Here we go into the Fall with gay marriages, immigration, and a mosque as the issues that seem to be on everyone's mind. Personally, I think the economy and jobs would be more important, but hate just gets people so emotional and emotional people are the ones you can count on to vote.
In thinking about the immigration issue, I was pondering the idea of "dropping a baby" or "anchor babies". When Joseph and Mary went to Bethlehem to settle the tax issue, wasn't it sort of like "dropping a baby"? Was Jesus an anchor baby? Just something that crossed my mind. There is no doubt the border needs to be enforced. California has essentially turned into a
greenhouse for the drug cartels since it's easier than smuggling drugs. But sure as my fingertips are plodding along on this keyboard, if we didn't have illegal workers, our travel industry (for one) would come to a crashing stop tomorrow. That would put more citizens out of work, and that would be a catastrophe. While we all ponder a solution, the governor of Arizona has done a great favor for the
private prison industry. Oh, excuse me! Make that
"partnership corrections".
And my thoughts about the mosque are, as usual, divided. It's a blessing and a curse to see both sides of something. If, indeed, the recreation center is only devoted to promoting peace, more power to them. Maybe they should consider also putting a little prayer chapel for Christians in the building, and a meditation temple. (Although the USA was not intended as a strictly Christian nation.) They have every legal right to do with their property as they wish. Property rights, and all. According to the US Constitution, the government cannot tell you what to do with your property (except in some unusual circumstances). But as President Obama said, the wisdom of going ahead with the project can easily be debated for as long as just the constitutionality. Since so many Americans (Muslims included) are upset about the plan, it seems sensible to take more time to thoroughly look into it or, possibly, consider other options.
Interesting times, that's for sure.
But we need our jobs back on our soil - to heck with corporate profits. Outsourcing (as Carly Fiorina did with HP) has been disastrous and globalization has failed. The US has morphed into a 3rd world consumer of cheap stuff made overseas. The financial world (Wall Street) is simply making tons of money on other people's money with smoke and mirrors. Regulation is called for. There isn't any race war; it's a class war. One percent has taken in 2/3 of the 'cash', while 90% has had access to only 12% (2002-2006).
Trickle up economics.
I hope all is good for you folks who are reading this. Thank you for stopping by!
