A Nation In Chaos

I've lived a long time.  I'll be 63 years old in September.  I've seen the United States of America reel from the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr., and Robert F. Kennedy.  I've seen President Nixon resign from office in disgrace.  I've seen Democrats, Republicans, right-wingers, left-wingers attack each other mercilessly.  I've lived through several recessions.  I've seen economic upheaval that threatened the very fabric of our nation.  I've seen this nation at war several times and the aftermath of war.  In summary, I have seen this nation get knocked down and then get back up.  The terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 which served to only bring this nation together as one.  America always comes together in a time of great need.  At least, that's the way it has always been in the past.

The Cesar Chavez Resolution

Senate Republicans blocked a resolution honoring Cesar Chavez on his birthday (March 31) due to language that Democrats refused to allow to be added to the resolution.  Chavez formed the United Farm Workers labor union, which organized agriculture workers.  Republicans wanted to add Chavez position on illegal immigration. Republicans would have voted for the resolution if Democrats had accepted additional language that recognized Chavez supported strict enforcement of immigration laws in order to help protect American workers’ wages. But Democrats refused to agree to those additions, leaving both sides at a stalemate.  Democrats did not debate on Chavez stance on illegal immigration.  But, that didn't stop them from castigating the GOP for not going along with their agenda.  “It is an injustice to his memory,” said Sen. Robert Menendez, the New Jersey Democrat who tried to force a vote and who said Republicans were trying to mix the immigration debate with a commemorative resolution.

The GOP Principles On Amnesty

The GOP Principles that House Speaker John Boehner and other Republican leaders have espoused are not going over well with the rank and file GOP House members.  Boehner and Rep. Paul Ryan desperately want to pass an immigration reform bill to help the GOP chances in the 2016 Presidential Election and to satisfy the thirst of businesses for cheap labor.  The consequences of giving amnesty to about 20 million illegal aliens are not being thought through by the GOP.  The Democrats don't care what a terrible burden millions of mostly illiterate, low-skilled illegals will have on the social structure of this nation. 

Illegal Aliens Sue for In-state Tuition

The so-called "Dreamers" (children brought to USA illegally) in the state of Georgia are suing the state for in-state tuition rates.   In essence, they are suing American taxpayers as a result.  These blood suckers have been granted temporary permission to stay in the U.S. under an Obama administration policy introduced last year.  That isn't good enough for them.  They now want the American taxpayer to fund their college education and to give them the cut-rate in-state tuition.  A judge in Georgia said he needs more time to decide the case.  DeKalb County Superior Court Judge Mark Anthony Scott heard arguments on behalf of these illegal aliens from their lawyer, Charles Kuck.  The problem for the illegal aliens is that the Georgia university system requires any student seeking in-state status for tuition rates to provide verification of “lawful presence” in the U.S.

Immigration Reform in Jeopardy

A report over this past weekend cast the possibility of Comprehensive Immigration Reform (CIR) aka Amnesty, of being in grave danger of not being passed this year, if ever.  The report states that the White House "...does not see a path to passing immigration."  The fear is that the House will not produce any path to citizenship which would be a death blow to the bill itself.  Democrats have made it clear that any CIR bill would have to include a path to citizenship for the estimated 12-20 million illegal immigrants in this nation.  The Obama Administration has so many scandals to deal with (NSA, IRS targeting, Benghazi, Fast&Furious, etc) they have lost focus on one of President Obama's main issues in his second term agenda; immigration reform.  What hurts even more, House Speaker John Boehner, has stated he will not put CIR up for a vote without majority Republican support.  Boehner has gone back on his word before.  But, he obviously knows if he implements the Hastart Rule,  there is no chance CIR will pass the House in any form.  Amnesty is wildly unpopular amongst constituencies of House members, whom they have to answer to every two years.  Another ominous sign; the guy who was supposed to be the House version of Marco Rubio, Rep. Paul Ryan, has gone silent. 

Just as I suspected would happen, has happened.  Once the voting public found out some of what is in the bill (such as rewarding companies to hire illegals and punish them with Obamacare if they hire American citizens) there would be a backlash.  As many have noted, this bill is even worse than the 2007 Amnesty bill supported by the Amnesty Twins, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina (who is about to be "primaried") and John "Maverick" McCain of Arizona (who faces a recall possibility).  The basic tenets of this bill reward criminal behavior.  That is something that just doesn't sit well with law abiding Americans.  Why should someone who broke U.S. Immigration Law be given a pass and rewarded with legal status?  There is no answer to that from the Amnesty lovers in Congress.  Liberals say Amnesty will keep families together.  As usual, liberals think with their emotions rather than use their brain.  No thought is given to the crushing blow to social services this would bring if we give Amnesty to millions of illegal aliens.  The simple fact is one that I have repeated all too often on this subject;  the United States of America cannot care for the indigent of the world.  It is not the responsibility of the American taxpayer to do this.  Of course, we need to secure our border.  We have never enforced the border enforcement tenets of the 1986 Immigration Act.  How could we ever expect our government to commit itself to border enforcement in a new immigration reform bill?  The answer; we can't trust them to do it.  End of story.

Amnesty Bill Gives Immediate Access to Welfare for Illegals

Remember the days when the Democrats said that no illegal alien would ever be allowed access to Obamacare?  Remember the days when Democrats AND Republicans said any immigration bill would not allow access to welfare benefits for those given amnesty?  Well, throw all those promises out the window again.  The newest amnesty bill will grant these "Instant Democrats" all the benefits of any native-born Americans.  They would zoom in front of the line for those who have patiently waited their turn in line to become American citizens the right way.  State and local governments would be completely overwhelmed by the millions of illegals applying for benefits that Americans simply can't afford to pay any longer.  It is not enough that our welfare system is simply overwhelmed now.  Now, we have to add about 15 million more poor, destitute people who are mostly illiterate and will be generational welfare recipients.  Show me another country that would reward people like this for violating their immigration laws.  Just one.  You won't find one.  Except, of course, the insane people running the United States of America.  The Gang of Eight has promised illegals that once they get their coveted green cards, they are eligible to apply for all welfare benefits, including unemployment benefits. 

The millions of destitute illegals will finish off this country.  We are already teetering on the edge of complete bankruptcy, thanks in no small part to the out of control spending of Obama and his Socialist cabal.  Now, Democrats and Republicans want to add around 15 million more illiterate illegals on the backs of the American taxpayers.  It's almost as if the elitists in this country want a new revolution.  It will divide this country even more than it is now.  On one side you will have those that work and pay the bills of this nation.  On the other side, you have the mostly illiterate and poor who will never get off of welfare.  Givers vs Takers. Welfare was never meant to be career opportunity.  It was intended strictly for Americans who are cannot work for different reasons.  If this Gang of Eight amnesty bill passes, it will finish off the job that Obama and his Socialist hacks started; destroying the United States of America.  We cannot absorb 10-15 million more on the welfare rolls in this nation.  We just can't do it.  Please, call your Congressman or Congresswoman and beg them to vote against this monstrosity known as Immigration Reform.  It is a death sentence for America.

Illegal Aliens Continue to Cross Border

It seems we have been down this road before.  Illegal aliens crossing the border into the USA is nothing new.  It seems those south of the USA think they have this God-given right to come here by any method necessary to assure themselves a piece of the welfare pie.  Jobs are thought to be the major attraction for illegal aliens.  But, if people will be honest with themselves, they will admit that social services such as "free" food stamps, welfare, social security benefits for anchor babies are the big attraction.  With that thought in mind, it is no surprise to me to learn that illegal aliens and drug smugglers have doubled since two things have taken place.  One, Sequestration , is the easy pick as the blame for out of control border activity.  The Obama administration thinks we are dumb enough  to think $85 billion loss of spending is going to cause untold disasters domestically and internationally.  Of course, cutting back border patrol agent hours is another excuse for Obama to continue his war on America.  Secondly, most importantly, the talk of amnesty in a new immigration law package has potential illegals all over Central America salivating.  Border Patrol agents are saying illegal crossings have doubled and possibly even tripled as Congress rushes to push through another unenforceable immigration law package they have no intention of enforcing except to give a "path to citizenship" aka amnesty to illegals.

It the report linked above is true, there will be hours of the day when the border will not be patrolled at all.  Does anyone think that illegals will not increase now?  Obama wants to blame this on Sequestration.  This is just an excuse by the Obama Administration.  Obama has no intention of enforcing border security.  The Democratic Party is pinning their hopes on illegals getting amnesty and citizenship as a result.  Republicans, fools that they are, think that Hispanics will vote for them if they support amnesty.  The GOP is about to commit political suicide.  As  a result, the USA will eventually become nothing more than a third-world country.  There is no serious debate on allowing a path to citizenship to illegals who broke our laws.  Our political leaders don't want a debate.  They just want to make this a law "so they can see what is inside the bill," as Nancy Pelosi so famously said once. Meanwhile, the border remains as lawless as ever.  Who knows what is coming across that border now? 

The Big Push for Amnesty

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As many may know, yesterday was the day that President Obama  gave his long awaited speech on immigration.   Monday, the "Gang of Eight," as they are known by critics, provided an outline of the latest "comprehensive immigration reform" that politicians in both parties want to shove down the throats of American citizens.  The proposal is basically like the one in 2007 that Americans angrily shot down with faxes, phone calls and visits to their Congressmen.  In this latest proposal, of course, is the much desired and clamored for "path to citizenship" that hispanics have been having epileptic seizures over since....well, since the LAST amnesty back in the mid-eighties.   It never ends.  They say they don't want to separate families.  There is a simple solution to this that no one will even discuss.  If you don't want to separate your families, take them back with you to your native country.  Is that difficult to understand?  No one would stop you.  There is a lot at stake in this latest effort for amnesty for illegal aliens.  The usual suspects from the Republican Party, John McCain and Lindsay Graham, are part of the Gang of Eight.  Included with them is Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida.  He has flip-flopped on this issue since last year.  He is making a huge gamble.  The Tea Party put him into the senate seat in Florida.  Knowing that an overhaul of our immigration system would cost billions, if not trillions of dollars, the Tea Party may just make him pay for this.  I hope so.

The cry of Republicans is that there first has to be border enforcement.  The Obama administration stated a couple of years ago that the border is secure.  But, now, the Obama Administration is promising border enforcement with their proposal on immigration reform.  Well, which is it? Is the border secure or not?  More lies from Obama.  Is there any reason to believe that Obama will secure the border this time?  Is there any reason to assume this will the second and LAST amnesty?  Hell no, to both questions. The cry for amnesty for any illegal alien will never stop from the hispanic caucus in Congress and certainly not from La Raza (The Race).   The sudden influx of illegals with citizenship will overwhelm an already perilous situation with Social Security and Medicare.  Of course, the reason Republicans are wetting themselves on this issue is what took place in the last election.  Politicians are thinking about their own self-interests and not what is best for American citizens.  Finally, I ask these politicians one question; how does a massive amnesty benefit Americans?  You are supposed to be working for us.  So, again, how does a "comprehensive immigration reform" amnesty help Americans, especially the 23 million that are unemployed?  The silence is deafening.

Fed Released Illegals Commit 19 Murders

Between 2008 and 2011, the Obama Administration refused to deport some 47,000 illegal aliens it thought posed no threat to American citizens.  This was done under the Administation's "Secure Communities program."   The House Judiciary Committee reported of these 47,000 illegals, there was a recidivism rate of 16 percent.  In all there were nearly 160K immigrants (purportedly most were legal, but I question that) that were flagged by the Secure Communities.  Of that number, immigrants went on to commit 60,000 crimes.  For reasons that have not been explained, the Obama Administration refused to deport 159,286 illegal aliens.  But, the atrocious numbers are those who could have been released, went on to commit 19 murders of Americans, 3 attempted murders and, of course, 142 sex crimes against American citizens. Chairman Lamar Smith said. “But President Obama continues to further his anti-enforcement agenda while innocent Americans suffer the consequences. His unwillingness to enforce immigration laws puts our communities at risk and costs American lives.”   This is totally unacceptable.

The blood of these American citizens are on the hands of President Obama and Big Sis herself, Janet Napolitano, Director of Homeland Security.  We have immigration laws on the books that President Obama has refused to enforce.  He granted a Dream Act amnesty to millions of illegals children without so much as a cursory check to see if crimes have been committed by these "children."  Some of these so-called children are up to 30 years old now.   President Obama, by granting these amnesties to illegals, is pandering to the hispanic community.  Hispanics are another bloc vote of the Democratic Party.  Obama needs the hispanic vote this November if he has any hope of winning reelection.  So, at the expense of American lives, he is granting amnesty to anyone as long as they are of the hispanic heritage.  While that may not be exactly true, it is true that the overwhelming numbers of illegal aliens are hispanic, mainly Mexicans.

At what point do the bloc voters of the Democratic Party see that they are being used?  Democrats do not care about blacks, hispanics or gays.  They see them as an ends to justify the means.  The means, in the Democratic Party case, is to further their Socialist agenda.  Nothing else really matters.  If it is means fooling millions of people into voting for them, so be it.  Someday, I hope these Democratic Party voting blocs wake up to see they are simply being used.  But, somehow, I don't think I will ever live to see that day come.

Obama Administration Names Advocate for Illegal Aliens

Yesterday, the Obama Administration did something that once again is unprecedented.   U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said that the advocate would serve as a point of contact for "individuals" in immigration proceedings.  Andrew Lorenz-Strait will serve as the advocate for all illegal aliens facing deportation.  Of course, the Obama Administration stated they are trying to focus on criminal illegal aliens who need to be deported.  It is said that the Obama Administration has been allegedly deporting illegal aliens at record levels.  But, they are also trying to shore up their Hispanic base by appearing to support illegal aliens.  Rep. Lamar Smith said the Obama Administration is elevating the concerns of illegal aliens for the first time in U.S. history.  "It's outrageous that the Obama administration has appointed a taxpayer-funded activist for illegal and criminal immigrants who are detained or ordered deported. The administration all too often acts more like a lobbying firm for illegal immigrants than as an advocate for the American people," Mr. Smith, Texas Republican, said.

I wish I could say all this surprises me.  But, nothing surprises me by this President, this administration.  First, it is unconscionable that a sitting U.S. President would try to assist people who have broken U.S. law.  Rather than focus on preventing our border laws from being broken, Obama tries to assist those who have shown a lack of respect or regard for our border.  Illegal aliens do not recognize our borders.  Never have.  What Obama has done is now give these criminals someone to assist them in helping with their deportation case.  Help me out here.  You brag about record deportations and, at the same time, give them an advocate to assist in their deportations?  How about assisting people who do not want to pay taxes to the federal government?  How about giving them a taxpayer funded advocate to help them in their fight against an overbearing federal government?  That's not going to happen. Obama has no inclination to help ordinary Americans.  It makes no sense to assist people who have broken the law.  If you have a taxpayer funded advocate for illegal aliens, you must have one for every American who has broken the law.  This is a slippery slope for the Obama Administration.  But, again, why should I be surprised by a President who has show little regard for rule of law throughout his first (and hopefully last) term? 

Romneycare Gives Benefits to Illegal Aliens

Governor Rick Perry, whose campaign for the Republican nomination has hit the rocks, has hit Mitt Romney where it hurts most; Romneycare gives benefits to illegal aliens.  Governor Perry's campaign stated, "Governor Romney’s government-mandated healthcare plan provided free care for illegal immigrants in Massachusetts, establishing just the kind of illegal immigration magnet Governor Romney claims to oppose,” Perry spokesman Mark Miner said.  The Perry Campaign also stated that citizenship is not required under the rules of the Health Safety Net which allowed anyone without insurance (including illegals) to go to any medical clinic or hospital to receive medical care at practically no cost.  The Romney Campaign countered that the Health Safety Net Fund was made long after Governor Mitt Romney left office in Massachusetts. However, Perry Campaign spokesmen stated that the Massachusetts Free Care website was updated three days after former Governor Mitt Romney signed the law. In fact, the law clearly states “Your citizenship or immigration status does not affect your eligibility.” 


I must say I find Mitt Romney to be the big hypocritical, flip-flopper that those of us on the Right have always thought him to be.  I have no interest in Rick Perry due to his love affair with illegal aliens in Texas (instate tuition for one thing, heartless if you don't agree is another).  Romney has been blasting Perry for his pandering to illegals  with the instate tuition thing.  All while doing this, Romney had a provision in Romneycare that basically gave free medical assistance to illegal aliens.  I'm really sick of both of these candidates.  Not just due to the fact they are both RINOs.  It goes deeper, to the very core that both men are just big government Republicans in the same manner as Rockefeller,  Nixon and both Bush presidents.  Cain is mopping up both right now according to the latest polls.  It may be, in due part, to his being civil in the debates.  Part of it is that people like the fact he is considered an outsider.  Whatever the reason, Herman Cain is resonating with Republican voters.  Both Romney and Perry better get themselves together.  We get they both like the idea of cheap labor that illegals provide.  What we don't get is why they both are being such hypocrites over the issue of illegals.

I had thought that the economy is what the core of the argument would be in the Republican nomination process.  Right now, it appears that illegal immigration is wounding both Perry and Romney.  Herman Cain?  He's reaping the benefits of the Romney-Perry War.