget that this process of immigration and eventual inclusion has often been painful. Each new wave of immigrants has generated fear and resentments towards newcomers, particularly in times of economic upheaval. Our founding was rooted in the notion that America was unique as a place of refuge and freedom for, in Thomas Jefferson’s words, “oppressed humanity.” But the ink on our Constitution was barely dry when, amidst conflict, Congress passed the Alien and Sedition Acts, which placed harsh restrictions of those suspected of having foreign allegiances. A century ago, immigrants from Ireland, Italy, Poland, other European countries were routinely subjected to rank discrimination and ugly stereotypes. Chinese immigrants were held in detention and deported from Angel Island in the San Francisco Bay. They didn’t even get to come in.
So the politics of who is and who is not allowed to enter this country, and on what terms, has always been contentious. And that remains true today. And it’s made worse by a failure of those of us in Washington to fix a broken immigration system.
My Comments: Mr. Obama, of course we fear WAVES of Immigrants!!! We set up a system specifically to make sure that the number of immigrants we LEGALLY accept is able to integrate into our society without placing undue hardship on the citizens who are already here. The idea of "America as a place of refuge and freedom" is no longer valid. We cannot afford to be that place anymore. Back in Jefferson's days, the journey to get to our shores was fraught with hardship and risk. We did not have cars, buses, trains and airplanes. We did not have cruise ships. There were no "coyotes" who would facilitate illegal crossing. We welcomed a new workforce. We have no need of a workforce when unemployment is 9.5% nationally (By the way, did you know that the number is far greater than that. You see, once your unemployment benefits have expired, you are no longer counted as "Unemployed").
To begin with, our borders have been porous for decades. Obviously, the problem is greatest along our Southern border, but it’s not restricted to that part of the country. In fact, because we don’t do a very good job of tracking who comes in and out of the country as visitors, large numbers avoid immigration laws simply by overstaying their visas.
My Comments: You are absolutely right here, Mr. Obama. We (read Our Government) do not do a very good job of tracking who comes in and out of the country. But you did not compare numbers here did you. The difference is thousands of people overstay their visas, whereas MILLIONS of people do not bother with those pesky visas, as they have no intention of ever leaving. Here's the understatement in this paragraph... did you see it too? ("Obviously, the problem is greatest along our Southern border...") No duh?
The result is an estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants (My Comments: Okay, I couldn't wait this time until the end of the paragraph. "undocumented immigrants" Mr. Obama, why are you and the rest of you pro ILLEGAL ALIENS so afraid of using the proper phrase for this? I already said it, and it didn't hurt a bit. ILLEGAL ALIENS, ILLEGAL ALIENS ILLEGAL ALIENS!!!) in the United States. The overwhelming majority of these men and women (ILLEGAL ALIENS) are simply seeking a better life for themselves (ILLEGAL ALIENS) and their children (ANCHOR BABIES). Many settle in low-wage sectors of the economy; they work hard, they save (SEND MONEY BACK TO MEXICO TO USE IN THEIR ECONOMY, NOT OURS), they stay out of trouble (AFTER BREAKING THE LAW FOR COMING HERE. AND LET'S NOT MENTION THAT THEIR CHILDREN SURE DON'T STAY OUT OF TROUBLE, BUT THEY WERE BORN HERE, SO TECHNICALLY WHILE THEY ARE ANCHOR BABIES, THEY ARE NOT ILLEGAL). But because they live in the shadows, they’re vulnerable to unscrupulous businesses who pay them less than the minimum wage or violate worker safety rules -– thereby putting companies who follow those rules, and Americans who rightly demand the minimum wage or overtime, at an unfair [dis]advantage. Crimes go unreported as victims and witnesses fear coming forward. And this makes it harder for the police to catch violent criminals and keep neighborhoods safe. And billions in tax revenue are lost each year because many undocumented workers are paid under the table.
My Comments: Okay, they live in the shadows (Dark by my house I guess, lots of obvious shadows) and fall victim of other criminals, sure, but they are not visitors or guests of this country, they are here ILLEGALLY and as CRIMINALS do not deserve the protection of the UNITED STATES. They can solve their own problem of victimization by LEAVING!!!
More fundamentally, the presence of so many illegal immigrants (oh crap, did you slip up here? Didn't you mean undocumented immigrants?) makes a mockery of all those who are going through the process of immigrating legally. Indeed, after years of patchwork fixes and ill-conceived revisions, the legal immigration system is as broken as the borders. Backlogs and bureaucracy means the process can take years. While an applicant waits for approval, he or she is often forbidden from visiting the United States –- which means even husbands and wives may be forced to spend many years apart. High fees and the need for lawyers may exclude worthy applicants. And while we provide students from around the world visas to get engineering and computer science degrees at our top universities, our laws discourage them from using those skills to start a business or power a new industry right here in the United States. Instead of training entrepreneurs to create jobs on our shores, we train our competition.
My Comments: Okay, am I the only one who sees this as B.S.? If I am a legal citizen of the U.S. (and I am) and my wife is not, and is trying to become legal but is forbidden from visiting, would it not make sense for me to visit her. On to education! We are allowing students from around the world to be here for education because they are paying huge amounts of money to do so. We are not discouraging them from settling here, we are encouraging them to use the process in place. Most of them came here JUST for the education and have no intention of staying here. We have better universities here or they wouldn't have come. Did I mention that these students LEARN ENGLISH!!!?
In sum, the system is broken. And everybody knows it. Unfortunately, reform has been held hostage to political posturing and special-interest wrangling -– and to the pervasive sentiment in Washington that tackling such a thorny and emotional issue is inherently bad politics.
My Comments: Yes, Mr. Obama, the system is broken, but not in the way you are preaching. Reform is your secret code for AMNESTY and don't try to tell us differently. We aren't falling for it. Special interests want the ILLEGAL ALIENS here. Big companies would love for you to just open the boarders, remove the very IDEA of Illegal Aliens as they would suddenly have an influx of VERY CHEAP labor. Why do you think companies OUTSOURCE whenever possible? Are you just blind to this reality?
Just a few years ago, when I was a senator, we forged a bipartisan coalition in favor of comprehensive reform. Under the leadership of Senator Kennedy, who had been a longtime champion of immigration reform, and Senator John McCain, we worked across the aisle to help pass a bipartisan bill through the Senate. But that effort eventually came apart. And now, under the pressures of partisanship and election-year politics, many of the 11 Republican senators who voted for reform in the past have now backed away from their previous support.
My Comments: Okay, Senator Kennedy is dead, sadly, and you are using his name here gratuitously to engender support, so just stop. Senator John McCain has flip flopped on the subject and is now fervently against these plans, so again, stop. The bill came apart because the idea is just WRONG on it's face. You propose the 3rd amnesty, albeit under a different moniker, but an amnesty just the same. The first two didn't work as planned and you open up the door to a 4th wave of illegal aliens to rush across the border in hopes of a 4th amnesty.
Into this breach, (a breach that the U.S. Government created by not enforcing their own LAWS) states like Arizona have decided to take matters into their own hands. Given the levels of frustration across the country, this is understandable. But it is also ill conceived. And it’s not just that the law Arizona passed is divisive -– although it has fanned the flames of an already contentious debate. Laws like Arizona’s put huge pressures on local law enforcement to enforce rules that ultimately are unenforceable. It puts pressure on already hard-strapped state and local budgets. It makes it difficult for people here illegally to report crimes -– driving a wedge between communities and law enforcement, making our streets more dangerous and the jobs of our police officers more difficult.
My Comments: You're damn right it's understandable!!! Not only is it understandable, but it is ABSOLUTELY JUSTIFIED!!! What if there was a violent invasion by IRAQ into Arizona and the Federal Government turned a blind eye. Would you expect the LEGAL CITIZENS of Arizona to just sit on their hands and do nothing? Well, Mr. Obama, this is exactly what is happening. Not Iraq, not as violent, but a invasion just the same.
People who are here illegally do not DESERVE our protection and should not be reporting crimes!!! GET OUT!!!
And you don’t have to take my word for this. You can speak to the police chiefs and others from law enforcement here today who will tell you the same thing.
My Comments: Yes, Illegals don't report crimes for fear of being deported. (DEPORTATION IS THE PENALTY FOR THEIR OWN CRIME)
These laws also have the potential of violating the rights of innocent American citizens and legal residents, making them subject to possible stops or questioning because of what they look like or how they sound. And as other states and localities go their own ways, we face the prospect that different rules for immigration will apply in different parts of the country -– a patchwork of local immigration rules where we all know one clear national standard is needed.
My Comments: If everything that had a potential of violating civil rights were abolished, we would have anarchy. Police and laws have the potential of violating my civil rights. The government has the potential of violating my civil rights. Just because law enforcement will likely stop more Latino's than Caucasian for illegal status is just pure statistics. If 99% of all illegals are Latino, then shouldn't those questioned be Latino? If 99% of all spotted mushrooms are poison, are you going to eat one just because that 1% is not? But since we are all human first, let's ask the question: Do you want to be stopped and asked for your papers? I say, YES PLEASE ASK FOR MY DRIVERS LICENSE EVERY TIME YOU STOP ME!!! Oh wait, you already do. Ask me for ID when I use my Credit Card to make a purchase, Oh wait, you already do. Okay, then, what's the difference? Why would any legal citizen care if he/she is stopped for a traffic violation, that paperwork is asked for. The answer is, WE DONT!!! It happens every day. And don't even talk to me about racism. I'm white, and my kids are being victimized by the overwhelming majority of Latino kids at their school, so shut up!!!
Our task then is to make our national laws actually work -– to shape a system that reflects our values as a nation of laws and a nation of immigrants. And that means being honest about the problem, and getting past the false debates that divide the country rather than bring it together.
My Comments: Yes, make the current laws work. It's simple, enforce them. How can you say the laws aren't working when you haven't even tried? The penalty for living in this country illegally is deportation. This is not enforced except when convenient. The penalty for employing an illegal is $10,000 per occurrence. Not enforced except when convenient. We spend billions of taxpayer dollars supporting the illegal population, how much more will it cost us to pack them up and ship them out?
For example, there are those in the immigrants’ rights community who have argued passionately that we should simply provide those who are [here] illegally with legal status, or at least ignore the laws on the books and put an end to deportation until we have better laws. And often this argument is framed in moral terms: Why should we punish people who are just trying to earn a living?
My Comments: Yes there are. And you are proposing pretty much the same thing. Okay, own up to being illegal, pay a small fine and get in that line over there. We'll process you for legal status.
I recognize the sense of compassion that drives this argument, but I believe such an indiscriminate approach would be both unwise and unfair. It would suggest to those thinking about coming here illegally that there will be no repercussions for such a decision. And this could lead to a surge in more illegal immigration. And it would also ignore the millions of people around the world who are waiting in line to come here legally.
Ultimately, our nation, like all nations, has the right and obligation to control its borders and set laws for residency and citizenship. And no matter how decent they are, no matter their reasons, the 11 million who broke these laws should be held accountable.
My Comments: Again, you are not being specific when you say own up! You have no plan to actually SECURE our 2000 mile long southern border, and you've set no penalty for those who just say screw it, the line is too long and I can't afford the fine so I'm just going to do what I've been doing.
Now, if the majority of Americans are skeptical of a blanket amnesty, they are also skeptical that it is possible to round up and deport 11 million people. They know it’s not possible. Such an effort would be logistically impossible and wildly expensive. Moreover, it would tear at the very fabric of this nation -– because immigrants who are here illegally are now intricately woven into that fabric. Many have children who are American citizens. Some are children themselves, brought here by their parents at a very young age, growing up as American kids, only to discover their illegal status when they apply for college or a job. Migrant workers -– mostly here illegally -– have been the labor force of our farmers and agricultural producers for generations. So even if it was possible, a program of mass deportations would disrupt our economy and communities in ways that most Americans would find intolerable.
My Comments: Oh, I'm so glad you brought up this one!!! It is possible! We do need to round them all up. It isn't going to happen overnight, and some will do it themselves when they see we are serious about mass deportation. The problem is that this government isn't ready to stand up for our country and go to WAR with Mexico. Mass Deportation WILL create civil unrest (mostly from those being deported and their families, but you got us here so Own Up and Be Accountable.) Mexico will be pissed and threaten WAR, so be ready! But hey, you've got to have something for those troops to do once we pull out of Afghanistan right? And, we already find ILLEGAL ALIENS and the economic depression (Screw you with this putting lipstick on a pig Recession term) intolerable. I will trade the things I find intolerable for DEPORTATION OF ILLEGAL ALIENS.
Now, once we get past the two poles of this debate, it becomes possible to shape a practical, common-sense approach that reflects our heritage and our values. Such an approach demands accountability from everybody -– from government, from businesses and from individuals.
My Comments: Come on, just say it AMNESTY with a fine.
Government has a threshold responsibility to secure our borders. That’s why I directed my Secretary of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano — a former border governor — to improve our enforcement policy without having to wait for a new law.
My Comments: Yeah, you won't do it. We spend more money helping foreign countries than protecting our own borders!!! And, we always will.
Today, we have more boots on the ground near the Southwest border than at any time in our history. Let me repeat that: We have more boots on the ground on the Southwest border than at any time in our history. We doubled the personnel assigned to Border Enforcement Security Task Forces. We tripled the number of intelligence analysts along the border. For the first time, we’ve begun screening 100 percent of southbound rail shipments. And as a result, we’re seizing more illegal guns, cash and drugs than in years past. Contrary to some of the reports that you see, crime along the border is down. And statistics collected by Customs and Border Protection reflect a significant reduction in the number of people trying to cross the border illegally.
So the bottom line is this: The southern border is more secure today than at any time in the past 20 years. That doesn’t mean we don’t have more work to do. We have to do that work, but it’s important that we acknowledge the facts. Even as we are committed to doing what’s necessary to secure our borders, even without passage of the new law, there are those who argue that we should not move forward with any other elements of reform until we have fully sealed our borders. But our borders are just too vast for us to be able to solve the problem only with fences and border patrols. It won’t work. Our borders will not be secure as long as our limited resources are devoted to not only stopping gangs and potential terrorists, but also the hundreds of thousands who attempt to cross each year simply to find work.
My Comments: "We have more boots on the ground near the Southwest border than at any time in our history." But you don't allow them to actually do anything!!! They can't deport, they won't deport. We are not more secure, you flat out LIE here. Here's an idea. MOVE all of our bases into ONE big Military Base along the Southern border. Conduct training THERE.
That’s why businesses must be held accountable if they break the law by deliberately hiring and exploiting undocumented workers. We’ve already begun to step up enforcement against the worst workplace offenders. And we’re implementing and improving a system to give employers a reliable way to verify that their employees are here legally. But we need to do more. We cannot continue just to look the other way as a significant portion of our economy operates outside the law. It breeds abuse and bad practices. It punishes employers who act responsibly and undercuts American workers. And ultimately, if the demand for undocumented workers falls, the incentive for people to come here illegally will decline as well.
My Comments: You think it's hard to deport illegals, try proving that a small business is employing an illegal. But, don't let that idea deter you! By all means, ENFORCE THE LAWS STUPID!!!
Finally, we have to demand responsibility from people living here illegally. They must be required to admit that they broke the law. They should be required to register, pay their taxes, pay a fine, and learn English. They must get right with the law before they can get in line and earn their citizenship — not just because it is fair, not just because it will make clear to those who might wish to come to America they must do so inside the bounds of the law, but because this is how we demonstrate that being — what being an American means. Being a citizen of this country comes not only with rights but also with certain fundamental responsibilities. We can create a pathway for legal status that is fair, reflective of our values, and works.
My Comments: Okay, in other words, let's reward the criminal, for taking advantage of our country for years and years by letting them stay here while they learn English, work (because, how do you pay taxes if you don't work?) and basically take a fast track to citizenship. So it's not exactly amnesty, because amnesty would only require registration and here's your citizenship. But, what Mr. Obama isn't telling you is that the fine will be small, because most of the 15 million (not 11 million) illegal aliens can't afford a big fine. Back taxes can never be estimated so they won't have to pay those. We will have to foot the bill for teaching these criminals English and while all this is happening, millions more will anticipate Amnesty and flood the border saying they were here all along. If they're paid under the table and staying in the shadows, how would we know? You see Mr. Obama, we're not all as stupid as you think.
Now, stopping illegal immigration (what gives, you said it again) must go hand in hand with reforming our creaky system of legal immigration. We’ve begun to do that, by eliminating a backlog in background checks that at one point stretched back almost a year. That’s just for the background check. People can now track the status of their immigration applications by email or text message. We’ve improved accountability and safety in the detention system. And we’ve stemmed the increases in naturalization fees. But here, too, we need to do more. We should make it easier for the best and the brightest to come to start businesses and develop products and create jobs.
My Comments: No, Mr. Obama, stopping illegal aliens must go FIRST! STOP THEM NOW, STOP THEM!!! Do not detain them, SHIP THEM OUT. Choke off their ability to survive here and they will be forced to leave. You can't possibly believe that the majority of undocumented migrant workers who make up the vast majority of illegal aliens are Mexico's Best and Brightest.
Our laws should respect families following the rules -– instead of splitting them apart. We need to provide farms a legal way to hire the workers they rely on, and a path for those workers to earn legal status. And we should stop punishing innocent young people for the actions of their parents by denying them the chance to stay here and earn an education and contribute their talents to build the country where they’ve grown up. The DREAM Act would do this, and that’s why I supported this bill as a state legislator and as a U.S. senator — and why I continue to support it as president.
My Comments: Legal Citizen's who have committed a crime are ripped from their families every day. Why do we give more respect to the illegal alien? When do we not punish the young for the sins of their parents. Children born to criminals are punished by having their parent or parents taken away to jail all the time. Poor families have too many children to support and all of those children pay for the sins of their parents. Abused kids pay for the sins of their parents. Kids in foster care are paying for the sins of their parents. This is LIFE. Even you, are paying for the sin of your parents with the talk of being Born in Kenya, being named Barak Hussein Obama, being black, or not black enough. It's all because of your parents! WE ARE IN DEBT UP TO OUR EYEBALLS BECAUSE OF THE SINS OF OUR PARENTS AND OUR GOVERNMENT!!! You are not stupid, so you have bought into the politics of it all and are looking to get the Latino vote for the politicians you support. I do not believe in you anymore. I did once, I voted for you, but no longer. You are as bad as all the rest, maybe worse, because you made me care and then you pissed on me.
So these are the essential elements of comprehensive immigration reform. The question now is whether we will have the courage and the political will to pass a bill through Congress, to finally get it done. Last summer, I held a meeting with leaders of both parties, including many of the Republicans who had supported reform in the past — and some who hadn’t. I was pleased to see a bipartisan framework proposed in the Senate by Senators Lindsey Graham and Chuck Schumer, with whom I met to discuss this issue. I’ve spoken with the Congressional Hispanic Caucus to plot the way forward and meet — and then I met with them earlier this week.
My Comments: It's not courage. It's going against what the people overwhelmingly want!
And I’ve spoken with representatives from a growing coalition of labor unions and business groups, immigrant advocates and community organizations, law enforcement, local government -– all who recognize the importance of immigration reform. And I’ve met with leaders from America’s religious communities, like Pastor Hybels — people of different faiths and beliefs, some liberal, some conservative, who nonetheless share a sense of urgency; who understand that fixing our broken immigration system is not only a political issue, not just an economic issue, but a moral imperative as well.
My Comments: Immigrant Advocates = Illegal Alien Lawyers
So we’ve made progress. I’m ready to move forward; the majority of Democrats are ready to move forward; and I believe the majority of Americans are ready to move forward. But the fact is, without bipartisan support, as we had just a few years ago, we cannot solve this problem. Reform that brings accountability to our immigration system cannot pass without Republican votes. That is the political and mathematical reality. The only way to reduce the risk that this effort will again falter because of politics is if members of both parties are willing to take responsibility for solving this problem once and for all.
My Comments: Your belief is not in line with the majority of Americans. You believe in adjusted Amnesty, we believe in DEPORTATION!!!
And, yes, this is an emotional question, and one that lends itself to demagoguery. Time and again, this issue has been used to divide and inflame -– and to demonize people. And so the understandable, the natural impulse among those who run for office is to turn away and defer this question for another day, or another year, or another administration. Despite the courageous leadership in the past shown by many Democrats and some Republicans — including, by the way, my predecessor, President Bush -– this has been the custom. That is why a broken and dangerous system that offends our most basic American values is still in place.
But I believe we can put politics aside and finally have an immigration system that’s accountable. I believe we can appeal not to people’s fears but to their hopes, to their highest ideals, because that’s who we are as Americans. It’s been inscribed on our nation’s seal since we declared our independence. “E pluribus unum.” Out of many, one. That is what has drawn the persecuted and impoverished to our shores. That’s what led the innovators and risk-takers from around the world to take a chance here in the land of opportunity. That’s what has led people to endure untold hardships to reach this place called America.
My Comments: "E pluribus unum" does not mean, Out of many, including those who aren't here legally, one. It refers to a community of citizens, with a common goal. Law abiding citizens who did not commit crimes against the very community they are trying to be one with. You do the legal citizens of this nation a disservice and you will be voted out of office. I have always been a democrat, but I will change my party to make sure there is a better candidate for president next time around. You, Sir, won the election by default. The lesser of two evils.
One of the largest waves of immigration in our history took place little more than a century ago. At the time, Jewish people were being driven out of Eastern Europe, often escaping to the sounds of gunfire and the light from their villages burning to the ground. The journey could take months, as families crossed rivers in the dead of night, traveled miles by foot, endured a rough and dangerous passage over the North Atlantic. Once here, many made their homes in a teeming and bustling Lower Manhattan.
My Comments: Okay, speech writing 101, close with your opening. So, I'll close with mine too. THESE IMMIGRANTS WERE WELCOMED AND LEGAL!!!
It was at this time that a young woman named Emma Lazarus, whose own family fled persecution from Europe generations earlier, took up the cause of these new immigrants. Although she was a poet, she spent much of her time advocating for better health care and housing for the newcomers. And inspired by what she saw and heard, she wrote down her thoughts and donated a piece of work to help pay for the construction of a new statue — the Statue of Liberty — which actually was funded in part by small donations from people across America.
Years before the statue was built — years before it would be seen by throngs of immigrants craning their necks skyward at the end of long and brutal voyage, years before it would come to symbolize everything that we cherish — she imagined what it could mean. She imagined the sight of a giant statue at the entry point of a great nation -– but unlike the great monuments of the past, this would not signal an empire. Instead, it would signal one’s arrival to a place of opportunity and refuge and freedom.
“Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand,” she wrote,
A mighty woman with a torch…
From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome…
“Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!”…
“Give me your tired, and your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to be free…
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”
From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome…
“Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!”…
“Give me your tired, and your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to be free…
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”
Let us remember these words. For it falls on each generation to ensure that that lamp -– that beacon -– continues to shine as a source of hope around the world, and a source of our prosperity here at home.
Thank you. God bless you. And may God bless the United States of America. Thank you.
My Comments: The Statue of Liberty was a gift from the French (I personally think it was an expensive gag gift and that they were snickering in their baguettes).
The words may have been true for a new country, looking for cheap labor. It's like starting a new garden. You till the soil, you fertilize, you plant the seeds. The seeds had to come from somewhere, you welcomed new types of seeds from wherever you could get them so you could have variety of foods. But then the winds blew in seeds of a different sort. Seeds you did not plant. The result, weeds. Weeds take over your garden if you aren't diligent in your tending. Weeds will kill off the productive plants you tended with care if you forget for even a day to keep the weeds out. Mr. Obama; It's time to weed your garden!
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Immigration Laws
1. If you migrate to this county, you must speak the native language
2. You have to be a professional or an investor. No unskilled workers allowed.
3. There will be no special bilingual programs in the schools, no special ballots for elections, all government business will be conducted in our language.
4. Foreigners will NOT have the right to vote no matter how long they are here.
5 Foreigners will NEVER be able to hold political office.
6. Foreigners will not be a burden to the taxpayers. No welfare, no food stamps, no health care, or other government assistance programs.
7. Foreigners can invest in this country, but it must be an amount equal to 40,000 times the daily minimum wage.
8. If foreigners do come and want to buy land that will be okay, BUT options will be restricted. You are not allowed waterfront property. That is reserved for citizens naturally born into this country.
9. Foreigners may not protest; no demonstrations, no waving a foreign flag, no political organizing, no badmouthing our president or his policies, if you do you will be sent home.
10. If you do come to this country illegally, you will be hunted down and sent straight to jail.
Now for all you people who think these immigration laws are too harsh and our Illegal Mexican Immigrants will suffer unduly... Surprise!!! These are the MEXICAN IMMIGRATION LAWS
The Mexican President is bashing the new Arizona Immigration Laws??? Really??? What a buffoon!
2. You have to be a professional or an investor. No unskilled workers allowed.
3. There will be no special bilingual programs in the schools, no special ballots for elections, all government business will be conducted in our language.
4. Foreigners will NOT have the right to vote no matter how long they are here.
5 Foreigners will NEVER be able to hold political office.
6. Foreigners will not be a burden to the taxpayers. No welfare, no food stamps, no health care, or other government assistance programs.
7. Foreigners can invest in this country, but it must be an amount equal to 40,000 times the daily minimum wage.
8. If foreigners do come and want to buy land that will be okay, BUT options will be restricted. You are not allowed waterfront property. That is reserved for citizens naturally born into this country.
9. Foreigners may not protest; no demonstrations, no waving a foreign flag, no political organizing, no badmouthing our president or his policies, if you do you will be sent home.
10. If you do come to this country illegally, you will be hunted down and sent straight to jail.
Now for all you people who think these immigration laws are too harsh and our Illegal Mexican Immigrants will suffer unduly... Surprise!!! These are the MEXICAN IMMIGRATION LAWS
The Mexican President is bashing the new Arizona Immigration Laws??? Really??? What a buffoon!
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
A Few Days Before Christmas
It’s a few days before Christmas and all through our home,
“How long ’till Christmas?” our kids they do moan.
The stockings are hung on the mantle it’s true,
the fire is off and closed is the flue.
The kids are all antsy and running around
while visions of video games, in their heads, do abound.
Mamma going shopping, me on the notebook,
I am blogging for all to have a look.
When out in the street there came a big noise,
'twas big kids on minibikes, kids and their toys.
I sprang from the couch stubbed my toe on the table,
would have chased after them but found I wasn’t able.
So I opened the door and stood on the mat.
The grass was well groomed, trimmings in the green can,
with the mower Branden groomed and helped out his old man.
The smell of 2 stroke engines assaulted my nose,
while the sound of them faded where once they had rose.
The kids were much older, a reckless driving attack,
I knew in a moment that they would be back.
They rode really fast knocking over the trash,
not a care in the world or thought of a crash.
Hey Johnny, hey Carlos, ’sup Frankie, ’sup Joe,
let’s hit the next block, come on, let’s go!
We’ll trash all the yards, do donuts on lawns
we’ll rip up the reindeer, run over the fawns.
Now here I must pause, as no more could I see,
I closed my front door and pondered my tree.
My kids were good boys, they’ve been good all the year,
and gifts they will get lots of gifts do you hear?
Santa will come in the quiet dark of the night,
he’ll come down the chimney and the tree he will light.
By the glow of the tree he’ll get straight to his task,
he’ll leave all their toys and then what you may ask.
He’ll eat the cookies and milk that Bailey has left,
to replenish his strength, his spirit, his heft.
While he eats and he drinks he admires his work
and chuckles and smiles with just a hint of a smirk.
As he ponders his big day and the years culmination
he sits and he wonders what to do on vacation.
For he’s got some time coming after all the toiling,
his muscles are sore and his bunions are boiling.
The time is now fleeting, back to work he must go,
the reindeer are a waiting ho ho, ho ho ho.
He zooms up the chimney and gets into his sleigh
and in the blink of an eye they’re off, they’re away.
The next family on his list with his toys he will see,
and presents will he leave, for the kids, by the tree.
Again and again the scene it will play,
’till the gifts are all gone and it’s dawn the next day.
He’ll head off to the pole, the workshop and his elves,
the reindeer will be fed and have time to themselves.
He’ll thank everyone for a job that’s well done
and they’ll head off to bed and rest their tired bones.
And Santa will head off to his suite to share
with Mrs Claus all the tales from his feat through the air.
He went round the world and all in one day,
and gave the kids joy and games with to play.
Now a gift for Mrs. Claus, and one thing left to do,
“How long ’till Christmas?” our kids they do moan.
The stockings are hung on the mantle it’s true,
the fire is off and closed is the flue.
The kids are all antsy and running around
while visions of video games, in their heads, do abound.
Mamma going shopping, me on the notebook,
I am blogging for all to have a look.
When out in the street there came a big noise,
'twas big kids on minibikes, kids and their toys.
I sprang from the couch stubbed my toe on the table,
would have chased after them but found I wasn’t able.
So I opened the door and stood on the mat.
The grass was well groomed, trimmings in the green can,
with the mower Branden groomed and helped out his old man.
The smell of 2 stroke engines assaulted my nose,
while the sound of them faded where once they had rose.
The kids were much older, a reckless driving attack,
I knew in a moment that they would be back.
They rode really fast knocking over the trash,
not a care in the world or thought of a crash.
Hey Johnny, hey Carlos, ’sup Frankie, ’sup Joe,
let’s hit the next block, come on, let’s go!
We’ll trash all the yards, do donuts on lawns
we’ll rip up the reindeer, run over the fawns.
Now here I must pause, as no more could I see,
I closed my front door and pondered my tree.
My kids were good boys, they’ve been good all the year,
and gifts they will get lots of gifts do you hear?
Santa will come in the quiet dark of the night,
he’ll come down the chimney and the tree he will light.
By the glow of the tree he’ll get straight to his task,
he’ll leave all their toys and then what you may ask.
He’ll eat the cookies and milk that Bailey has left,
to replenish his strength, his spirit, his heft.
While he eats and he drinks he admires his work
and chuckles and smiles with just a hint of a smirk.
As he ponders his big day and the years culmination
he sits and he wonders what to do on vacation.
For he’s got some time coming after all the toiling,
his muscles are sore and his bunions are boiling.
The time is now fleeting, back to work he must go,
the reindeer are a waiting ho ho, ho ho ho.
He zooms up the chimney and gets into his sleigh
and in the blink of an eye they’re off, they’re away.
The next family on his list with his toys he will see,
and presents will he leave, for the kids, by the tree.
Again and again the scene it will play,
’till the gifts are all gone and it’s dawn the next day.
He’ll head off to the pole, the workshop and his elves,
the reindeer will be fed and have time to themselves.
He’ll thank everyone for a job that’s well done
and they’ll head off to bed and rest their tired bones.
And Santa will head off to his suite to share
with Mrs Claus all the tales from his feat through the air.
He went round the world and all in one day,
and gave the kids joy and games with to play.
Now a gift for Mrs. Claus, and one thing left to do,
say “Happy Christmas to all and good-night to all of you.”
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Illegal Immigration
Illegal Immigration
Between 12 and 20 million illegal immigrants are estimated to be living in the United States. This is just an estimate since by their very nature, they're not telling us they're here.
Illegal immigration is immigration across national borders in a way that violates the immigration laws of the destination country. People become illegal immigrants in one of three ways: entering without authorization or inspection, staying beyond the authorized period after legal entry, or by violating the terms of legal entry. Their mode of violation breaks down as follows: If the suspect entered legally without inspection, then the suspect would be classified as either a “Non-Immigrant Visa Overstayer” (4 to 5.5 million) or a “Border Crossing Card Violator” (250,000 to 500,000). If the suspect entered illegally without inspection, then the suspect is classified as having “Evaded the Immigration Inspectors and Border Patrol” (6 to 7 million).
In any of these cases, being an illegal immigrant is a CRIME by United States LAW! This crime is punishable by deportation. The Immigration Act of 1891 Mandates that Illegal Immigrants be deported. This act is largely ignored by the Federal Government.
Whatever happened to DEPORTING THEM?!? The kids aren't responsible, but kids aren't responsible for their parents being poor, or handicapped, or stupid. Yet they have to deal with it. The citizens of the United States are not responsible for the children of illegal immigrants. Nor should children born in the United States be granted citizenship as a reward for the crimes of their parents!
Why are we so afraid of making our citizens sing for their supper? We perpetuate the problem with rewarding people for not working. I was listening to a talk radio show the other day with talent that just got their new gig. They talked about some of their old support staff who they spoke to about working for them again. One said that he couldn't do it because unemployment paid him more than their offer. I understand that we, as a society, have a responsibility to take care of those who CAN NOT work. But that is quite the minority of the people who we support today.
Immigrants Rights groups claim that illegal immigrants are paying millions into our Social Security program, knowing that they'll never get that money back. Okay, so what? How much do their uninsured butts cost us at the ER when their kids get sick? How much does their use of our infrastructure cost us? We can live without an illegal immigrant for a day, a week, a lifetime if we want. We will have to adjust, but we can do it and we will be better off for it. Remember the saying "An honest day's work for an honest days pay"? Let's get back to that people.
Between 12 and 20 million illegal immigrants are estimated to be living in the United States. This is just an estimate since by their very nature, they're not telling us they're here.
Illegal immigration is immigration across national borders in a way that violates the immigration laws of the destination country. People become illegal immigrants in one of three ways: entering without authorization or inspection, staying beyond the authorized period after legal entry, or by violating the terms of legal entry. Their mode of violation breaks down as follows: If the suspect entered legally without inspection, then the suspect would be classified as either a “Non-Immigrant Visa Overstayer” (4 to 5.5 million) or a “Border Crossing Card Violator” (250,000 to 500,000). If the suspect entered illegally without inspection, then the suspect is classified as having “Evaded the Immigration Inspectors and Border Patrol” (6 to 7 million).
In any of these cases, being an illegal immigrant is a CRIME by United States LAW! This crime is punishable by deportation. The Immigration Act of 1891 Mandates that Illegal Immigrants be deported. This act is largely ignored by the Federal Government.
Plyler v. Doe, 457 U.S. 202 (1982), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States struck down a state statute denying funding for education to children who were illegal immigrants. Amazingly, the court majority found that the Texas law was "directed against children, and impose[d] its discriminatory burden on the basis of a legal characteristic over which children can have little control" — namely, the fact of their having been brought illegally into the United States by their parents. The majority also observed that denying the children in question a proper education would likely contribute to "the creation and perpetuation of a subclass of illiterates within our boundaries, surely adding to the problems and costs of unemployment, welfare, and crime." The majority refused to accept that any substantial state interest would be served by discrimination on this basis, and it struck down the Texas law.
Whatever happened to DEPORTING THEM?!? The kids aren't responsible, but kids aren't responsible for their parents being poor, or handicapped, or stupid. Yet they have to deal with it. The citizens of the United States are not responsible for the children of illegal immigrants. Nor should children born in the United States be granted citizenship as a reward for the crimes of their parents!
Border Patrol vets offer tips on curbing illegal immigrationIndustries who hire illegal immigrants claim that Americans won't do the jobs. I say let's find out! Sure, you'll have to pay them more causing you're product's prices to rise, but we Americans will have to adjust. Maybe that 2nd Flat Screen TV imported from China won't be as important as Clothing or Food. Maybe we Americans have reached the end of the PARTY and are now in our Hangover Period. If we do nothing, illegal immigrants will continue to take jobs that our unemployed could do. Our unemployed will do those jobs, I say, if we stop paying them Welfare! Our unemployed will do these jobs if we stop giving them a free ride.
One day in 1954, Border Patrol agent Walt Edwards picked up a newspaper in Big Spring, Texas, and saw some startling news. The government was launching an all-out drive to oust illegal aliens from the United States.
The orders came straight from the top, where the new president, Dwight Eisenhower, had put a former West Point classmate, Gen. Joseph Swing, in charge of immigration enforcement.
General Swing's fast-moving campaign soon secured America's borders - an accomplishment no other president has since equaled. Illegal migration had dropped 95 percent by the late 1950s.
Several retired Border Patrol agents who took part in the 1950s effort, including Mr. Edwards, say much of what Swing did could be repeated today.
"Some say we cannot send 12 million illegals now in the United States back where they came from. Of course we can!" Edwards says.
Donald Coppock, who headed the Patrol from 1960 to 1973, says that if Swing and Ike were still running immigration enforcement, "they'd be on top of this in a minute."
William Chambers, another '50s veteran, agrees. "They could do a pretty good job" sealing the border.
Edwards says: "When we start enforcing the law, these various businesses are, on their own, going to replace their [illegal] workforce with a legal workforce."
While Congress debates building a fence on the border, these veterans say other actions should have higher priority.
1. End the current practice of taking captured Mexican aliens to the border and releasing them. Instead, deport them deep into Mexico, where return to the US would be more costly.
2. Crack down hard on employers who hire illegals. Without jobs, the aliens won't come.
3. End "catch and release" for non-Mexican aliens. It is common for illegal migrants not from Mexico to be set free after their arrest if they promise to appear later before a judge. Few show up.
The Patrol veterans say enforcement could also be aided by a legalized guest- worker program that permits Mexicans to register in their country for temporary jobs in the US. Eisenhower's team ran such a program. It permitted up to 400,000 Mexicans a year to enter the US for various agriculture jobs that lasted for 12 to 52 weeks.
Why are we so afraid of making our citizens sing for their supper? We perpetuate the problem with rewarding people for not working. I was listening to a talk radio show the other day with talent that just got their new gig. They talked about some of their old support staff who they spoke to about working for them again. One said that he couldn't do it because unemployment paid him more than their offer. I understand that we, as a society, have a responsibility to take care of those who CAN NOT work. But that is quite the minority of the people who we support today.
Immigrants Rights groups claim that illegal immigrants are paying millions into our Social Security program, knowing that they'll never get that money back. Okay, so what? How much do their uninsured butts cost us at the ER when their kids get sick? How much does their use of our infrastructure cost us? We can live without an illegal immigrant for a day, a week, a lifetime if we want. We will have to adjust, but we can do it and we will be better off for it. Remember the saying "An honest day's work for an honest days pay"? Let's get back to that people.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Obama's Nobel Peace Prize
Sorry, just a tiny rant... a rantlet if you will.
Just like Barack Obama is responsible for the recession, according to the Right Wing, he is also responsible for the ridiculous award of the Nobel Peace Prize. In fact not only there is no longer a Nobel Committee but the Obama administration is now responsible for everything! In a few years Rush Limbaugh will be saying that not only is Obama responsible for 9/11 but he is also responsible for the Holocaust and was the actual snake that tempted Eve.
I think that President Obama was embarrassed and disappointed that he got the award. But, what could he do? Decline, refuse and embarrass himself more. If he had, I'm sure Rush Limbaugh and the right wing wackos that listen to him would find fault with that as well. Nothing this man can do will satisfy the bitter Republicans who have nothing good to say about him.
America is such a disappointment to me these days. I love my country, but at the same time my fellow Americans make me very sad.
-Alleymon
Just like Barack Obama is responsible for the recession, according to the Right Wing, he is also responsible for the ridiculous award of the Nobel Peace Prize. In fact not only there is no longer a Nobel Committee but the Obama administration is now responsible for everything! In a few years Rush Limbaugh will be saying that not only is Obama responsible for 9/11 but he is also responsible for the Holocaust and was the actual snake that tempted Eve.
I think that President Obama was embarrassed and disappointed that he got the award. But, what could he do? Decline, refuse and embarrass himself more. If he had, I'm sure Rush Limbaugh and the right wing wackos that listen to him would find fault with that as well. Nothing this man can do will satisfy the bitter Republicans who have nothing good to say about him.
America is such a disappointment to me these days. I love my country, but at the same time my fellow Americans make me very sad.
-Alleymon
What Ever Happened to the Cream?
What I want to know is what ever happened to the cream? I mean, was it that long ago that the cream would rise to the top? Maybe we've forgotten that the cream of the crop used to mean the best of the best, the smartest of the smartest the people who were among the very best! So, what ever happened to the cream?
I know I'm getting older, and the older I get the further to the right I move, politically speaking. I started off pretty far left of center, but I'm either approaching true center or I've passed it. I recently took an online questionnaire that told me I'm still a democrat by 75% based on the stupid irrelevant questions asked, but I don't feel so democrat anymore.
Oh, I still feel that able bodied people should help out people who aren't. The very rich should help out the very poor, after all, It's quite likely that those rich got that way on the backs of the poor who may not have been as fairly compensated as they should have been. Outsourcing and insourcing cause the value of labor to drop to below poverty levels. What's insourcing you ask? Illegal immigration is insourcing. And I'll talk about illegal immigration in another post soon because, you see, I'm bursting to talk about this stuff but afraid of offending the people I care about, so I say nothing.
I also feel the federal government's role in our lives should be to protect us. Protect us from hostile entities outside our borders and hostile entities inside our borders. Protect us from a poverty that is beyond the individual's control. Protect us from being taken advantage of by greedy corporations. Protect us from things that we don't understand like the recent banking collapse that should never have happened. Protect us from outright lies (oh wait, is that possible from a government that is only in power because of lies?)
You'll find if you keep reading my posts, that I digress often. One thought can send me off on a different tack and, well, there you have it. So back to the question of cream. It used to be pounded into our young heads, by teachers and parents, that "Cheaters never prosper". Do you remember that? Well, it seems to me now, that it was a lie. Take one look at the executives responsible for the mortagage crisis and you'll have glaring evidence that cheaters, in fact do prosper, and they prosper better than our teachers and parents could have ever imagined. How about Bernie Madoff, who "Madeoff" with a bunch of peoples money by being a cheater? Do I even need to mention politicians?
This "cheater" thing is in every aspect of our lives, from fast food commercials sporting high definition video of a burger you've never actually seen in real life, and never will, to political ads where the "facts" are spun a little or even completely made up!!! These cheaters have become so successful that they are the new cream. Another long lost saying is "An honest days pay for an honest days work" Uh huh.... How many of us do an honest days work anymore? When did we stop? Was it when we figured out we weren't getting paid what we thought we deserved? Or did some of us discover that we could cheat our employers and be lazy?
So, if we're lazy cheaters, who is the new cream? The new cream are those industrious cheaters who under pay and lie to us. Those who employ illegal immigrants instead of Americans. All the cheaters who never get caught cheating and even some of those who do are the new cream. And the average among us are caught between trying to do an honest days work, and cheating. Most of us do a little of both.
We need to get back to rewarding HONEST! We need to get back to rewarding good deeds and generosity! We need to care about others. We need to respect those who don't cheat! The "New Cream" is sour! Pour it out and start over. Bring back the cream!
Alleymon
Future Topics:
I know I'm getting older, and the older I get the further to the right I move, politically speaking. I started off pretty far left of center, but I'm either approaching true center or I've passed it. I recently took an online questionnaire that told me I'm still a democrat by 75% based on the stupid irrelevant questions asked, but I don't feel so democrat anymore.
Oh, I still feel that able bodied people should help out people who aren't. The very rich should help out the very poor, after all, It's quite likely that those rich got that way on the backs of the poor who may not have been as fairly compensated as they should have been. Outsourcing and insourcing cause the value of labor to drop to below poverty levels. What's insourcing you ask? Illegal immigration is insourcing. And I'll talk about illegal immigration in another post soon because, you see, I'm bursting to talk about this stuff but afraid of offending the people I care about, so I say nothing.
I also feel the federal government's role in our lives should be to protect us. Protect us from hostile entities outside our borders and hostile entities inside our borders. Protect us from a poverty that is beyond the individual's control. Protect us from being taken advantage of by greedy corporations. Protect us from things that we don't understand like the recent banking collapse that should never have happened. Protect us from outright lies (oh wait, is that possible from a government that is only in power because of lies?)
You'll find if you keep reading my posts, that I digress often. One thought can send me off on a different tack and, well, there you have it. So back to the question of cream. It used to be pounded into our young heads, by teachers and parents, that "Cheaters never prosper". Do you remember that? Well, it seems to me now, that it was a lie. Take one look at the executives responsible for the mortagage crisis and you'll have glaring evidence that cheaters, in fact do prosper, and they prosper better than our teachers and parents could have ever imagined. How about Bernie Madoff, who "Madeoff" with a bunch of peoples money by being a cheater? Do I even need to mention politicians?
This "cheater" thing is in every aspect of our lives, from fast food commercials sporting high definition video of a burger you've never actually seen in real life, and never will, to political ads where the "facts" are spun a little or even completely made up!!! These cheaters have become so successful that they are the new cream. Another long lost saying is "An honest days pay for an honest days work" Uh huh.... How many of us do an honest days work anymore? When did we stop? Was it when we figured out we weren't getting paid what we thought we deserved? Or did some of us discover that we could cheat our employers and be lazy?
So, if we're lazy cheaters, who is the new cream? The new cream are those industrious cheaters who under pay and lie to us. Those who employ illegal immigrants instead of Americans. All the cheaters who never get caught cheating and even some of those who do are the new cream. And the average among us are caught between trying to do an honest days work, and cheating. Most of us do a little of both.
We need to get back to rewarding HONEST! We need to get back to rewarding good deeds and generosity! We need to care about others. We need to respect those who don't cheat! The "New Cream" is sour! Pour it out and start over. Bring back the cream!
Alleymon
Future Topics:
- Health Care Reform
- Illegal Immigration
- Who is responsible for outsourcing anyway?
- Why are the wackos the only ones who get heard?
- Are we just sheep?
- Whatever happened to "Think" before speaking?
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