http://host1.cyberears.com//19137.mp3
My 12 minute chat with Alan Butler on the topic of illegal immigration. I come on at the 54 minute mark.
My view of the world through personal experience, 30 years of teaching Economics and Foreign Languages, travel in Europe and North America, research, and living 20 years under communism.
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
A Journey of Love and Respect Back to the South
A
two hour flight later I was in my beloved South, assaulted by humidity and
cold. A heavy and constant rain made it difficult to drive my rented Corolla. I
expected humidity and hot and I was shivering in my light clothes.
Harold describes the Battle of Hürtgen Forest as if it happened yesterday. With his lilting Southern accent, he pronounced it Hurricane Forest. A series of fierce battles were fought in a 50 square mile area east of the Belgian-German border from September 19, 1944 to February 10, 1945.
In the Battle of Aachen, Harold’s company lost half of its 165 soldiers. To seek shelter, the soldiers built a hut from tree tops and mud. His artillery outfit shot down 494 German planes with the M45 Quad mount, nicknamed the “meat chopper” and “Krautmower” because the four barrel, .50 caliber M2 Browning machine guns delivered a high rate of fire and was highly mobile against enemy aircraft.
German warplanes would attack at low altitude and then would rapidly retreat to avoid Allied fighters. The M45 Quad mount units were a strong deterrent to strafing runs by German warplanes because of the large firepower and because the four 50 caliber barrels could be "tuned" to converge upon a single point at distances which could be reset quickly.
The Hürtgen Forest claimed the lives and limbs of 33,000 soldiers (U.S. 1st Army) in combat and non-combat losses. It was dubbed the Allies’ “defeat of the first magnitude.” The Germans defended the area staunchly because it was the staging zone for the Ardennes Offensive, to become the Battle of the Bulge, and it encompassed a strategic dam. When Aachen eventually fell on October 22nd, the U.S. 9th Army had suffered heavy casualties.
Harold was the master cook and baker. He did not just feed the troops; he fed the entire battalion three meals a day. Fierce fighting forced him to serve one meal per day sometimes. He tells the story of the emaciated soldiers whom everyone thought dead but returned, having been saved from starvation by a Belgian woman who sacrificed and cooked her last rooster to feed them.
With limited resources, Harold always kept a pot of coffee on or warm biscuits, cooking with a 9 pound M1 Garand rifle on his shoulder. The cook was everyone’s lifeline and the soldiers tried to protect him as much as possible, sometimes setting up kitchen quarters in a thicket.
Harold had many close calls with grenades that should have gone off but didn’t or “seeing eye to eye with a low flying German pilot.” He does not speak of the horrors of war, the killings, the loss of limbs, and the utter destruction. His mission was to feed and nourish the soldiers.
While in Normandy, a young Frenchman named Louis Carmelich (Carmelex), Harold is not sure about the spelling of his last name, came by the kitchen quarters looking for something to eat. Harold gave him a few slices of bread, field rations, and chocolate bars. Louis took them home to his parents and returned a couple of times. He came back one day with a piece of charcoal and paper and offered to draw Harold’s portrait. He drew a large number 7 and from it, soon the likeness of an American soldier emerged. It was young Harold. I am trying to imagine how Harold made it home to the States with Louis’ charcoal portrait rolled up in his backpack, but he did. The paper is slightly yellowed by the passage of time but the framed portrait hangs proudly in the Turners lovely home.
Seventy years ago and thousands of miles away from his home and family, Harold, a young lad out of high school, was on a mission to feed an entire battalion fighting the common enemy, Nazi Germany. He is an unsung hero who deserves his place in history for his selfless service to our country in defense of freedom. To Harold Turner and all servicemen and women from World War II, your sacrifice and bravery will not be forgotten!
The
roads were deserted compared to the heavy constant traffic in D.C. Once in a
while a solitary car would pass going in the opposite direction. I had the
excellent road all to myself. The dense vegetation and trees displayed lovely
shades of green. Hanging lavender wisteria formed nature’s intricate draperies.
White, pink, and fuchsia azaleas were in full bloom. Yellow daffodils dotted
the landscape. The sky was grey and dreary but the scenery was bursting with
color.
I
was excited to make the two and half hour drive from the airport to my
Mississippi destination. I wanted to see my friend Harold and his lovely wife
Lois, my adopted mother in the U.S. since 1978. I could not have stayed without
her emotional support and devoted friendship; I was so home sick. Adapting to
America was difficult to say the least and she was my thoughtful, loving, and
learned advisor.
Harold
is a WWII survivor. There are not many left like him, literally and
figuratively. He is 91 years young, full of life and energy, straight and
moving with a purpose, always smiling, optimistic, and jocular. I never tire of
his war stories. I wished I had recorded all of them for the last 35 years.
The
house is the same as I remembered it, embracing the visitor with a welcome home
comfort that is soothing to the soul and body. No matter when you arrive, you
are always welcome in Lois’ home and she has something sweet to eat that she
prepared herself, no store bought foods in her house.
The
lovely garden in the back is exploding with greenery and a myriad of buds. Lois
always had flower beds and birdhouses, while Harold, with his green thumb,
planted a sizable garden every summer. His tomatoes were delicious! Harold
still fiddles with a small patch of vegetables if he is not too busy bird
hunting.
Harold
was drafted his senior year in high school. He spent three years in the army,
1943-1946, two of them overseas, as a private first class. At the end of the
war, he was offered a good rating of Sergeant First Class if he re-enlisted but
Harold chose to build a career as a successful businessman instead.
Harold
brought out his prized brand-new Luger pistol in its original holster. He was
proud of this WWII souvenir confiscated from a German soldier during the Battle
of the Bulge. Holding the cold and heavy weapon, I read the German writing and
the caliber. It was made in Prague, Bohemian Weapons Factory, model 27, caliber
7.65, same as a 32 today. The Germans produced around 450,000 such pistols during
1939-1945.
Fought
in the winter of December 16, 1944 through January 25, 1945, Harold describes
the Battle of the Bulge in the forests of the Ardennes region of Wallonia,
Belgium. The Allies front line bulged inward on wartime maps, hence the name.
At the Battle of the Bulge, the largest and bloodiest battle fought by United
States in World War II, of the 600,000 American troops, 81,000 were killed in
the battle. The Germans eventually lost the battle because they were unable to
supply their armored columns with fuel. The Allies constantly bombed the fuel
refineries, including those in my hometown of Ploiesti.
Harold describes the Battle of Hürtgen Forest as if it happened yesterday. With his lilting Southern accent, he pronounced it Hurricane Forest. A series of fierce battles were fought in a 50 square mile area east of the Belgian-German border from September 19, 1944 to February 10, 1945.
In the Battle of Aachen, Harold’s company lost half of its 165 soldiers. To seek shelter, the soldiers built a hut from tree tops and mud. His artillery outfit shot down 494 German planes with the M45 Quad mount, nicknamed the “meat chopper” and “Krautmower” because the four barrel, .50 caliber M2 Browning machine guns delivered a high rate of fire and was highly mobile against enemy aircraft.
German warplanes would attack at low altitude and then would rapidly retreat to avoid Allied fighters. The M45 Quad mount units were a strong deterrent to strafing runs by German warplanes because of the large firepower and because the four 50 caliber barrels could be "tuned" to converge upon a single point at distances which could be reset quickly.
The Hürtgen Forest claimed the lives and limbs of 33,000 soldiers (U.S. 1st Army) in combat and non-combat losses. It was dubbed the Allies’ “defeat of the first magnitude.” The Germans defended the area staunchly because it was the staging zone for the Ardennes Offensive, to become the Battle of the Bulge, and it encompassed a strategic dam. When Aachen eventually fell on October 22nd, the U.S. 9th Army had suffered heavy casualties.
Harold was the master cook and baker. He did not just feed the troops; he fed the entire battalion three meals a day. Fierce fighting forced him to serve one meal per day sometimes. He tells the story of the emaciated soldiers whom everyone thought dead but returned, having been saved from starvation by a Belgian woman who sacrificed and cooked her last rooster to feed them.
With limited resources, Harold always kept a pot of coffee on or warm biscuits, cooking with a 9 pound M1 Garand rifle on his shoulder. The cook was everyone’s lifeline and the soldiers tried to protect him as much as possible, sometimes setting up kitchen quarters in a thicket.
Harold had many close calls with grenades that should have gone off but didn’t or “seeing eye to eye with a low flying German pilot.” He does not speak of the horrors of war, the killings, the loss of limbs, and the utter destruction. His mission was to feed and nourish the soldiers.
While in Normandy, a young Frenchman named Louis Carmelich (Carmelex), Harold is not sure about the spelling of his last name, came by the kitchen quarters looking for something to eat. Harold gave him a few slices of bread, field rations, and chocolate bars. Louis took them home to his parents and returned a couple of times. He came back one day with a piece of charcoal and paper and offered to draw Harold’s portrait. He drew a large number 7 and from it, soon the likeness of an American soldier emerged. It was young Harold. I am trying to imagine how Harold made it home to the States with Louis’ charcoal portrait rolled up in his backpack, but he did. The paper is slightly yellowed by the passage of time but the framed portrait hangs proudly in the Turners lovely home.
Seventy years ago and thousands of miles away from his home and family, Harold, a young lad out of high school, was on a mission to feed an entire battalion fighting the common enemy, Nazi Germany. He is an unsung hero who deserves his place in history for his selfless service to our country in defense of freedom. To Harold Turner and all servicemen and women from World War II, your sacrifice and bravery will not be forgotten!
It's A Great Day in America
“It’s
a great day in America.” The atheist left is rejoicing that an NBA player is
out of the closet and Tim Tebow, “the often-polarizing quarterback,” as the
Washington Post describes him, (http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/early-lead/wp/2013/04/29/tim-tebow-released-by-jets/)
Severing ties from family and God has fundamentally changed our formerly cohesive society. The massive dependency on government welfare as the daddy of all out of wedlock newborns further eroded the American family. The Planned Parenthood abortion mill, the “social justice” indoctrination in school, the lack of morality, glamorizing the drug infested Hollywood lifestyle, and attacks on the Christian faith exacerbated the damage done to traditional marriage and family.
is
gone. Sport analysts and other NFL teams did not think he was good enough as a
pro quarterback but he was a very popular player. His overt Christianity was offensive
and annoying to the liberal PC police.
We
are living in the “Great Diversion” era, one unresolved real or manufactured
crisis after another and a disastrous economy, yet an NBA player’s sexual
orientation, which should be nobody’s business, demands accolades and public
speeches.
The
word “courage,” which MSM uses loosely to describe such public disclosure, has
lost its meaning entirely. Courage is fighting in battle when everyone else
retreats, saving another human being from peril when the rest are cowards, and sacrificing
heroically and bravely to the betterment of mankind.
No
wonder people are turning away from the ugly and terrible reality to the “pane
et circenses” (bread and circuses) reality TV, not just any reality TV, but
Duck Dynasty.
Duck
Dynasty is the most popular reality show on A&E, the formerly artsy elitist
channel which must irritate and drive to distraction the New York opera crowd.
Why do people watch and love Duck Dynasty? What is it that attracts people to
the reality show and its Louisiana cast of beautiful real women and their bearded
husbands who make duck calls for a living?
Phil
Robertson, the patriarch of the clan, gave up his promising football career to
make duck calls for hunters. The show ends each time with a prayer around the dinner
table of extended family and friends. It is something America longs for, a
return to family values and Christianity.
The
Robertsons love and care for their family, believe in God and country, hunt,
fish, and teach their grandchildren to carry, use, and handle guns responsibly.
Through comedic situations, they emphasize the value of work and respect for
elders. Most of them, with the exception of Willie, the CEO, live, dress, and
eat simply in spite of their vast fortune.
The
sage brother Jase and the Jack-of-all trades Vietnam War vet uncle Si delivers
witty one-liners while sipping his ever present glass of iced tea, a southern
tradition.
Miss
Kay, the matriarch of the clan, is the sweet and doting mother, wife,
mother-in-law, and grandma, who uses humor and southern wit to teach her teenage
grandchildren how to handle dating and abstinence from sex. This must irritate liberals
who encourage sex, out of wedlock pregnancies, co-habitation, and abortion.
Americans
love the Robertsons because they long for a return to family tradition,
respect, and interaction with meaningful, clean language, and dialog. The back
to nature, outdoorsy life is appealing to many Americans who love the simple,
witty ways of the Robertsons. The innocence of their daily lives is lost in our
troubled country.
The
clan is made up of ordinary Americans, who, in spite of their wealth, have not
changed their family values, traditions, and faith, all deeply rooted in the American
pioneer spirit and exceptionalism.
One
episode pokes fun at fancy coffee shops patronized by liberals who drink strange
and expensive concoctions of the caffeinated brew. Another makes fun of the
southern love of donuts. Jase runs into trouble with the communistic Home
Owners Association staffed by community volunteers who like to control other
people’s lives. Jase had chickens in his yard and burned leaves on his property.
He was told that he signed a contract in order to live in that neighborhood and
thus had to abide by the rules the HOA saw fit.
Avid
hunters, camouflage wearing, gun toting, blowing up beaver dams on their
property, eating squirrels, frogs, and other critters, the Robertson men must
have inflamed PETA and animal rights activists.
Duck
Dynasty is a show about southern culture, about family, about values unaffected
by wealth earned through entrepreneurship and hard work, a show about what
liberals call “rednecks with money” who live normal lives. It is a show about American
nostalgia for a time and innocence lost.
The
Robertsons embody the myth of what America used to be, the America in which the
family did not fight, did not use profanity, mom and dad did not divorce, people
respected each other and their elders, traditional marriage was important in raising
kids into healthy adults, and children did not move far away from their roots,
values, and from mom and dad.
Severing ties from family and God has fundamentally changed our formerly cohesive society. The massive dependency on government welfare as the daddy of all out of wedlock newborns further eroded the American family. The Planned Parenthood abortion mill, the “social justice” indoctrination in school, the lack of morality, glamorizing the drug infested Hollywood lifestyle, and attacks on the Christian faith exacerbated the damage done to traditional marriage and family.
We
should be celebrating the Robertsons and their lifestyle. It is what made
America great. Their family values are shared by the core majority of our
country. If we are to succeed, we have to return to those healthy principles
and celebrate Tebow for his character.
Thursday, April 25, 2013
Diversity and Multiculturalism, Failed Liberal Values
This
country was not built on diversity and multiculturalism, the failed liberal
ideology. We are certainly diverse enough and Americans come from many
cultures. For generations every immigrant to this country learned English,
American history, celebrated American traditions, and became a part of the
fabric of our exceptional society while honoring traditions from their ethnic
backgrounds and former countries they left behind.
Left
wing ideology with the help of Marxist college professors, Hollywood, and the main
stream media is determined to change that. We are suddenly an “evil empire”
with a heavy burden of pass transgressions and Americans should be ashamed of
their history, their Christian religion, wealth earned through hard work and
entrepreneurial ethic, and of the myriad of accomplishments that have saved and
improved the lives of billions on this planet.
The
Constitution has become a “living, breathing document” that old men from long
time ago wrote and is no longer applicable to our changing life where “social
justice” and redistribution of wealth, stealing from producers and giving to
takers, decisions made by Saul Alinsky type street organizers, are pressing
goals at every level of society. Our
laws are now just mere suggestions for minions to follow, the elite in power
decides what is good for our bodies and our lives even though it violates our
Constitutional rights.
We
are committing societal suicide through environmentalism gone berserk,
demographics, degradation of education via communist indoctrination in schools,
insane illegal immigration policies, abortion, out of control fiscal and
monetary policies, unraveling of the family unit, degradation of the
institution of marriage, and destruction of our Christian faith.
Liberal
groups have pushed multiculturalism and diversity heavily in the last 30 years.
We have legalized with little scrutiny people coming from third world nations
based on their Islamic faith, refugee status, skin color, gender, ideology,
sexuality, and economic background. We have given student visas at an
accelerated pace, hoping that smart, college graduates would stay in the U.S.
and contribute to society in a positive way.
President
Bill Clinton instructed border guards to wave those on student visas through as
expediently as possible. And the trees we planted are finally bearing fruit.
Those who wish us harm have attacked, killed, and maimed American citizens
because we have stopped enforcing the current immigration laws and border
control crossing. The government even sued states who tried to do their job and
enforce the border.
As
Marinka Peschmann said in a recent article, “If the Gang of Eight’s so called
immigration reform legislation becomes law, expect the number of illegal aliens
that will be legalized in a broken, crime riddled agency, the United States
Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), to explode.” http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/54653
The
Government Accountability Office warning that USCIS does not operate using the
“best practices, is an understatement. The recent Boston Marathon bomber left
the country for six months for Chechnya, a hotbed of Muslim terrorists, yet it
did not raise a flag because his name was misspelled on the flight manifesto.
Mohammed Atta, the 19th hijacker of 9/11 got his green card in the
mail at the college where he learned to fly a plane but not land it, six months
after the bombing of the Twin Towers. There is a backlog of 4 million legal
immigrants who are waiting patiently in their countries for resolution of their
visas so that they can come to the U.S. legally. Jumping the border illegally
and breaking the law is not an option.
Giving
amnesty to 11 million illegal aliens as proposed by the Gang of Eight is a
terrible idea because family members, stepchildren, gang members, those already
deported twice (p. 614), and drunk drivers (2 offenses) would be allowed to
apply. The gang members need only to “renounce” all association with the
criminal street gang and they are welcome into U.S. The Border Security,
Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act (http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/54471) stated clearly
this gang waiver on page 606. Habitual drunk drivers are inadmissible after
three offenses.
Once
the newly minted “Registered Provisional Immigrant” is secured in his/her legal
residency, the chain migration will commence. I described the economic and
societal implications of unchecked chain migration in my recent articles here
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/54639 and here. http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/54471
The
Associated Press described in an article about 19 employees following lawsuit how
ICE agents were “disciplined” for doing their jobs. Kris Kobach said, “Their
political superiors are ordering them to violate federal law.” (http://www.azcentral.com/news/politics/articles/2012/08/23/20120823ice-employees-file-lawsuit-stop-new-immigration-rule.html?nclick_check=1)
Marco
Rubio told Rush Limbaugh in a recent interview that the status quo of
immigration is unsustainable. He also said that immigration amnesty will come
first and border enforcement later.
We
tried amnesty for 3 million illegals in 1986 and it did not work so well, serious
border enforcement was quickly forgotten, that is why we are at this point
again, having to deal with 11 million more illegal aliens, drawn by the lure of
economic prosperity, generous welfare system, and the possibility of
Reconquista. After all, the “gringos” are not having enough children to replace
the dying population.
It
seems that, if the immigration laws on the books are not enforced properly and
the inefficiency of government has created such a back-logged status quo, the
new 844-page immigration bill would derive no benefit to the American people,
it would just create a new, bloated bureaucracy, draining more taxpayer dollars
into a bottomless sinkhole. Shouldn’t Americans have a say-so in who is
admitted into their country? Why are Americans from various groups not allowed
to testify before this amnesty bill is hurried on through?
The
truth is, the eight senators who sponsored this bill are making it easier for
asylum seekers/law breakers like the Boston Marathon bombers to come to the
U.S. (http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/54701)
Jim
Carafano, Heritage Foundation fellow, wrote on the Foundry, “Good immigration
and border security policies play an important, but supporting role. Generally,
the rule is, if you have good policies that facilitate legal immigration and
travel while providing for public safety and security – they will serve well to
help thwart terrorist travel.” http://blog.heritage.org/2013/04/20/the-boston-bombings-and-immigration/?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=Morning%2BBell
The
web of groups that lobby on behalf of illegal immigrants is quite extensive. I
wrote last year in my book, “Liberty on Life Support,” (http://www.amazon.com/Liberty-on-Life-Support-ebook/dp/B008CL3G3M) about such a group, Casa de Maryland. Casa de
Maryland board alumni include Cecilia Munoz, White House director of
intergovernmental affairs, and Thomas Perez, assistant attorney for civil
rights and recent nominee for the Labor Secretary post.
Maryland
is usually the first state in the nation that passes anti-American, pro-Agenda
21, pro-illegal immigration laws in the nation. It passed the Dream Act,
in-state tuition for illegal immigrants’, college bound children. It may seem
insignificant since only a few hundred illegal aliens would benefit from the
law, however, Gustavo Torres, Executive Director of Casa de Maryland wants to
take the Dream Act fight nationally because deporting 400,000 illegals annually
is an insufferable number of potential union dues-paying workers and Democrat
voters.
Casa
de Maryland is located in a mansion purchased for $1 from Gregg Clickstein, and
has a budget of $6 million. Republican State Delegate Pat McDonough objects to
the local, state, and federal money funding the house itself, to the legal and
other services provided to 20,000 illegal immigrants annually. “Gustavo has
created a sanctuary state… The Governor does his bidding, the politicians who
control power in the State of Maryland do his bidding…And his success has
caused financial and personal heartbreak for the State of Maryland. They are a
globally significant organization.”
Gregg
Clickstein naively and unintentionally describes what is wrong with the illegal
immigration lobby. “This nation of immigrants… and this new wave of immigrants,
and having the opportunity to assimilate and be great Americans. It just really
touched me.”
The
statement sounds idealistic and noble, however, most illegal immigrants have no
intention of assimilating, of becoming great Americans. They isolate themselves
in Spanish speaking enclaves or Arabic speaking mosques, bringing their native
countries culture of poverty, corruption, and religious oppression with them.
Illegal
immigrants believe in bigger government and welfare as a source of wellbeing
and success. They become new loyal Democrat voters who could ultimately shift the
balance of power in our country to Democrats, without any checks and balances. http://www.politico.com/story/2013/04/immigration-reform-could-upend-electoral-college-90478.html?fb_action_ids=597757090234936&fb_action_types=og.likes&fb_ref=.UXcVKkPk9Xw.send&fb_source=aggregation&fb_aggregation_id=288381481237582
We
are a nation of immigrants but we followed patiently the law of the land,
learned English, and assimilated into America.
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Butler on Business, April 18, 2013, Illegal Immigration Reform/Amnesty
Butler on Business, April 18, 2013. Ten minutes on illegal immigration and the faux reform/amnesty. I come on at the 34 minute mark.
http://host1.cyberears.com//19077.mp3
http://host1.cyberears.com//19077.mp3
Sunday, April 21, 2013
The Boston Marathon Bombing and Amnesty for Illegal Aliens
The
Boston Marathon bombing was a glaring and painful lesson in the premise of the
much touted gun-control legislation, which was thankfully defeated this week in
the Senate. Liberals and the administration were angry that their own brethren,
the Democrats, could not gather enough votes to pass the anti-gun legislation
that only 4 percent of Americans supported. This legislation would have denied
2nd Amendment rights to 96 percent of Americans who wished to defend
themselves against home invasions.
An
entire town was in lock down, held hostage to the idiotic creed that somehow,
leaving everybody vulnerable, without guns to defend themselves, shaking in
fear behind closed doors, while one 19 year old criminal was on the loose, would
make everybody safer and prevent harm to one’s family. I wondered how many citizens
wished they had the non-existent “assault weapon” or any weapon to protect
their loved ones.
On
the other hand, how was it possible that a goofy-looking 19 year old required a
massive man-hunt comprised of an entire SWAT team, police, and National Guard,
armed with semi and fully automatic rifles, similar to semi-automatic AR-15
that liberals said that law-abiding Americans should not own?
Astonishingly,
46 Democrat and Independent Senators voted this week to give away Americans’ Constitutional
rights to a foreign power, the United Nations. The U.N. Small Arms Treaty which
had been promoted by the current administration would have placed a global ban
on the importation and exportation of small firearms. All private gun owners in
the U.S. would have been affected, requiring an international gun registry on
all private guns and ammunition. Would criminals have abided by the treaty? I
don’t think so. The narrow vote of 53-46 prevented the United States from
entering into the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty - for now.
The
two Chechen brothers, Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the alleged bombers in
Boston, stole a car with a “COEXIST”
bumper sticker. Liberals love to display this sticker on their Priuses and
Smart Cars in order to show their tolerance towards other cultures and
religions that are usually not so tolerant or peaceful. Ironically, the elder
brother was taken to a Jewish hospital in an attempt to save his life.
Both
brothers, devout Islamists, were not so tolerant after all and did not wish to “COEXIST” in peace. They thanked the Bostonians
that took them in, gave them food and shelter, free education, scholarships,
mentorship, a mosque to pray in, legal residence, and even citizenship, by
killing and maiming Americans in cold blood on the day celebrating life,
American history, and marathon tradition in Boston, on Patriot’s Day.
According
to Glen Howard, president of the Jamestown foundation, there are less than 200
Chechen immigrants in the U.S., mostly in the Boston area. Seventy percent of
the immigrants are women. The Treasury Department lists the Islamic
International Brigade, the Special Purpose Islamic Regiment, and the
Riyadus-Salikhin Battalion as radical groups on a terrorist list. These groups
were implicated in the Moscow theater hostage bombing that killed 129 people
and the 2004 Beslan school massacre in which 320 children were killed.
The
Tsernaev family emigrated to the U.S. as refugees after the outbreak of the
1999 Russia-Chechnya war. There were four brothers, mom, and an assorted number
of relatives. The alleged bombers attended the Boston Latin School which prides
itself as being the oldest school in the U.S., founded in 1635, “serving an
economically and culturally diverse population,” with students representing 83
nations. The liberal ideology of diversity did not seem to work out so well
with certain groups of immigrants.
Because they claimed refugee status, the Chechens, who are Sunni Muslims,
were admitted into the U.S. when Dzhokhar was six years old. Educated in the
diversity of Boston, where being American is feeling guilty for perceived past
transgressions and wrongdoings of the “evil empire” against the rest of the
world, Dzhokhar became an American citizen last year.
Tamerlan was absent from the U.S. for six months yet that did not raise
suspicions. Ordinary, law-abiding permanent legal residents who leave the
country for more than 30 days are flagged by Immigration and must be moved to
the back of the line if they petition to become citizens.
It would seem that U.S. citizens should decide who immigrates to the U.S.
What was the benefit of these radicalized Muslims to U.S. citizens? How has
unchecked immigration benefitted Americans in the past? It encouraged chain
migration of low skilled workers who brought their extended families and later
became a financial burden to the U.S. taxpayers to the tune of billions of
dollar each year.
Why do liberals insist on bringing refugees from third world nations for
the sake of diversity? We are quite diverse and inclusive as a nation as long
as people are willing to become part of us, to grow together. Why bring people
in who hate America, its culture, its Christian foundation, religion, and its
language? Why do educators teach anti-Americanism? What purpose does it serve
to politicize tragic events and point leftist fingers at “right wingers” just
because ideologies collide? When tragedy strikes, we are all Americans,
regardless of skin color, religion, or ideology.
We are a nation of laws yet 11 million illegal aliens, mostly Latinos, who
broke our laws and crossed the border illegally, demand to be recognized and
rewarded with a path to citizenship while four million foreign nationals with
visas are waiting patiently in other countries to come to America lawfully. How many potential terrorists are hiding among
these 11 million illegal aliens?
The Gang of Eight senators promises that the border will be secured after
these 11 million illegals come out of the shadows. Who stands to gain from this
massive immigration bill? Big business, big labor unions, and representatives
of “unauthorized immigrants” (the new euphemism which replaced “undocumented
Americans”) such as La Raza (the Race) will benefit from “legislated amnesty.”
Only four percent of Americans who were polled think that amnesty is a good
idea. Ninety six percent of Americans oppose amnesty in any form.
It is not just the fact that illegals do not want to be assimilated and
live in their own self-appointed enclaves, trying to transform America into the
repressive country they’ve escaped from.
According to Robert Rector of the Heritage Foundation, amnesty would cost
taxpayers more than $2.5 trillion and is currently working to revise the number
upwards. Millions of illegal immigrants would qualify for federal benefits (welfare,
Social Security, earned income credit, etc.), college grants, and would receive
healthcare through Obamacare exchanges since they are not excluded from the
Affordable Care Act.
Sen. Rubio said that amnesty would be granted without government benefits
but that is just wishful thinking. As soon as illegal aliens get legal status,
they will be transitioned to citizenship, to federal benefits, and, most
importantly, to voting.
Millions of new Democrat voters will change the political landscape
forever. Latinos may be conservative with their religious values but they
believe that the source of financial success and prosperity is big government
and that will never change.
When Ronald Reagan amnestied 3 million illegals in 1986 with the Congressional
promise that the border will be enforced, the security never happened. The
amnesty caused more illegal immigration which brought us to the 11 million
illegals today. Only 37 percent of those amnestied in 1986 voted Republican. Furthermore,
this 1986 amnesty caused Republicans to lose California to the Democrats.
Social Security, Medicare, food stamps, and entitlement programs represent
trillions of dollars in unfunded liabilities to taxpayers. Adding more
recipients to the welfare rolls and retirement benefits rolls will increase the
already out of control national debt. Most illegal aliens have a tenth grade
education or lower, collecting more in benefits than they pay in taxes. The
broken immigration system should be fixed first before giving illegals
citizenship and federal benefits. (Heritage Foundation, Jim DeMint)
The inability and willingness to control the flow of potential terrorists
among the illegal aliens is just the tip of the iceberg. We cannot afford
trillions of dollars in extra government spending. We cannot afford millions of
illegal aliens in front of the employment line when 20 million Americans who
want to work cannot find a job. We cannot afford to sponsor an endless chain of
relatives most of whom have no means of financial support or education to earn
a living.
We cannot afford $900,000 to fund White House tours for our American
children but the Immigration bill wants to spend $50 million to help illegal
immigrants file for the “registered provisional immigration status.” Would it
not be cheaper if we enforce the current immigration laws and deport the
illegals back to their respective countries while stopping the “anchor baby” automatic
citizenship which was meant for the children of slaves not illegal immigration?
Friday, April 19, 2013
Silvio Canto Jr. - Terrorism After Boston, April 19, 2013
My thirty minute chat with Silvio Canto Jr. of Dallas. Topic: Chechnya and Islamists
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/cantotalk/2013/04/20/todays-message
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/cantotalk/2013/04/20/todays-message
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Comprehensive Immigration Reform to Include the Right to Work in Mexico?
The
long awaited comprehensive immigration reform, said to be 1,500 pages long,
will be unveiled on April 16, according to AP. On April 17, Vermont Democrat
Sen. Patrick Leahy
will hold hearings with one witness, Homeland Security chief Janet Napolitano. http://dailycaller.com/2013/04/12/immigration-bill-to-be-released-day-before-hearing/
solvency, poses no threat to Mexican labor, and shows a desire to assimilate.” (p. 5)
http://www.wilsoncenter.org/sites/default/files/GONZALEZ%20%2526%20KOSLOWSKI.pdfp.
will hold hearings with one witness, Homeland Security chief Janet Napolitano. http://dailycaller.com/2013/04/12/immigration-bill-to-be-released-day-before-hearing/
Sen.
Robert Menendez confirmed that Sen. Marco Rubio had an instrumental role in the
effort of four Republican and four Democrat senators nicknamed the “Gang of
Eight.” The bill includes a pathway to citizenship (amnesty) for 11 million
illegal aliens, which the MSM calls “undocumented immigrants living in the
U.S.”
Apparently
the cut-off date, April 15, was intended to allow only illegals who “already
assimilated into communities to stay.” Illegals who were caught crossing the
border from Mexico must not have gotten the memo because, as they were arrested
in Texas, one said in Spanish, “Obama’s gonna let me go.” Border Patrol agents
report that illegals crossing the border have surrendered while asking, “Where
do I go for my amnesty?”
http://radio.woai.com/articles/woai-local-news-119078/obama-will-let-me-out-11180453/#ixzz2QORwFaBf
The Senate Judiciary Committee will have
hours to read and review such a huge legislation. Americans would like the
hearing to be shut down until the legislation can be read, understood, and
debated. Immigration, police, wage and labor experts should be allowed to
testify on the impact of the bill on the U.S. labor force and the labor market.
We cannot afford to have a repeat of the unfortunately named the Affordable
Care Act that nobody can afford when we had to “pass the bill in order to find
out what’s in it.” The fact that illegals will be first legalized then the
border will be secured is troublesome to many Americans. The 1986 amnesty under
President Reagan promised such border security that never came.
The American Border Control, the formerly
U.S. Seaport Commission, a project of the U.S. Public Policy Council is
demanding that United States citizens have the right to take jobs in Mexico
under Sen. Rubio’s comprehensive immigration reform. www.AmericanBorderControl.org
Mexico’s General Law of Population of 1947 which was
revised in 1974, “promotes
an
immigrant population that
demonstrates good mental and physical health, economicsolvency, poses no threat to Mexican labor, and shows a desire to assimilate.” (p. 5)
http://www.wilsoncenter.org/sites/default/files/GONZALEZ%20%2526%20KOSLOWSKI.pdfp.
Foreigners, immigrant and
non-immigrant, must register with the National Registry of Foreigners (Registro
Nacional de Extranjeros) and report any change in their status and
residence. “No Mexican company or individual may lawfully hire a foreigner
unless the foreigner proves that his or her stay in the country is lawful and
that he or she has authorization to work. Under equal circumstances, Mexicans
will have employment preference over foreigners.” (p. 6)
http://www.wilsoncenter.org/sites/default/files/GONZALEZ%20%2526%20KOSLOWSKI.pdfp.
The
fact that illegal immigrants in general do not wish to assimilate or learn
English, will change the tapestry of our country. Eleven million newly
amnestied residents and potential Democrat voters will alter our country
irreversibly, creating a new power structure, with a single party and no
separation of powers. The financial liability will be enormous.
We
can accept illegals but they are not accepting us, our culture, our language,
they are not coming here to help our culture grow, they behave as entitled
occupiers. Illegals swell the numbers of the prison population around the
country. Gang violence, drug cartel violence and murder are rampant around the
southern border.
Illegal
aliens are not “undocumented workers,” they have broken the law by crossing our
borders without a passport and a visa. We must enforce the rule of law. Without
the rule of law, whether the law is broken by ordinary citizens or by those in
power, we are a lawless country and our civilization will turn into chaos.
The
Washington Times
reported on May 3, 2010 that illegal immigration is a felony in Mexico, with a
punishment of up to two years in prison. If an immigrant is deported and is
caught re-entering Mexico, the punishment is 10 years in jail. Those who
violate visas by over-staying, are sentenced to six years in prison. Any
Mexican aiding or abetting an illegal immigrant is a criminal. http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/may/3/mexicos-illegals-laws-tougher-than-arizonas/?page=all
Foreigners
can also be deported for discretionary reasons such as “economic or national
interests,” those who violate Mexican law, those who are not “physically or
mentally healthy,” or those who do not have the financial resources and income
to care for themselves and their dependents.
USA
Today
reported on May 25, 2010 that “Mexico has a law that is no different from
Arizona’s that empowers local police to check the immigration documents of
people suspected of not being in the country legally.” http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/world/2010-05-25-mexico-migrants_N.htm
American
Border Control’s Executive Director Jonathon Moseley explained, “The error of
amnesty is the myth that Mexicans are in financial trouble. Yet Mexico’s
December unemployment rate at 4.47% is lower than the U.S. unemployment rate
that was 8% for years.”
Moseley
commented that “we are gullible suckers.” While a record 89 million people are
either unemployed, underemployed, or out of the labor force, and the Black
population experiences 14.1 percent unemployment in the U.S., Mexico’s
unemployment rate averaged 3.68 percent from 1994-2012. http://www.tradingeconomics.com/mexico/unemployment-rate
“Adjusting
for purchasing power – converting dollars into pesos – the average salary in
Mexico is $49,574 per year. According to the IMF, $1 USD converted into pesos
will buy the equivalent of $8.07 within Mexican society. So the nominal average
Mexican salary of $6,143 per year in pesos actually can purchase as much in
goods and services in Mexico as a $49,574 per year salary in the U.S. economy.”
(Jonathon Moseley)
While
the U.S. economy is stagnant and anemic, Mexico’s economy grew by 5.4 percent
in 2010 and 3.85 percent in 2011. (CIA’s World Fact Book)
American
Border Control is “demanding that any compromise include a right for unemployed
U.S. citizens to find jobs in Mexico after losing their jobs in the United
States as a result of Sen. Marco Rubio’s policies.” Executive Director Jonathon
Moseley concluded that “Those who showed contempt for our country by violating
our laws and crashing the gate should not be also stealing jobs from U.S.
citizens.” www.AmericanBordersControl.org
International Baccalaureate World Schools
Liberal
education has been very successful in this country because nobody challenged the
progressive educators and their agenda. We are waking up to the unraveling of
our society caused by this liberal education and wondering, what happened. Could
it be too late to reverse the damage?
American schools use multiculturalism, diversity, ethnic studies, and intercultural proficiency/competency to promote social justice. Social justice is taught under the rubric of critical pedagogy. Critical pedagogy is the political arm of liberation theology and cultural Marxism/political correctness. The ultimate goal is to bring about social transformation at the collective level through indoctrination of our students. (Bill Ayers, Dec. 15, 2009)
Conservative
news outlets are pointing out the obvious – our children have been
indoctrinated into socialism for 33-40 years and this indoctrination is finally
bearing fruit. We have bred a nation of young, entitled citizens who do not
like to work, do not like to read or study anything too involved or complicated
that exceeds Twitter’s 140 words, do not take responsibility for their actions,
exhibit righteous indignation if their demands are not met, claim racism and
hate speech if others disagree with them, and are afraid of their shadows.
Students
no longer explore and discuss the history of America even in the History
Department of the local college – it has long been replaced by courses that
praise and promote sexual, “racial and ethnic differences,” instead of highlighting
our common American heritage, what made America great and an exceptional nation
that has contributed to the betterment of mankind. Socialist professors admire,
teach, and laud the history of non-western cultures as superior to our own
culture.
As
the Blaze reported, Thomas Klingenstein commissioned a report on Bowdoin’s (a
liberal arts college) academic and non-academic curriculum. The National
Association of Scholars produced 355 pages of information describing in great
detail what the college was teaching. http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/04/08/the-stunning-355-page-mega-report-that-reveals-the-radical-curriculum-at-one-american-college-and-how-a-golf-game-gone-awry-led-to-it-all/
Short
on critical thinking skills, the college, instead of concentrating on scientists,
men of letters, philosophers and orators who contributed to western thought and
civilization, chose courses such as Queer Gardens, Beyond Pocahontas: Native
American Stereotypes, Sexual Life of Colonialism, and Modern Western
Prostitutes.
Driving
by the local high school, Gar-Field, I noticed on the huge electronic board, IB
World School. Having studied U.N. Agenda 21 extensively, my spirits sank. An
international baccalaureate world school is another arm of U.N. Agenda 21
indoctrination of our children into “global citizenship, social justice, intercultural
understanding and respect,” submission to one-world socialist government, using
American taxpayer dollars. Most parents have no idea what IB is. IB programs
are devoted to the “radical transformation of America’s classrooms.”
An
IB World School is a private or public school that has agreed to offer the IB
(International Baccalaureate) program run and coordinated by IBO, a non-profit socialist
Swiss Foundation in Geneva, Switzerland, in partnership with UNESCO of the United
Nations. As a parent, in order to discover what the secret curriculum is, one
has to be an approved IB teacher, with a password that accesses the curriculum.
This sounds very similar to the CSCOPE curriculum in Texas which is kept quite
unavailable to prying eyes and ears.
Justin Blough describes the IB program at the school
he attended – no more learning about U.S. President, good values, no American
history, patriotic songs, and plays. Teachers have to wear the light blue
colors of the United Nations. Students are indoctrinated into becoming
“citizens of the world” instead of citizens of the country they were born in,
preoccupied with “moral, ethical, social, economic, and environmental
implications of global production and consumption.”
The
Rescue Mission Planet Earth is promoted by the IB program as the student’s
version of UN Agenda 21. The first director of UNESCO, Julian Huxley, stated
that UNESCO “is to help the emergence of a single world culture, with its own
philosophy and background of ideas, and with its own broad purposes.” Agenda 21
goals were advanced around the world with the help of ICLEI (International
Council on Local Environmental Initiatives) while IB World Schools are advanced
with the help of the IBO (International Baccalaureate Organization) in
Switzerland.
http://www.teaparty911.com/blog/the-ib-program-is-an-attempt-to-indoctrinate-our-children-by-socialist-organizations/
According
to Debra K. Niwa, IB programs are very costly
to schools if the number of diplomas
awarded (10 on the average) are considered, and the numerous fees and costs for
teaching and non-teaching positions, student and subject fees, assessment fees,
evaluation visit fees, and expenses incurred in traveling out-of-state and
out-of-the-country for training purposes, are taken into account. The average
training cost per staff is $8,000. These are taxpayer money that cannot be
spent on regular education, books, athletics, and other regular school
activities. We should teach American values, reading, writing, science, and mathematics.
http://watchdogwire.com/florida/2013/02/26/florida-has-the-most-schools-offering-the-international-baccalaureate-but-is-it-worth-it/
There
are three levels of IB program: the pre-university two year diploma (DP), the
middle years program (MYP), and the primary years program (PYP). When the IB World
School program is adopted in a local school, the taxpayers have no idea because
they are not asked for approval. The public does not know that these IB schools
cost millions of dollars. The Swiss IBO (International Baccalaureate
Organization) is making huge profits at American taxpayer expense while it pays
no taxes. The non-profit IBO is operating in 48 states, including D.C., and plans
to have 10,000 schools and 2.5 million students by 2020. There are over 2,000
IB World Schools in the U.S. and 74 in Virginia. http://www.channelingreality.com/Niwa/IB_unraveled_040610.htm
Where
does the funding come from for the IB World Schools? After grants expire, the
annual cost is paid by state and local taxpayers. Frequently, local and state
taxes must be raised in order to cover the cost.
If
a public school applies and qualifies for an IB World School, Title I funds for
low income populations are tapped and other federal grants such as:
- The Magnet
Schools Assistance Program
- AP Test Fee Program
- GEAR UP
- Advanced Placement Incentive
Program
- Smaller Learning Communities
Program
- Academic Competitiveness Grants
According
to Debra K. Niwa, IB’s “education purpose, content, and teaching methods, when
the veneer about ‘rigor,’ ‘international mindedness’ and ‘quality education for
a better world’ is removed, the program represents non-academic goals that support
United Nations’ Agenda 21 sustainable development.”
Since
1970, IBO (International Baccalaureate Organization) has been an official NGO
(non-governmental organization) of the United Nations Educational, Scientific,
and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
The
founder of IB, Therese Maurette, describes her educational philosophy that runs
against our Founding Fathers’ ideas of what American education should be. Maurette
believes bilingualism to be imperative because “It is important psychologically
to be willing to subordinate one’s national superiority by speaking to the
other person, however imperfectly, in their mother tongue.” The concept of “nationality” must be minimized
in order to encourage students to develop a picture of the whole world. “History should not be taught until well into adolescence
because, for the younger student, it inevitably consists of a series of stories
and myths glorifying violence and misrepresenting events by giving them a
nationalistic bias.” http://pjmedia.com/tatler/2012/05/24/school-stops-teaching-basic-facts-goes-internationalist/
To
shape students into pawns of international change, IB programs use “pedagogical
methods that are intended to affect the fundamental transformation of America’s
classrooms.” Schools that adopt the IB program must also adopt the
international moral and ethical values. Whose values are these? They are the
diverse values of different cultures as contained in the Universal Declaration
of Human Rights, adopted and proclaimed by the General Assembly of the United
Nations in 1948. They are not our American values, they are values that
encourage social change in which “the
rights of individuals are linked to those of the collectives:”
• Awareness of human rights combined
with a sense of social responsibilities;
• Value of social equity and democratic
participation;
• Understanding and tolerance of
cultural differences and pluralism;
• A caring, co-operative and
enterprising spirit;
• Creativity;
• Sensitivity to gender equality;
• Open-mindedness to change;
• Obligation to environment protection
and sustainable development.
These
“Desirable universal values” of United Nations education have made their way in
the main stream American education, they were found in a list given to
educators in North Carolina at an in-service workshop: (source Debra K. Niwa)
-
There
is no right or wrong, only conditioned responses.
-
The
collective good is more important than the individual.
-
Consensus
is more important than principle.
-
Flexibility
is more important than accomplishment.
-
Nothing
is permanent except change.
-
All
ethics are situational; there are no moral absolutes.
-
There
are no perpetrators, only victims. (author Beverly Eakman, 2002)
Niwa
quotes Alexandre Cretzianu’s 1956 book, “Captive Rumania – a Decade of Soviet
Rule,” in which he explains that the western values of “liberty, democracy, law, right, security” are just lip service because
under a communist dictatorship, “laws set forth obligations for the citizen,”
but there are no restraints on the actions of the state.
Harold
G. Shane wrote in 1976 in the Phi Delta Kappan, “As
young people mature we must help them develop …a service
ethic which is geared toward the real world…the global servant concept in
which we will educate our young for planetary
service and eventually for some form of world citizenship … implicit within the ‘global servant’ concept are the moral insights” . . . that will
help us live with the regulated freedom
we must eventually impose upon ourselves.” (Debra K. Niwa, July 2009)
“Young
people need to feel first of all global citizens, second national citizens and
third local citizens. Among my generation, it is the other way round. Change
will be difficult, but schools are already thinking about curriculum changes.”
(“IB is showing the way,” IB World, May 2008)
Volunteering
is not left up to churches and individuals who are charitable by nature, the IB
program “requires community, action, service.” National service and compulsory
community service are required under collectivism and authoritarianism. I know
because we used to be forced into monthly “volunteerism” under communist party
dictatorship: plant flowers, trees, shrubs, pick up garbage, mow grass, plant
the crops, and harvest the crops in the fall. We had no choice and we were not
paid for our hard work, fed or given water. We were taken out of school as
slaves to the collective.
In
a world culture of peace, “dialectical thinking” is a required component of IB.
Debra K. Niwa wrote, “Dialectical thinking is reminiscent of what George Orwell
described in his novel 1984: Doublethink means the power of holding two
contradictory beliefs in one’s mind simultaneously; and accepting both of
them.”
Social
Justice is a core part of the International Baccalaureate (IB). UN Agenda 21
Sustainable Development is re-engineering human life by using social
equity/social justice, a new economic system called public-private
partnerships, and environmental justice by “devaluing man to the level of
animals and plants.” (Michael Shaw)
Shaw
continues, “The modern war on liberty fosters confusion in our schools
regarding the nature of what is a moral government. It uses divide and conquer tactics by separating
people into groups under the principle of social justice. It creates
dependency via an emerging global corporate socialism based on public-private
partnerships.”
American schools use multiculturalism, diversity, ethnic studies, and intercultural proficiency/competency to promote social justice. Social justice is taught under the rubric of critical pedagogy. Critical pedagogy is the political arm of liberation theology and cultural Marxism/political correctness. The ultimate goal is to bring about social transformation at the collective level through indoctrination of our students. (Bill Ayers, Dec. 15, 2009)
One blogger, mdefarge, described the
goals of the IB World Schools quite succinctly. “…what ICLEI is to the environment (better stated, "in
the name of" the environment), IB is to education - elitist global dogma
executed at the local level through schools: American education brought to you
by the New World Order. Talk about a propaganda coup!” http://www.dailypaul.com/237926/international-baccalaureate-new-world-order-and-american-education
Cathy Tyler gave a few examples of “what IB
educated children say (From Why International Baccalaureate IB is Un-A by
Samuel Adams 1722 (YouTube):- I
would make people ride their bikes or walk, no cars.
- I
would eliminate factories because they pollute the air.
- I
would stop loggers from cutting down trees.
- I
would save all the animals in the world.” http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/40204
IB World Schools indoctrinate our
children into a collectivist mindset, the hallmark of a socialist economy and a
government ruled by the Communist Party, under the guise of environmental and
social justice. We should not allow IB to downplay our nationality and make
American students feel ashamed of our history. There is no shame in being an
exceptional nation, there is pride and accomplishment that benefitted the
entire globe and still does.
IB World Schools endorse the UN
Earth Charter which contradicts our Constitution as well. Earth Charter
promotes redistribution of wealth, same sex marriage, pantheism, and military
disarmament. These are not the values American children should learn in our
nation founded on Judeo-Christian values, personal responsibility, a strong work
ethic, and equal opportunity to succeed, not equal outcomes.