Friday, March 31, 2006

Illegal Immigration

Immediately punishing employers for using illegal immigrants is not just since the US has not enforced the current immigration laws. But I do believe that if we pass legislation that the provisions and enforcement must be mandatory. There should be penalties for employers not adhering to the laws but, a reasonable amount of time should be given for them to register the immigrants in a guest worker program. Losing the workers should not be a penalty since Americans are not filling those jobs.

Employers have broken the laws and I would place the burden of ensuring registration on the employers and make a mandatory garnishment of wages for the proposed $3000 penalty over a 5 year term for the immigrant. This fine would cover the unpaid taxes for the immigrants. Failure to file future tax returns should be grounds for deportation.

Failure to adhere to our immigration laws becomes a felony for both immigrants and employers, but again a reasonable amount of time for the employers and immigrants to correct the issue. Immigrants who fail or refuse to register with the help of the employer must be immediately terminated from their employment. And the employer would be mandated to inform immigration authorities. Likewise strict fines and penalties should be imposed on employers with possible jail time for failing to register all immigrant workers in the guest worker program.

Immigrants who want to become a citizen could automatically make application when registering for the guest worker program. But under no circumstances should they get preferential treatment. They are not entitled to our health care system unless they pay or the employer pays for the policy. Their children do not automatically receive citizenship. And failure to abide by our laws would revoke their guest worker permit and they would be deported.

These immigrants are just looking for a way to support their families and you can not fault them for it. Many Americans refuse to take these jobs because of the wages an employer can afford to pay workers. As long as immigrants register under the guest worker program, are not committing crimes and paying taxes they should be allowed to stay in the US and work.

Next stop border patrol!

Wednesday, March 22, 2006

Cruel and Unusual Punishment Mandatory!

Ohio Judge John Conner let a man who repeatedly raped a 5 yr old and 12 yr old boy off on probation. This kind of judge needs a dose of the actions he condones. I’d like to see him thrown in jail and repeatedly gang raped anally by at least 20 grown men daily for a 1 year prison term. I believe this is this would be the only just punishment for Judge Conner.

I am completely outraged and have a zero tolerance for anyone that harms children. This man has ruined the lives of these 2 boys and does not deserve to live in my opinion. He deserves the same treatment as Judge Conner and then needs to be put to death like a rabid dog.

These people commit crimes like this have no remorse nor have any control over themselves. Death is the only solution for sex offenders. A second chance to ruin another’s life is unacceptable.

Today another story about a man Kenneth G. Hinson in South Carolina was arrested for kidnapping 2 seventeen year old girls and raping them. He held them captive in an underground room under a shed in his back yard.

"In 1991 he was convicted of raping a 12 year old girl. Just before his release from prison in 2000, a review committee recommended he be committed indefinitely to a Department of Mental Health facility. But Circuit Judge Edward Cottingham rejected the recommendation, saying prosecutors failed to show that Hinson would likely offend again."
This Judge also deserves 1 year of getting gang banged in prison.

Recidivism of Sex Offenders, full report & Statistics by the Center for Sex Offender Management(CSOM a US Department of Justice program) summarizes current research on the reoffense rates of sex offenders and explores important issues in defining recidivism. It shows:
□ Rapists ranged between 7 and 35 %.
□ Child molesters with female victims ranged between 10 and 29 %.
□ Child molesters with male victims ranged between 13 and 40 %.
But these percentages are based on reconvicted offenders. What about the repeated offenses not convicted or caught?

We continue to sit idly by and watch these sick people violate our children. There is one solution and that is death. You can not rehabilitate these people their minds are corrupt and can not be cured. The recidivism rate of convicted sex offenders is too high when it comes to children. The more I think about it 25 years in prison is not sufficient for destroying a child’s life. A minimum sentence of 80 years minus the victim’s age would be acceptable. If we are not going to put them to death then life in prison I can live with in good conscience.

When it comes to children I believe there should be an exception to the 8th Amendment of the Constitution for convicted sex offenders and “cruel and unusual punishment” should be mandatory!

Tuesday, March 07, 2006

"Leaks" Commit Treason

Leaks about classified programs cost us millions of dollars, put lives at risk and compromises our national security. That’s why I would like to see “leaks“ charged with treason and a minimum 25 years to life in prison. And if the result of the leaks result in a direct or indirect death of military personnel or operatives that person would be subject to execution.

“Lawmakers serving on the House-Senate panel probing pre-Sept. 11 intelligence breakdowns have been asked to submit to lie-detector tests to learn the source of a leak…”
No longer can we tolerate the leaks out of Congress or any other American. These Congressmen have no right to be above the law and should be punished if they placed our people in harms way. Why shouldn’t they be subject to a polygraph test if they were the only ones that could have possibly leaked the information?

“The Senate's top Republican expressed little sympathy for the members of the panel, however, and savored the irony of the lawmakers' predicament.”
Journalist should not be immune to the proposed law either. Conspiracy with a “leak” should have similar punishment. Confidential “leaks” about classified government programs and information has to be protected. Especially if our men and women lives serving this country are at stake!

Look at the NSA wiretap leak. The loss of valuable information and an edge on the enemy has placed American lives are at risk. Why don’t we just let the whole world know our military plans and tactics so that can prepare for our attacks? Can you say element of surprise?

“If we can't trust our nation's leadership with sensitive information, then we ought to go back and start all over again.”
Maybe background checks and a security clearance should be mandated by the Constitution if we can’t trust our elected officials to keep sensitive and classified information secret. Or better yet keep Congress out of military operations? Either way I believe jail time should be in any “leaks” future!

Monday, March 06, 2006

Redistribution of Wealth…

...she felt that her father had for years harbored an evil, selfish desire to keep what he thought should be his.
How accurately this story shows the differences between Republicans & Democrats!

Reprinted from Right On!

Thursday, March 02, 2006

Katrina’s Devastation Anticipated Yet Residents Stayed

Despite all of the warnings hundreds of thousands of people stayed in their homes. You would have had to be living in a hut not to know the Category 3 hurricane was coming. City, State and Federal officials warned people to get out, yet they stayed. So where is the blame to fall?

Administration critic’s like Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La. Said:

"Despite the president's claims, the federal government was clearly not 'fully prepared' for this disaster. The administration was told what Louisiana already knew: that our federally constructed levees could certainly fail. But these concerns, and others made by disaster relief experts, fell on deaf ears," she said in a statement. "This is further evidence of the dysfunctional federal leadership that occurred before, during and after hurricanes Katrina and Rita hit the Gulf Coast."

Enormous amounts of finger pointing have gone on concerning the response to the disaster. But why are not the people who refused to leave responsible? They created a far greater task to rescue units, police and aid givers. Why is the concept of personal responsibility so hard for liberals and Democrats to comprehend?

According to an ABC News article:
Though city and state government authorities were primarily responsible for evacuating people, the disaster plan notes that Louisiana "had identified a shortage in resources required to evacuate and support shelters."

…Under the disaster plan, preparations for the storm should have begun at least three days before it made landfall. With Katrina, New Orleans ordered a mandatory evacuation 20 hours before the storm struck. FEMA officials were supposed to have critical resources in place before landfall.

State and City officials had the primary responsibility for the safety and evacuation of the people, so why such harsh critics of President Bush and the Administration? And if people refuse to leave a disaster area with at least a 20 hour head start whose fault is it that they can’t all safely be evacuated?

Is it the governments fault? Why doesn’t personal safety fall on the one’s own shoulders? ESPECIALLY if you were told to evacuate? The government can only protect stupid people so far. Just like Tsunami people stood there and watched the waves crashing toward them staying in harms way to video tape the disaster. You are just asking for it.

Yes many of the people could not get out because of either economic or physical means, but that’s were help from FEMA rescue teams, police and fire fighters come in. They are there to help people who can not help themselves. NOT rescue people fully capable of getting out, or those that stayed to pillage the vacant homes and businesses.

Could things have been done differently? Yes! Can we learn from our mistakes and correct them in the face of future disasters? Yes! Can we continue to blame the government when we fail to take responsibility for our own personal safety? Especially when we have full knowledge of imminent danger? I say not!

Growing Gap Between the Rich and Poor

According to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and the Economic Policy Institute:

Under current law, nearly all of the tax cuts enacted since 2001 is slated to expire by the end of 2010. The President’s budget calls for making most of these tax cuts permanent. [If he does]

· Households with incomes above $1 million — the top 0.3 percent of households — would receive $67 billion in tax cuts in 2011. The average tax cut for these households will be nearly $160,000 in that year.

· Households in the top 1 percent of the population (those with incomes above about $500,000 in 2011) would receive tax cuts worth $96 billion that year. Their average tax cut would be more than $60,000.

· In contrast, the bottom 60 percent of households would receive tax cuts worth $42 billion, less than half the amount going to the top 1 percent of households. The average tax cut for these households would be a little under $500 in that year.
Democrats continue to hammer the President on the tax breaks that benefit all Americans and purport hating the rich because they make more money and receive larger tax breaks. So lets take a quick look at what seems fair.

· Income $1,000,000 @ 36% tax = $360,000 in annual tax before deductions.

· Income $100,000 @ 28% tax = $28,000 in annual tax before deductions.
So the bulk of the burden of supporting the Federal, State and local government is on the wealthy in this country. They pay for the majority of the costs of services that benefit all Americans. Welfare, Military, police, firefighters, highways, public transportation, environmental protection, disaster relief, social security, etc… can we do without any of these services and more? Not to mention the businesses and jobs they create.

If you want fair lets take the entire budgets of all governments and the services they provide and make each person young and old pay their share. Without doing the math I’m guessing that the individual portion is more than most of us could ever make in 10 lifetimes.

Why is it that liberals and Democrats turn the hate toward the very people that are keeping this country safe and providing the taxes that pays for the services we enjoy daily? Isn’t that “biting the hand that feeds you?”

According to the socialistic views of many liberals & Democrats a person that graduates from MIT and a person with a high school education should make the same income. They neglect the fact that it takes thousands of hours of education and work to get there. I can prove that if you offered a million dollar or more salary to every American that only a few would ever do what it takes to receive that kind of income. Statistically the top 1% in the US makes $1,000,000 or more income. Every American has this opportunity in this country.

There have been many great men and women throughout America’s history overcoming tremendous odds and achieving success in this country. That same opportunity exists as it did when George Washington, Thomas Edison and Henry Ford lived. It is the American Dream to success and pursue happiness, so why so some begrudge those that benefit from their hard work?

Maybe it’s plain old jealousy!