ARIZONA IMMIGRATION LAWS GAINS FAVOR

The Associated press broke the story and it appeared in Honolulu's Star Advertiser newspaper that the new immigration law which has been in trouble since it was signed by Arizona Governor Jan Brewer has now taken a turn for the better and is gaining favor all across the United States. Almost twenty other states are looking to write a similar law. I have said from the start that the Arizona immigration law was a very good thing and that every state in the country should have a law just like it.

This is not about racial profiling or not wanting to help those that come into this country to try to live a better life for themselves and their families. What this is all about is simple. It is about protecting our borders and our citizens. To many times have we heard on the news or in the newspaper where a U.S. citizen being shot or stabbed to death by an illegal alien.

The inmates are literally running the assylum now under the Obama Administration. There are many people scratching their heads at this appointment by Obama. One of them is widow Joslyn Johnson, whose husband, Rodney Johnson, was killed in 2006 by an illegal immigrant because Hurtt failed to enforce federal immigration laws.

That’s because Joslyn Johnson, whose husband, Rodney Johnson, was killed in 2006, is suing former Houston Police Chief Harold Hurtt for failing to enforce federal immigration laws. She claims her husband would be alive today if the city had bothered to check up on the gunman’s immigration status.

“She was shocked at the irony,” Johnson’s attorney, Ben Dominguez, said.

As a police chief, Hurtt was a supporter of “sanctuary city” policies, by which illegal immigrants who don’t commit crimes can live without fear of exposure or detainment because police don’t check for immigration papers.

If we look at all the staggering crime figures list at both www.snopes.com and other web sites, we soon understand that the illegal  immigrant problem is one that will not go away unless the United States takes strong and fast action against
illegal immigrants coming across our boarders. The situation has become so bad that the United States is now planning to use a unmanned drone plane to help in patrolling our southern border.

One can only hope that the Arizona immigration law gaining support all across the country will make president Obama see and understand that the people of this country do NOT want what he calls immigration reform and he was voted into office to serve the citizens of this country and not just to push his own agenda forward. Also, maybe the president of Mexico should learn how to take care of his own citizens instead of coming to the United States and telling us  what we should do and what our laws should say. I can assurer you that if you or I went into mexico illegally, we most likely would Not be welcomed by their government as the ones from Mexico are welcome here.

President Obama..... Do your Job and Secure Our Borders 

The US border issues

Governor Jan Brewer had requested a meeting with President Obama about the Arizona Immigration law. The meeting has already taken place and both the white house and Governor Jan Brewer have said it was a good meeting and that they both agreed to work with each other to get the illegal immigration issue that Arizona and other border state are facing.

I hope that something will be done and done soon about the illegal immigration issue facing this country and the citizens living in our country. Americans have enough to worry about these days and we do not deserve to have to put up with this yet.

Also, just the other day a news story said a 15 year old boy from Mexico was killed while throwing rocks at a border patrol agent while the boy was trying to cross the border illegally. I am sorry for the loss of life but this just go's to prove that our borders need to be secured much better then they are at present.

However, the people crossing the boarder illegally are not the only ones in danger. The United States border patrol agents face constant danger everyday and in the 2007 and 2008 fiscal years more then 1000 attacks have occurred on our border patrol agents. Between April 1991 and Jan. 20, 2010, El Paso Border Patrol agents were attacked 23 times in incidents reported by the news media. Some of the more serious incidents involved gunfire. Here are highlights of those encounters:

July 2, 1997: Two Border Patrol agents reported that two shots were fired from the Mexican side of the border near the El Paso Rescue Mission. The agents didn't believe they were the targets but rerouted traffic at West Paisano Drive as a precaution.

February 1992: An alleged marijuana smuggler was killed near the 1900 block of West Paisano Drive when he tried to grab a Border Patrol agent's shotgun and it went off.

April 1991: A 19-year-old Ju rez man was killed when he tried to attack a Border Patrol agent near the Paso del Norte Bridge.

Feb. 1, 1998: Five rifle shots were fired from Ju rez at Border Patrol agents patrolling West Paisano Drive; one bullet struck the passenger door of the agents' vehicle. The bullet, which might have been fired from a high-powered rifle, hit the door just below the seat.

Jan. 13, 1998: Border Patrol agents shot and killed a 19-year-old Ju rez man who allegedly pointed a gun at them at the Chamizal National Memorial.

May 26, 2000: A smuggler escaped into Mexico after shooting at Border Patrol agents. One of the agents was injured by flying glass when a bullet ripped through the windshield of his marked van; he was about eight miles east of the Fabens border crossing.

April 19, 1999: A Border Patrol agent wearing body armor was shot twice in the chest and once in the back by an unknown assailant in the Columbus-Deming, N.M., area. The agent was patrolling a trail four miles east of the Columbus border crossing when he was surprised by an unknown number of people. The agent was not injured, and no one was arrested.

Nov. 30, 1998: Border Patrol agents reported a suspicious car about a half-mile from the Fabens border crossing. They later found the car abandoned and stuck in mud. The trunk was open, and two large bundles of marijuana were visible. A Border Patrol helicopter pilot told the agents a van was parked on the Mexican side of the border with several people inside. About 15 gunshots were fired at the agents from the area of the parked van. The agents took cover, and no one was injured. The agents did not return fire.

March 25, 1998: A Lower Valley man died after he was shot while allegedly attempting to run over a Border Patrol agent. The shooting occurred on Loop 375 about a quarter-mile west of Zaragoza. El Paso police said two Border Patrol agents were responding to a call about an illegal border crossing.

Feb. 1, 2002: Two Border Patrol agents in separate vehicles were patrolling near the Fabens border crossing when they spotted a suspicious car. One of the drivers who saw the agents approaching tried to return to Mexico. The driver then abandoned the car and fled on foot to Mexico. One of the agents was in his vehicle when he heard a loud noise while he was chasing the suspects. He discovered that his rear side windows had been shot out. The suspects got away.

Feb. 13, 2007: A group of alleged immigrants threw rocks at a Border Patrol agent who opened fire but hit no one. The violence took place along the Rio Grande off the César Chávez Border Highway near Fonseca Drive.

April 17, 2006: A man in a pickup was shot when he allegedly tried to run over a plainclothes Border Patrol agent in the parking lot of the Alamo Auto Supply store.

Feb 17, 2005: Border Patrol agents José Alonso Compéan and Ignacio Ramos shot a drug smuggler in the buttocks. The smuggler was fleeing back to Mexico. The case received national publicity after the agents were accused of concealing details of the incident from their superiors. They were set free from prison after President George W. Bush commuted their sentences.

Jan. 12, 2004: Drug smugglers on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande shot at Border Patrol agents in broad daylight; no one was hit. Border Patrol agents, whose view was obscured by bushes, did not return fire.

May 30, 2003: A man driving a pickup loaded with marijuana was shot and killed near the Fabens border crossing. The incident involved a pursuit by Border Patrol agents following an anonymous tip.

Feb. 22, 2003: A Border Patrol agent shot and killed an unidentified man suspected of entering the U.S. illegally after the man allegedly threatened the agents with a metal pipe in Central El Paso.

Between April 1991 and Jan. 20, 2010, El Paso Border Patrol were attacked 23 times in incidents reported by the news media. Some of the more serious incidents involved gunfire.

Here are highlights of those encounters:
Jan. 20, 2010: A Border Patrol agent near the Bridge of the Americas called for help because a group of people were throwing rocks from the Mexican side of the border. Another agent fired a pepperball launcher, which shoots projectiles filled with pepper spray. But the rock throwing continued. An agent then fired one round from a handgun at the rock-throwers. There were no known injuries.

Oct. 23, 2008: Border Patrol agents chased an alleged smuggler who crossed back into Mexico, where he was joined by another person; they began throwing rocks at the agents. "The smuggler took position behind a small tree, pointed a handgun and yelled he was going to kill them (the agents)," Border Patrol spokesman Doug Mosier said. The agent responded by firing three rounds from his service-issued handgun before the smuggler fled.

Aug. 10, 2007: Juárez resident Jose Alejandro Ortiz Castillo was shot after he attempted to assault a Border Patrol agent. Four people -- Ortiz, a woman and two other men -- attempted to cross into the United States illegally.

All can be found at http://www.elpasotimes.com/news/ci_15256857?source=rss

Mexico's Immigration laws are vet very similar to the United States immigration laws. However, the one big difference is Mexico enforces their immigration laws. I think every America should demand President Obama to secure the United States borders at once.

Peruvian child becomes symbol of US undocumented

It seems that everyday we get bombarded with the sad news all about children of illegal aliens. Yes, I refuse to be politicly correct by using the term undocumented workers. I mean of course they are undocumented. They are undocumented solely because they are here in the United States ILLEGALLY! Now, I do feel sorry for the children of the illegals. The poor kids are between a rock and a hard place. I say this because contrary to popular belief, we do NOT have any right to make a child a citizen of the United States simply because the child's parents/parent was in the United States ILLEGALLY when the child was born. If you need the short version of that then, here it is.... The United States has NO legal right to make any child born of parents that are in this country ILLEGALLY a United States citizen by birth right.We do not posses the power to do that! The 14th amendment of the U.S. Constitution makes that very clear. Misinterpreted birthrights and citizenship

The problem is that our government has always known that and they went ahead and did it anyhow for many years. I guess it is ok for the government to break our laws. They seem to do it all the time anyhow. Now this is NOT a Obama issue or a Bush issue or a Clinton issue. This breaking the law and making children born of ILLEGAL aliens citizens has been going on for many many years. Why is this you wonder. Well, they say that the 14th amendment was misinterpreted. that could very well be the reason. However, now that they know what the 14th amendment really means. Now that they know the amendment does NOT give this country the right to make anyone a citizen just because of birth right alone. That means it is time to STOP doing it ! I feel that a lot of these women come over here ILLEGALLY either already pregnant or they get pregnant here in the U.S. knowing that it will make it much easier for Mommy to stay here if her child is an American citizen.

This is proof enough that we have to do our very best to secure our boarders and we need to do it right away. I have nothing against folks from other countries. I myself have lived in other countries other then the U.S. However, I did it legally, I did not sneak in to another country and strain their recourses. I obeyed and respected their laws. I did not take from their government except their government health insurance and that everyone has to have in Norway. I became a resident the correct way and I I did things their way. The people coming into the United States Illegally are not in anyway helping the situation at all. I get so tired of hearing that these poor people come here for a better life and they do the jobs that us lazy Americans just refuse to do. That is such a bunch of crap and heavy crap at that.

The article about the little girl telling First Lady Michelle Obama that the Mother of this little girl had no papers struck the heart of most Americans I am sure. However, a lot of folks seem to not understand that the key word here is ILLEGAL! If anyone does not understand any part of the word ILLEGAL, PLEASE let me know and I will do my best to explain it to you.

I do indeed feel sorry for the children and some sort of acceptable agreement has to be worked out on that issue because i don't think we can keep making a baby born on U.S. soil who's parent/parents are ILLEGALS a citizen by birth right. Now maybe I understand why so many in government say the constitution is worthless and we all know that a few presidents have done what they could to get certain things taken out of the constitution .

It is a sad day for America when a president can dictate to us what we can have in the constitution. President George Bush did all he could to get some things out of the constitution. I admit I don't know what exactly they were I just remember reading a newspaper that had that story in it sometime ago. If my memory serves me correctly it had something to to wit the patriotic act.

Now back to the ILLEGALS. Just giving someone in this country ILLEGALLY citizenship is just down right stupid. That would be like if you robbed a bank then the bank would have to allow you to deposit the money you stole and treat you as a preferred customer.

I think a lot of people including the democrats in this country think that the immigration law that the state of Arizona has is something bad and I can tell you that law is almost a mirror image of
our federal immigration law. you know the one that the federal government will not enforce. I fount this post at the end of the article about this little girl. the post is as follows below.

I suggest that everyone who questions the Arizona immigration law take a close look at the immigration laws of Mexico. They are remarkably similar to the law passed by the state of Arizona. Can you say "double standard"?

That post above is what we all need to take into account. Why do we allow these people to come here and break our laws? I hope you all understand that if we went into Mexico or any other country illegally the very least that would happen to us would be that we would be arrested and if we were lucky, we would be deported back to the U.S.A. as I said that would be if we were lucky. So why should we allow these kind folks from other countries just to cross our boarders ILLEGALLY and use our country's resources that are all ready strained. and so many of these ILLEGALS come here with fake documents as so one of the first thing they do once here is head on down to the local welfare office and get benefits they should not be getting. True there is a law saying that they can not get welfare until they have been in this country LEGALLY for at least five years but as I said they have fake documents and they get jobs and health insurance and paid vacations, sick days all on FAKE documents. Sorry people but that is not fair to the many many Americans who can't even go to an emergency room because they have no insurance. Yet some ILLEGAL can just come across the boarder and get everything just as if they were born here.

This little girl is a sad case that is true but the feds already stated that her family will not at least at this time be sent back and to be honest in my opinion they really should be made to leave this country as well as the rest of the ILLEGALS and they should take their children with them

Come on Mr. President, do you're job. Enforce our IMMIGRATION laws!!!.

Mexican President Felipe Calderon

It seems that the immigration issue grows bigger and bigger everyday. Emotions are very strong on both sides . The whole thing of it is as for me, I want people to be able to improve their lives .I want people to be able to work at having a better life. ALL people, I don't really care where they come from. I think all people should have a chance at being happy and a chance to improve their life in anyway they need. We all should have a chance at a good, healthy, happy life.

However, that chance must be earned because there are no guarantees in this life. None at all. When you work at achieving a goal of any kind, there is always a way to achieve that goal. There is a correct way to achieve it and usually more then just one incorrect way to go about achieving it. When we find a place to live we do not get it for free. We either build it, buy it or, rent it. When we need a new car, we do not just go to the car lot and walk in and get the keys to a car, we first but the car then e drive it off the lot. When we move to another country we do NOT just walk or drive across the boarder with out a visa . However there seems to be plenty people just coming across our boarders with no or a lot have fake documents. This is against our laws in this country. The key word here is ILLEGAL.

Mexican president Felipe Calderon and United States president barack Obama do not seem to understand that. Neither man seem to understand or even care that most Americans support the immigration bill passed in Arizons a few weeks ago. as a matter of fact over 70 precent of the citizens of Arizona approve and support that bill. Instead of our elected leaders vowing to protect our sovereignty as a nation and to put the American citizen first as should be done. President Obama has instead decided to agree with United Nations, Venezuelan Dictator Hugo Chavez, China
and the president of Mexico Felipe Calderon.

I have to agree with a blog article I read just today from author Austin Hill when he wrote in his blog the following statement... It’s nothing short of disgraceful to see the President of the United States undermine us, while the entire world is watching. His behavior has, in no small part, called in to question just how “united” the United States of America is right now.

http://mindlessandspineless.blogspot.com/2010/05/obama-has-enraged-citizen-class.html

I think as I have said before that President Obama is indeed a good man. I think he is doing what he thinks is best. However, I do indeed disagree with what he is doing. Instead of the immigration law in Arizona being misguided I think that President obama is the one misguided on the immigration issue. Now, I did and still do support the president on the health care reform. However, on immigration, I think he is way off base. I respect President Obama but, I can respect him and still disagree with him. As far as Mexican President Felipe Calderon is concerned, He just needs to keep his citizens in his own country or at least do his part in seeing tha when they come to the United States, they come here LEGALLY. That is the correct way both morally and politically.

Please take a minute to read the article at the link I provided and you will see that the United States of America is in my opinion being sold out !

Until next time my friends. Take care and stay healthy

WHATS WRONG WITH AMERICA

What's wrong with America? Well that is a big question and there are more then just one answer to that question. There are a lot of things wrong with our country but, let's all remember there are also a lot of things right with our country. What's right with America will be a separate blog. Now on to the things that America should change if we want to remain a world leader.

1. A big problem that we have in this country is ( unemployment ) It's the worst since 1945, and that's if you believe the official government numbers that don't even count people who gave up looking for work. Also, please remember that back in 1945 there were not near as many people in this country as we have today. There are many many Americans today that are not working and not because they do not want to work but rather, because they can't find work.

2. Our public schools systems is also a big problem in this country. There are The and have been cases where as a public school system has passed a student when that student has not had good enough grades to pass.

3. Health insurance for Americans. Ah, now that is a real big issue. I admit we have to do something about the health insurance in this country or maybe do something about the lack of insurance for Americans. WE will have to wait and see just how well President Obama's health care reform works out for the average American citizen.

4. The Environmental policies in or country at time have a lot to be desired. We constantly dump chemicals and poisons in our rivers and waterways. I fear that some day soon this practice of polluting America's water ways will catch up with us. As a matter of fact it already has started to catch up with us and we can see that every time we test our water. In a way it has gotten somewhat better but still, we do have large corporations that continue to poison our lakes and rivers. I found an article from the yea 2004 and I would think our rivers and waterways have become even more polluted since then.

5. Our nation is being over run by Illegal immigrants. We have laws against people being in this country illegally. yet our entire system of education, medical, food stamp and welfare systems are bombarded by the illegals. Strange thing is that the our government has as far as immigration reform is this....Just give them citizenship. Oh and if they happen to have family members back home, They can come into the U.S. and be handed citizenship too. Problem is, this country can not afford to continue to take care of these people and, the ONLY sensible thing to do is send them back from where they came . Now I can just see all the hate mail coming in AGAIN because every time I say that in a blog I get plenty of it. To be honest I don't care. I know illegal immigration is wrong and so do the people sending me the hate emails. This country needs better security at the boarders and better ways to stop our boarders from being crossed by illegals. Take a look at this page and you will also want our government to do something about this issue and do it NOW

Until next time my friends take care and stay healthy

Illegal Immigrants

I as many Americans have problems with so called Immigration reform. Because as you may well know there was a bill that has gone through congress and Thank God was NOT passed so it will not be come law. This bill was called the AMNESTY BILL The contents or part of the contents of this bill can be found at my earlier blog entries under key word amnesty.

http://todays-big-issues.blogspot.com/search/label/amnesty

Now as I said, that bill did not pass however, I feel certain that another bill will appear and it will be the same bill with just some wording changes and then it will pass. It seems that sometimes bills going s going through congress seem to work that way. I mean look at the original health care bill. All they really did wa take out a few things and change wording and then the bill passed.

So now on to what President Obama says he wants. President Obama might challenge the new immigration law that Arizona just passed. I hope he does not do that because, I myself think every state in our country should have a bill just like it.

Below is a letter I wrote to the Immigration Reform Council. I wrote the letter just to let them know how I an many Americans fell on this subject. You can read the letter and decide for yourself how you feel about Immigration reform

I was asking why your org and the government seem to think how unemployment rate is not greatly affected by ILLEGAL Immigrants and I stated that that was a bunch of crap.

Another thing I would like to know is, why are some hospitals in this country allowed to practice what I like to call ( one sided health care) Some hospitals in this country have a policy were as an ILLEGAL Immigrant if taken to the hospital for any reason will be treated for their ailment and will have to pay NOTHING ! Whereas if an American citizen is down on their luck and has no insurance well, Too bad for them because they are turned away without treatment. Why is that? Some people say the U.S. government has a fund to cover that type of expense for the ILLEGAL so, why does the U.S. government have a fund to cover that expense for the American citizen??

ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS come to our country ILLEGALLY and they get welfare, food stamps, FREE health care and FREE education.. ILLEGALS do not have to learn english for the first nine years they are here. They do not have to pay back taxes. And the amnesty bill that did not pass would make it that they could get temporary visa's . Now the key word here is temporary because what the government does NOT want Americans to know is that, the temporary visa given to ILLEGALS could be extended over and over, and over and over again for as long as the government wanted. Guess who pays for all this....Mr. & Mrs. American taxpayer.!

I am NOT against anyone coming into this country at all. The only thing I am asking is that our government gives the American people some benefits instead of giving it it all to the ILLEGALS in this country. Some of these ILLEGALS risk their lives and drive, walk, run across the boarders themselves I understand that. I also know that some of them pay thousand s of dollars to be smuggled into this country ILLEGALLY and if they can afford to do that then they could save themselves some money and get a regular passport and come into the country the correct way like everyone else does.

As far as the amnesty bill not passing well, I bet you they just wait a while and change a few words and shove it through congress agin and it will probably pass. That is just the way congress works

I am not trying to be a jerk but, I wanted to let you know how many Americans feel about giving all to the Illegal as we have been doing for some time. If we can not fix this system and I mean fix it to a point where the ILLEGALS have to face some of their own issues and pay back taxes and pay fines for being here Illegally.

Like any job openings in this country should go to American citizens first. That should be law of the land. if we can not fix this problem in a way that is good for OUR citizens then, as far as the ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS are concerned I as well as many American citizens that are so upset over this crap ( Round them up and SEND THEM BACK )

Now guys, you have seen he news video and you have read my letter.

The rest is up to you. You decide how you feel about the issue.

Until next time friends take care and stay healthy

Census or Not ?

Every 10 years we all receive a new census form to fill out. To some of us this seems like an evasion of our privacy and a waste of our time. All the census form should ask you is 10 simple questions. Providing it is an actual census for all you should really be asked to input on the form is:

The 2010 Census will ask for name, gender, age, race, ethnicity, relationships, and whether you own or rent your home — just 10 simple questions. That's it ! Nothing more.

Also please be aware that a fake census can indeed cost you plenty. A fake census form can be responsible for ID theft and even responsible for cleaning out your bank account. One thing to remember is this! The census bureau does NOT conduct it's census on the internet ! If you think you have been scammed by filling out a fake census form on the internet, the best thing you can do is report it to the following email address: ITSO.Fraud.Reporting@census.gov. Also if you think you received one in he mail you should call your local post office and make a complaint. This information and more can be found at the doughroller personal fiance, section for census scams site.

Finally, we have one of the biggest scams of all. The Republican National Committee has sent out FAKE census forms asking for donations. Yes my friends, GOP Sends Out Fake "Census": just go's to prove that the republicans will stop at almost nothing to make a nickle.However, I never thought they would stoop this LOW!!

The Republican National Committee (RNC) has sent out fund raising mailers that mimic the appearance of the 2010 U.S. Census forms, which started going out this week. The letters are sent in plain white envelopes bearing the words "2010 Congressional District Census" and "Do Not Destroy, Official Document." They word "census" is spelled with a capital "C," the same as the U.S. Census Bureau. The letter says it contains a "Census Tracking Code," and asks leading political questions, like "Do you think the record trillion dollar federal deficit the Democrats are creating with their out-of-control spending is going to have disastrous consequences for our nation?" and, "Do you worry that the Obama administration is committed to greatly expanding the government's role in your life?" A RNC spokeswoman defended the document, saying it was clearly marked as an RNC mailer and it was not an attempt to mislead voters. Democrats claim the letter is part of a deceptive pattern by Republicans. The U.S. Census Bureau spokesman, Michael Cook, said he has received several complaints about the forms from voters who thought it was misleading. The U.S. Postal Service declined to investigate the matter. One recipient of the letter was the Democratic governor of Montana, Brian Schweitzer, who got his at the governor's mansion.

Until next time my friends take care and stay healthy oh.... and watch out for the census forms in the mail.

Passage of the Health Care Bill

It seems that now the health care bill is passed. If you were all for the bill then that is a good thing. if you didn't want it to pass then I guess you are a not a happy camper. As with any bill that congress takes on there are good parts of the bill and there are parts that are not good.

What I can not understand is the way the republicans in congress are acting. They have said many times that they had their own health care bill to be considered. If that were the case then, maybe the republicans should have brought the bill fourth and lay it on the table for all to see. They didn't do that! One reason they did not do that may be because maybe they didn't have one in the first place. I can tell you all right now that some of these republican congressmen/women make me sick to my stomach when I hear them accuse the democrats of so called arm twisting and back room/closed door deals to get enough votes to pass the bill. Not that I do not think maybe some of that didn't take place because it probably did take place. However, I feel that the republicans have done that sort of thing many times to get what they want and nobody will convince me otherwise. I hate to say it but that kind of deal is just part of politics.

Now lets all take a look at Senator John McCain... John McCain is a senator that I always had respect for. He is a man that loves his and has served it well for many many years. Yet this very same man said in a article, that democrats should not expect any corporation on any legislation for the rest of this year.

Democrats shouldn't expect much cooperation from Republicans the rest of this year, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) warned Monday.

McCain and another Republican senator decried the effect health reform legislation has had on the Senate, a day after the House passed the upper chamber's bill.
GOP senators emerged Monday to caution that the health debate had taken a toll on the institution, warning of little work between parties the rest of this year.

"There will be no cooperation for the rest of the year," and "They have poisoned the well in what they've done and how they've done it."
 McCain said during an interview Monday on an Arizona radio affiliate.

Now to me his threat sounds like just that a threat. It also sounds like a spoiled child that didn't get want he wants and is striking out in anger. Most of all it makes me feel uneasy about the republican party not voting in favor of any legislation that might be good for the American people all because the republicans are upset with the democrats. Now, tell me is that the kind of people we want making laws for us? I hardly think so and anyone with a brain can see my logic on that statement.

I have often wondered if any of the republicans and any of the 34 democrats really care about the more then 45,000 people who die each year in this country because they are not covered with any health insurance? A lot of the uninsured are honest, hard working people that are not covered by employer health insurance or they can not get health insurance due to pre existing condition. Maybe they are not covered at work and they just can not afford health insurance on their own. Do these people deserve to get sick and die just because they can not get health insurance? The answer to that question for anybody who has a brain and a heart is NO!

This health care legislation will indeed take care of the ones that can not take care of themselves. and it will make life a lot easier for families that can not afford to have their children covered with health care . Yes it will cost money however, the United States government has wasted much more money for bull crap things and now money can be spent for something worth while.

AARP has stated the health care bill will indeed do a lot to help our senior citizens. And why not because the senior citizens in this country have already paid their dues now it is time to give back to them.

The one thing I have always felt is that republicans represent the wealthy. they really do not care about the average citizen and the way they handled during this health care bill just proves it. They used scare tactics in hopes to get this bill defeated and it did not work. Now they want to try to sue the federal government to get some aspects of the bill gone. Well, good luck to them because I really do think that as far as this law is concerned, federal law would supersede state law. Most of the time that is the case.

Even if you did not want this bill to become law, you should be happy it passed. the reason why is this... You either wanted or did not want health care to become law' either way the passage of this bill has done one thing. That thing is... This bill if nothing else has opened the eyes of the American people. if nothing else, the American people will be watching our elected officials a lot more closely now then ever before! As well as if the American people do not like what any of our law makers are doing ( such as the republicans making threats to not cooperate in any legislation be it good or bad) then at that time the American public will have the right to get them fired!!

If you are in favor of the health care reform legislation and you want to co sign the bill just click here to go to the site and co-sign the health care bill.

Until next time my friends stay healthy and take care.

Minimum Wage

I am all to sure that most of us have at one time or another known what it was like to work hard 5 days a week and get paid minimum wage. I myself can remember working for minimum wage for a short period of time when the wage was only $5.15 per hour. It is now at $7.25 per hour. Most jobs that pay minimum wage are service industry jobs and most are pretty thankless jobs at that.

Minimum wage was intended to protect the American worker from being exploited. However, there are still 5 southern states in the country that have no minimum wage laws at all. We also have 4 states that have a lower minimum wage then the wage set by federal law. Please see the map file from the Wikimedia Commons, which is a freely licensed media file repository.

Laws regarding minimum wages in the United States

States with minimum wage rates higher than the Federal rate.

States & territories with minimum wage rates same as the Federal rate.

States with no minimum wage law.

States & territories with minimum wage rates lower than the Federal rate.

The current minimum as of July 24, 2009 is set at 7.25 an hour,the wage differs in some states. Now ask yourself this question. Do you think that anyone can live off of $7.25 an hour?The answer should be NO. at that pay rate the employee only will make $290.00 a week and that is before any taxes or any other with holdings are taken out. That just is NOT a fair wage for anyone. Several questions and answers about the minimum wage laws can be found at the US Goverment info: Minimum Wage page.


I think we all should be letting congress know that a person can not live off of $7.25 an hour. After all congress gives themselves a nice raise every year or two and they are not worried about you and I. I can promise you if members of congress had to live off of min. wage. the pay scale would indeed go way up very fast.


It is up to each and everyone of us to stand and fight to get a higher min wage for our people. The min. wage should be at least 10 dollars per hour if not more. I ask each and every one of you reading this to contact your congress person and demand that the min wage issue must be made a priority due to the importance of the issue. Let them know that if the min. wage is not increased by the time the November elections rolls around they themselves could be looking for jobs.


Until nest time my friends take care.

The United States of America's Need for Health Care

Now that Obama sat down with the dem's and rep's for a dialog in what was supposed to be a bipartisanship, An open dialog with president Obama acting as mediator. It turned out to be nothing more then both sides wanting their own way. Neither side wants to let the other side look better . Congress in general cares not about you and I. They don't care because they already have the best health care plan that there is in this country and you and I and every other American citizen pay for that . However, congress especially the republicans and independents are not willing to spend one cent to see that the people that pays their wages and put them in power has good affordable health care.

There are over 30 million people in America that are uninsured

Here in Hawaii, the law says that any employee working 20 hours a week or more must be offered health insurance by the employer. At first that sounds like a good deal but in reality what happens is a lot of employers here will hire people and work them up to nineteen hours a week and that is it. So, you have a lot of people in Hawaii working two and three jobs just to make a 40 hour week and still are not covered with any kind of health insurance. I can assure you all that if congress had to be in the same health care plan that every American had, there would always be plenty of money for good quality health care in America!

I hope that congress understands that President Obama can and hopefully will just ram this bill through and will not need any help from the republicans i congress. if the President does so it will become law and believe me when I say that the United States needs uniformed, affordable health care for it's citizens.

I know there are a lot of folks in this country that are really against any kind of government run health care. I think that these people do not know or understand

the problems that a lot of people in this country face . There are a lot of hard working, honest people in this country that need health care provided to them from our government. We have people with young children that have no health care and even if one can afford to buy health insurance on their own there is always the problem with pre - existing conditions. Most insurance companies will not write a policy for someone with an pre - existing condition and even if they do then. that person is paying triple the premiums then a person that has no pre - existing condition.

Ihave lived in countries that do have government run health care and it has always been a good thing. There is always some give and take in a government run health care program but still in this writer's opinion it is much better then what we have now.

That is mostly doe to the fact that what we have now is a system where if you have enough money to purchase health care or are covered by employer health insurance then you stay healthier then those who are not covered by employer health insurance or private insurance plans.

It is time for congress to do what is right for the American people . No more empty promises or the same words over and over. Now is the time for action Give America health care!

In the words of President Obama

"It is time for those of us in Washington to live up to our responsibilities to the American people and to future generations,"

I agree with the President, the tens of millions of men and women who cannot afford their health insurance cannot wait another generation for us to act. Small businesses cannot wait. Americans with pre-existing conditions cannot wait. State and federal budgets cannot sustain these rising costs. So members of congress now is the time

Just Do IT!

ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS

Between 11 million and 11 .2 million illegal immigrants are estimated to be living in the U.S.A. Exact figures are very hard to come by This is mainly due to the very nature of illegal immigration and it seems as if the federal government either can not keep it's numbers correctly or they just do not want the federal figure known.

Now to try to find a solution to the Illegal immigrant problem, the United States government is doing next to nothing! I have included a video from CNN News of an amnesty bill that would have if passed (Thank God it was not passed ) would have given the illegal immigrants everything and most of it for free Follow this link and you can see for yourself how much cretin lawmakers in this country think of Americans. This so called amnesty bill was a real slap in the face to the people of the United States that work hard and pay their bill and their taxes. This bill and all the measures in it would have been paid for by the tax paying citizens of this country. Here is the link to this outrageous video on immigration legislation get ready because you will not like this at all.

This writer believes that the American citizen has been given the short end of the stick way to many times. I know of a case where an American citizen in CA. was taken to a hospital emergency room for emergency treatment and a illegal immigrant also arrived at the same emergency room at about the same time for treatment. The Illegal had NO insurance and no money to pay However, he was still treated. The American citizen was down on his luck was between jobs and was not old enough for social security or medicare so he also had no insurance. Due to his lack of insurance and his inability to pay he was denied treatment. I know this because a friend of mine told me this and the citizen was his grand father. most hospitals across America are not suppose to allow this to happen yet i some state it happens all the time.

There is something very wrong when American tax paying citizens are denied treatment . as Illegals get treatment regardless of their ability to pay. The cost of just giving these welfare, food stamps, education and free medical care is just staggering to say the least The state by state break down has opened my eyes to a lot of things

One of the things that I now understand is that The American people are grossly being taken advantage of by our own government and the sad reality of it all is that we, the American people allow this to happen. Unless we all stand together and force the United States government to stop this abuse of our tax dollar and the abuse on our hard earned money , it will continue and it will only get worse.

I think there are a few ways we can stop this abuse of our tax money. One... The American people could stand together and send a LOUD and CLEAR message to Washington DC that we will no longer stand for our tax dollars to be wasted on Illegals that work under the table and yet get welfare and free food stamps as well as free education and free medical care.

Two...I firmly believe that if the United States government wanted to do so they could force every Illegal in this country to work a job and have their wages attached until each one of them has enough money saved to buy a plane ticket back to where ever it was they came from and guards could make sure these people get on the flight that will take them home. That way we could send the illegals back home and they would paying for it with their own money. It is true that doing like that would mean the government would be allowing some one to work in the country that is not allowed to work legally here however, most of them are already working and getting paid under the table anyhow. this way we could at least get them to pay for their own way home. The government is always giving tax credits to employers for one reason or another so they could indeed give employers a tax credit to hire these people and attach their wages in order to get them sent back. the only other way I can see could be to do a mass deportation and that would cost the American tax payer somewhere

between 40 and 50 billion dollars.

One thing is for sure. We must do something and do it very soon. in 2009 there were about 11.2 million Illegals in this country with an estimated half a million more coming across our borders and into the USA Illegally every year.

America is your country so please stand united and let's all do something about this abuse of our tax money and abuse of our rights. if anyone of you have any ideas about how to solve this problem then, Please let me know.