Intro

It's time for a reality check ...

Maybe we’ve reached the point of diminishing astonishment.

But I suspect that much of what we’re hammered with every day really doesn’t make much of an impact on most of us anymore. We’ve heard the same stories too often. We’ve been exposed to the same issues for so long without any meaningful resolution. We recognize that reality is rapidly becoming malleable, primarily in the hands of whoever has the biggest microphone. How else can we explain a society where myth asserts itself as reality, based entirely how many hits it gets online?

We know that many of the “issues” as defined are pure crapola, hyped by politicians on both sides pandering to “the will of the people,” which is still more crapola. Inevitably, it’s not the will of all the people they reflect, but the will of relatively small groups of people with disproportionate political influence.

Nobody wants to face up to the realities of the issues. Nobody wants to say what’s right or wrong – even when it’s obvious and there are numbers to back it up. Most of us are afraid to bring up the realities for fear of being accused of being insensitive or downright mean.

So we say nothing. Until now.

It’s time for a reality check on the fundamentals – much of which is common knowledge to many of us, already. But it might be comforting to know you are not alone …

Friday, June 15, 2012


Welcome to los Estados Unidos

The Obama Administration has just announced – on June 15, 2012 – that it will no longer deport illegal immigrants if they arrived here before they were16 and are now younger than 30 and have been in this country at least 5 continuous years, have no criminal record, and have graduated from high school, obtained their GED, or served in the military.

Instead of deportation, they will now be eligible for work visas.

It’s expected that this will affect about 800,000 people currently here illegally.   

It will likely make it more attractive than ever before to enter the U.S. illegally.    

It’s also expected to help Obama get more of the Latino vote this year.

Once again, he’s using the power he thinks he has to bypass Congress, thwart existing Federal law he is required to uphold by way of his oath of office, and doing so all to get more votes. 

Whatever your opinion of our immigration policies, this is just wrong.  This is not the way government – and the balance of power – was ever intended to work.

Presidents are not kings.   

Presidents must follow the rules, even if they personally don’t like them.  They are sworn to uphold the Constitution and the laws of the United States – that’s an essential part of their job description.  If they don’t like a particular law, they need to get Congress to change it, because Presidents don’t have the authority to make – or discard – laws entirely on their own. 

Congress alone makes laws.  That’s the deal.  And only Congress can repeal a law.  The Supreme Court can invalidate a law, or uphold a law.  That’s their deal.  And the President is required to execute the law.  Period. 

Right now, this President is acting like this is some banana republic where he can decide what laws he cares to enforce, and what laws he chooses to ignore.  It’s not, and he can’t. 

In fairness, it’s not unreasonable to recognize the obvious and give immigrants who had no part in choosing to be here illegally an opportunity to become citizens; most Americans would agree with something that does that.    

But this isn’t the way to do it.  It smacks of an abuse of perceived Executive power, a disregard for his oath of office, and a naked attempt to bypass all the rules simply to get re-elected. 

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