ABSENT MINDED THOUGHTS

SOMEBODY HELP ME, FOR ONCE SOME DEMOCRATS ARE MAKING SENSE!

First of all, let me say… “I am not a Democrat, nor am I a Republican, I am in fact a Nonpartisan Voter.”

Prior to the last Presidential campaign I was a registered Democrat who rarely voted that way in the National elections. Oh, I would sometimes vote Democrat in the regional and local elections (more often the local elections). My dad was a Democrat, my mom was a Democrat, so I just kind of fell right in there when I was old enough to vote and registered with the Democratic party.

The thing was though, when my mom and dad registered with the Democratic party, it was somewhat closer to how the Republican party is today. It certainly wasn’t as extremist or liberal as the Democratic party today.

I was also a Union man for 19yrs. I think most people have a pretty good idea about the ties between organized labor and the Democratic party.

In my humble opinion the Democratic party was in decline by the time I got to be old enough to vote (Carter/Reagan), and has gotten steadily worse.

George Bush was a better alternative than John Kerry (no doubt in my mind about that), but what the hell has he shown us lately? If we are gonna fight a “War on Terror,” why are the boarders wide ass open? Why are we allowing outsiders and rebel rousers to decide OUR POLICY on immigration? What will it take for the man in the White House to recognize what’s going on? Another Civil War? Another 911?

I received the forwarded email (below) from well known local Democrat, Andy Johnson. Andy has a colorful local radio show here in North Florida. He is a liberal Democrat, but I’ll be damned if the email he forwarded to me doesn’t have some valid points and ask some valid questions.
Do I agree with all of it? Not exactly, I question point (8)…in my opinion only LEGAL immigrants are entitled to a living wage. Illegal aliens aren’t entitled to shit.

Am I gonna revert back to being a Democrat? Highly unlikely! However, something’s got to change. We need a viable alternative to this two party system that we have now, we need a party that genuinely cares about the future of this country. Remember the Alamo? Anybody?

BUSH IMMIGRATION PROPOSALS ARE A FRAUD

(1) I simply cannot believe that George Bush is sending our National Guard to the Mexican Border without any protection. Does he not realize that the "illegal" drug runners from Mexico are armed? What will protect these guardsman from any sniper shots that may be fired at them? How can any of these guardsmen detain any drug runner or any "illegal" border trespasser until the border patrol arrives if he is unarmed? I say this, that if any of our guardsmen in this border area is wounded or killed for not being armed to protect themselves, then George Bush should be impeached immediately.

(2) Bush did not provide a moratorium to "temporary" close our Mexico boarder to all immigrant workers or border crossovers, until the present proposed immigration laws in Congress have been "fully" implemented and also operational.

(3) No annual immigration "cap" was placed on the number of immigrants that would be allowed into this Nation in the future after this new proposed immigration program is enacted into law by our Republican U.S. Congress.

(4) No provision was made to protect our public school systems and the tax payers that fund them. Bush could have accomplished this by requesting the immigrant "parents" of the school children to show proof that they are legal "parent" immigrants at the time they enroll their children into any of our public schools each year, or "that an application has been made" by the parent to file for "legal" immigration status under this new Senate proposed immigration law; before any student is permitted to attend any U.S. public school within the United States. This would be one way to entice the present "illegal" immigrants now in this Nation to register for proper "legal" citizenship. This proposal would also save our taxpayers money that could be utilized for construction of additional classrooms as a result of our over populated communities and school enrolments.

(5) Bush proposed that the present "illegal" immigrants must provide a background check PRIOR to receiving their citizenship AFTER their TEN year stay in this Nation. Give me a damn break, this Nation should require a background check right now in regard to their criminal records that they may have committed while they where in their country of Mexico. If any immigrant has a previous Mexico criminal record, this person should be deported immediately. This would save our law enforcement agencies millions of dollars now or in the future in relation to law enforcement expenses, prosecution, and incarceration expenses in regard to potential criminals.

(6) Any U.S. Citizen, business employer, or temporary business employment firm must provide "family" health care insurance for any immigrant employee regardless of their status. Should any employer hire any immigrant for employment in this Nation, this employer must provide health insurance for all employees within this business firm and shall maintain this insurance at the "employers" expense for a period of one year. After one year, the expense will be divided between the employee and the employer. This proposal would save our taxpayers millions of dollars in health care costs for those who have no "family" health insurance.

(7) Bush did not propose that the present Minimum wage in this Nation should be increased to all workers of this Nation to provide a decent wage for everyone including all immigrants regardless of their status. He also did not impose any stiff penalties on any employer who failed to pay the National or State minimum wages in regard to all immigrant workers regardless of their immigration status.

(8) Bush did not impose any prison sentence for any employer who may have broken our laws regarding the employment or checking the legal status of any immigrant employee. From my perspective, any U.S. employer or U.S. citizen who hired an "illegal" immigrant in the year of 2005 to the enactment date of any pending immigration bill, must therefore pay a fine of $2,000 for each" illegal immigrant that he had hired within this identical interim period. After the enactment of any new Congressional immigration law for the future, it should therefore be mandated that if any U.S. employer should hire any "illegal" immigrant or fails to check the legal status of this identical immigrant; any employee or the employer of this U.S. business shall be in violation of the law for not verifying the information or legal status of any hired immigrant, and shall be subject to a fine of no less than $2,000 for each immigrant that was illegally hired or employed, and shall also receive a "mandated" prison term of no less than two years in prison with no provisions for restitution, appeal, or probation upon any conviction relating to this law provision.

posted by Mrite @ 5:26 PM