Person of the Week: Dean Vogel, President of the California Teachers Assn.,.

Person of the week for supporting the passage of a California law that reportedly prevents, local school districts from cancelling programs and laying off school employees, although many districts are undergoing dire budget problems.

Without time allowed for public debate, the Democratic Legislature hastily passed  the measure and Governor Brown signed it into law…  It ought not be surprising that public employee union heads are not averse to undermining the local control of schools even if those actions lead to the possible financial collapse of the local entities that feed their members…   

Hel-lo!,  has any California politician or public employee union honcho noticed that nation-wide there is financial crunch? …  Oh,… yeah,… that’s right, … politicians and union kingpins still draw their salaries, expense accounts and pensions, regardless of economic downturns…

Mr. Humberto Leal, executed by the State of Texas: justice served?

Regarding the recent execution of Mr. Humberto Leal by the the State of Texas, contrary to all the smoke screens and possible political posturing for the sake of politics 2012, all ought to bear in mind that he received  his punishment after exhausting all his appeals and dragging his case through the courts since 1994 – after committing deadly heinous crimes in San Antonio, Texas against a young lady  named Adria Saucedo…  The State of Texas, various courts, as well as the U.S. Supreme Court reviewed this case, over and over again…  Justice served?… 

Just sayin’…

Person of the Week: Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy, social pyromaniac?

Yes, McCarthy, Person of the Week, for going out of his way to blame White racism for gang violence among–and-between minority members of “minority communities“(!), and for willfully and irresponsibly seemingly wanting to foment racial  unrest against other groups  (e.g.,.) — simplistically for base political reasons…

Police Superintendent McCarthy, out of touch with reality  and an extremely good example of horrendous leadership by an irresponsible civil servant…

Stop striking the matches, Mr. Top Cop — your job is to put out the fires, not be a “social pyromaniac”!…

Potpourri Pan America: muchachos, vote President Obama in 2012; and more…

PONDER THIS:

1.  It’s 2012 election campaign time, folks  — so the White House wants immigration reform, to get the Latino vote?…  He’s already bombed Libya to portray himself as a strong Commander-in-Chief, now, let’s get them votes, muchachos…

2.  “Three Cups of Tea” of fallacy? — who picked this guy to help set our Afghanistan policy? 

3.  S and  P says not so good and Obama Campaign 2012 says it’s all political? — by the way, why isn’t the press complaining about the high gas prices?  Oh, they still want to blame Bush?!!!  Give America a friggin’ break Brian Williams, Diane Sawyer, Katie Couric and company!!!

4.  What happened to “transparency” in government? — where is the change that was promised?  It’s worse than it ever was….

5.  Pres. Obama says: don’t ask me no stinking questions? — America is being treated as a Third World banana republic — come on, Mr. and Mrs. news anchors, speak up, you have the freedom to be independent…

President Obama concerned with the Wisconsin budget crisis, but less so with the Federal budget monstrosity and Americans being killed in Mexico?

 [Photo from Fox News — Jaime Zapata, federal agent, killed.]

What’s it all about?… 

American is killed in Mexico, while seemingly the president is clueless about what to do   about it…   Events in Latin America are spinning out of control and our leadership is clueless?

And as if he did not have enough to keep him busy in Washington, he tries to tell the government of Wisconsin how to solve its budget crisis…   President Obama continues driving the nation into bankruptcy, but erroneously believes, haughtily(?), that he is so knowledgeable and has so much free time on his hands that he can dwell on criticizing the government of Wisconsin for trying to balance its state budget.

Plain chutzpah or simply something worse?

Just sayin’…

Border Patrol agent gets shot at the Arizona-Mexico border

Problems still there and violence unabated.  “‘Homeland Security’, what are your thoughts?”

Potpourri Pan America: from massacres in Iraq to President Obama calling some Americans his enemies, to ceding sovereignty to the U.N.(?), and more

PONDER THIS:

[From the TELEGRAPH — The pope condemns the attack on the Christian community.]

1.  Say it aint so, Hugo now wants to do away with golf courses?! — now that’s really going too far…

2.  Obama declares Americans his enemies? — is this the change he has been talking about?!  No thank you…

3.  “ABC News” does not want people to hear conservative views?  — election day and night coverage to stifle non liberal analysts? Let’s see how that plays out, but their credibility has already been hurt…

4.  See, more massacres in Iraq due to President Obama’s failures  ?– how many are noticing and how many care?

5.  President Obama misled America of how a unifier he would be? —  he misinterpreted why he received the votes to become president, and it seems his Party will pay at the ballot box…

6.  Mass liberal media favored the Stewart Rally over the Beck one? — certainly looked like it — attendance numbers were inflated whereas for Beck, deflated…

7.  The U.S.A. to allow the U.N. to judge and tell America how it violates “Human Rights”?   — beginning to give away American sovereignty? More change coming?

Bill Clinton, business as usual: looking out for “number 1”, and fellow narcissist Charlie Crist a close second

 [Photo from Washington Post]

Anybody looking out for meek Meek?

For some it is never too early or soon enough — ex-president Clinton continues to prepare the field for his wife in anticipation of  the 2016 election, or the one before if President Obama would decline  to run for a second term…  Narcissistic  Bill can almost taste being back in the White House, to wreak more havoc here and yonder… 

He has been campaigning near and far for those politicians who supported his wife in her recently failed presidential bid, apparently trying to cement their support for Hillary Clinton in a future run… 

And, reportedly, he recently attempted to get Democratic Meek from Florida to drop out of the Senatorial race in favor of Charlie Crist, since Meek is trailing both Crist and Rubio in that race — Crist has already said he will caucus with the Demos if he is elected…  Bill Clinton believes that Crist has a better chance of winning the position with Meek dropping out, and if Bill thus ingratiates himself enough with Crist, Hillary Clinton would have another powerful ally in her future bid for the presidency if Crist wins…

How many narcissists are there?:  Charlie Crist and Bill Clinton, two shady characters in a pod, with Barack Obama looking over them.

Just sayin’…

Obama was elected president, not omnipotent potentate

 [illustration from FreakingNews.Com]

The president is hitting the campaign trail, in a frenetic attempt to reverse the voter Tsunami he seems to fear is headed toward his Party in November…

But he does not seem to have learned much about America in the time he has been in office — he alludes to those who have legitimate concerns about his policies and his management style as base, ignorant, fearful people, seemingly thinking that they are not as intelligent nor as sophisticated as he… Rather than inspire, he denigrates, a la Jimmy Carter…

 He does not understand a significant part of America, and rather than try to understand those people, he lashes out at them in a  divisive manner, attempting to demean them.. . 

His slogans during his presidential campaign of unifying the country and of being a different kind  of politician were apparently ploys, and although he does represent real change, the change he has wrought is that coming from  the worse kind of politicians, not of the uplifting kind that some believed he would be… 

And when segments of the electorate complain, rather than engaging in worthwhile introspection he attacks the voters he is supposed to represent because they are not in lockstep with him…

He was elected President of the United States of America, not omnipotent potentate.

Potpourrie Pan America: The president goes to a Christian church to show he is not a Muslim; plays racial politics; attacks Tea Partyers and more

PONDER THIS:    

[AP Photo]

1.  Mascots tussle  —  we’re number 1, we’re number 1!!!   It’s football time…  immature tussles, like those wanting to assault the Tea Partyers…

2.  Colin trying to be significant — be honest, Colin, you hire illegals until you blurt it out and get caught… 

3.  Even the Swedes are beginning to be fed up — of illegal immigration and Fatwas.

4.  See America, I am not a Muslim, I go to church — when it is politically necessary?!

5.  It’s not only Obama, but Clinton too attacking the Tea Party Movement — political Dirty Tricks : White House wants to assault the Tea Party Movement with the aid of the New York Times(?), but do they know who the Tea Partyers are!

6.  Obama makes racial appeal   — to Blacks…

7.  Carter          — exit stage left!, have you no shame, Mr. Carter/Mr. Clinton —  Get out of the way…

8.  Who’s this?:

 

Person of the Week: French president Nicolas Sarkozy

[ Photo from TIME]

Although there were a number of people who from this standpoint could have been selected this week (such as Christine O’Donnell of Delaware), Sarkozy was selected because his confrontation with the European Union is an indication of how nations, if not careful and vigilant,  can begin to lose their sovereignty when they are members of super international organizations…   President Sarkozy‘s policy is a distinct contrast to the actions of President Obama…

*****  Referring to Sarkozy’s actions of expelling illegal immigrants from France,  “…  E.U. Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding had denounced France’s deportation policy as “disgraceful,” saying it probably breached E.U. law…”

Glenn Beck — Person of the Week…

[photo from Wikipedia]

Talking head competitors of Mr. Beck continually complain that all the man craves is personal publicity, and blast him for this and that and decry the publicity, influence and money he garners…

Regardless of the outcome Saturday, for this weekend and throughout the year drawing the attention of his friends, as well as that of his foes, he is selected the Person of the Week…

It seems that some of Glenn Beck’s cable and network whining competitors  simply resent that he is audacious and has gained higher television ratings and financial earnings than they — within a much shorter time frame than theirs…

Just sayin’

General Conway’s words are noteworthy, especially since he is soon retiring

[Gen. Conway photo from Wikipedia]

The situations in Iraq and Afghanistan are still trying ones, especially because of the president’s scheduling of withdrawal dates  for American troops…  Increased bombing of civilian targets, as well as military ones, shows that the enemy is quite cognizant that the Americans will not long play a leading role in the  two countries and that the local troops are not ready yet to stand on their own… 

Marine General Conway’s recent comments purposefully bring attention to those spheres in a pointed way, and present an opportunity to repeat a post from July 16 that has a bearing on the topic…

July 16:

Considering the reported ongoing difficulties there, it seems from this vantage point that before too long President Obama is going to declare victory in Afghanistan, maybe sometime between the November Elections and next summer, when the first troops are scheduled to begin withdrawing from the country…

He is in a quandary, though, because he does not want the stigma of being the U.S. President who lost the Afghan War…  But when he initially set a deadline as to when to begin pulling troops out, and at the same time decided to go small in the deployment of needed troops while expanding the role of the military mission, he seemingly erred in a grand way, and that decision is squarely on his shoulders…

Given that the president has a tendency to avoid accepting responsibility, a long tendency to blame the previous administration for everything, it would be no surprise if his advisors have been at work from day one of his presidency drafting arguments on how best to blame President Bush for the Afghanistan failures of the Obama Administration…

Just sayin’…

The “emperor” wears no clothes, and more people are noticing?

[Drawing from TheRealRevo.Com]

In 1837 as a part of Fairy Tales Told for Children, a short story entitled “The Emperor’s New Clothes” was published…  Of course most are familiar with the tale so only briefly paraphrasing it, it was about a ruler of long ago who was so consumed by his feelings of self-worth (because his minion ministers and gushing public around him played to his perception),  that at a certain point he was led to believe, or he convinced himself, that he was wearing the most beautiful clothes made of the finest weave — and that only the most astute and intelligent could see the clothes he was wearing for the ignorant and unworthy ones would be blind to them…  You get the point, especially if you are familiar with the old tale young and old alike have read… 

When the emperor in one of his final most deceptive acts marched before his subjects wearing not a stitch, while believing he was wearing the finest threads, most observers initially commented that the garments were oh, so luxurious,… and the ruler basked in the light of his own self-importance… 

But a child, after straining his neck to get a better look at the acclaimed national leader wearing his finest wardrobe, and rubbing his eyes clear to make sure he indeed was seeing what the others around were purporting to marvel at, finally blurted innocently that “the emperor ain’t got no clothes”, or something to that effect… And the emperor then and there realized the folly of his charade, but he continued his parade, with vigor…

When will President Obama’s moment of realization arrive, or has it already arrived though nonetheless he marches the country here and yonder, based on his ideology…

As written on this page on March 16, 2010, …”The president seems to see things as whatever he wishes they might be and then tries to convince people his perceptions of the present are actual reality, when  factually they often are simply his wishful thinking… “…  And many in the news media heretofore have enabled him to proceed in his quixotic journey…  But even from the left, more and more are saying they will march to the beat of the emperor’s drum no longer…

The “emperor” in tatters, or worse?

Potpourri Pan America: Headline news — Reverse migrations?: will the Border Patrol give them a boost up and back over? And more.

 

PONDER THIS:

[Photo from Wikipedia] 

1.   From Laredo, Texas, the Zetas are not in control — but the drug cartels ARE quite active on both sides of the border.

2.  Power of the drug cartels vs. the free press? — the bullets are mightier  than the pen?

3.  Chavez is actually changing or just wanted the reward? 

We’ll see…. 4.  Is there some reciprocity here? — U. S. assures Chavez no attack coming…

5.  If Paraguayan poor can do it, it could be done here? — show some American ingenuity…

6.  Good that Peru is fighting the drug problem — but why not buy American?

7.  Look out, maybe there will be some reverse migration — but what will be done about climbing the fence back?  Will the Border Patrol give them a boost up?

8.  Russian are selling and selling — I wonder if America is even making cold calls?

9.  How about some hard facts!  

10.  Or so they say.

Please note: PanAm is changing the days he posts

Because new personal, family and business demands on his time have increased, beginning this week PanAm will be changing the days he posts to Tuesdays and Fridays…

On Saturdays, the Person of the Week segment will continue…  Will be checking the boards on other days as time permits…  Thank you.

Potpourri Pan America: Headline News — Give the Heisman belately to Vince/rich Mexicans there and here,… plus…

[Texas Longhorn Vince Young scoring against USC at the Rose Bowl to win the BCS National Championship: Mark J. Rebilas photo.]   

 

1.  Vince Young deserved it then, and deserves it now — yes, I’m an ol’ Longhorn fan, Hook ’em… 

2.  Anyone think it’s racism driving things? 

3.  Cyrano’s Viewpoint:  He took the time to write.

4.  Rich Mexicans in……in, America! — surprised?

4.  Car bombs in Afghanistan, and on the Texas-Mexico border!   —  Help, send the Special Ops boys…

5.  Other nations in Latin American join the U.S.A. in suing Arizona!:   you kiddin’?

Potpourri Pan America: Headline news –car bombs getting closer? And more…

PONDER THIS:

[Photo from Yahoo News]  It’s not “purty”, but it’s a border fence: 

1.  Even Argentina seems to care:  the cavalry to the rescue in Arizona — not really but, all right.

2.  Car bombs in Afghanistan, and on the Texas-Mexico border!    — oops!

3.  Other nations in Latin American join the U.S.A. in suing Arizona!:   say what???

4.   Even in Bolivia the story about the super secret anti terrorism program in the U.S.A.  — is big news…  Maybe it’s because they have a vested interest?

5.  Argentina even approves same-sex marriages  — and it’s a Catholic country — well, overall, its people are…  You know what I mean…

6.  American policy in Afghanistan is in turmoil, but do any likely voters care?   — we shall see in November…

7.   Chavez in Venezuela has tried to stamp out Capitalism :  — but it’s still selling…

8.  Endangered animals   — some are trying to help.

9.  Racism or not?  Department of Agriculture employee resigns (Video).  

10.  A bit of Texas-Mexico border data — Presidio, Texas

NAACP makes racism accusations seeking political advantage?

NAACP Black Americans make racism accusations for political benefit ?

Yes, the ugly image of racism seems to be alive and well in America — among some of the members of the NAACP at its convention…

People who will do anything to try to keep political power are not necessarily White nor Black nor Chartreuse…  But by their discussions, comments and actions, a significant number of NAACP members seemingly wish figuratively to destroy members of other political groups by labeling them with a not politically correct term. 

Black politicians currently are enjoying great political success, but in the long run they run the risk of ruining things for themselves (and further eroding support for all politicians) by lowering political discussion to the level of street corner name-calling), so as to stifle dissenting views — if someone disagrees with their views, they are called racists, and claim that non Blacks call them the N word and spit on them…

Some Black and non Black politicians and educators even have stated that only Whites can be racists (that it is impossible for Blacks to be) – in that way at times scaring non Blacks from expressing legitimate concerns about the president’s politics, for example, lest they be labeled racists…  

By defining racism in terms that pointedly states that Black people cannot be racists, then relying on the created definition, certain Black people seem to feel free to act in racist manners while pointing at the definition to exclude themselves from the racist charge!…  How ingenious… 

Preposterous…  Calculating…  Scary…  Nearly unbelievable… 

President Obama and the NAACP ought to apologize to the American people for the divisiveness of the racism charade…  Whatever happened to “change we can believe in”?…

Change IS alive and well in America, though, but the racist charges at the NAACP is  not the kind of change all of those who voted for the president expected…

[Tea Party representatives condemn bigoted statements of the NAACP]

Potpourri Pan America: Headline news — the racial and ethnic voting blocs for November are stirred up, and more

PONDER THIS!:

1.  Quotas – gender and race in financial bill…  It’s all about racial/ethnic/gender politics for November?

2.  Michelle marches to the White House bloc voting political tune      —  get the Black vote in November, she says!  [First Lady in a past visit to Kenya.]

3.  .  Stossel, redone: on Breitbart — previously covered a similar topic on this page on June 30, 2010: “Coo coo” thinking, but many don’t notice?.

4.  Healthcare — July 12, 2010, Rasmussen Poll: 53% favor repeal of the Law…

5.  American people lack confidence on Obama — so stir up the Black and Latino communities for November is a goal of the White House…

Politicizing American institutions to suit idealogue Obama’s views?

 [Logo creation from: TheSnakeontheflag.blogspot via Michelle Malkin blog]

Yesterday it became widely disseminated that the head of the  National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Charles Bolden, was spreading the word to the Muslim World that under President Obama’s direction, his “… foremost’ mission as the head of America’s space exploration agency is to improve relations with the Muslim world.” – foremost-job-of-the-space-agency?

Even the nation’s space program does not seem to be immune to President Obama’s efforts at politicizing all segments of the government…  Previously on this page it has been suggested that Obama does not seem to understand(?) what America is and is not, and this NASA story is another example of why that suggestion has merit….. 

Shortly after the president took office, he made various overtures to the Muslim World, and in doing that he made it clear that he thought the U.S.A. had a history of continually wronging them, and additionally mentioned that this nation had undermined the government of Iran in the past –  in various way he has apologized and bowed to different leaders of different countries…

He also has tried to debase the concept of American Exceptionalism by claiming that America is not so because believing in exceptionalism makes America intolerant of others!  Even if President Obama does not see America as being exceptional, most people in this country and across the globe believe in its special place among nations — in times of need the U.S.A. continually is at the forefront of helping others around the world, and, there is no country in the World to whom continually more people of the world are drawn, than The United States of America: that in itself means something about Exceptionalism – but whether exceptional or not, it ought not be up to the elected leader of the nation to try to tear down the American concept of pride in one’s country…

President Obama seemingly has used Admiral Mullen as a political operative by approving/encouraging him to point out that the nation’s high deficit is a threat to national security, insinuating that taxes must be increased to protect our security…  But President Obama himself has been the cause of trillions of dollars being added to the debt by passing things such as the monstrous healthcare law…  Now he politicizes the military by having Mullen suggest raising taxes as a security measure!

 The list could be endless of examples of how agencies have been politicized, among them:

1. Directing the Justice Department to drop the suit against the New Black Panthers who intimidated voters, and suing the state of Arizona – quite obviously done for political considerations geared to the November elections ( Secretary of State Clinton had made the announcement in Ecuador awhile back).
2. Around the time Admiral Mullen spoke about the national debt being a security issue, special assistant Volcker made a similar claim, not coincidentally…
3. Labor Secretary Solis also promised to help illegal workers get fair pay for their work (work they ought not be doing here.) – attempting to keep the Latino vote in November?.
4. And more…

There are some who are too busy or too uncaring or too enamored of the president and his philosophy of government to see that President Obama seems to be going far beyond what most elected him to do…  Aside from that, some who still hate the former president intensely, will not question anything, believing that so long as Bush is not in office, anything goes and is all right… 

Short sightedness…

Person of the Week: Michael Steele

Person of the Week:

Michael Steele — Republican Party Committee Chairperson.

In describing the Afghanistan War as a mistaken “…War of Obama’s choosing…”, Chairman   Steele commits another mistake that can be harmful to his party and beneficial to the opposition…  This episode is not the first instance where he has said or done something that undermines the positions of the elected officials of his party, and for that, he is selected as the person of the week — his actions can have a profound positive or negative effect on his party’s chances in the Fall elections, and it remains to be seen what will result from his words.

Could be that the Republican Party will shoot itself in the collective foot on account of the party chairman’s miscues, thereby blowing a good opportunity to make gains in November…

What he intended to say, probably, is that Obama is mishandling the conduct of the war…  Also, he and everybody ought to be aware that whether speaking before a “friendly” private crowd or not, people need to be prepared to be “taped”…

President Obama’s “illegal immigration” speech was a disappointment overall?

Yesterday, President Obama gave a speech generally having to do with immigration…  It was much to do about nothing new…  It seemed as though he simply wanted to convince the Hispanic Caucus and some Latino activists that he was thinking of them so that in general they would work more to keep the Latino community working for him and his Party during the November Elections. 

But a presidential speech such as this one probably was expected by the target audience  members not simply as one to make them feel good,… which overall that speech did not even do…  What the target community expected to hear was that the president was going to push hard to have an immigration bill passed before the end of the year.  He did not say that, and thus he did not achieve his goal, it seems, of stirring the Latinos to action on his behalf and his Party’s.

Additionally, the presentation the president made seemed as though it had been cobbled together for the purpose, mainly, of giving a pep talk to Latinos so that they would believe he was working on their behalf and thus they would stay in his corner…  They were probably looking for a lot more, and so the effort fell short…

It appears from this end that the Latinos who last voted for President Obama, those  whom he was trying to reach in the community, are not going to be energized by this speech, and the Latinos who have not been in his corner, probably will be energized against him — so the speech was counterproductive…

Redux: Liberals rejoice!… President will most likely get re-elected in 2012… But,…

[The Obama Administration is angling to keep the Latino vote in the President’s corner for the November Elections so as to counterbalance losing the Independents: no one ought to be surprised about what gamesmanship might be employed to that end…  A post appeared on this page in April assessing the president’s chances for re-election, and now because of rumors about the president wanting to take some steps soon (maybe today) to help keep the Latinos in his corner, the April 10 post is repeated here…  Potpourri Pan America is supplanted, today]

Conservatives will not like this assessment and liberals will love it, somewhat – but whether one side or the other favors it or not,… at this juncture, early as it is, it seems President Obama will get re-elected in 2012.  Why?…  Because of the solid voting blocs he has in his back pocket:

1. the Black community will vote for him almost 100 percent, as it did in 2008, and that solid swing vote segment will swing the election to him.  Black pride will continue to prevail.

2.  the latino community could likely vote for him in significant numbers, as it did in 2008…  After seeing that a Black American can be elected president utilizing particular swing voting segments of society, hispanic/latino strategists are surely working out details of how in the future a latino could be elected president with the solid voting support of the Black American community…  The election of a Black American president in 2008 undoubtedly gives hope to the Hispanic/Latino community that through changing demographics and voting coalitions, one of theirs also can be elected.

3.  the portion of white liberals who still feel the weight of “the white man’s burden” will continue to vote for him in overwhelming numbers.

4.  a sizable percentage of disenchanted and alienated white females who blame a  significant number of the problems of the world and nation on the white male, once again will vote a second term for President Obama, and…. 

5.  those who simply believe intellectually that the president would or would not be the best choice for president, could evenly split their votes between the Democrat and Republican candidates, but because of the previously listed reasons, the decision would still go to the president…

In this assessment, the economy has not been totally weighed because it is still in flux.  And because even if it improves to a large degree (which historically it ought to do), or if it remains sluggish, the voting segments highlighted above probably will not be swayed too far afield to have a bearing on the election — if it improves, President Obama gets the credit…  If it remains problematic, the previous administration will get the blame…

As for the national elections of 2010, the results might have an effect on President Obama’s re-election fortunes in 2012, but it is important to note that even if his party loses big time in November, he could still win his re-election bid in 2012.

“Coo coo” thinking, but many don’t notice?

John Stossel is a good guy, overall, it seems, generally thoughtful, apparently…  But yesterday evening he seemed to say that if the U.S. government stopped spending money on border security issues, and simply increased the yearly number of legally permissable immigrants who want to enter the United States, there would be no illegal immigration problems…  Huh?… 

Further, that if cocaine, methamphetamines and marijuana were legalized in this country, there would be no drug problems in America from imported drugs… And, that then, the government could concentrate on spending its money rehabilitating the addicted… Huh? Huh?… 

Homeland Secretary Napolitano has indicated that because the border between the U.S and Mexico extends for 1,600 miles, and in many places is in desolate places, it is impossible to secure every mile of it, so that it will remain porous, at best… 

On another side of the world, the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan is approximately 1,610 miles long over some quite inhospitable terrain, but, a major part of the Obama Administration’s policy in that portion of the world seems to be to press the Pakistanis to seal the border between them and Afghanistan, thereby preventing Al Qaeda and the Taliban from encroaching from that side into Afghanistan  and causing chaos…  Huh?…

There appears to  be a disconnect from reality by some public figures and decision makers…  To eliminate all illegal immigration, let them all legally in, creating an Open Border for the whole world to enter!… To win the war on drugs, legalize drugs and declare victory!…  Don’t secure the border with Mexico because supposedly it is  impossible to do so, but insist Pakistan secure its border with Afghanistan because doing that is not impossible!… Huh? Huh?  Huh?…

Unilaterally, pass a monstrous healthcare law that greatly increases the deficit, then lament and press that America must pull together to raise taxes to cut the horrendous deficit that just seems to have arisen!

Hopefully, what next will NOT follow is that regardless of the situation on the ground, the Obama Administration will simply declare victory in Afghanistan, pat itself on the back and come home victorious?…  That would be “coo coo” thinking personified…

Potpourri Pan America: Headline news – Russian spies arrested while America resets the button… Drug cartels kill and Governor Brewer calls out Pres. Obama… And more.

PONDER THIS:

1.  Say it ain’t so — didn’t Pres. Obama say during his administration that Russia – U.S.A. relations had “reset”? — “Shocking”: wasn’t Russian Pres. Medvedev just here making nice and saying the same thing?   

2.  “Friend and partner” Russian leader has pulled the wool over Pres. Obama’s eyes? — maybe the U.S.A. has “reset” the button, but the Bear hasn’t…. Stay awake, people…

3.  Leading candidate slain by drug cartels — the drugs cartels are coming, the drug cartels are coming…  Or they are here already?        

4.  Street drugs destroy minority families, and NAACP wants marijuana legalized — where’s the sound logic? 

5.  Arizona Governor Brewer call out Pres. Obama — parts of America “occupied” by drug cartels? (Video) — the lady has gumption?…       

6.  Not all voting Latinos want Open Borders: will the Democrats be surprised? — can you see them?

Presidential Pardons for illegal immigrants, or bluffs?

Amnesty for illegal immigrants through presidential Executive Order?   — or via other means?…  There has been much talk (since prior to and following Arizona’s passage of the illegal immigration law) about insisting strenuously that the federal government secure the international border with Mexico because of continuing problems caused by drug cartel operations-illegal immigration-human trafficking organizations…  And some, (such as Senator    Kyl of Arizona) seem to suggest the Obama Administration is holding the border issue hostage and will not secure it unless border security is done as one segment of a comprehensive immigration law – which would include, for example, amnesty and a guest worker program…

Additionally, Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano recently seemed to complain, in her remarks before the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) that those who want border security are unreasonable because “… the word secure really becomes, effectively, ‘seal’ the border,…”  In other words, she indicated that people want the border sealed, and that either she is against that or that it can’t be done…      (Photo from Boston.com)    

Thus, because in a continuously contentious pre November Election mode in which Congress finds itself it appears no action will be taken to consider an immigration bill, there have been rumors  that the president (to satisfy Latino elected officials and the Latino voting bloc he would like to maintain in his corner) has been advised to take extra ordinary measures…

• PARDONS — The right of the President of the Unites States of America to pardon people under rights given as part of Article II, Section 2 of the U. S. Constitution:  “…he shall have Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offences against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment.”…
• Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation — from paragraph 2 of the proclamation: “That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free; and the Executive Government of the United States, including the military and naval authority thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons, and will do no act or acts to repress such persons, or any of them, in any efforts they may make for their actual freedom.”…

A couple of rumors has it that the president has been advised by  some to explore using the PARDONS clause of the U.S. Constitution to pardon those who are here illegally, or to possibly use a Presidential Proclamation to achieve a similar result…  Are these actions possible or actually being considered, of course that is not known here, but as indicated in the first-sentence link of this post ( Amnesty for illegal immigrants through presidential Executive Order?  ), some senators seem to take the rumor(s) seriously…

Stay tuned.

Potpourri Pan America: Headline news — Obama to grant amnesty to illegal immigrants?/Afghan withdrawal deadline: are Americans dying in vain? And more

PONDER THIS:

1.  Musical chairs with generals in Afghanistan, but the troop withdrawal deadline is still in place — good speech by Pres. Obama,but civilian component of strategy needs attention, and are Americans dying  in vain?       [Map from WorldAtlas.com]    

2.   Amnesty for illlegal immigrants through presidential Executive Order?     — Pres.  Obama needs the Latino votes in November: will he stop at nothing to appease the Latino organizations to give them what they want?    

3.  Bolivia: Pres. Evo Morales continues  at work against the U.S.A.    — Pres. Morales still undermining American interests in South America: wants to kick the USAID out of Bolivia.          

 4.  CNN: Drug cartels threaten police officers in Nogales, Arizona  /  Video news report: drug cartels threaten police officers in Arizona  — Will Pres. Obama secure the border and keep Americans safe?                      

 6.   Hurricane season arrives in the Gulf of Mexico?  — and the Gulf leak still going…

7.    Obama Administration hostile to business    — Business Round Table thinks so…

8.  U.S.A.!  U.S.A.!  U.S.A.! — In South Africa, World Cup play, the United States team advances in dramatic fashion!

Potpourri Pan America: Headline news — re Has President Obama understood and “bonded” with America? And more…

PONDER THIS:

1.  Slippery slope to tyranny? — Thomas Sowell of Investor Business Daily says: … “In our times, American democracy is being dismantled, piece by piece, before our very eyes by the current administration in Washington, and few people seem to be concerned about it”…  Is anyone else noticing? [Photo from Investors.com]

  

2.  Ecuadorian illegal immigrants in U.S.A. get a  “headsup” ?– While in Ecuador, Secretary of State Clinton seemingly gave Ecuadorians advance notice that the Justice Department will sue Arizona over its law against illegal immigrants that is intended to complement U.S. law…  Is anyone else noticing?

3.   Jimmy Carter returns as Obama?     — Overseas some are noting…  Is anyone else noticing?

4.   Senator   — Senator Kyl relates that apparently the current administration will not secure the American borders until a comprehensive illegal immigration bill is passed into law with amnesty, guest worker provisions and on and on?  Is anyone else noticing?

5.  U. S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis, on the job, fighting for the rights of illegal immigrants in public service announcements — doesn’t she work for the American tax payer? Is anyone else noticing?

6.  Obama Administration undermines the military? — is anyone else noticing?

If Arizona pushes to deny citizenship to American born children of “illegals”, the effort will likely fail

“All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States;… ” So begins the 14th Amendment of The Constitution of the United States of America….

Now once more comes Arizona state senator Russell Pearce, who sponsored the SB 1070 Bill against illegal immigration that became law — which drew and continues to draw much national and international attention…   He wants to sponsor another bill, one that would deny citizenship to children born in the United States of illegal immigrants…  RUSSELL PEARCE: 

Although the frustration apparently felt by Senator Pearce and his constituents (as well as by others across the land)… can be understood because of having to confront the problems of illegal immigration first hand, much thought ought to be given before taking such a drastic step that in all likelihood has nil chance of succeeding, and that surely will enable opponents to ridicule and demonize the good people of Arizona…

By passing SB 1070 into law Arizona took a leading role in working to secure the nation’s borders, but moving forward on the proposed new bill would make the state senator and his supporters (in the humble view of this writer) appear to be  extremist rubes who disregard and have  no appreciation of the U.S. Constitution, thereby losing the high ground…  

The senator has led the people of Arizona to victory in battle, but he need not lead them into a constitutional war that will likely lead to inglorious defeat…

[Regarding the president’s speech last night, it seemed to be more of the same, demonizing others, trying to use public relations ploys to avoid accepting responsibility for failures in leadership, and politicizing the issue, further.]

The Stockholm Syndrome in America: en masse, 2010

For any who might not know to what the title refers, the “… Stockholm syndrome is a term used to describe a paradoxical psychological phenomenon wherein hostages express adulation and have positive feelings towards their captors that appear irrational in light of the danger or risk endured by the victims.  The FBI’s Hostage Barricade Database System shows that roughly 27% of victims show evidence of Stockholm syndrome.^{“[from Wikipedia]}

Metaphorically, that seems to be the case in which many in America and the world find themselves — captives, kidnapped, their minds hijacked by a peculiar political viewpoint foisted upon those who have difficulty being independent thinkers, those who, regrettably, unconditionally believe whatever the dominant mass news media tells them…

Another way of putting it is that some have allowed themselves to be led to believe that what is up is down, and down is up…  You get the picture…

Israel is trying to keep rockets and other items from entering the Gaza strip so that its people can be safe from attack, and under international law exercises its right of self-defense by establishing a blockade —  in order to ascertain that certain items do not enter Gaza…   And the typical national and world press, and a significant degree of the national and world population ( because they are hostages to a particular viewpoint), condemn or severely criticize American ally Israel — which is being threatened with annihilation… What is actually up, is seen as down…

Arizona attempts to have border security laws enforced by passing a state law that simply complements federal law, and its people are called “racist“, “white supremacists” — and the federal government, as well as some other states and municipalities, and news organizations and politicians, undertake actions and words to try to punish Arizona for trying to enforce laws!…  Again, hostages — what is up, is seen as down…

The School Board of Los Angeles , California, reportedly, even has passed a resolution directed to the superintendent and teachers of the district that strongly encourages teachers to include in their lesson plans that the Arizona law against illegal immigration is as vile as slavery, the holocaust, the Japanese Internment, and other such historical episodes…  Absurd…

The Stockholm Syndrome, en masse, is alive and well, sorry to say, in America…  How many people are suffering from the delusion, to the detriment of the country?…. How many in America have been taken hostage, how many have been brainwashed?

The Stockholm Syndrome is alive and well within how many?…  Remains to be seen in the months to come…

Potpourri Pan America: News briefs, from the Statue of Liberty to Shakira’s World Cup song, and more

World Cup in South Africa, let the party begin — Shakira sings. Begin with some movement, then move on down to the mundane…

1.  Secretary Napolitano, Homeland Security (without wanting to belabor the point) — she has continually referred to those who commit what commonly are known as terrorist acts, as plain law breakers, not as terrorists…  After the botched car bomb in New York this weekend she declined to label it a terrorist act…  Later, the President’s spokesperson Gibbs said the botched bomb in New York was a terrorist act…  Sorry, Secretary Napolitano, but you were left out of the loop…

2.  Polanski still does not want to comply with his sentence, believing that since he has been on-the-lamb for so long the law ought to leave him alone. 

3.  Mexico finds itself criticizing immgration polices to its north but gets hit with the similar charges — in fact, hit with charges worse than what are leveled against the U.S.A.

4.  What was that about being on top of things on the oil disaster in the Gulf ?  In the Sunday political T.V. programs, several ranking Obama Administration officials went on the record saying that from “day one” they had equipment and supplies prepositioned in the Gulf Coast area, but this story offers a different reality. 

 5.  Statue of Liberty words can be misunderstood — the words inscribed, “give me your tired…” , etc., seemingly are misunderstood by new immigrants because inscribed there is nothing about laws having to be followed before entering… 

6.  Reform is needed!   The USA Today newspaper repeats the refrain that reform is needed in immigration — nothing new, but point well taken.

7.  Peruvian Amerindians/indigenous people for years have fought for their lands — and continue to fight…  There is definitely a  new world order arising…

8.  Ranchers and/or loggers continue to be prosecuted for killing the innocent — religious folks who work for the good of the underclass in Latin America periodically are killed by those who oppose their goals..

9.  Trying to stop Marco Rubio in Florida — governor of California supposedly advised Governor Crist to run against Marco Rubio as an independent..

10. Paraguay is being overrun by drug cartels — The drug cartels overrun another country, producing drugs for export north, while the USA (and some state governments) moves right along trying to make it easier for some people to consume street-drugs here…

11.  Protecting the marshlands from the Oil Spill. — Regulators under the microscope.

12.  Keep an eye out for your FACEBOOK profile .  You can opt out.

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In the November elections, will the Secretary of Homeland Security or the President (or others) be blamed for the border security issue of illegal immigration?

The Los Angeles “Immigration March”  (picture and story/L.A. Times on Saturday May 1), reportedly the largest of the immigration marches across the land, took place in the largest city west of New York and one of the oldest west of the Mississippi River…  The illegal immigrant community specifically and its supporters in general are upset at the passage of the Arizona immigration state law, but upset also because the belief from their end is that President Obama promised that once he became president (with the support and votes of citizens of Latino heritage), during his first year in office he would get a law passed that would resolve the illegal immigrant problem…  The year has passed …

When Janet Napolitano was governor of Arizona and George W. Bush was president, she continually harped that federal troops be placed on the Arizona-Mexico border because of the danger from intrusions there, but once she became head of national security as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security and had the authority and responsibility to recommend that the troops be placed there, she became unresponsive on the issue…  Awhile back when she was asked if she considered the Arizona-Mexico border to be secure, she stated something to the effect that that was an unfair question, and declined to answer:

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From — “C-SPAN — April 27  

Napolitano: I know that border as well as anyone. Every marker, every milepost that has been laid down by the congress in terms of number of agents, deployment of technology, construction of fencing and the like, has already been completed or is within a hair’s breath of being completed. And one of the questions I think we need to talk about is whether security the border is every going to be reached before the congress – in the sense of the congress – or whether that goal post is just going to keep moving. And I also believe that we need to better communicate with the American people. […]
Sen. Lindsey Graham: Knowing what you know about Arizona, would you say, would you certify that the Arizona border is secure?
Napolitano: …First of all, it’s an unfair question….
Sen. Graham: If that is an unfair question, then it would be news to the people of the United States and Arizona. If it is unfair to ask a simple question — is the border secure — then we’re never going to have the consequence to get it secure ’cause it is a fair question — and I’ll give you my answer: I don’t think it is.”

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Furthermore, at other times when she has been asked about the border problem, the Secretary has indicated that the previous administration did not solve the problem either, or that she is doing the best she can and doing everything that is humanly possible to seal the border…  Not surprisingly, some say that her best is not good enough for the job… 

Through the years, national politicians have allowed the illegal immigration problem to get out of hand and are still vacillating, while the border states, primarily, suffer the consequences…

 (Additionally, some have posted to this page and else where that the federal response to the disastrous oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico has been quite slow…  By the way, just below the president, Secretary Napolitano is responsible for responding to that major problem as well.)…

An Arizona newspaper, the Arizona Republic, in an editorial has chastised the two Republican senators from the state for in effect not solving the border problem ( definitely there is enough blame to go around to all political parties), but ultimately it is not the individual states who are responsible for securing the international border or solving the illegal immigration problem, it is the Federal Government’s — right now the buck stops with Secretary Napolitano and President Obama because they are the ones who constitutionally are responsible for national security and who have the military and police powers to protect the borders…  The press sometimes confuses pertinent issues and responsibilities…

Even Bill Maher, (story and video clip – from Real Clear Politics site — strong language used) who never disguised his dislike for President Bush, recently indicated strongly on his HBO show that the press is giving President Obama a free pass on the slow response to the disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, suggesting that if Bush had been president, the press would have been hammering and hammering nonstop at him…  The oil slick problem is more a Federal Government matter, than evidently the Hurricane Katrina problem initially was…

Will these states’ rights issues and federal responsibilities play a major role in the November elections?… Nobody knows for sure, of course…  People’s memories are often quiet short and in politics a month could seem like a year, depending on what the political climate is at that time and how it is portrayed in the press…  A lot could change between now and then…

Saying that it will be an especially interesting off year election, though, will probably be a gross understatement…

Open Borders for the U.S.A or something else?

From San Francisco and Los Angeles, to New York and Washington D.C., (and other places here and there), is heard that we must boycott Arizona…  Though not said directly, those who say boycott ( Los Angeles mayor ) are in effect speaking up for an Open Border policy —  which in essence means, if anyone wants to come into this country, no one ought to have the right to stop them because the illegal immigrant has a superior right to enter…  (Be mindful that most countries of the world do not have Open Borders)…

These politicians hold press conferences making wild assertions that because Arizona passed its law, the sun will stop shining and will mean that America will no longer be able to serve apple pie…  Or, they’ve made similarly silly remarks…

Citizens and illegal immigrants need a resolution to the dilemma…  Not simply drama….

Probably with minimal or no controversy, most can agree that national politicians allowed the problem to fester and have made it worse by not dealing with the issue in due time and with due diligence, and now call press conferences to denounce those who are trying to do something about the problem…   

Also, probably with the same low-level of controversy as stated in the previous paragraph, most will agree that the matter of illegal immigration needs to be resolved…

Having said that, what follows likely will be more, way more controversial…

And that is, that to begin to resolve the issue, a basic foundation of the resolution will have to be the recognition, and acceptance, that a certain category of illegal immigrants will not be deported…  In this group will be, for example, those who have been here as of a particular date, whatever the date set might be…  This is because a significant number of these people own their own homes and/or businesses, have responsible jobs and fixed roots in their communities, are law-abiding (other than entering the country illegally, for example), and have children who are American citizens…  Reality is reality.

Thus, commonsensically, it seems it would be impractical or impossible in one swoop to deport tens of millions of those in the category described above…  Additionally, court challenges in which the courts would have to decide if it is fair and just to deport millions with the aforementioned qualities, might likely result in decisions saying that it is not fair and just — not fair and just because it is not envisioned that in the 21st century any court would support a new “Trail of Tears” (or a variation of the Japanese-American evacuation policy of WW  II) involving MILLIONS and MILLIONS of human beings uprooted and shipped out… 

But the matter of whether the countless illegal immigrants  in the category already described would be deported or not, could  be secondary or tertiary or nonexistent if a law were passed stating: that employers who hired illegal immigrants as of a set date henceforth would be fined severely, and those illegal immigrants who after the set date tried to get a job would be deported swiftly and would never be allowed legally to emigrate to the USA…  End of the dream for them, plain and simple…

This punitive action against employers and illegal immigrant potential employees would put a serious dent on illegal immigration, immediately, and would be a compromise position for everyone involved in the illegal immigration controversy…

Again, though, before the law against employers would be passed, what likely would have to be accepted is that the illegal immigrants in the special category previously mentioned would not be deported…  A mighty supposition…

Will Congress and the president do their jobs by resolving the matter of illegal immigration anytime soon?  Highly unlikely(  President Obama and Congress ) because the issue is controversial, the November Elections are almost upon us, and most politicians do not have a backbone…  Meantime, the border states and some others will continue with the problem… 

Undoubtedly, citizens as well as illegal immigrants deserve a solution to the problem…  ( Workers of the World May Day on May 1 — demonstrations planned.)

The results of the next national elections will tell what views on Open Borders, illegal immigration and other major topics of public policy will prevail…  Stay tuned…

Potpourri Pan America: it’s illegal to be an illegal alien?!… Conservative “actors talk in whispers”… And more..

Here and Yonder:

Conservative “actors talk in whispers”

 Policing the Party  (video): Riot Police/Swat team readying to “face off” Tea Partyer group of senior citizens  demonstrating  peacefully at President Obama’s function in Quincy, Illinois. 

Sports writer Dave Zirin: Dont take anyone out to the ballpark.  (video) The writer was interviewed regarding the state of Arizona’s illegal immigration law — he supports, with a twist,  Raúl Grijalva’s boycott plans for Arizona…  He is pushing that no one in Arizona go to Diamondback baseball games(!), and when the team plays on-the-road, that no one ought to go see them either…  Frankly,  I had never heard of the guy before the video… 

Immigrant Rallies on May 1….

Real Clear Politics : President’s latest approval rating –approve: 47.9,         disapprove:  45.7

Hugo Chavez : because we were all dying to know, leftist President of Venezuela now has a twitter account (chavezcandanga) and supposedly will join Facebook next… Wonder who his first friends will be.

a Talking head: supposedly said something deeply insightful — that the new immigration law in Arizona will make it illegal to be an illegal alien… 

Argentina in Anarchy?

PanAm: and , finally, found my button today from the World Cup in Pasadena in 1994…  Thinking of World Cup South Africa…  Just sayin’…    

Arizona voters and others are “misguided” and “psychologically disoriented”?!

“In Arizona, because Governor Jan Brewer signed Senate Immigration Bill 1070 into law last week, the police now are required to stop anyone who has brown skin”, so say not only the most vociferous and strident of those who oppose the law, but also the unthinking ones who only repeat what they hear…

Of course, that is not what the law says, but facts do not seem to be important to ones who apparently do not want to discuss the issue in a sensible manner, preferring instead simply to confuse, agitate and demagogue.

Political Campaign 2010 is in full stride a full six months before November.

Al Sharpton has been making the rounds of talk shows aggressively expressing opposition to the recently enacted Arizona law, saying the law is
“misguided”, and more…  Why?…  Maybe because as a reported confidant of President Obama he is stoking Latino anger in order to gain their support in voting in November for candidates favored by the president…

 President Obama says the law is “misguided”.

 Secretary of Homeland Security Napolitano repeats what her boss says, that the law is “misguided”.

 Nancy Pelosi, from California, Speaker of the House, says the law is “misguided and irresponsible”.

 Gavin Newsom, mayor of San Francisco, California has asked that the city boycott Arizona because the law is “misguided”, and more.

Bill Clinton, former president, says the passage of the Arizona law indicates that people have a “psychological disorientation”!…

Raúl Grijalva, state representative from Phoenix, has stated that he is pressing a boycott of businesses in Arizona (apparently to show his disdain for the immigration law)…  As several in the news media have pointed out, what kind of representative for the voters is he if he is saying he wants businesses in his district to suffer economic ruin because the state passed a law to control illegal immigration?  Whom does he represent?…..

Rich posted yesterday something to the effect that Hispanic citizens ought to know they are simply pawns being used for the November elections…  Seems like a good point…

 Shouldn’t they know?…  Are Latino/Hispanic citizens of The United States of America (and other voters) going to be herded like sheep by President Obama, Al Sharpton, Nancy Pelosi, Secretary Napolitano, Raúl Grijalva, Gavin Newsom and Bill Clinton into voting for anyone simply because they are prodded in that direction?

If they can be herded so easily, maybe they do have a psychological condition as Mr. Clinton indicates.

 

 

Potpourri Pan America: Arizona and Obama in the Spotlight

A condensed overview across the hemisphere:

Argentina  — Secretary General of the Organization of American States calls the law discriminatory.

Mexico — President of Mexico calls the law discriminatory.

Chicago — Columnist believes the law will “backfire” on Arizona.

Los Angeles — Washington Bureau of the L.A TIMES/Tribune indicates the law will change the dynamics of immigration reform.

Washington — President Obama seems to be appealing to Latinos (as well as other minority groups) to energize them for the November elections, and the Arizona Law recently passed might be a good political vehicle for him to rally the particular segments…

And, finally — HeavyWeight — heaviest man marries (no connection to the Arizona law, if anyone is looking for it).

Some states are reacting aggressively to illegal immigration problems because the Federal Government has failed to fulfill its responsibilities

Immigration discord: The passage recently in Arizona of a controversial immigration law seems to be a response to perceived and real concerns that the federal government is failing and has failed for years to protect the country’s borders against illegal human migrations…  That failure has created special problems for the people of Arizona…  Furthermore, it is a strong message from at least that one state (among more than several) that faraway Washington D.C., is still seemingly uncaring and oblivious to the problems border states (primarily) continue to experience – problems that are the result of the uncontrolled migrations that have brought countless thousands of illegal immigrants into their midst…

 The national government needs to fulfill its responsibility for protecting the nation’s borders and must provide relief – especially for the governments and people of the border states, if it does not want other states to follow the example of Arizona…

 A simplistic observation by some American citizens, as well as by numerous illegal immigrants (and by certain immigration activists), is that people who expect border laws to be enforced are either uncaring folks or are just plain racists…  Although realistically it can be assumed that there are some racists among those who demand America’s borders be well-regulated and controlled, it must also be assumed that the great majority  of the people making the demand are not.…

 Illegal immigration causes countless problems for the receiving states, including having local tax payers pay for the costs due to overcrowded schools and for all the special programs required by the continuing influx of immigrants into educational systems, along with the costs incurred by  local agencies that serve the illegal immigrant – for example, public assistance, medical care, and police, court and penal systems… 

 Not only has the Federal Government allowed uncontrolled, generally unregulated, illegal immigration to flourish in the country, thereby causing local tax payers to have to bear the brunt of the effect of uncontrolled immigration, but the central government in Washington also has indicated its desire for leniency in the enforcement of street-drug laws — meanwhile, reportedly, the drug cartels from the south in various ways are running over Arizona by using it as a staging ground and as a re-distribution center…

Thus, in addition to other costs, local Arizona tax payers have to deal with the additional expenses of fighting drug cartel crimes, plus, they will have to incur extra costs down the line because of the Health Bill that was passed not too long ago —  which reportedly places more financial responsibilities on individual states… 

Uncertainties and more financial burdens cause stress…  But the totality of the scenario seems to be that Washington is leaving the states to fend for themselves, and when a state such as Arizona reacts in support of its citizens, the first action President Obama seems to take in response is to indicate that Arizonans are “misguided”… 

 Frustrations and tensions are bound to rise…  Stay tuned…