It's Almost time for a PEACEFUL REVOLUTION!!

Post Christmas greetings to everyone, I hope you had a good one. More & more lately, it seems like the people are ready to take up arms & head for the streets. This would be the idea of last resort, and frankly, I don't think that there are enough Americans with the BALLS, much less the BRAINS to make that happen!! So, once again, I Have observed from the sidelines & come up with my own answers.

1.) JOIN A POLITICAL PARTY!! It really doesn't matter which one, most of them, the big two anyway, are pretty much the same anymore.

2.) BECOME ACTIVE IN THE PARTY THAT YOU JOIN!! many people are Republicans & Democrats 365 days a year, but they only take part on election day, at the most they MIGHT put a sign for so and so in their yard, maybe a bumper sticker on their car, they might even send a little bit of money to their favorite Candidate. But, beyond this (and cornering you at the water cooler during break time & telling you WHY YOU SHOULD VOTE FOR SO AND SO!!) they really don't do anything more than vote, then they BITCH about all of the politicians and how they're nothing more than a bunch of crooks looking out for their big money friends.

In Colorado, we have a Precinct and caucus system, this means that the ACTIVE party members get together for neighborhood caucus meetings and nominate & vote for people who will then go on to the county conventions and try to convince the people that attend these as delegates & alternates to vote for those candidates. If these candidates get enough votes then they will appear on the primary election day ballot. Whichever candidate WINS the primary (unless they ran unopposed.) then goes on to the general election to run against the other parties candidates, the overall winner obviously becomes the next elected official.

What I'm saying is this "Shut up & do something about it!!" if you're tired of the same old career politicians then get VERY active at the grass roots level, you may even decide, after a while, that you want to run for office, hell, you might even win!!

As an example, many years ago, a good friend & neighbor of mine was an active republican, I was just a voting republican at the time. He took me over to meet our party precinct captain, after that I became more active in the local party & started attending meetings whenever I heard about them. Eventually, I got to know other active members and even went to a few conventions( county, the local congressional district and even the Colorado state convention in 2004) as an alternate or a delegate. at one point some of the other regulars even talked about having me run for our state representative ( someone else decided to run,so I decided not to, they'd been alot more active for a lot more years in the party) office, did I mention that at the time I was just a delivery driver for a local car dealership? So, If YOU all get INVOLVED, we can have a peaceful Revolution and, ultimately, change America into something more, something better, for all of us, for generations to come.

See you on the beach!!

Illegal Immigration Reform-part 2

In part one I discussed several ways to put an end to illegal immigration. in this part to I'll talk about amnesty eligibility and paying the costs involved.

1.) All current Illegals should come forward, register with the government and pay a registration fee. this would be applied at, oh, lets say $1000.00 for a single illegal immigrant adult and $200.00 to $500.00 per extra ( Spouse) person. This would raise about 10 to 30 ( Based on estimates ranging anywhere from 12 to 40 million Illegal Immigrants currently in the U.S.) Billion Dollars. Portions of this money would be used to Pay for Background checks on those people that pay the fee, they would be allowed to stay in the U.S. pending the outcome of their background ( Criminal, they would be required to give up DNA samples, Fingerprints, etc.., and Medical.) checks. They should also be checked out in their country of origin. Of course, all of this would require many more people at the local, state and federal level( can you say" A LOT of Jobs created?? ) to handle the checks andthe paperwork involved.

2.)No communicable diseases or Criminal (Felony ) record: If the Illegal Immigrant passes their check with a clean bill of health, then they would, at this point, be allowed to apply, while staying in the U.S., for permanent Legal ( of course they would have to pay all of the fees normally associated with doing so.) resident status. My Wife came to the U.S. Legally before I met her, after we got married we applied for Permanent resident status for her, and ultimately, she became a U.S. Citizen, all told, this took about 7 years and cost us somewhere around $10,000.

There was a hospital on Ellis Island, thousands of Immigrants from europe were detained there and eventually sent home because they had tuberculosis or some other disease. this is why we should have the medical check, The criminal check should need(remember those photos, dna samples and fingerprints mentioned earlier? ) no explanation.

These applicants would be required to give a valid address when they pay their initial fee. they would then have to check in physically on a monthly basis. while their status is determined.

3.) Paying the initial fee in installments: The applicant would have they option of paying a down payment( at least $250.00 ) of their initial fee. this would encourage them to try and become legal, of course, if they don't pay the remaider, or fail their backgroud checks, then all bets would be off and they would be detained and deported.

4.) All applicants would be required to sing up for English classes: this requirement would be waived if the applicant can demonstrate at least a 50% profficiency in reading, writing and speaking english.

5.) Eventual Citizenship: All applicants would ultimately be required to attain U.S. citizenship, they would have to do this within 5 to 7 years of obtaining resident alien status.

6.) Social security: if an applicant is successful, social security funding would start on the day that they're approved, If they have been here working for any amount of time before this (illegally) using a taxpayer I.d. # to file taxes, then any ssi deductions taken before that date would be forfeit to the government.

7.) Children of Applicants: Minors that aren't here legally would not be charged a fee, because they did not come here by choice. On their 18th birthday provided that they either graduate from High School or get a G.E.D. and have no criminal or gang record, they would then be given american citizenship, if they do not meet these requirements they would then have to pay the fee as an adult would in order to avoid deportation, they would also have to follow all other steps to eventual citizenship. This policy would start with all illegal immigrant children that are here when the law goes into effect, and end when the last children (with proof that they were all ready here when the law started!) turn 18 years old.

8.) Some exceptions: A.) Military service. If a person is absolutely unable to pay the initial fine then they may join the armed services for a term of 5 years,this is not excessive as the military all ready requires a 5 year commitment if you go to one of the service academies and get an officers commission, the applicant would receive full citizenship after they finish their term of enlistment. The French all ready offer this if you do five years in the foreign legion. Of course the applicant would still have to pass all background checks.

B.)Criminal record and a review board: If, for example, an applicant had been convicted of a felony (excluding manslaughter, murder, rape or pedophilia ) many years before, had served their sentence and been released back into society, this person would be able to go before a review board. The board would determine, after seeing the record and actions of the person since their release. the applicant would have to prove that they've been a positive influence on society (by bringing witnesses,letters from employers, friends, church pastors or other personally known figures of authority. if the board decides positively then the applicant would be able to pay their fine and proceed.

9.) Penalties: A: If an applicant is not qualified they would be given a certain amount of time to put their affairs ( sell their house , if one is owned, or other personal property that they may not be able to take back to their home country.) in order. they would then be required to report on a certain date for transportation and deportation.

B: Any person who follows these procedures and ultimately attains full citizenship May lose their Citizenship and be deported. If at any time after receiving citizenship, that person is convicted of a Felony, they would serve their sentence and then be deported.

C: Any person who is legally deported and returns to the U.S. Illegally, would face a minimum 3 year felony sentence, on top of any other charges, if they are caught. this would be for the 1st offence with 3 additional years added for every time that they are caught in the U.S. after that time. I know it seems rather totalitarian, but they would eventually realize that they aren't welcome here and quit trying to come back.( I believe that I covered this in one of my earlier points.)

If implemented this policy would eventually save the U.S. ( that's all of us!) untold amounts of money and put many Americans back to work. Have a nice day and see you on the beach!

Illegal Immigration Solutions-Part 1

Now there is talk in Washington d.c. About pres. Obama possibly trying to get amnesty for Illegal immigrants in the U.S., just like pres. Reagan did back in the '80's.

This would be a Huge mistake, unless, the government takes some steps to stop illegal immigration. So, Here are My ideas.

1.) Change the 14th amendment. This was added to the constitution after slavery was abolished to ensure that former slaves would have constitutional rights as Americans, and,so that their descendants would be American citizens automatically. Last time I checked, all former slaves are long since dead. Ireland was having the same kind of problem with "Anchor Babies" as we do now, their solution was to change the rules.

Now, in order to be born as an Irish citizen, your parents must be either Naturally born citizens,naturalized citizens,or, LEGAL permanent Residents that have been LEGAL for 5 years or more. If we adopted this plan we would no longer have the issue of anchor babies.

2.) Force ALL Employers to utilize the "E-verify system", currently there are many companies that don't use this system and still hire Illegals, yet, the "official Unemployment rate is somewhere around 10 percent, my wife is a naturalized citizen from Mexico, we Have a lot of friends from Central & South America. I couldn't tell you which ones are here legally (It's not polite to ask your friends questions like that.) or not. I can tell you that almost all of them (90%+) have jobs, Most of the people that I know that don't have jobs are white or black and are Americans.

3.) Check Citizenship status for Housing and, or, Government Benefits.

If we force landlords, mortgage companies/lenders to verify Citizenship (using E-verify) then many Illegals would, quite possibly, leave on their own. In the matter of government benefits, these would be used like this: A family of five( mom, dad,3 kids ) has two kids that were born in the U.S., their Benefits would be based on two people, not on five, because only two are american citizens. This would save the government(That means all of us!!) Billions of tax dollars.

4.) Deport all Illegals that are arrested.

Many cities(Denver is one of them.) have declared themselves as "Sanctuary Cities and have told their law- enforcement people that They may not question the citizenship status of anyone that they stop or have any professional involvement with. there are many people here whose only crime is that they are here illegally, they work hard, keep to themselves and generally are pretty good people. There is another class of illegal here that are always trying to pull scams, commit crimes(dui, dwi, fraud, Identity theft, fighting, robberies and more.) These particular people give everyone of their race, whatever it is, a generally bad( and often undeserved.) reputation, they were usually losers at home and they are losers here in the U.S.

when someone commits a crime and they are caught, their status should be questioned. Obviously, the good people that are here aren't going to be arrested if they're not committing crimes, If they already have a place to live and a job ( Remember item # 3.??) then they should be ok. The Criminals should be fingerprinted, DNA sampled, blood sampled etc..., this information could be put into the national criminal database and kept even after they're deported(after they've served their sentence of course!) if they come back to the U.S. and are caught again, then they should have a nice long sentence( and no bail, probation, or, parole.) 5 years for the first time(more for every time that they get caught coming back again.) etc...

Eventually, the criminal element from other countries would get the message and would either leave on their own, or, not come here at all.

Rounding up all illegal immigrants and deporting them is just an implausible pipe dream that some people( I'm not one of them!) have, however, getting rid of the bad guys is totally doable if the government would PAY ATTENTION!!. next part, we'll talk about paying for all of this, have a nice day!! see you on the beach!!

National health care-part four

As I write this the national health care plan seems to be stalled out in Washington, this is probably a good thing for us as the bill seems to be quickly growing into a huge monster. The problem now seems to center around the abortion issue, well, as usual, never fear, for I, have a plan and it's actually pretty simple.

Unless I'm mistaken, Planned parenthood is the main abortion service provider in the U.S.,the people on the right feel that the Government shouldn't pay for abortions with their tax dollars, and they're absolutely right( the left feel that they shouldn't have to pay for private (read religious) schools with their tax dollars in the form of vouchers, they are also right. It's simple, add a donation slot on to our tax return forms, If you feel that abortion services should be payed for by government funds, then, feel free to check yes in this box and fill in the amount that You would like to contribute to the fund out of Your Income tax return, these funds, along with private or corporate donations, would be the only Government funds, used for this purpose. Those who are morally or religiously opposed to abortion services could then be assured that their money is not used for something that they don't agree with, and, of course, the other side would be able to put their money where their mouth is. Come to think of it, we could also use this same concept for at least two other sometimes controversial issues, mainly, government funding for the National Endowment for the arts( anybody else remember the uproar about Robert Maplethorpe's art a few years back?)and also for Private school vouchers. This is not an Original concept,we already have a box on our tax forms for campaign funds( which I never check off, they take entirely too much of our money as it is!!)

So, there you Have it, My Ideas on National Health care, let's just hope that our "friends" in Washington actually get a look at this before they drag us all screaming over a cliff.

Have a happy Holiday, no Matter which one you like( I prefer Merry Christmas Myself) and stay frosty, see you on the Beach!!