BILLIONS OF U.S. DOLLARS GOING TO EUROPE!

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The United States has agreed to prop up the International Monetary Fund and European currencies by offering an extended credit line to help bail out Greece and Italy.  Our government has not released the amount of money to be transferred.  

THIS IS OUR MONEY! WE'RE ALREADY IN DEEP FINANCIAL CRISIS!  WHAT IN THE HELL IS GOING ON? 

That's MY AMERICAN QUESTION, respectfully submitted. 

THE ILLEGAL AMNESTY DEBATE

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I am the first one to say that our current system of dealing with illegal immigration sucks.  Furthermore, it is unconstitutional because it gives one class of people, illegal Mexican immigrants, rights and privileges not provided to other classes. 

That having been said, whose fault is it that they are here?  Where does the blame really belong?  The knee-jerk reaction is, “If they hadn’t crossed the border illegally, we wouldn’t have this problem.”  I agree with that premise, but it is not as simple as that. 

If you tell your child not to touch the burner or he will get burned and he touches it anyway and does not get burned, you have just lost all of your credibility.  Soon, he will be touching the burner on a regular basis and sticking his tongue out at you while he does it.  If you reward him under these circumstances with a lollipop, you’re a goner. 

That’s exactly what has happened with the illegal issue.  If you can sneak across the border with your family, your children get a free and much better education, you get welfare and social security, and you get free health care.  The odds are that if you get caught, you’re not going to be deported.  So, why not take the risk? 

Now you have been here for ten years, you have established friends, you are earning a living and paying your taxes and the government wants to deport you?  Shouldn’t we really be looking at those responsible for establishing the incentives that brought you here?  In the eyes of the law, our government has created the “attractive nuisance” and it should be held responsible. 

The very first thing we have to do is to stop the freebies for anyone who makes it across the border after today.  We need to seal the borders and provide hefty penalties for crossing it illegally and we need to enforce them.  We need to take those who have arrived recently, say within the last five years, and deport them.  As for the rest, we can give them a two-year limited amnesty and give them that length of time to take the classes and become U.S. citizens or leave the country.   We can also require that they learn English and obtain employment.  Finally, we must enforce the laws against employers who knowingly hire illegal immigrants. 

That’s MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.  

HOW DO WE FIX OUR COUNTRY?

This Thanksgiving weekend, we’ve all been pausing to refresh ourselves, to draw a deep breath, to be with family and to recharge our batteries.  Now comes the question:  How to we recharge our country? 

If I’ve heard it once, I’ve heard it a thousand times: “What happened to the good old days when our government worked for us?”  Therein, my friends, is the answer. 

In the good old days, we raised our children with ethics and religion.  In the good old days, we taught Civics and U.S. History in high schools.  In the good old days, we held liars, crooks and unethical people in contempt, particularly if they were in Congress; they’d never stand a chance in hell of being elected to the White House.  In the good old days, we didn’t bend or ignore the law if we didn’t like it; instead, we changed it.  In the good old days, marriage was an institution we were proud to be part of, and we worked our tails off to keep a marriage and a family together. 

We can get back to the “good old days” you know.  Of course, we do need to step off this merry-go-round of life that we are on, to get the I-Pods and Kindles out of our faces and to get our heads out of the sand.  We need to draw a deep breath and open our eyes and ears to what is going on around us.  Then, we have to go to the mirror and look at ourselves and say, “Together, we can do this.” 

It’s that simple.  Let’s get started today.  I call it, “One step at a time and one giant leap for America.” 

That’s MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.  

TO ALL THE TURKEYS IN LIFE

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

See you Saturday

WILL THE 2012 ELECTION TURN US INTO A SOCIALISTIC DICTATORSHIP?

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The 2012 election is not just about electing a new President or turning over all of the seats in Congress.  The 2012 election is about whether or not we are going to entirely change our system of government from its current Democracy into European-style Socialism or even a Socialistic Dictatorship.  That’s right; if you think Obama has ruined this country with his change during his first term, just imagine what we will have if he gets reelected. 

You and I both know that, in Obama’s eyes, he will have a “mandate” to continue changing the country into socialism, to totally trash the Constitution and to form a new system of government.  If you think for one minute that this President has treated us badly with his cram-downs and cavalier attitude, just reelect him and see what happens. 

“Ah!” you scowl, “Obama would never do that!”  Just look back over the past three years and ask yourself if you are happier now with what is going on in Washington than you were before.  And ask yourself how he has already raised more than $86 million toward his 2012 campaign, more than all Republican candidates combined. 

Where does all of that money come from?  Do you think it comes from Tom, Dick and Harry next door?  Do you think 172 major companies have kicked in $500,000 each already?  How much of it comes from Solyndra kickbacks and other such sources?  How much of it comes from unions?  Here’s the real question: if he is going to raise $1 billion as he says he is, how much of that money is going to come from “unidentified foreign sources” such as what happened in the last election?  I am not kidding here. 

If you have serious foreign money coming into this country to affect our election, just what do you think they want to happen to our country and its government? 

Ponder what I have suggested here and start giving some serious consideration as to how you are going to vote in 2012. 

That’s MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

WHO FOR PRESIDENT IN 2012?

I have been asked repeatedly who I like for President in 2012.  Of course, people want me to make my own insignificant endorsement.  I do get a lot of crazy reactions when I say “Obama,” probably because people who follow my writings know full well how much I despise the weenie.   

There is a school of thought out there that the emphasis should be on who can beat Obama.  The theory is that Obama must go and that the Republican selection for an opponent should be based solely on who has the best chance to beat him.  My answer to that is, “How about Genghis Khan?  Would you prefer him over Obama?  Or, how about Pee Wee Herman?” 

Indeed, we all know what we want in a President.  We want someone who can bring the opposite sides of Congress together in the common purpose of working with the President to resolve the serious issues that are facing our nation today, and in the most expeditious manner possible.  You can add a few lines to that, but I’m sure I have basically summed it up and it doesn’t involve getting rid of Obama.  The plain simple fact is that, if you find someone who fits this job description, Obama cannot and will not ever get rehired. 

Who among the candidates best fits that description? 

Frankly, I think the only candidate who can work both parties in Congress is Newt Gingrich.  His experience and track record as Speaker of the House working with both Clinton and the Republicans produced the “Contract for America.”  No other candidate, in my opinion, has that ability. 

We also need someone with business understanding and expertise.  I would say that Mitt Romney and Herman Cain both fit that trait quite well.  But, we both know that Mitt is elusive and, I think, a closet liberal; after all, haven’t you heard of Romney Care?  Regardless of Romney’s pledge to trash ObamaCare, Romney was the true author of the concept.  That speaks to his liberalism and warped thought processes.  Herman, on the other hand, also has a great business track record and he’s very obviously much more conservative than Romney. 

Finally, we want someone who is patriotic to the bone, someone who will make decisions for the country that are based on what is best for the country in light of our rich democratic heritage.  I think Romney is a tad selfish in that respect, but Gingrich, Cain and Bachmann are definitely not.  Bachmann has become a victim of the far-left liberal attacks on the Tea Parties, but she has demonstrated a keen interest in the financial affairs of the country and endless patriotism. 

So, at the moment I like Gingrich, Cain and Bachmann.  I don’t know that either Cain or Bachmann can being Congress together so that we can accomplish what needs to be accomplished.  Frankly, I am inclined to suggest that Bachmann can do far more to help us in this direction as a Member of Congress; we need all of the help there we can get. 

But, those three are my picks to go forward.  Of the three, I think Gingrich could best debate Obama, but that is not MY sole criterion.  At some point in the near future I will come forth with an endorsement and a recommendation on how to go forward.  What will happen in the not too distant future is that those who do not stand a chance will drop out and endorse somebody.  Percentages will change.  But the fact is that Romney hangs in at 20-25% consistently which means that 75-80% of Republicans would prefer someone else.  Just because the liberal media insists that he has the best chance of beating Obama is not a valid reason to back him. 

For once, I think all of us would like to be in the position of voting for the guy we like as opposed to having to vote for the lesser of two evils.  Let’s work together to make it shape up that way. 

That’s MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.   

"SUPER" COMMITTEE IS A SHAM

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The so-called “Super” Committee of twelve Members of Congress is an outright sham and needs to be regarded as such. 

In the first place, let’s set the record straight: They are talking about reducing proposed spending by $1.2 trillion, but the remaining spending levels will still be far higher than they are today.  This is not a cut, it’s a sham.   If I raise expenditures by $4 trillion and then back it off to a $2.8 trillion increase in spending, how can I turn around and tell you I just cut spending by $1.2 trillion?  That’s the game they are playing and both parties are being complicit. 

Before Barry and Harry came up with this great Super Committee idea, we were looking to cut $4 trillion off the budget.  The plan now is to pass this $1.2 trillion “deal” and placate the American public.  If you think there is even the remotest of intent to cut further after this is done, you have not been studying what Washington does and how they manipulate us. 

If they should not pass this sham, don’t think for one minute that they will pull the “trigger” and cut military spending and raise taxes.  That stipulation will be recalled and sidetracked before you know what has happened.  Then, we’ll be back to square one, facing Christmas vacation and we’ll have another punt to February or March.  In the meanwhile, Moody’s is already raising the possibility that they will join Standard & Poor’s and downgrade U.S. debt. 

So, you see, the whole scheme is a sham and we are the goats.  Let’s see what happens next week. 

That’s MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.  

LET IRAN HAVE NUKES

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I was listening to the news yesterday  and suppositions abound that if Iran gets nuclear weapons, the other countries in the region will also start nuclear weapons programs.  Of course, the theories continue, war is always inevitable in the Middle East and this all adds up to nuclear wars in the Middle East. 

This provokes the question: Would that be bad? 

Think about it: If they all go to war against each other using nukes, the end result will certainly be extinction.  I submit to you that having all of those weirdo Islamics extinct is not such a bad idea.  That's one definite way to get rid of the continuous threat of international terrorism  and it would therefore be entirely possible that the world could know peace at last.  

Yeah, I know.  I should run for President.  

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

WAS THE BLOOD SHED BY VETERANS FOR NAUGHT?

VETERANS DAY WEEKEND

Every year on Veteran’s Day, we pause to salute and to thank our American military veterans who made the ultimate sacrifice for God and Country.  Throughout 2-1/2 centuries, our military has stood ready to risk limb and life to preserve the freedoms and liberties that our forefathers crafted so carefully for us.  Cemeteries throughout America and overseas contain the bodies of those whose souls were given in the defense our nation and what we stand for. 

Those of us whose ancestors came across the ocean in the 1600’s to escape tyranny, those of us whose ancestors fought in the Revolution, the Civil War, World War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam and the Middle East… we know what sacrifices have been made in the name of God and Country and it saddens us to see the state of the nation as it exists today.  Our government is encroaching upon virtually every aspect of our lives.  Our freedoms are being eroded and we are being pushed into economic slavery. 

We so desperately need a leader who can unite us in the common interest of healing this nation and restoring the values upon which it was founded.  Surely, there is not one person in Washington, not in Congress and not in the White House, who is or can be that leader.  They are all… each and every one of them… tainted by the scourge of graft, greed, corruption, debauchery and selfishness. 

Once again, the Grand Lady… the Spirit of America… calls upon us to stand together, united in purpose and bound together in the common bond that built this nation.  We must, we simply must, take our country back. 

That’s MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.   

IRAN REDUX

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The Iran hostage crisis, where 52 Americans were held hostage for 444 days from November 4, 1979 to January 20, 1981 after a group of Islamist students and militants took over the American Embassy in support of the Iranian Revolution, bears some eerie resemblance to the modern day Iranian nuclear threat.   

The episode reached a climax when, after failed attempts to negotiate a release, the United States military attempted a rescue operation on April 24, 1980 which resulted in a failed mission, the destruction of two aircraft and the deaths of eight American servicemen and one Iranian civilian. Jimmy Carter was President at the time and seemed to be impotent in dealing with the Iranians.  The hostage situation drug on and on and Carter’s popularity plummeted.  

The crisis ultimately ended on January 20, 1981, when the hostages were formally released into United States custody, just minutes after the new American president Ronald Reagan was sworn in.  Reagan, of course, always dealt from a position of strength.  

Now we have the Iranians in the very verge of being able to launch a nuke at Israel or at U.S. forces in Afghanistan.  Our current President, Barack Obama, seems to be impotent in dealing with the situation and it appears to me that only the Israeli government is prepared to deal with the threat.  Obama has made big news by letting it slip in public that he has a great disrespect and dislike of Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu.  

It’s a different kind of hostage situation, to be sure.  But, it appears to me that Iran once again has the upper hand and we once again have a weak and incompetent President.  

That’s MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.