6.08.2006
Patriotism
This one's going to be a little shorter than the last ones because i don't have much i need to say about the topic. Right now, at the point our country is at with the War on Terror going on around the world, we need to stop bickering and complaining about if it was right or wrong to go into Iraq and Afghanistan. Rather, we need to band together and get behind the troops and our President and support the people that are fighting for us. It doesn't matter what your opinion is on the issue, what matters is that we are there, right now, fighting. Let the historians decide the morality or the stupidity of the decision and let us decide to rally behind our country. The only thing thats going to bring our boys home faster is them knowing they have somewhere to come home to.
5.30.2006
Remember Those Who Went Before
Memorial Day.
The name conjures up one of two memories: military funerals (without protests by sick, demented, people posing as Christians); and the other of the neighborhood pool opening. Personally, i could care less about the second one. My local pool is a meat market for the local middle and highschoolers.
Its the former i want to talk about. America as a nation seems to have a selective memory. On one hand we remember vivd detail from the 1972 World Series when the Oakland Athletics beat the Cincinatti Reds 4 games to 3 (who cares?). On the other hand we choose to forget our past, and we choose to not learn from it. We choose to forget the millions of fallen heroes who died on forgien soil and are buried in foriegn graves -- those that were blessed enough to have been able to be buried. We, as Amercians, owe our very lives to those brave souls, who by volunteering to be put in harm's way, have kept us from it. Thank you.
Do your duty as a citizen. Thank a veteran.
5.25.2006
The Illegal Discussion, Part II
After writing part I, i realized i hadn't got to the part where i tied in with the name of the blog.
There are stories trickling in through the internet and news media about illegal immigrants who are squatters from Mexico and other Latin Amercian countries claiming land in the United States, and the landowners running them off their property. These facts in and of themselves isn't too surprising. What is astonishing, however, is the fact that the squatters are suing the landowners in American courts and winning (resulting in the land being given back to the squatters). Is it just me, or is there something inherently wrong with that? The fact that non-US citizens that have illegaly entered our country are being given the rights of US citizens is appaling. There should be no discussion about rights or policy or amnesty -- these people have broken the laws of a powerful and soverign nation and should be punished accordingly.
One might compare the punishment of illegals to the repression that started the civil rights movements in the 60's and 70's; however, civil rights can only be extended to US citizens. Non-US citizens are not entitled to free speech, freedom of press, the right to peacefully protest and gather, the right to pay taxes,, and all of the other freedoms established in the Bill of Rights. What we are doing by allowing this to happen is telling the rest of the world that the most powerful country in the world is a doormat. We are allowing other countries to dictate policy and laws to the US (a soverign nation need i remind you...).
I, for one, am glad that John Kerry did not win the election. During the debates, Kerry talked about wanting the US to pass the "global test" and try criminals in the "global court". The last thing we need is for the US to bow down at the feet of other countries, handing over our legal power to them. Same thing applies to immigration. By allowing illegal immigrants into this country without reprocussion, we are saying to everyone else that they ultimately have control of US laws. This needs to stop (personally and unprofessionally, i think we need to build a concrete and chain link/razorwire fence along the whole border to keep them out).
Once we devise a plan to keep them out, how do we rid our country of the illegals that are already here? A systematic and thurough investigation. Give the police forces the power to detain illegal aliens (as of right now, they don't have that power...). Allow citizens to perform a citizen's arrest and detain illegals as well. You never know, it just might work.
I'm not saying we never allow immigrants into the US. Every year, numerous people seek asylum or just a new life in the US for a number of reasons. I'm all for it, as long as they go through the correct channels and learn English if they dont already know it. Make them live here seven years (as instructed by the Constitution) before they're granted the rights of every US citizen. The people that do it the right way are the real heroes of the world. Only the real villans would sneak into a country and steal its economy away from its people.
Well, thats all i have right now. Look for a part III sometime soon.
There are stories trickling in through the internet and news media about illegal immigrants who are squatters from Mexico and other Latin Amercian countries claiming land in the United States, and the landowners running them off their property. These facts in and of themselves isn't too surprising. What is astonishing, however, is the fact that the squatters are suing the landowners in American courts and winning (resulting in the land being given back to the squatters). Is it just me, or is there something inherently wrong with that? The fact that non-US citizens that have illegaly entered our country are being given the rights of US citizens is appaling. There should be no discussion about rights or policy or amnesty -- these people have broken the laws of a powerful and soverign nation and should be punished accordingly.
One might compare the punishment of illegals to the repression that started the civil rights movements in the 60's and 70's; however, civil rights can only be extended to US citizens. Non-US citizens are not entitled to free speech, freedom of press, the right to peacefully protest and gather, the right to pay taxes,, and all of the other freedoms established in the Bill of Rights. What we are doing by allowing this to happen is telling the rest of the world that the most powerful country in the world is a doormat. We are allowing other countries to dictate policy and laws to the US (a soverign nation need i remind you...).
I, for one, am glad that John Kerry did not win the election. During the debates, Kerry talked about wanting the US to pass the "global test" and try criminals in the "global court". The last thing we need is for the US to bow down at the feet of other countries, handing over our legal power to them. Same thing applies to immigration. By allowing illegal immigrants into this country without reprocussion, we are saying to everyone else that they ultimately have control of US laws. This needs to stop (personally and unprofessionally, i think we need to build a concrete and chain link/razorwire fence along the whole border to keep them out).
Once we devise a plan to keep them out, how do we rid our country of the illegals that are already here? A systematic and thurough investigation. Give the police forces the power to detain illegal aliens (as of right now, they don't have that power...). Allow citizens to perform a citizen's arrest and detain illegals as well. You never know, it just might work.
I'm not saying we never allow immigrants into the US. Every year, numerous people seek asylum or just a new life in the US for a number of reasons. I'm all for it, as long as they go through the correct channels and learn English if they dont already know it. Make them live here seven years (as instructed by the Constitution) before they're granted the rights of every US citizen. The people that do it the right way are the real heroes of the world. Only the real villans would sneak into a country and steal its economy away from its people.
Well, thats all i have right now. Look for a part III sometime soon.
5.22.2006
The Illeagal Discussion
I live in Northern Virginia, about 45 minutes and 15 miles from Washington DC (for those of you who live here, you know why it takes 45 mintues to 15 miles...), in a little court called Campaign. I live in a townhouse in middle class suburbia thats worth about $400,000 (real estate is the investment of choice around here...).
Yet in this seemingly picturesque town of about half a million, we have one major problem. Its not the sometimes tyrranical Home Owners Association. Its not the politician-designed roadways. Its not the speed limits that are set way too low. Its not even the lack of a music scene (though on my chart that comes in at a close #2). Our problem is an economy that is being slowloy and methodically drained by illegal immigrants.
Now, i must preface my last statement with this: i have no problem with someone that wants to come to Amercia because of what we stand for or the oppertunities that our garunteed freedoms (which are also slowly being sucked down a giant toilet...); as long as they do it legally. I applaud the families that come from Korea, Mexico, Puerto Rico, France, Spain, Germany, and everywhere else in the world who leave everything and everyone behind to start a new life not for themselves, but for their childeren and their childeren's childeren. That takes courage.
Only cowardice sneaks into a country that has its arms wide open (sometimes a little too wide...) and that is willing to accept them in if they would only do things the right way. Cowardice gets paid in cash under the table so they can buy their expensive Harley Davidson Ford F-900050's with the all chrome package and lime green spinners (or half a million dollar houses that house 80 families when its made for two people and a toddler). Only cowardice stands in the streets of a free country, excercising a freedom they dont rightfully have, declaring they are here to stay no matter what (even though they have broken the law).
I wonder how many know that there is a movement in Mexico to take back California and Texas, land that we fought for in the Mexican-American War and then purchased from Mexico.
As far as the drain on the economy i talked about, here's what's happening. Illegals are coming to the US and working, getting paid cash for their troubles. That same cash is then getting sent back to Mexico or wherever the Illegal comes from, and being spent in the Mexican economy. This causes US currency to leave the country and the US economy, lowering the amound of money in circulation, leading to inflation, and ultimately a recession in the economy. Personall i think this problem could have been avoided if Congress had kept the idea of a backed currency (each dollar or peice of money, instead of the paper being worth something by itself, represents an amound of gold). The amount of money in the country would be consistent with the amount of money stored in the national treasuries. We need to go back to that because once the society finds out that money is only worth what you think its worth, were going to be in some major trouble. Until then, i'll gladly pay 400 pieces of green paper for that ESP guitar.
The United States need to doubletime it in coming up for a solution to this problem. Its going further than just a local hassle--its becoming a national problem.
-rockstar-
Yet in this seemingly picturesque town of about half a million, we have one major problem. Its not the sometimes tyrranical Home Owners Association. Its not the politician-designed roadways. Its not the speed limits that are set way too low. Its not even the lack of a music scene (though on my chart that comes in at a close #2). Our problem is an economy that is being slowloy and methodically drained by illegal immigrants.
Now, i must preface my last statement with this: i have no problem with someone that wants to come to Amercia because of what we stand for or the oppertunities that our garunteed freedoms (which are also slowly being sucked down a giant toilet...); as long as they do it legally. I applaud the families that come from Korea, Mexico, Puerto Rico, France, Spain, Germany, and everywhere else in the world who leave everything and everyone behind to start a new life not for themselves, but for their childeren and their childeren's childeren. That takes courage.
Only cowardice sneaks into a country that has its arms wide open (sometimes a little too wide...) and that is willing to accept them in if they would only do things the right way. Cowardice gets paid in cash under the table so they can buy their expensive Harley Davidson Ford F-900050's with the all chrome package and lime green spinners (or half a million dollar houses that house 80 families when its made for two people and a toddler). Only cowardice stands in the streets of a free country, excercising a freedom they dont rightfully have, declaring they are here to stay no matter what (even though they have broken the law).
I wonder how many know that there is a movement in Mexico to take back California and Texas, land that we fought for in the Mexican-American War and then purchased from Mexico.
As far as the drain on the economy i talked about, here's what's happening. Illegals are coming to the US and working, getting paid cash for their troubles. That same cash is then getting sent back to Mexico or wherever the Illegal comes from, and being spent in the Mexican economy. This causes US currency to leave the country and the US economy, lowering the amound of money in circulation, leading to inflation, and ultimately a recession in the economy. Personall i think this problem could have been avoided if Congress had kept the idea of a backed currency (each dollar or peice of money, instead of the paper being worth something by itself, represents an amound of gold). The amount of money in the country would be consistent with the amount of money stored in the national treasuries. We need to go back to that because once the society finds out that money is only worth what you think its worth, were going to be in some major trouble. Until then, i'll gladly pay 400 pieces of green paper for that ESP guitar.
The United States need to doubletime it in coming up for a solution to this problem. Its going further than just a local hassle--its becoming a national problem.
-rockstar-
5.21.2006
the idea behind the name
In 1517, Martin Luther (a German priest of the Catholic chruch) posted a document on the door to his parish called the Nintey Five Theses, outlining all of the faults of the Catholic Church. The posting of this document practically sparked the Protestant Reformation in Europe.
The posting of a single "blog" i guess you could call it sparked a major movement throughout a whole continent. Same idea for here.
-p
The posting of a single "blog" i guess you could call it sparked a major movement throughout a whole continent. Same idea for here.
-p
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