Can I see your green card?

Amnesty; are you crazy!

            Illegal immigration is an issue for our country and has been a topic for discussion in the republican debates on occasion.  Mentioning the word amnesty for illegals sends some people into a panic, but what would those people suggest be done?  A popular answer is deporting them and Bill O’Riley would probably have them throw them in jail for ten years, which is his answer for most crimes.  Neither of these ideas are viable solutions for one specific reason; money!  How and who will pay for these actions and government would have to be expanded to carry out the process to do this; these issues, money and big government are NOT POPULAR.  To prevent myself from going into the trick bag of complaining without a solution I must propose some solutions.

            I am really not opposed to amnesty; however, President Regan granted Amnesty to 3 million illegal immigrants in the 80s and we now have over 10 million estimated illegal immigrants in country, so that has been proven not to work.  We could make the immigration process easier to allow legal immigration as it was in the Naturalization act of 1790, which in order to address one's "good moral character," the law required two years of residence in the United States and one year in the state of residence, prior to applying for citizenship. When those requirements were met, an immigrant could file a Petition for Naturalization with "any common law court of record" having jurisdiction over his residence asking to be naturalized. Once convinced of the applicant’s good moral character, the court would administer an oath of allegiance to support the Constitution of the United States. The clerk of court was to make a record of these proceedings, and "thereupon such person shall be considered as a citizen of the United States."  The Act also establishes the United States citizenship of children of citizens, born abroad, without the need for naturalization, "the children of citizens of the United States that may be born beyond Sea, or out of the limits of the United States, shall be considered as natural born Citizens".  Bummer, this did not include slaves or descendants of women not born in the USA, but father’s descendants only.

            The immigration law today consists of 4 title sections with a total of 17 chapters and roughly 187 acts loaded with rules and regulations written by lawyers.  To view the entire statute visit this website:  http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem  This is the poster child for why we need to simplify not just this law, but many laws, so that average people can understand them; in addition, all laws must be taught in schools.  With that being said, simplified immigration laws could be a solution.

            The following ideas are long shots. 

We round up all the illegals and shoot them.  That would punish them and rid us of them; now, there might be some fallout because it is inhumane and it didn’t go so well with Hitler when he tried that, but they would be gone. 

We could build the great wall of America.  China built a 1300 mile wall to keep invaders out, we certainly could build a wall of that magnitude and put many people to work doing it; heck, we could probably capture enough illegals and force them to build it on work release from prison.  We may need the wall to keep people in at the rate our economy is sliding. 

We invade and take over all the countries down to the Panama Canal…let's see people try and swim that!  Union of States American (USA) Poof, no more illegals!

Whatever plan is hatched, this problem has been brewing for over 30 years and it will take a long time to sort this out.  This country was built on the principle of immigration and has relied on it to prosper.  Why do many despise someone that is just trying to find a better life?     

Affordable healthcare?

Saving the health care system must be done by cutting the cost without cutting quality!  First, I would increase the number of doctors by allowing individuals to specialize in a specific area of treatment without excessive school, which would cut the time and money it takes to become a doctor; however, this must be with care and thought so not too diminish quality of care.  Secondly, fund and train start-up companies to make all of the ridiculously over-priced medical supplies competitive.  Remove drugs from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and allow drug companies to test and provide evidence that their drug is safe with the present detailed testing process.  Drug companies would be regulated as a “utility” and prices MUST be justified limiting profitability.  Eliminate malpractice law suits, do homework on treatment options, doctors records will be posted publicly for all to see.  Give incentives for proper Body Mass Index (BMI), being drug free, and not smoking from taxes collected from cigarettes and legalized marijuana, yes legalized marijuana!  Finally, make low interest loans available to start-up medical facilities to limit the monopoly the big institutions have on the healthcare market.

Forcing these bold changes on the entire country would be irresponsible; this should be tested in one city or state before standardization.  All of these ideas create competition and more JOBS!  This all sounds good on paper, but once the trial lawyers, drug lobbyist, health insurance companies, and big hospitals get to the law makers it would never get a chance… 

Government waste?

Here is a comparison between government spending and sewage treatment.  I own a sewer utility and this comparison crossed my mind one day while working on the sewer plant.    

A sewer plant treats sewage with an aerobic and anaerobic process that produces clear water, which is discharged into a pond or water source.  However, the process produces phosphates (fertilizer) that remains in the clear water discharged, which feeds pond scum allowing it to grow.  If the amount of sewage treated is excessive the amount of phosphates rise in the discharged water and cause an increased amount pond scum.

Here is my point. The sewage is the money the government provides for programs, phosphates are government spending, and Pond scum is inflation.  For example, student loans have driven the cost of college up from $16,000 (total 4 years) when I went to school in 1985 to $88,000 (total 4 years) presently.  The costs of education has sky rocketed.  Why?  Capitalism, that’s why.  Supplying a free market with a ton of funding and the market will find a way to extract the money.  I recently visited my old campus, there are many upgrades that make it super nice and it is easy to see where the money was spent, but is it really necessary for this over indulgence?  It is clearly driven by students with borrowed money to spend.  Government backed mortgages are another example of government interference gone wrong.  Just wait until the fertilizer hits the healthcare system, people will not be able to afford to get sick!

The media mob

Is the media the Pharisees of our world now? 

How has our society allowed the media to become our moral compass and display the aura that they are perfect?

The power they abuse can ruin someone regardless if charges are true or false.  If it sells air time then it is news worthy, but it is not only the media's fault because the mob yearns for the entertainment of watching someone fail or self-implode.  The media continues to judge people and sway public opinion to that which suits them best in order to gain attention (which sells air time) 
Please read this passage about judging others.  

John 8
   But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. At dawn he appeared again in the temple courts, where all the people gathered around him, and he sat down to teach them. The teachers of the law and the Pharisees brought in a woman caught in adultery. They made her stand before the group and said to Jesus, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery. In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women. Now what do you say?” They were using this question as a trap, in order to have a basis for accusing him.  But Jesus bent down and started to write on the ground with his finger. When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, “Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.”  Again he stooped down and wrote on the ground.  At this, those who heard began to go away one at a time, the older ones first, until only Jesus was left, with the woman still standing there.  Jesus straightened up and asked her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?”  “No one, sir,” she said.  “Then neither do I condemn you,” Jesus declared. “Go now and leave your life of sin.”

If Jesus will not willing to judge this woman then who is better than Him to judge her?  I have been guilty of judging others, I believe it is difficult to refrain from doing so, but that does not make it right and I am getting better at staying away from judging others showing mercy.  It is easy to practice self-mercy and justifying our own mistakes; why do we find it so difficult to forgive others theirs?

“Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.”

I believe I'll leave judgment to God...I have enough to do today.

Which one are you?

Matthew 7: 13-14

Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life and only a few find it.

Atheist ~ coincidence

People ~ luck

Christian ~ Holy Spirit

The atheist wanders the earth thinking this is all there is to life.  Whatever happens to them is happenstance.  They make their own way.  The atheist is shown the path but never goes to see what it is or where it leads.  They live for the day and themselves.  Death is nothingness.  A sign from God would never even cross their mind and be a mere coincidence.

 Some People believe in luck like the gambler; which includes those that believe in God, but do not have faith enough to believe God will provide for them.  Luck puts the credit on the individual, therefore, pride is involved.  A perfect recipe the devil needs to tempt you.  Joy from luck is brief and unfulfilling.  Luck can draw some to the devil; they will forever thirst for more and never satisfy the craving.  The devil is “lucky” if he steals a soul from God, because the only way the devil can gain a soul is if a person is walking outside the righteousness of God.  It is impossible for the devil to get a soul that is walking in God’s righteousness.  Luck is the most convenient way to explain away a sign from God.

  

The Christian lives to do God’s will.  God rewards the Christian with forgiveness through Jesus Christ, everything needed to live on earth and the promise of eternal life if living in God’s righteousness.  The Holy Ghost is God’s conduit to us and if you read the Bible and truly believe in him it will grow.  As you get closer to God and understand His teachings God will strengthen you in the Holy Spirit.  Notice there is no mention of the money or riches of this world and you will be tested, which makes being a Christian not easy; therefore many choose the simple ways of the atheist or luck.  The Christian choice is a life long journey, whereas, the atheist or devil have immediate results and often blind their victims from seeking God.  God speaks to us with signs and gentle nudges on our Christian journey.  Signs are from the Holy Spirit and can easily be confused as coincidence or luck.  God speaks to all this way if you are still, listen and pay attention.  

     

TP over or under

TP over or under

This question is just about as old as which came first the chicken or the egg?  In fact the question of the flap of toilet paper over the top or under the bottom can be correlated to the political winds blowing in the country today.  How you might ask?  Take the occupy movement or flea party as tea party folks call it; which may have a message, but just can’t seem to get it out or know exactly what the message is. 

Let’s say the Tea Party is the TP over folks and the occupy party is the TP under people.  TP over folks want control over how much TP is dispensed, thus the flap is on top where it can be seen, monitored, and controlled; however, the TP under people could care less how much comes out or if it reaches the floor because they didn’t pay for it and someone else will clean-up the extra.  There are some people that do not notice how the TP goes on the holder, those are folks in the middle, which include those that don’t care or those that can go TP over or TP under without issue. 

It would be interesting to give this a try...

This is not my veiw, but some of it makes good sense!

 

 

 

This was in the Waco Tribune Herald, Waco , TX Nov 18, 2010

Put me in charge . . .

Put me in charge of food stamps. I'd get rid of Lone Star cards; no cash for Ding Dongs or Ho Ho's, just money for 50-pound bags of rice and beans, blocks of cheese and all the powdered milk you can haul away. If you want steak and frozen pizza, then get a job.

Put me in charge of Medicaid. The first thing I'd do is to get women Norplant birth control implants or tubal ligations. Then, we'll test recipients for drugs, alcohol, and nicotine and document all tattoos and piercings. If you want to reproduce or use drugs, alcohol, smoke or get tats and piercings, then get a job.

Put me in charge of government housing. Ever live in a military barracks? You will maintain our property in a clean and good state of repair. Your "home" will be subject to inspections anytime and possessions will be inventoried. If you want a plasma TV or Xbox 360, then get a job and your
own place.

In addition, you will either present a check stub from a job each week or you will report to a "government" job. It may be cleaning the roadways of trash, painting and repairing public housing, whatever we find for you. We will sell your 22 inch rims and low profile tires and your blasting stereo
and speakers and put that money toward the “common good.”

Before you write that I've violated someone's rights, realize that all of the above is voluntary. If you want our money, accept our rules.. Before you say that this would be "demeaning" and ruin their "self esteem," consider that it wasn't that long ago that taking someone else's money for
doing absolutely nothing was demeaning and lowered self esteem.

If we are expected to pay for other people's mistakes we should at least attempt to make them learn from their bad choices. The current system rewards them for continuing to make bad choices.

AND While you are on Gov’t subsistence, you no longer can VOTE! Yes that is correct. For you to vote would be a conflict of interest. You will voluntarily remove yourself from voting while you are receiving a Gov’t welfare check. If you want to vote, then get a job.