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What are Catholics and Evangelicals Thinking!

Catholics, who are admonished by the Pope and Church leadership that they must not vote for candidates who support abortion and the gay activist agenda including gay marriage, and Evangelicals who maintain a strong moral stance against these issues as well, are leaning to Barack Obama.  Perhaps they are Catholics and Evangelicals in name only. Catholics and Evangelicals, and members of any conservative, traditional faith group for that matter, who would vote for Obama, whose views and policies are antithetical to Judeo-Christian morals and values, are not being true to their faith.  This is called hypocrisy.  Voting for a candidate who supports evil is to commit an act of evil.    

Add me to the list! (OneNewsNow.com)

My computer crashed.  I've been having loads of fun trying to get back in business--the blogging business.  Not!!  What a pain!  PC is still not working properly and until it is my posts will be delayed.  Hope to be back soon!

Interesting article on how to solve tax problems, free trade, and more written by three experts in economics and political science.  The final paragraph suggests this:

"Our suggestion would be the choice of Huckabee as his running mate, and put in charge of tax reform; Paul could be director of management and budget in charge of finding ways to cut federal spending; and Warren Buffett could be the secretary of the treasury with instructions to implement Import Certificates to balance trade. If Sen. McCain picks this team, not only would he win the presidential election, but he would also preside over an economic boom after the election."

McCain's dream team: Paul, Huckabee, Buffett

Throw the bums out!

Taxpayers footing bill for luxury rides (OneNewsNow.com)

by John F. Wilhite, Ph.D.

To say that this news is depressing is an understatement.  What makes it tragic beyond belief is that 10 million children dying every year is not necessary.  They die from pneumonia and diarrhea, both easily and cheaply treatable.

As indicated in the report linked below, the treatments "include antibiotics that cost less than $0.30 to treat pneumonia, the top killer of children under 5, and oral re-hydration therapy — a simple solution of salt, sugar and potassium — for diarrhea, the second top killer."

The article does not indicate the total cost of preventing millions of deaths per year but based on the figures stated it could hardly surpass $50 million ($5 for each child to have several doses of antibiotics and/or the hydrating solution).  The top fifty nations would only have to contribute a mere one million dollars per year to avert this tragedy.  The leading nations of North America and Europe spend billions daily, often on nonsense, but they fail to provide a few million a year to prevent the agonizing deaths of millions of children. 

We elect government leaders with the confidence that they will govern responsibly with logic, ethics, moral standards, and compassion and we expect them to strive for the common good.  They do not.  And we continue to vote for presidents, senators, representatives who are not guided by Judeo-Christian values placing human life and welfare, especially of innocent children, above their own self-interests and political expediency.  They continue to fail at being true statesmen and public servants; they fail at their duties; they fail the people who elect them; they fail the children and others who need them.  Governments are responsible for these deaths and so are we.

10 million children die from lack of health care - Kids and parenting- msnbc.com

McCain's Amnesty for Illegal Aliens, Again

by John F. Wilhite, Ph.D.

According to reports, McCain is speaking about renewing his push for comprehensive immigration reform focusing on border security first then guest worker and path to citizenship provisions immediately after.  Why does this have to be an either/or situation?  Securing the border will take two or three years of a massive effort.  Waiting until after that time will only exacerbate the problem.  Both border security and immigration reform need to be addressed at the same time--and that time is now! 

ICE round-ups of a few dozen illegal aliens at places of employment is woefully inadequate when considering the millions in this country.  The estimate of 12 million is an old statistic and understated; more recent and likely estimates place the number of illegal aliens at 20 million.  ICE needs more personnel devoted to apprehension and deportation and the participation and collaboration of other law enforcement agencies is sorely needed.  The deportation process should be streamlined as well since it takes far too much time to process individuals for deportation.

The large numbers of illegal aliens incarcerated in federal and state prisons and local jails should be entered into the immigration data base and flagged as never being allowed subsequent entry into the US and they should be deported en masse.  When illegal aliens are apprehended for a criminal offense they should NOT be released on bail.  ICE should be contacted immediately, the individual should be positively identified in the data base and barred from subsequent entry into the US, and deported.

Along with currently held prisoners and subsequently apprehended offenders, another group of illegal aliens that ICE and other law enforcement should be actively pursuing includes the unemployed criminal element.  The victims of this group, often innocent American citizens, deserve greater security and protection.  Raiding the homes, street corners, and other locations of gangs, drug traffickers, and similar criminals would deter crime while ridding the country of undesirable illegal aliens.

Illegal aliens who are employed and have no arrest record should report to government offices (more will need to be opened temporarily for this process) to apply for a temporary worker permit.  Priority should be given to those with children and then those who are married.  The work permit will NOT be a path to citizenship but after a period of time, perhaps three years, the status of permanent resident alien could by earned by those who desire it and meet current regulations for that status.  Permanent resident aliens who subsequently desire citizenship must fulfill existing requirements. 

A work permit is NOT amnesty since those who obtain it will face a double penalty for breaking our immigration laws.  First, all monies they have paid to the government through employment withholding will be forfeit and those funds should be earmarked specifically for border enforcement and immigration resolution (the term "resolution" is preferred over "reform").  This system for assessing the penalty is recommended rather than a specific amount since working illegal aliens have enjoyed the privileges of work and life in the US for varying amounts of time and earnings.  Second, an additional penalty should be imposed, consisting of a percentage (20% for example) of wages to be withheld from gross salary and, again, earmarked for border security and immigration resolution.  This second penalty should be for a set amount of time such as two years.

Those employed individuals who are granted a work permit should NOT be required to return to their home country to "wait in line" as required in some proposals for immigration reform.  This stipulation is unnecessary and would cause a hardship on employers, the illegal immigrant employee and his/her family, and taxpayers.  A "return home" clause in any legislation would have the end result of taxpayers footing the bill for the return trip as many granted a work permit will not be able to afford the expense.  Much like the "rights" of criminals, "you have the right to an attorney, if you cannot afford an attorney one will be provided for you (the criminal, at taxpayers' expense)" a "return home" provision will result in "you must return home, if you can't afford the trip a ticket will be provided for you at taxpayers' expense."  While it is unfair that those granted a work permit would jump ahead of those who pursued the immigration process legally, the balance is that the illegal immigrants would pay a heavy double penalty for this infraction.  Deleting the "return home" proviso eliminates a number of burdensome and unwieldy bureaucratic and economic problems involved in the working immigrant resolution process.

Finally, the "anchor baby" situation that concerns many can be addressed with a change in current immigration policy.  Changing the 14th Amendment to resolve this issue is a near impossibility and is unnecessary.  Current immigration policy that liberally allows foreigners to petition for an extended list of family members should be changed to allow petitions only for spouses and children under the age of eighteen.  Children, then, including "anchor babies," even though they are US citizens, cannot petition for their parents.  This should be allowed only to those who achieve permanent resident alien status, not those who are granted a temporary work visa.

Concerning border security, in addition to fences, cameras, motion sensors, and drones, a few other possibilities should be considered.  Military bases--including regular Army and Air Force and national and air national guard--should be established in border states and located in proximity to the border.  The focus should be on training for land and air (helicopter and drone) border security.  Active and guard duty personnel who train along our border assisting with border security patrols would then have the expertise to be used overseas as the need arises to perform border security duties such as in Iraq and Afghanistan.  Further, Border Security should raise the age limit for employees to allow for experienced retired military personnel, particularly MPs and helicopter pilots.     

McCain courts Hispanic voters - - Breaking News, Political News & National Security News - The Washington Times

Read my comments on this issue at the link below.  Take action:  Write Congress that you want legislation to prevent taxpayers from bearing the financial burden of abortions and the children of single mothers.

Townhall.com - Juan in a Million

Only in America!  Enter the country against the law and you have the "right" to protest, demand jobs, citizenship, welfare, free medical care, free education, and other entitlements.  American citizens stopped attempts at "comprehensive immigration reform" before and I suppose we will have to keep at it until someone comes up with the right plan, gets the law passed, and enforces it.

Protests nationwide for immigrant rights - Life- msnbc.com

Townhall.com - Juan in a Million

Read the article by Paul Weyrich, my comments, and take action!

Townhall.com - Juan in a Million

Read the key points to a report on education and my comments about government spending and corruption.