California doesn't think they should have to comply with federal laws that they don't agree with. They call themselves a "Sanctuary State". Fine. If they don't want to comply, then there is no reason to compel them to. They should have to WANT to do it. I have a solution to that!
Mr. President, sign an executive order immediately removing all ICE enforcement and personnel from the state of California and moving all operations such as border inspections and all immigration related activities to new quarters along the California/Arizona border. Within 30 days, you will have a lawsuit from the state claiming the federal government has failed in its duty to enforce immigration laws within the state! But how can this be.....a sanctuary state.....you can't be enforcing a racist law like this.......can you? The state will have to claim that it is the federal governments responsibility to enforce the law IN THEIR STATE. Game, set, match!
Just the brilliant musings of a Okie displaced in Texas. My motto...."Often right, seldom wrong, never without an opinion" Mostly my observations are about politics...there's a reason the Right Wing is called right, by the way...golf and the trials and tribulations of living in DFW.
Monday, March 19, 2018
Friday, March 16, 2018
A few missives and quotes from our founding fathers on gun control
George Washington
“A free people ought not only be armed and disciplined..."
Samuel Adams
“The Constitution shall never be construed to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms.”
Thomas Jefferson
“The laws that forbid the carrying of arms are laws of such a nature. They disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes…. Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man.”
“The Constitution of most of our states (and of the United States) assert that all power is inherent in the people; that they may exercise it by themselves; that it is their right and duty to be at all times armed.”
Patrick Henry
“Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are inevitably ruined.”
George Mason
“To disarm the people…[i]s the most effectual way to enslave them.”
James Madison
“The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. A well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained to arms, is the best and most natural defense of a free country.”
“The ultimate authority, wherever the derivative may be found, resides in the people alone.”
**Madison was vehemently against a standing army because history shows that standing armies can be used as tools of tyranny as well as tools of defense.
Noah Webster
“Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed; as they are in almost every kingdom of Europe. The supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword; because the whole body of the people are armed, and constitute a force superior to any bands of regular troops that can be, on any pretense, raised in the United States.”
Convention of States Project and Publius Huldah
If you are relying on Publius Huldah as an honest broker on questions about the Convention of States movement, let me tell you about her. First place, she is a divorce lawyer, not a constitutional scholar. She even calls her self a strict constitutionalist yet opposes an article V convention even though it is one of the 2 ways the constitution can be amended. She is married to an ex-client, Frank Scutari, who has been convicted of aiding and abetting his brother, Richard Scutari with crimes relating to armed robbery, the Alan Berg murder, the Aryan Nations and other anti-government groups. Frank Scutari was accused of helping fugitive members of The Order, a white nationalist revolutionary organization, by helping fugitives keep in touch with one another by setting up a network of rented offices. Frank has also pled guilty to being an accessory to a 1984 armed robbery in which $3.6 million was taken from an armored truck in California. This is the kind of person you think you should be forming YOUR opinions on?
Thursday, January 18, 2018
DACA--Don't Americans Count Anymore
I see a story about a UC Berkley student who was arrested because he is in the country illegally. You can read the story here. This is another sob story about a person who thinks HE is special because he wants to be a lawyer and help others to get around our laws. The story refers to him as a "Dreamer" He is NOT a "Dreamer". If he was, he would NOT have been arrested. The clue is that his DACA status was NOT mentioned in this story. He is no different that the other 5 million people in this country illegally because they overstayed their visas. If he wants to be a citizen, then go back to Ecuador and do it the right way. The people who have complied with DACA parameters, even though it is fiat and NOT a constitutional edict, I have no problem with. They are complying with our "laws". However, they are STILL, legally, illegal aliens. I know there is no way to get rid of all 11 million plus but we also can't allow them to become citizens unless they do it the right way.
I believe a new program should be created and funded by those who benefit from it. This program should have a grace period, where if you are in the US illegally, you must come forward, submit a DNA sample, and prove that you are gainfully employed or have means to support yourself and your family without public assistance. Anyone that is in this program will not be eligible for ANY taxpayer supported public assistance, state OR federal and agrees to this as a condition. If you apply for any public assistance, you are automatically ineligible for this program. If you have overstayed your visa, that shows you have financial ability to pay and will be required to pay a fine for that before you are allowed into the program. We create a NEW type of green card for this group. If you fail to do this within the grace period, lets say 18 months, there is NO wiggle room. If you do NOT comply with the requirements, you are subject to deportation at any time. If you are arrested, you WILL be deported IMMEDIATELY. Members of the US military, or students making progress to a college degree will be exempt from the financial guidelines, but still must submit DNA samples. Any past felony convictions are AUTOMATICALLY disqualified, and future felony convictions will immediately disqualify the applicant and agree to the condition that they be subject to immediate deportation as soon as their jail term is completed.
All employers are also required to comply with e-verify and ANY employer who has employees that are currently in this group MUST provide proof that payroll taxes and SS/Medicare taxes are being withheld and certifies that they will be withheld in the future. For social security purposes, their employment starts when they have their first withholding and they will then be subject to the same rules as EVERYBODY else. In addition, a new withholding for this group equal to the current Medicare tax will be created to finance the cost of this program. Any employer who doesn’t comply will be subject to large fines and/or jail.
The last part is that, in return for allowing them to stay in this country, they MUST start AND finish the process to become US citizens. They will NOT have a different path to citizenship. They will NOT be allowed to “cut the line” in front of those who are complying with our immigration laws currently.
The MOST important part of this program is the addition of a poison pill. If any court finds any part of this program to be illegal or unconstitutional, ALL parts of the program are defunct and all participants are subject to immediate deportation. DACA stood for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. This type of program will allow DACA to no longer stand for Don’t Americans Count Anymore.
I believe a new program should be created and funded by those who benefit from it. This program should have a grace period, where if you are in the US illegally, you must come forward, submit a DNA sample, and prove that you are gainfully employed or have means to support yourself and your family without public assistance. Anyone that is in this program will not be eligible for ANY taxpayer supported public assistance, state OR federal and agrees to this as a condition. If you apply for any public assistance, you are automatically ineligible for this program. If you have overstayed your visa, that shows you have financial ability to pay and will be required to pay a fine for that before you are allowed into the program. We create a NEW type of green card for this group. If you fail to do this within the grace period, lets say 18 months, there is NO wiggle room. If you do NOT comply with the requirements, you are subject to deportation at any time. If you are arrested, you WILL be deported IMMEDIATELY. Members of the US military, or students making progress to a college degree will be exempt from the financial guidelines, but still must submit DNA samples. Any past felony convictions are AUTOMATICALLY disqualified, and future felony convictions will immediately disqualify the applicant and agree to the condition that they be subject to immediate deportation as soon as their jail term is completed.
All employers are also required to comply with e-verify and ANY employer who has employees that are currently in this group MUST provide proof that payroll taxes and SS/Medicare taxes are being withheld and certifies that they will be withheld in the future. For social security purposes, their employment starts when they have their first withholding and they will then be subject to the same rules as EVERYBODY else. In addition, a new withholding for this group equal to the current Medicare tax will be created to finance the cost of this program. Any employer who doesn’t comply will be subject to large fines and/or jail.
The last part is that, in return for allowing them to stay in this country, they MUST start AND finish the process to become US citizens. They will NOT have a different path to citizenship. They will NOT be allowed to “cut the line” in front of those who are complying with our immigration laws currently.
The MOST important part of this program is the addition of a poison pill. If any court finds any part of this program to be illegal or unconstitutional, ALL parts of the program are defunct and all participants are subject to immediate deportation. DACA stood for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. This type of program will allow DACA to no longer stand for Don’t Americans Count Anymore.