The Tea party stands for individual rights. That is all well and good. What they do no do, however, is follow those individual rights to their logical conclusions.
Individual rights carry with them individual responsibilities. For example, Tea Partiers do no want to be required to carry health insurance is they choose not to. They can do that. But when they become ill, which invariably happens, they think they should be able to avail themselves of the full power of the health care system which they originally rejected when they refused to purchase insurance. Well, then they must pay the full cost of whatever medical help they need as opposed to the lower copay that they would have needed to pay had they had the foresight to purchase insurance.
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Monday, April 26, 2010
Environment/Immigration-Direct Connect?
Ok. So let me get this straight....Lindsay Graham has been working for months on climate change legislation with 3 democratic senators. But now, he has decided to withdraw his support for the legislation on which he has spent so many hours because he is peeved with the administration's desire to address immigration problems. If there is a direct connection between climate change and immigration, I don't see it. In fact, what I do see is and adult behaving like a petulant child who is angry because his colleagues want to pay attention to something other than what he wants.
Holding the environment, in which we all live (including you Senator Graham), hostage to your anger, is childish and stupid. The health of the environment is far more important than you are. Only a big person can rise above the fray and work on matters that are important to EVERY American. A small person stoops to the tactics that you have chosen to employ. How sad for all of us. We all lose. Thanks a lot, buddy.
Holding the environment, in which we all live (including you Senator Graham), hostage to your anger, is childish and stupid. The health of the environment is far more important than you are. Only a big person can rise above the fray and work on matters that are important to EVERY American. A small person stoops to the tactics that you have chosen to employ. How sad for all of us. We all lose. Thanks a lot, buddy.
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Arizona and Immigration
There has been a lot of moaning, groaning, screaming and the like since Arizona put a new law into effect with regard to law enforcement and illegal immigrants. Let us not focus on all the noise surrounding the new law, but rather let us focus on why the people of Arizona felt that it was necessary in the first place.
The United States, as a sovereign nation, has the absolute right to determine who shall and shall not be admitted into this country. In fact, there are many laws, rules and regulations that make it clear who may enter, who may work here, when you must leave, if you can stay and how you can become a citizen, if you so choose.
Anyone who enters the United States without following the prescribed rules and procedures, does so illegally. In the United States, when a person commits an illegal act, they are subject to the punishment for that illegal act. The rules apply equally to everyone.
Unfortunately, the federal government has not enforced the immigration laws of this nation with anything resembling the force that is necessary to keep the integrity of this nation's laws intact. The result is that the immigration laws are routinely flouted and the number of illegal immigrants continues to skyrocket.
In Arizona, the immigrants flooding the state come from Mexico, Central America and other countries to the south. So it is only common sense that the law enforcement authorities would be on the lookout for persons from these areas of the world, when enforcing the law. This is not racial profiling, as the detractors would have you think. The use of the words "racial profiling" are designed to inflame passions rather than have logic and rational thought prevail. Of course you aren't going to look for Europeans or Asians when the bulk of the illegals in the state are from Hispanic nations.
Everyone needs to take a deep breath and chill and THINK before reacting with emotion. Remember, illegal immigration is just that...ILLEGAL. And one other thing...this would not be a problem at all if life in the countries from which they come were anywhere near decent. We can be sorry that the governments of these south of the border countries do not see fit to employ policies that benefit the well-being of their citizens. But their failings are not the fault of the United States and we are not responsible for taking up their slack. If anything, the south of the border countries should be embarrassed that so many of their citizens will do anything to come to the United States. It shows how badly their governments have performed.
The United States, as a sovereign nation, has the absolute right to determine who shall and shall not be admitted into this country. In fact, there are many laws, rules and regulations that make it clear who may enter, who may work here, when you must leave, if you can stay and how you can become a citizen, if you so choose.
Anyone who enters the United States without following the prescribed rules and procedures, does so illegally. In the United States, when a person commits an illegal act, they are subject to the punishment for that illegal act. The rules apply equally to everyone.
Unfortunately, the federal government has not enforced the immigration laws of this nation with anything resembling the force that is necessary to keep the integrity of this nation's laws intact. The result is that the immigration laws are routinely flouted and the number of illegal immigrants continues to skyrocket.
In Arizona, the immigrants flooding the state come from Mexico, Central America and other countries to the south. So it is only common sense that the law enforcement authorities would be on the lookout for persons from these areas of the world, when enforcing the law. This is not racial profiling, as the detractors would have you think. The use of the words "racial profiling" are designed to inflame passions rather than have logic and rational thought prevail. Of course you aren't going to look for Europeans or Asians when the bulk of the illegals in the state are from Hispanic nations.
Everyone needs to take a deep breath and chill and THINK before reacting with emotion. Remember, illegal immigration is just that...ILLEGAL. And one other thing...this would not be a problem at all if life in the countries from which they come were anywhere near decent. We can be sorry that the governments of these south of the border countries do not see fit to employ policies that benefit the well-being of their citizens. But their failings are not the fault of the United States and we are not responsible for taking up their slack. If anything, the south of the border countries should be embarrassed that so many of their citizens will do anything to come to the United States. It shows how badly their governments have performed.
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