Sunday, September 23, 2007
Saturday, September 22, 2007
Bad Generalling & Active Congressmen
It appears we have appointed our worst generals to command our forces, and our most gifted and brilliant to edit newspapers. In fact, I discovered by reading newspapers that these editor/geniuses plainly saw all my strategic defects from the start, but unfortunately failed to inform me until it was too late.
Accordingly, I am readily willing to yield my command to these obviously superior intellects, and I will, in turn, do my best for the Cause by writing editorials - after the fact."
- Robert E. Lee, 1863
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"Congressmen who willfully take actions during wartime that damage morale, and undermine the military are saboteurs and should be arrested, exiled or hanged." ~ President Abraham Lincoln, 1863
Accordingly, I am readily willing to yield my command to these obviously superior intellects, and I will, in turn, do my best for the Cause by writing editorials - after the fact."
- Robert E. Lee, 1863
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"Congressmen who willfully take actions during wartime that damage morale, and undermine the military are saboteurs and should be arrested, exiled or hanged." ~ President Abraham Lincoln, 1863
Today's Democrats are not your Father's Democrats
The "democrat" party over the past 100 years has produced some of the best of senators (both John and Robert Kennedy, for example) but also some of the most vile and heinous "leaders" this country has ever known, as per an article in IBD in June 2005:
Lynch Mob
Investors Business Daily Wednesday June 22, 2005
Civil Rights: As the Senate apologizes for not passing anti-lynching legislation and Sen. Byrd apologizes for his KKK past, we're reminded why such legislation failed and just which was the "white, Christian party."
There's a certain irony in this apology coming so soon after the Democrats engineered a deal to preserve the hallowed Senate tradition known as the filibuster to protect the rights of the Senate minority. It was the use of the filibuster by Democrats that prevented anti-lynching legislation from passing the Senate and helping protect the rights of black Americans.
As the Senate resolution duly notes, nearly 200 anti-lynching bills, backed by seven presidents, were introduced in Congress during the first half of 20th century, with the House passing such bills three times. As far back as 1938, 70 senators were willing to sponsor an anti-lynching bill. Yet each of those three times, it was the use of the filibuster by Southern Democrats that caused the bills to fail.
When important civil rights legislation needed passing, it was Republicans who got it done while Democrats filibustered. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 would never have been possible without Republican leadership.
That legislation was not only a personal victory for Illinois Republican Sen. Everett Dirksen, then minority leader, but Republicans in both the House and Senate, who supported the measure in far greater percentages than Democrats. Only six GOP senators voted against the act, compared with 21 Democrats.
Sen. Robert Byrd, who in a new book says his past as an Exalted Cyclops of the Klu Klux Klan was "due to immaturity," led a 52-day filibuster against this legislation. Byrd holds the distinction of being the only senator to have opposed both of the only two black nominees to the Supreme Court, Thurgood Marshall and Clarence Thomas.
In Byrd's 770-page memoir, it is amazing he could leave anything out, but he did, with even The Washington Post saying Byrd's account of his KKK activity "is not complete." One of the things he left out was a 1945 letter he wrote to the infamous racist Mississippi Sen. Theodore Bilbo saying he would never fight "with a Negro by my side."
Sen. Al Gore, father of the former vice president, voted against the act, as did Sen. J. William Fulbright, to whom Bill Clinton recently dedicated a memorial. Other opponents included South Carolina Democrat Ernest Hollings, Sen. Richard Russell and, of course, Sen. Strom Thurmond, who was a Democrat at the time.
In 2002, Bill Clinton traveled to Fayetteville, Ark., to honor the life of Fulbright by dedicating a seven-foot-tall bronze statue of the man. In 1956, Fulbright was one of 19 senators who issued a statement titled the "Southern Manifesto." This screed condemned the 1954 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education.
We forget that it was Democrats who unleashed the dogs and turned fire hoses against civil rights marchers. It was Democrats who stood in the schoolhouse door and are still there by opposing school choice and trapping minority children in failing schools.
It was Republican welfare reform that ended a Democrat welfare plantation that devastated black families by encouraging fathers to leave the home and rewarding mothers for having illegitimate babies, a policy that left a legacy of poverty and crime.
As long as apologies are in vogue, maybe somebody owes the GOP an apology as well.
Lynch Mob
Investors Business Daily Wednesday June 22, 2005
Civil Rights: As the Senate apologizes for not passing anti-lynching legislation and Sen. Byrd apologizes for his KKK past, we're reminded why such legislation failed and just which was the "white, Christian party."
There's a certain irony in this apology coming so soon after the Democrats engineered a deal to preserve the hallowed Senate tradition known as the filibuster to protect the rights of the Senate minority. It was the use of the filibuster by Democrats that prevented anti-lynching legislation from passing the Senate and helping protect the rights of black Americans.
As the Senate resolution duly notes, nearly 200 anti-lynching bills, backed by seven presidents, were introduced in Congress during the first half of 20th century, with the House passing such bills three times. As far back as 1938, 70 senators were willing to sponsor an anti-lynching bill. Yet each of those three times, it was the use of the filibuster by Southern Democrats that caused the bills to fail.
When important civil rights legislation needed passing, it was Republicans who got it done while Democrats filibustered. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 would never have been possible without Republican leadership.
That legislation was not only a personal victory for Illinois Republican Sen. Everett Dirksen, then minority leader, but Republicans in both the House and Senate, who supported the measure in far greater percentages than Democrats. Only six GOP senators voted against the act, compared with 21 Democrats.
Sen. Robert Byrd, who in a new book says his past as an Exalted Cyclops of the Klu Klux Klan was "due to immaturity," led a 52-day filibuster against this legislation. Byrd holds the distinction of being the only senator to have opposed both of the only two black nominees to the Supreme Court, Thurgood Marshall and Clarence Thomas.
In Byrd's 770-page memoir, it is amazing he could leave anything out, but he did, with even The Washington Post saying Byrd's account of his KKK activity "is not complete." One of the things he left out was a 1945 letter he wrote to the infamous racist Mississippi Sen. Theodore Bilbo saying he would never fight "with a Negro by my side."
Sen. Al Gore, father of the former vice president, voted against the act, as did Sen. J. William Fulbright, to whom Bill Clinton recently dedicated a memorial. Other opponents included South Carolina Democrat Ernest Hollings, Sen. Richard Russell and, of course, Sen. Strom Thurmond, who was a Democrat at the time.
In 2002, Bill Clinton traveled to Fayetteville, Ark., to honor the life of Fulbright by dedicating a seven-foot-tall bronze statue of the man. In 1956, Fulbright was one of 19 senators who issued a statement titled the "Southern Manifesto." This screed condemned the 1954 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education.
We forget that it was Democrats who unleashed the dogs and turned fire hoses against civil rights marchers. It was Democrats who stood in the schoolhouse door and are still there by opposing school choice and trapping minority children in failing schools.
It was Republican welfare reform that ended a Democrat welfare plantation that devastated black families by encouraging fathers to leave the home and rewarding mothers for having illegitimate babies, a policy that left a legacy of poverty and crime.
As long as apologies are in vogue, maybe somebody owes the GOP an apology as well.
The year is 1907…..but the speaker knew what he was talking about !!!
The year is 1907…..but the speaker knew what he was talking about !!!
Theodore Roosevelt's ideas on Immigrants and being an AMERICAN in 1907. "In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the person's becoming in every facet an American, and nothing but an American...There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag... We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language... and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people." Theodore Roosevelt 1907
Theodore Roosevelt's ideas on Immigrants and being an AMERICAN in 1907. "In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the person's becoming in every facet an American, and nothing but an American...There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag... We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language... and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people." Theodore Roosevelt 1907
Walter Cronkite "Media Reform: : Is It Good for Journalism?"
Dan Rather's lawsuit against CBS has caused me to revisit a speech that Rather's predecesor gave earlier this year.
As I reread an article I clipped from a newspaper earlier this year covering Walter Cronkite's comments to the Columbia School of Journalism on February 8, 2007 (http://www.journalism.columbia.edu/cs/ContentServer?childpagename=Journalism%2FJRN_Page_C%2FJRNSimplePage&c=JRN_Page_C&p=null&pagename=JRN%2FWrapper&cid=1175295260590), I am again reminded of how statements are made and assumed to be correct - even when they are not backed up by any facts.
Mr. Cronkite said news accuracy has declined because of consolidations and closures. I find that remarkable in that there are more daily newspapers available in Metro Phoenix than ever before, there are more news broadcasts on more channels - including 24-hour news networks - than ever before. Even college publications are more readily available to me (via the internet) than ever before. I believe that Mr. Cronkite has misstated the facts, and that a proper review of the facts might yield a completely different analysis than his stated conclusions.
Although I do not have any "hard data" to back up my following statement, it is my belief that the "story" Mr. Cronkite himself reported on the most - by a large margin - would have been the war in Vietnam. Growing up I watched him reporting virtually every weeknight about Vietnam for about a decade. Yet one of the largest stories of Vietnam - that the TET Offensive of 1968 was a victory for the Viet Cong - was ONLY a propaganda victory - that the Viet Cong and their allies were sounded defeated in the battles - and that such a propaganda victory was only possible because Mr. Cronkite and his peers did not accurately report the facts of what actually happened.
Regarding Mr. Cronkite's comments that "profits threaten democracy", I suggest that lack of profits is what has caused certain news outlets to close up shop - not an excess of profits - and that such lack of profits is what may lead to fewer-than-otherwise voices and sources. I'll bet that Mr. Cronkite asked his employers for a little more pay from time to time, and that he supported an increase in pay for his co-workers and suppliers from time to time. Where else would that little more come from but from profits - you need to have the profits first before you can afford increased payroll and other costs. Perhaps Mr. Cronkite needs a review of Econ 101.
Curious that the messenger and/or maestro of such egregious reporting errors such at the Tet Offensive would state that there is less accuracy in the media today. Mr. Cronkite's lack of attention to the facts in 1968 perhaps led to a wrong conclusion regarding those events, much the same as his lack of attention to the facts about the journalism industry today may be leading to yet another wrong conclusion on his part.
As I reread an article I clipped from a newspaper earlier this year covering Walter Cronkite's comments to the Columbia School of Journalism on February 8, 2007 (http://www.journalism.columbia.edu/cs/ContentServer?childpagename=Journalism%2FJRN_Page_C%2FJRNSimplePage&c=JRN_Page_C&p=null&pagename=JRN%2FWrapper&cid=1175295260590), I am again reminded of how statements are made and assumed to be correct - even when they are not backed up by any facts.
Mr. Cronkite said news accuracy has declined because of consolidations and closures. I find that remarkable in that there are more daily newspapers available in Metro Phoenix than ever before, there are more news broadcasts on more channels - including 24-hour news networks - than ever before. Even college publications are more readily available to me (via the internet) than ever before. I believe that Mr. Cronkite has misstated the facts, and that a proper review of the facts might yield a completely different analysis than his stated conclusions.
Although I do not have any "hard data" to back up my following statement, it is my belief that the "story" Mr. Cronkite himself reported on the most - by a large margin - would have been the war in Vietnam. Growing up I watched him reporting virtually every weeknight about Vietnam for about a decade. Yet one of the largest stories of Vietnam - that the TET Offensive of 1968 was a victory for the Viet Cong - was ONLY a propaganda victory - that the Viet Cong and their allies were sounded defeated in the battles - and that such a propaganda victory was only possible because Mr. Cronkite and his peers did not accurately report the facts of what actually happened.
Regarding Mr. Cronkite's comments that "profits threaten democracy", I suggest that lack of profits is what has caused certain news outlets to close up shop - not an excess of profits - and that such lack of profits is what may lead to fewer-than-otherwise voices and sources. I'll bet that Mr. Cronkite asked his employers for a little more pay from time to time, and that he supported an increase in pay for his co-workers and suppliers from time to time. Where else would that little more come from but from profits - you need to have the profits first before you can afford increased payroll and other costs. Perhaps Mr. Cronkite needs a review of Econ 101.
Curious that the messenger and/or maestro of such egregious reporting errors such at the Tet Offensive would state that there is less accuracy in the media today. Mr. Cronkite's lack of attention to the facts in 1968 perhaps led to a wrong conclusion regarding those events, much the same as his lack of attention to the facts about the journalism industry today may be leading to yet another wrong conclusion on his part.
So Much For Allies!
I was sent this by a friend a few yeas back - it kind of makes you stop and think . . .
The first German serviceman killed in World War II was killed by the Japanese (China, 1937), the first American serviceman killed was killed by the Russians (Finland 1940), the highest ranking American killed was Lt. Gen. Lesley McNair, killed by the US Army Air Corps. So much for allies.
It was a common practice on fighter planes to load every 5th round with a tracer round to aid in aiming. This was a mistake. Tracers had different ballistics so at long range if your tracers were hitting the target 80 percent of your rounds were missing. Worse yet, tracers instantly told your enemy he was under fire and from which direction. Worst of all was the practice of loading a string of tracers at the end of the belt to tell you that you were out of ammo. This was definitely not something you wanted to tell the enemy. Units that stopped using tracers saw their success rate nearly double and their loss rate go down.
Following a massive naval bombardment, 35,000 U.S. and Canadian troops stormed ashore at Kiska, in the Aleutian Islands. Twenty-one troops were killed in the firefight. It would have been worse if there had been any Japanese soldiers on the island.
Among the first "Germans" captured at Normandy were several Koreans. They had been forced to fight for the Japanese Army until they were captured by the Russians and then forced to fight for the Russian Army until they were captured by the Germans and further forced to fight for the German Army until they were captured by the U.S. Army.
Did you know that the largest number of individuals killed from a single chemical weapons attack was by Saddam Hussein? He ordered the use of chemical weapons against Iraq's Kurdish population for supporting Iran during the Iran-Iraq war. He killed an estimated 4,000 total during this attack in March 1988.
The first German serviceman killed in World War II was killed by the Japanese (China, 1937), the first American serviceman killed was killed by the Russians (Finland 1940), the highest ranking American killed was Lt. Gen. Lesley McNair, killed by the US Army Air Corps. So much for allies.
It was a common practice on fighter planes to load every 5th round with a tracer round to aid in aiming. This was a mistake. Tracers had different ballistics so at long range if your tracers were hitting the target 80 percent of your rounds were missing. Worse yet, tracers instantly told your enemy he was under fire and from which direction. Worst of all was the practice of loading a string of tracers at the end of the belt to tell you that you were out of ammo. This was definitely not something you wanted to tell the enemy. Units that stopped using tracers saw their success rate nearly double and their loss rate go down.
Following a massive naval bombardment, 35,000 U.S. and Canadian troops stormed ashore at Kiska, in the Aleutian Islands. Twenty-one troops were killed in the firefight. It would have been worse if there had been any Japanese soldiers on the island.
Among the first "Germans" captured at Normandy were several Koreans. They had been forced to fight for the Japanese Army until they were captured by the Russians and then forced to fight for the Russian Army until they were captured by the Germans and further forced to fight for the German Army until they were captured by the U.S. Army.
Did you know that the largest number of individuals killed from a single chemical weapons attack was by Saddam Hussein? He ordered the use of chemical weapons against Iraq's Kurdish population for supporting Iran during the Iran-Iraq war. He killed an estimated 4,000 total during this attack in March 1988.
Immigration is as much a part of this country as is the Rule of Law
Illegal aliens. Convicted of serious criminal offenses. Do a little time. Get out of jail. Stay in the U.S. and kill more people. Do you know how many American deaths are 100% preventable? These people are starting to keep track. (Yes – that’s right – 100% preventable!)
http://www.deportthemnow.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZmd3IuohF4
And – yes – that is a vowel on the end of my last name. Both the paternal and maternal sides of my parentage are immigrant families.
I don’t have anything against immigration. I believe it is important that we expand it – the legal part of it, I mean.
Immigration has been, is and will be an important part of this country.
Just as is the “rule of law”.
And of course, we have to be open to immigrants from across the globe – not just from across the desert.
And those who come here should want to come here because of what we stand for, not just because their forefathers festered a government of corruption and the current generation is too much in a fog to stand up and make a difference.
We all “know” what is the right thing to do, it’s just that many around us are more concerned with not appearing to be cold-hearted to say it.
Criminals should go to jail and stay there until deported, never to return.
Those here should register, hope for a green-card and quit breaking tax laws, voting laws, and ID-theft laws.
And never, ever, ever, ever again associate with anyone who chooses to march down our boulevards waiving a foreign flag.
I remember watching TV on 9/12/2001 and seeing our foreign enemies celebrating at the brutality our innocents suffered on 9/11. I remember watching the Palestinians dancing in the streets. I remember watching Saddam Hussein firing a rifle in the air in celebration. I will never forget those brazen enough to publicly celebrate harm to the US.
And I will never, ever forget the sight of illegals marching in LA and in Phoenix flying the Mexican flag. Never. Anyone that can be identified in those videos and pictures should be removed from our borders, never to be allowed to return.
And everyone who wants to stay should document their prior transgressions regarding our laws and forswear to help us get rid of the bad apples. The immigrant community bears the burden of close proximity with hardened criminals, and is the group most victimized by them, but they fear coming out into the open. So, if we agree to let them stay (as guest workers, not citizens – citizenship is a different path, and there is a long line ahead of them that they’ll simply have to wait for) then it has to be with the caveat that they turn in all the hardcore criminals hiding in their midst. Be they Mexican, Asian, Muslim, Colombian, Russian, or whatever. If the immigrant community won’t do this with gusto – then who needs them. And if they will, well let’s move forward with a decent guest worker program, expand legal immigration, and keep an eye out for the bad guys.
http://www.deportthemnow.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZmd3IuohF4
And – yes – that is a vowel on the end of my last name. Both the paternal and maternal sides of my parentage are immigrant families.
I don’t have anything against immigration. I believe it is important that we expand it – the legal part of it, I mean.
Immigration has been, is and will be an important part of this country.
Just as is the “rule of law”.
And of course, we have to be open to immigrants from across the globe – not just from across the desert.
And those who come here should want to come here because of what we stand for, not just because their forefathers festered a government of corruption and the current generation is too much in a fog to stand up and make a difference.
We all “know” what is the right thing to do, it’s just that many around us are more concerned with not appearing to be cold-hearted to say it.
Criminals should go to jail and stay there until deported, never to return.
Those here should register, hope for a green-card and quit breaking tax laws, voting laws, and ID-theft laws.
And never, ever, ever, ever again associate with anyone who chooses to march down our boulevards waiving a foreign flag.
I remember watching TV on 9/12/2001 and seeing our foreign enemies celebrating at the brutality our innocents suffered on 9/11. I remember watching the Palestinians dancing in the streets. I remember watching Saddam Hussein firing a rifle in the air in celebration. I will never forget those brazen enough to publicly celebrate harm to the US.
And I will never, ever forget the sight of illegals marching in LA and in Phoenix flying the Mexican flag. Never. Anyone that can be identified in those videos and pictures should be removed from our borders, never to be allowed to return.
And everyone who wants to stay should document their prior transgressions regarding our laws and forswear to help us get rid of the bad apples. The immigrant community bears the burden of close proximity with hardened criminals, and is the group most victimized by them, but they fear coming out into the open. So, if we agree to let them stay (as guest workers, not citizens – citizenship is a different path, and there is a long line ahead of them that they’ll simply have to wait for) then it has to be with the caveat that they turn in all the hardcore criminals hiding in their midst. Be they Mexican, Asian, Muslim, Colombian, Russian, or whatever. If the immigrant community won’t do this with gusto – then who needs them. And if they will, well let’s move forward with a decent guest worker program, expand legal immigration, and keep an eye out for the bad guys.
The "Dream Act" shuts out the best wanna-be immigrants!
I’m tired of people saying how those against “Amnesty” are uncaring or xenophobic or racists or ignorant regarding the importance of imported labor to our economy. Those are cheap shots of the uninformed – knee-jerk reactions from those who are mindlessly following the lead of someone or something they think they admire.
Prior to and during our Revolutionary War, 30% of the residents of the Colonies actively supported the King, and 40% were just part of the landscape. This 70% was unable to tell you why they took their stance – or why they did not take a stance. Their descendants are backing Amnesty today – but no one who back amnesty can really tell you why – instead they respond by insulting you and me because they can’t articulate an answer – pretty much because there isn’t much of one.
Take your feelings and your heart out of it, and Amnesty is shown to be a sham. IF we want “immigrant labor” – why not First open up to any Canadians that want to come here (already educated and English speaking) - why not educated people from India (many of whom happen to speak English better than me, hence no need to spend resources training them to speak our language), people from countries who were our allies in past wars - certain tribes in the area of Vietnam, Thailand, Canada, India Europe and so forth (no – Mexico was not our ally against even the Nazi’s, and they were like the Russians in that they only joined the war against the Japanese when the outcome was obvious, and so their “help” was token in form and substance). Do you want hard workers who “will take the jobs that Americans won’t do”?? Well – the Chinese did that quite, quite well in the 1800s – took on deadly, dangerous and tedious labor. And they assimilated quite well and never asked us to give them preferential treatment. Say maybe one tenth of one percent of the Chinese come here each year – that’s 13 million per year! Now let that boost our economy with ties back to a country that our economy is bound to China – Mexico has no impact on our economy – they don’t produce anything that we need.
Now, I Would gladly include a certain number of Mexicans in my annual immigration totals – those that either really, really want to become Americans, not necessarily limited to those with higher skills that will benefit us (workers are welcome!). My point above is that low-skilled labor is “a dime a dozen” – lots and lots of Asians and Africans would gladly come here to leave behind abject poverty, oppression and total lack of safety and freedom, and there is no sound reason to limit the unskilled labor pool to immigrants from Mexico.
Tell the Liberals to stop “thinking with their hearts” – it’s not physiologically possible, and start using their heads. Whatever you want for our country (beside destroying America itself) can be so much better cultivated by opening our immigration to others beside just Mexicans.
How Dream Act is Amnesty Bill--Gives amnesty to any illegal alien claiming to have arrived in the U.S. prior to age 16 and who has lived in the U.S. for five years (16/5).--Any illegal alien can apply, no matter the current age. For example, a 35 year old illegal alien can make an amnesty claim under the Dream Act by simply claiming he has met the 16/5 requirement.--To apply, an illegal must simply “demonstrate” that he is eligible. No concrete proof required.--By simply applying under the Dream Act, an illegal alien is immediately granted “conditional” lawful permanent residence (i.e. green card) status. Thus, illegal aliens are given amnesty immediately.--The “conditional” status can be converted to non-conditional green card by completing two years of higher education or two years of military service within the next six years.--If the illegal alien has already completed the two-year study/service requirement at the time of application, non-conditional legal status can happen immediately.--The bill also fast-tracks the path to full citizenship by counting time in “conditional” status toward the five-year residency requirement for citizenship application. Also, by claiming “retroactive” benefits, the five-year requirement could start the day the Dream Act is passed.--Illegal aliens who file an application for legal status under the Dream Act CANNOT be deported. Plus, the federally government is restricted from using the application information to deport the illegal alien or otherwise hold the alien responsible for breaking our immigration laws.--Once an illegal alien receives non-conditional green card status, that legalized alien can then sponsor family members for legal green card status. This creates a massive “anchor teen” loophole that puts amnesty within the reach of millions.How Dream Act Funnels Taxpayer Benefits to IllegalsCurrent law prohibits states from giving illegal aliens in-state tuition rates unless those rates are available to any citizen or legal resident of any state. If a state wants to give illegal aliens in-state college tuition rates, then that state must offer that same rate to any citizen and legal resident.Despite clear federal law, 10 states have passed state laws giving illegal aliens the in-state tuition rate (California, Illinois, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, and Washington). Thus, the current law prohibits states from discrimination against U.S. citizens in favor of illegal aliens. The Dream Act nullifies current law and allows states to grant illegal aliens in-state tuition rates. Not only does this create a taxpayer funded benefit for illegal aliens, it creates a benefit not available even to U.S. citizens. Thus, American taxpayers are subsidizing the higher education for illegal aliens -- a benefit out-of-state citizens cannot even access.
Prior to and during our Revolutionary War, 30% of the residents of the Colonies actively supported the King, and 40% were just part of the landscape. This 70% was unable to tell you why they took their stance – or why they did not take a stance. Their descendants are backing Amnesty today – but no one who back amnesty can really tell you why – instead they respond by insulting you and me because they can’t articulate an answer – pretty much because there isn’t much of one.
Take your feelings and your heart out of it, and Amnesty is shown to be a sham. IF we want “immigrant labor” – why not First open up to any Canadians that want to come here (already educated and English speaking) - why not educated people from India (many of whom happen to speak English better than me, hence no need to spend resources training them to speak our language), people from countries who were our allies in past wars - certain tribes in the area of Vietnam, Thailand, Canada, India Europe and so forth (no – Mexico was not our ally against even the Nazi’s, and they were like the Russians in that they only joined the war against the Japanese when the outcome was obvious, and so their “help” was token in form and substance). Do you want hard workers who “will take the jobs that Americans won’t do”?? Well – the Chinese did that quite, quite well in the 1800s – took on deadly, dangerous and tedious labor. And they assimilated quite well and never asked us to give them preferential treatment. Say maybe one tenth of one percent of the Chinese come here each year – that’s 13 million per year! Now let that boost our economy with ties back to a country that our economy is bound to China – Mexico has no impact on our economy – they don’t produce anything that we need.
Now, I Would gladly include a certain number of Mexicans in my annual immigration totals – those that either really, really want to become Americans, not necessarily limited to those with higher skills that will benefit us (workers are welcome!). My point above is that low-skilled labor is “a dime a dozen” – lots and lots of Asians and Africans would gladly come here to leave behind abject poverty, oppression and total lack of safety and freedom, and there is no sound reason to limit the unskilled labor pool to immigrants from Mexico.
Tell the Liberals to stop “thinking with their hearts” – it’s not physiologically possible, and start using their heads. Whatever you want for our country (beside destroying America itself) can be so much better cultivated by opening our immigration to others beside just Mexicans.
How Dream Act is Amnesty Bill--Gives amnesty to any illegal alien claiming to have arrived in the U.S. prior to age 16 and who has lived in the U.S. for five years (16/5).--Any illegal alien can apply, no matter the current age. For example, a 35 year old illegal alien can make an amnesty claim under the Dream Act by simply claiming he has met the 16/5 requirement.--To apply, an illegal must simply “demonstrate” that he is eligible. No concrete proof required.--By simply applying under the Dream Act, an illegal alien is immediately granted “conditional” lawful permanent residence (i.e. green card) status. Thus, illegal aliens are given amnesty immediately.--The “conditional” status can be converted to non-conditional green card by completing two years of higher education or two years of military service within the next six years.--If the illegal alien has already completed the two-year study/service requirement at the time of application, non-conditional legal status can happen immediately.--The bill also fast-tracks the path to full citizenship by counting time in “conditional” status toward the five-year residency requirement for citizenship application. Also, by claiming “retroactive” benefits, the five-year requirement could start the day the Dream Act is passed.--Illegal aliens who file an application for legal status under the Dream Act CANNOT be deported. Plus, the federally government is restricted from using the application information to deport the illegal alien or otherwise hold the alien responsible for breaking our immigration laws.--Once an illegal alien receives non-conditional green card status, that legalized alien can then sponsor family members for legal green card status. This creates a massive “anchor teen” loophole that puts amnesty within the reach of millions.How Dream Act Funnels Taxpayer Benefits to IllegalsCurrent law prohibits states from giving illegal aliens in-state tuition rates unless those rates are available to any citizen or legal resident of any state. If a state wants to give illegal aliens in-state college tuition rates, then that state must offer that same rate to any citizen and legal resident.Despite clear federal law, 10 states have passed state laws giving illegal aliens the in-state tuition rate (California, Illinois, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, and Washington). Thus, the current law prohibits states from discrimination against U.S. citizens in favor of illegal aliens. The Dream Act nullifies current law and allows states to grant illegal aliens in-state tuition rates. Not only does this create a taxpayer funded benefit for illegal aliens, it creates a benefit not available even to U.S. citizens. Thus, American taxpayers are subsidizing the higher education for illegal aliens -- a benefit out-of-state citizens cannot even access.
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