NY Times Reports More Consequences of Illegal Immigrants

If the threat of being deported or incarcerated does not stem the tide of illegal immigration, perhaps the threat of completely losing one’s children will do the trick. While this may sound harsh, it is the consequences of illegal acts perpetrated by the illegal immigrant parents. The enormous problem I have with this article is that it is titled “After Losing Freedom Some Immigrants Face Loss of Custody of Their Children” These parents never had freedom. Freedom is only given to the just and the law-abiding citizens in this country. It is not, and should never, be granted to individuals who were merely able to prolong the consequences of their illegal acts long enough to give birth to children in this nation.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/23/us/23children.html?_r=1&th&emc=th

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Apathy to Bondage

As I shared earlier, bailing out the auto manufacturers of GM and Chrysler is a very bad idea. These companies have already shown that they are incapable of running a tight ship. And they could easily declare bankruptcy and never pay back the American taxpayers the money we’ve given them. Well, guess what? That’s exactly what GMs auditors are saying is going to happen with GM. In spite of the bailout monies given to them, there is still talk of filing for bankruptcy “protection.” I love how they call it that in corporate America. “Protection”…like the taxpayers are the bad guys for wanting their bailout money paid back.

As you know AIG has been granted MORE money. This is what really irks me. GM and Chrysler are auto manufacturers. I suppose you can expect that they will “miscalculate” money. But AIG is a money manager! Not only were they criminal in their handling of money previously, but we gave them a bailout and they’ve shown that they are consistent with their mismanagement of money yet again! What part of us giving them MORE money doesn’t seem incredibly ludicrous to anyone else out there?



And yet we Americans have allowed this insanity to rage on. Who reading this has actually taken time to write their government “leaders” and let them know that this is unacceptable? Very, very few. And since the rationale can be applied that the “very few” don’t reflect the sentiments of the majority, the insanity rages on because our government “leaders” have forgotten their responsibility is to solely defend and protect our freedoms. If such a crystal clear ruler was used when they made such insane financial decisions, then the bail out would never have happened in the first place, let alone the stimulus package. In what way do these monies defend and protect the freedoms of American citizens life, liberty, and possession of property? NONE. It only creates a heavier burden of bondage on us due to the horrific taxation that will follow.

I pray that it is not too late for Americans to take action and responsibility for the insurance of their own freedoms instead of continuing to delegate incompetents to do so.

In Freedom,

Kellene

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The Economy - Real Life, Real Time

*There's a brand spanking new house on my street that has lost over $10,000 in equity every single month for the last 10 months!

*The Dow is just barely above 7,000 points which is a critical support level of our economy. Once it goes down below that, then we will lose a significant number of investors who have reliably played a part in our economy.

*Banks STILL are not lending freely with the tax dollars we've provided them--whether it be home mortgages, business loans or auto loans. Previously banks would issue about 130% of the book value of a brand new car so long as you had a credit score above 680. Now you have to have a 750 credit score to get 105% of the book value for a brand new car! Wait a minute. I give you the money so that you can lend, and then you don't lend to those who gave you the money? Something is VERY wrong here.

*Cheese, produce, and grains have increased in price by as much as 400%. I used be able to buy an artichoke for less than a dollar each. Now it's nearly $4 each. A bag of wheat used to cost $8.99 for a 50 pound bag. Now it's as much as $45 for the same 50 pounds! The same goes for rice, cheese, milk, etc.

I don't know how "rich" Obama thinks the wealthy are, but he's ridiculous to think that the rich are going to be able to pull us out of the recession. Thinking that the government is the answer to this crisis is WORSE than "The Emperor's New Clothes" because the emperor is strutting around naked, trying to tell everyone that he's wearing new clothes, but he actually KNOWS that he's strutting around in his birthday suit!

There is discussion going on in Capital Hill right now that in order to "save" the elderly, they are going to take over the administration of retirement accounts. WHAT? You mean the same government who can't properly oversee the bankrupt Social Security accounts of our nation now want us to believe that they can handle our other retirement accounts? This is the same government which doesn't know the difference between a Promise and a Lie.

The government can't even count votes, can't pay their own taxes, overpays by BILLIONS of dollars for assets which they buy, can't "make" banks give loans even when they provide them with the money to do so, can't protect the freedom of our citizens — which is their number one responsibility — and can't even take the time to read what they are voting on, and yet we're supposed to believe that they are the sole solution for this economic meltdown? PUH-LEEZE!

If this keeps up we'll WISH we were living in a socialistic nation, only because it's the lesser evil to a monarchy!

I believe that there are still REAL Americans out there that are starting to recognize that they've been hoodwinked, who are not cowards as the Attorney General likes to call them. I think a Boston Tea Party is the least of our governments concerns.

The Government has forgotten their purpose – to SERVE the American people. Instead they are helping themselves to the fruits of the labors of the American people. They have forgotten that a FREE people are responsible for giving them any power in the first place, and that a FREE people have the rights to reclaim and reorganize that power.

People of America, exercise your rights and make those cell phones and e-mails, fax machines and overpriced stamps actually mean something. WRITE your legislatures, senators, congressmen, governors. Reclaim your freedoms! Our hard earned liberties which have cost the lives of thousands are being depleted more stringently and in more atrocious manners than any cause ever before!

Our lives, liberty and property depend on these freedoms. Our peace and happiness depend on these freedoms.

This crisis of our nation isn't just about "overcoming the economy". Warren Buffet was quoted today as saying that the American people “have overcome worse." No, they have NOT — to be completely forthright. They have NEVER been confronted with such a financial crisis COMBINED with a crisis of freedoms and rights! Their money AND their freedoms are being stripped away. This is a crisis that we have NEVER had to overcome previously. I PRAY that we have the strength to overcome it now.

To find out who your local legislatures, senators, congressmen, governors are to contact, please visit http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/.

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Where’s Jack Bauer When You Need Him?

This morning’s headline reads that our future Attorney General, Eric Holder, submits his opinion that waterboarding is considered torture. As I read this questionably newsworthy headline, I wondered what the military and other justice officials are allowed to use to coerce their prisoners into providing information necessary for the defense and expedition of justice in our country.

I firmly believe that the majority of the viewers of the popular “24” series are in part wrapped up in the show because of the common sense justice that seems to be dispatched regularly by “the good guys.” Today that kind of justice is an enviable fantasy for many military and law enforcement professionals. Many of us have a longing for what seems to be common sense justice because so many of us seemed to be robbed of it lately.

On “24” you can forget the gratuitous fighting in hand to hand combat style. If the bad guys pull a gun on Jack Bauer, he merely finishes things with an appropriate shot to the head. (Reminds me of a classic scene in one of the Raiders of the Lost Ark Series in which Indiana Jones is confronted by a display of a long fancy sword display, only to have Indi appropriately just pull out his gun and shoot the bad guy. I recall a loud roar of approval in the theatre during that scene.)

I have a really good friend who is a high level agent for the DEA. He has periodically bemoaned the way that their hands are tied in appropriately defending themselves against strung out, maniacal drug traffickers in the name of justice.

While I’m not saying I’m an advocate of waterboarding — I’d have to research it more — I wonder where the line will be drawn when it comes to worthwhile interrogation? Frankly, the mere act of an interrogator making vicious threats to a prisoner in order to get information could be considered “torture” if the case was made that the suspect/terrorist truly believed the threats to be true. I can just hear some attorney now claiming emotional duress. Putting a perpetrator in a four-walled concrete cell having to do “his business” in plain sight could be considered torture because it’s not “humane.” Making Paris Hilton wear prison garb could be considered a form of torture. When my mother was first married and still learning the domestic ropes, my father claims that having to eat her cooking was a form of torture. Recently in the news, a prison inmate claimed the chicken he had to eat from the prison cafeteria was a form of torture. Where do torture claims end and the ability to do a critical job for our nation’s security begin? It’s really beginning to appear today that the criminals have more rights and privileges than law abiding U.S. citizens. We certainly are proving that theory in other aspects of our nation’s operations.

There are actions and there are consequences of those who elect to compromise the democracy, virtue and freedoms of another. There’s torture and there’s effective coercion. There’s inhuman treatment and there’s protecting our freedom. I hope that we don’t lose sight of effective operations at the cost of our souls or our freedoms.

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