Of course this topic came up during the debate tonight for the GOP candidates. I have no problem with the question. I do have a big problem with almost all of the GOP's and the Dem's answer to the question. They all play politics and well that's what politicians do. However, why none of them get the real issue and the correct answer right drives me nuts.
Here is the simple but absolutely truthful answer no mater if you are a R, D, I, or L; YOU CAN'T ROUND UP 12,000,000 PEOPLE AND DEPORT THEM!!! Logistically, it can't happen!!! I don't give a damn what you viewpoint is from an ideological standpoint. That's the truth and also the reality! In this case they coincide.
Now, I am all for people immigrating into our country legally and believe that those who do not enter legally should be caught and deported. I think it should be an actual crime to enter illegally and that congress should pass language to cement that fact. You have to pick a point and move forward on an issue like this. Since all political parties in power have fumbled the ball on this issue for the last two or three DECADES, you can take your pick on where to point the finger.
The solution really has nothing to do with the question. SECURE THE BORDER FIRST! After that has been accomplished, the question becomes moot!
This same answer and question and situation stands with the anchor baby issue (yes, I know it's not the topic...sue me). SECURE THE BORDER FIRST! After that has been accomplished, the question becomes moot!
Anyone see a pattern here? R, D, I, or L's it doesn't matter. Until the border is secured to stop the massive influx of illegal immigration, it really does NOT matter what you think of the 12,000,000 illegals all ready here. I mean you don't start to clean up the spilled milk until you stop the spill. Well maybe if you are a member of congress but anyone else on the planet would stop the spill first! Same thing on the border.
That solution is simple also. US Army gets tasked with securing the border. I know, this is a real radical idea right? I mean, no other country uses this radical idea, right? I mean, hmmmmm, wouldn't a nation's defense fall under that nation's armed forces??? DOD - Department of Defense; does this ring any bells???
Now, why will we never see this happen? Simple, no politician has the guts to step up to the microphone and say what any person with common sense (and no dog in the political fight) would do. D's won't do it as it's a total influx of new voters for them. R's won't do it as they are afraid of being labeled anti-Hispanic. I's and L's don't matter as they are not in power in any level of government. And all of them are too worried about keeping their political jobs, therefore they won't do their political jobs!
THIS IS TO ALL AND I MEAN ALL OF YOU ON CAPITAL HILL.....YOU ALL ARE COWARDS! That simple. I mean to be quite clear. Every single one of them. Senate, the House, the Administration, absolutely all of you political boneheads on this issue are all together in one group. That group = COWARDS. Do your jobs if you ever find your spine somewhere.
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Presidential Candidate Herman Cain is in the cross-hairs publicly
This posting will be a short one. Mainly due to the "no way to prove it" aspect of this current blow to Herman Cain's campaign. I find it quite convenient that these allegations of a possible sexual harassment happen to become public right in lockstep with Mr. Cain's rise in the polls for the GOP presidential nomination process. I know this might not be "fair" but anytime I see the news hungry, camera grabbing, definition (in my opinion) of a lowlife shyster lawyer lady Gloria (whatever her last name is) then my guard is up. Then when you add the timing of these accusations against Mr. Cain just as he has taken the "lead" in the national polls for the GOP nomination and all my flags go up quickly!
This smacks of a dual role attach on Mr. Cain. Money and political hatchet job are the 2 items that come to mind! Why do you wait for over a decade before bring up this alleged harassment? Of course there is no evidence to back up any of these claims. Simply a he said-she said scenario. Don't let some small thing like evidence stop Ms. Gloria from stepping up to the microphone before slandering a potential presidential candidate. Noooo. Where do they drag up these people anyway?
Now, if there is proof to back up any of these charges, then fine. Swing away and I would support the charges alleged. However, when a woman waits over a decade and only brings up charges without evidence that her claims are true as a person is campaigning for the nomination of his party to run for president of the county then I have a big problems with it! Smells fishy as my wife would say!!!
This smacks of a dual role attach on Mr. Cain. Money and political hatchet job are the 2 items that come to mind! Why do you wait for over a decade before bring up this alleged harassment? Of course there is no evidence to back up any of these claims. Simply a he said-she said scenario. Don't let some small thing like evidence stop Ms. Gloria from stepping up to the microphone before slandering a potential presidential candidate. Noooo. Where do they drag up these people anyway?
Now, if there is proof to back up any of these charges, then fine. Swing away and I would support the charges alleged. However, when a woman waits over a decade and only brings up charges without evidence that her claims are true as a person is campaigning for the nomination of his party to run for president of the county then I have a big problems with it! Smells fishy as my wife would say!!!
Saturday, November 5, 2011
The 99%'ers (Wall Street Protest thing) and White Collar Crime.....rolling 2 ideas into 1 here today
I have seen the news on the protests going on at Wall Street and originally I was not going to comment on it as my first impression was one that it was more for publicity than anything else. I made this opinion when reporters spoke to the "protesters" and when asked why they were there the answers literally made me laugh! Talk about clueless, they were it. I don't recall anyone of them stating any facts about the Wall Street "greed" and why it angered them.
Even if I don't agree with you, the right to speak your mind is something I respect greatly. I respect more when an opinion is based on facts that can hold up to some debate. I also respect it when people are honest and say that their position is simply their opinion based on feeling as more often than not, people tend to just make up some fact when their opinion is called into question instead of just saying that something in the opposing view point rubs them the wrong way and that's why they differ! I would like facts but I do respect honesty when it's put up front and center too.
I mean, the people that I saw interviewed on Wall Street said anything from global warming (a later topic for this blog for sure, talk about jokes), to saving the earth, to world-wide fairness for all! They really needed to have some marshmallows to roast there and start singing Kumbaya for crying out loud.
All the above reasons are why I really think it's just a protest funded by some zany people that want.... hmmmm, I don't know. Anarchy? Blaming capitalism? Really? Capitalism, the social state that along with our freedoms provided in the Constitution has been the recipe for our country's great success in this world! Sooo many people have it all wrong. Capitalism on its own would not fare better than any other social system, period. All systems have the good and bad sides to them and with capitalism, it's bad side is UNCHECKED greed. Not greed, but as I said, unchecked greed. What do I mean about that? Simple, greed can motivate people to push forward and drive their businesses to new heights. They will hire the smartest people and work the hardest and tweak their plans to achieve the best success they can. All that is fine and dandy.
Unchecked greed leads to the capitalism examples from the mob to current day Russia. I mean Russia became a capitalist nation quite a few years ago and how are they doing? Al Capone was definitely a capitalist but how did he use it?
Capitalism kept in check by our justice system and the good ole American Way. They were the ingredients for our beloved country's success. As a whole, America believes that hard work and a good work ethic should be rewarded. A person that has some good ideas and if he works hard at it can be socially and financially successful. Of course our justice system can always be improved! I mean, no one thinks it perfect but it is the best one going one the planet today and if someone is within the law and really uses greed as his/her fuel, that in itself is not evil.
All the above is the easy part. Now here is the unpopular part. I know of NO one in my life nor have I ever even heard of anyone getting a job or obtaining the resources to open a new business, get a patent for an idea, or anything even remotely close to any of those things from a poor person! Now, before you start throwing stones at me, listen to this. I am NOT picking on the poor. I am using their situation to make a point that soooo many of the so called "99%'ers" are speaking of. NOT ALL RICH PEOPLE ARE BAD!
Who creates the majority of ALL JOBS IN THE USA? Small business owners, corporations, and yep I'm going to say it, people more wealthy than the person they are hiring. There is absolutely NOTHING wrong with being a maid or gardener or butler or private cook or any of a number of jobs that the wealthy of our society employ due to their having the means to do so!
So, 99%'ers, stop hating on the rich just for being rich! Now you can hate on the people that caused the Enron thing or Bernie Madoff or any of those rich people that have broken the law to obtain or increase their wealth! I would march with you on that one! Protest to change the criminal justice system to bump up punishment for "white collar" crimes and I'll support ya!
For example, why does the jail time given for a conviction of possession of X ounces of crack cocaine BY FAR EXCEED the jail time given for the same X ounces of powder cocaine in almost all states? Many would say race, but I say social status. Poor people by in large get hooked on crack and rich people, again in large, get hooked on powder cocaine. Rich people can lobby for laws and get listened to whereas most poor people cannot. Hence the legal disparity.
How does Linsey Lohan (or any of your picks of actors, sports personalities, or famous people in general) get to basically thumb her nose at the courts time and time again without any real punishment by the law? If I did exactly what she has done, I will bet you a very large sum of money that I would have or still be serving much more time in jail than poor little Linsey did!
You know, the drug dealer that shoots and kills an innocent person in a drive by is definitely a bad person and deserves the full weight of the law for the murder. However, think about this. How many families are in total ruin and in every way except their physical lives, were murdered by Bernie Madoff? So why does Bernie get house arrest pending his trial (I'm warping back in time a bit here, bear with me) and not the drug dealer if both items happened at the same time?
I say this. White collar crime that has a wide affect on society should not be treated with kid gloves. Put Bernie in a 6x9 with good ole "Bubba" if you please! The Enron people too. If white collar criminals would not serve their sentences minimum security prisons that are closer to a cheap hotel than prison and instead were in with the 6x9 with "Bubba" then I would bet there would be more of a deterrent to the white collar crime!
Kinda weird I know but that's how I linked the 99%'ers topic with white collar crime topic! Basically, I think the protesters are out to lunch overall but the point of their protest has some merit just not in the poor vs the rich aspect as they are doing. It should be the country vs the criminal rich. Then I would be with them!
I mean the American dream is to be able to give your family the easy life and the house on the hill and vacations that are true vacations! Cruise to Italy or stay a week on an island off Hawaii being waited on hand and foot or any of a number of dreams we have all had without the financial backing to make it become a reality. I hope to one day achieve that dream. So I guess one day, I will have angry people in my yard? Maybe, but I would have something Wall Street doesn't have. A really big dog to keep them off my lawn!!! :-)
Even if I don't agree with you, the right to speak your mind is something I respect greatly. I respect more when an opinion is based on facts that can hold up to some debate. I also respect it when people are honest and say that their position is simply their opinion based on feeling as more often than not, people tend to just make up some fact when their opinion is called into question instead of just saying that something in the opposing view point rubs them the wrong way and that's why they differ! I would like facts but I do respect honesty when it's put up front and center too.
I mean, the people that I saw interviewed on Wall Street said anything from global warming (a later topic for this blog for sure, talk about jokes), to saving the earth, to world-wide fairness for all! They really needed to have some marshmallows to roast there and start singing Kumbaya for crying out loud.
All the above reasons are why I really think it's just a protest funded by some zany people that want.... hmmmm, I don't know. Anarchy? Blaming capitalism? Really? Capitalism, the social state that along with our freedoms provided in the Constitution has been the recipe for our country's great success in this world! Sooo many people have it all wrong. Capitalism on its own would not fare better than any other social system, period. All systems have the good and bad sides to them and with capitalism, it's bad side is UNCHECKED greed. Not greed, but as I said, unchecked greed. What do I mean about that? Simple, greed can motivate people to push forward and drive their businesses to new heights. They will hire the smartest people and work the hardest and tweak their plans to achieve the best success they can. All that is fine and dandy.
Unchecked greed leads to the capitalism examples from the mob to current day Russia. I mean Russia became a capitalist nation quite a few years ago and how are they doing? Al Capone was definitely a capitalist but how did he use it?
Capitalism kept in check by our justice system and the good ole American Way. They were the ingredients for our beloved country's success. As a whole, America believes that hard work and a good work ethic should be rewarded. A person that has some good ideas and if he works hard at it can be socially and financially successful. Of course our justice system can always be improved! I mean, no one thinks it perfect but it is the best one going one the planet today and if someone is within the law and really uses greed as his/her fuel, that in itself is not evil.
All the above is the easy part. Now here is the unpopular part. I know of NO one in my life nor have I ever even heard of anyone getting a job or obtaining the resources to open a new business, get a patent for an idea, or anything even remotely close to any of those things from a poor person! Now, before you start throwing stones at me, listen to this. I am NOT picking on the poor. I am using their situation to make a point that soooo many of the so called "99%'ers" are speaking of. NOT ALL RICH PEOPLE ARE BAD!
Who creates the majority of ALL JOBS IN THE USA? Small business owners, corporations, and yep I'm going to say it, people more wealthy than the person they are hiring. There is absolutely NOTHING wrong with being a maid or gardener or butler or private cook or any of a number of jobs that the wealthy of our society employ due to their having the means to do so!
So, 99%'ers, stop hating on the rich just for being rich! Now you can hate on the people that caused the Enron thing or Bernie Madoff or any of those rich people that have broken the law to obtain or increase their wealth! I would march with you on that one! Protest to change the criminal justice system to bump up punishment for "white collar" crimes and I'll support ya!
For example, why does the jail time given for a conviction of possession of X ounces of crack cocaine BY FAR EXCEED the jail time given for the same X ounces of powder cocaine in almost all states? Many would say race, but I say social status. Poor people by in large get hooked on crack and rich people, again in large, get hooked on powder cocaine. Rich people can lobby for laws and get listened to whereas most poor people cannot. Hence the legal disparity.
How does Linsey Lohan (or any of your picks of actors, sports personalities, or famous people in general) get to basically thumb her nose at the courts time and time again without any real punishment by the law? If I did exactly what she has done, I will bet you a very large sum of money that I would have or still be serving much more time in jail than poor little Linsey did!
You know, the drug dealer that shoots and kills an innocent person in a drive by is definitely a bad person and deserves the full weight of the law for the murder. However, think about this. How many families are in total ruin and in every way except their physical lives, were murdered by Bernie Madoff? So why does Bernie get house arrest pending his trial (I'm warping back in time a bit here, bear with me) and not the drug dealer if both items happened at the same time?
I say this. White collar crime that has a wide affect on society should not be treated with kid gloves. Put Bernie in a 6x9 with good ole "Bubba" if you please! The Enron people too. If white collar criminals would not serve their sentences minimum security prisons that are closer to a cheap hotel than prison and instead were in with the 6x9 with "Bubba" then I would bet there would be more of a deterrent to the white collar crime!
Kinda weird I know but that's how I linked the 99%'ers topic with white collar crime topic! Basically, I think the protesters are out to lunch overall but the point of their protest has some merit just not in the poor vs the rich aspect as they are doing. It should be the country vs the criminal rich. Then I would be with them!
I mean the American dream is to be able to give your family the easy life and the house on the hill and vacations that are true vacations! Cruise to Italy or stay a week on an island off Hawaii being waited on hand and foot or any of a number of dreams we have all had without the financial backing to make it become a reality. I hope to one day achieve that dream. So I guess one day, I will have angry people in my yard? Maybe, but I would have something Wall Street doesn't have. A really big dog to keep them off my lawn!!! :-)
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