Anchors Away?
Before all you nautical nerds yell at me, I know the correct phrase is "anchors aweigh."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anchors_Aweigh
Anyway......
Lately there has been a lot of talk about the new Arizona 'immigration laws' and all that they entail. One of the latest arguments is the question of whether or not "anchor babies" should be denied naturalized status despite being born here.
"Lemme splain, no, that would take too long, lemme sum up..." Inigo Montoya, The Princess Bride.
An "anchor baby" is what people refer to as a child born to illegal immigrant parents but by the virtue of being born on US soil the child is a natural born American citizen and the parents are typically allowed to stay for the sake of "keeping families together."
In the past, an anchor baby was the road to citizenship. I was one of those anchor babies... my parents' legal status notwithstanding, (and I am NOT saying that they had me solely for that reason) the fact is that if you had a child here in the 70's, after a certain amount of time you were allowed to apply for citizenship and were rarely denied. Immigration laws in general were pretty lax in those days, and this was just one loophole. Getting married with an American, which you can still do, is still common practice. But no longer can you claim citizenship because your child is an American. Especially if you are illegal! Now I think the rule is that the child is an American with all the rights afforded all Americans, BUT, the parents have to leave. They can take the child with them, or leave him/her with relatives legally here. If they take the child back 'home', the child can return on his/her own with full citizenship status when they are 18. Don't quote that, I just think it's like that.
"Every Person born within the limits of the United States, and subject to their jurisdiction, is by virtue of natural law and national law a citizen of the United States. This will not, of course, include persons born in the United States who are foreigners, aliens, who belong to the families of ambassadors or foreign ministers accredited to the Government of the United States, but will include every other class of persons." Senator Jacob Howard, Co-author of the citizenship clause of the 14th Amendment, 1866.
Republicans in Arizona have recently made a push for a law that would deny an 'anchor baby' his American Citizen status because they were born under false pretenses. (their parents being here illegally and by that logic the child should have never been born here)
Also, not all countries offer automatic citizenship by birth.
And until the 14th amendment was adopted and written into the Constitution, it was not offered here.
The 14th Amendment starts off like this....
"Section 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside...."
It was written to offer former slaves born in the USA full citizenship status.
Those are the Republicans arguments.... I actually have no opinion on the matter right now, I am more interested what everyone else thinks and more importantly, why they feel that way. PLEASE LEAVE RACISM OUT OF IT! That is not a valid argument.
I have a cousin, she is Ecuadorian. Her two daughters were born here. In my opinion, she was smart. When she got pregnant she applied for a visa to come visit the US. It was granted and she flew here 8-9 months pregnant. Her daughter was born an American. When her visa was up, she went back home. After some years, she became pregnant again. Once again, she came here to have her baby. On a personal level, I think she has given her 2 daughters the greatest gift on this planet. So for her, and them, I am glad.
Here is where the slope gets slippery. Article II, Section 5 of the Constitution requires that the President MUST be a Natural Born Citizen. The purpose for this being that the President's allegiance can never be questioned.
Now, my cousin's daughters were born here and are American citizens but for all intents and purposes, they are Ecuadorian. That is all they know, that is where they grew up, that is where all their friends and family are. (not including 'distant' cousins like me) If they were to rise to the office of the President of the United States of America, assuming they came here and made that their goal, where would their allegiance be? I personally believe that in matters concerning Ecuador at least, they would be Ecuadorian first.
Enter Barack Obama. Many dispute whether or not he actually was born on US soil. Is his allegiance first to America? Would he die for it? I personally also doubt this.
I want to know what you folks believe... please comment.
Do you agree or disagree that we should deny 'anchor babies' their American citizenship status.
Gubment cheese stinks!
Junior, your liberal kook friend who shall remain nameless constantly proclaims that he is NOT a 'liberal' or 'democrat'. Instead he claims he is, for lack of a better term, a moralist! He even says that he has no affiliation and does not put himself in any group or political party. Instead he just keeps attacking what he calls 'the Elites'.
I say they are all Comunistas, VIVA FIDEL!!! VIVA CHE!!!!
Put simply that is all they are, it is all the same philosophy.... There is a big debate going on with all the liberal vs. conservative pundits on whether or not Obama is a Socialist. Conservatives claim that Obama's policies and actions define socialism and Liberals just denounce any of that talk as racist (instead of arguing on the merits.)
I SAY, huevos! All the semantics of what they call themselves... liberals, democrats, progressives, socialists, communists, fascists, oh wait, no one calls themselves a fascist anymore although let me assure you it is a leftist ideal.
Bull caca! I call them all Communists. that IS what they are. For a more all-encompassing definition use the term leftist. They all mean the same thing, the Robin Hood theory of take from the rich and give to the poor.
Commies don't like us, conservatives, because when they try to rationalize how we can be "against" the poor and the needy they can't come up with anything but that we are evil and uncaring. The problem is in how THEY view their stance. Obviously we are not "against" the poor and needy. Of course we are NOT Pro War, that's just stupid! What they don't see is what we do, the method of solving these problems and like we always say, it isn't perfect but it's the best system there is.. FREEDOM. Not freedom from bondage like slaves which is all they can comprehend, but freedom to decide for oneself where their life leads them and not attached or beholden to another's ideal or life path. Freedom to BE POOR!!! Now, liberals ask right now, "Who the hell would CHOOSE to be poor!? Damn Chino is dumb." People choose it everyday! They can't hold down a job, spend what they make on beer and partying. Refuse to learn a skill that can keep them employed, I know some that refuse to learn ENGLISH!!!! Come on, we all know that slacker that calls in sick because he got drunk the night before and has a hangover therefore he is too sick to come to work!
Well, let's not give the power to the COMMIES to define the conversation and make it about nomenclature! Let's talk about what works and what doesn't! Leftist ideas have NEVER worked in the history of the world!!! In fact, not only have they not worked, but they have given birth to some of the most evil dictators this planet has ever known!!! Our system was tried only once, and guess what, it worked! Now dumb ass commies are slowly trying to bring us back to 1984 and succeeding, all in the name of morality!
Gubment Handouts… Benevolence or Malevolence?
An excerpt (with a few edits for application's sake) to a liberal kook friend of mine, but you should be able to get the pic...
Question... You are all about helping the masses right? You are also against the American Empire Machine... You must be if you asked me to read that book (the book is 'Confessions of an Economic Hitman')... What do you think has given rise to "The Machine"? Fed Gov and Big Business Elite have worked together because Fed Gov's part has been to turn those who are INdependent and make them DEPENDENT because this is how Fed Gov power is derived. If every person in this country was independent, who could liberals get to vote for them?!?! Why would anyone who has everything they need, vote for anyone who is promising to go after those who have everything? This is why it is irrefutable that entitlement perpetuates the supposed imperialist American Elite. And let me say that I am not against helping those who not only "need", because that is subjective, but who ASK FOR IT, AND as long as I am in a position to give, and not being FORCED to give.
As a positive side note, I hope you saw the article about Americans volunteering in droves even NOW, even without jobs!! In the article is says that "we are not sitting around playing Xbox!" How friggin admirable to see Americans not sitting around waiting for their checks. A kook I know, talks about "people not having equal opportunities". Do these folks have equal opportunity? Could they not sit back and say "there are no jobs... BOO HOO!!!"? The equality is in the equal right to make your money, not in those who make the money, parsing it out equally.
Mexican Teen Shot at The Border
Boy, this just keeps getting better and better...
So, in order to raise awareness of the potential evil that is going to come from new immigrations laws, the media brings us a story of a Mexican teenager who was shot dead at the US-Mexican border.
The Mexican Foreign Ministry said "Using firearms to respond to an attack with rocks is a disproportionate use of force, particularly coming from officials that are specially trained." WHAT?!?! Read what you write please... "P-a-r-t-i-c-ularly coming from officials that are specially trained." So, were they expecting the Border Patrol agents to retaliate with ROCKS?!?!
A few thoughts... First and foremost, these agents are risking their lives out there. Call it a paid job all you want, but the border between the US and Mexico has got to be a friggin scary place. You couldn't pay me enough to be there and I am sure, neither are many of you out there.
Two - Most of the human trafficking takes place at night. If I am on the border and it's dark and a rock hits me and there are potentially hundreds of undocumented people, who are willfully breaking American law, coming my way... I'm gonna FIRE!!
Third - This kid's mom wants the agent punished! "I want him punished," she said. "He's destroyed my life and left me with nothing." I did feel for the mom when she said this, but parents must get to a point when they are realists over parents. THIS KID, Sergio Hernandez, WAS A KNOWN SMUGGLER!!
Fourth - Because I know someone is bound to say, "how do you know he was a smuggler?". Okay... FINE, he was an alter boy who attended church every Sunday. HE - WAS - COMING - INTO - THE - UNITED STATES - ILLEGALLY!! If you come into my house, and you don't announce who you are and you know you are breaking the law by entering my house without my permission, should I take you out, or should I try talking to you first and then maybe throw a few rocks at you?
Fifth - an unidentified witness... I'm going to go out on a limb here and say he was unidentified because of his legal status, said that they "were not carrying anything. They weren't carrying weapons, packages, backpacks, only the clothes they were wearing, that's it." And the Border Patrol Agent would know this how? If you enter someone's house to rob them, and you only have the clothes you are wearing, on... does that make you any less guilty?
Finally, you can hate our country and me, but I remain firm in my stance that the safety of our agents should not be subordinated in order to preserve face with Felipe Calderon!
POTUS Has Not Spoken to the BP CEO?!?!
President Obama appeared on the Today Show and said that he has not spoken to British Petroleum's CEO Tony Hayward... "and here's why..." Obama said, "when you speak to someone like that they tell you what you want to hear." Are you serious Mr. President?!?!?! First of all, who is he to presume to know what Hayward is going to say? Secondly, SO?!?! You talk to the guy, knowing that if you are as pissed as the president claims to be, you say "Look Tony, don't feed me this crap!" Even if that was his concern, why not talk to the CEO's of other oil companies and see if they have advisors that can help. The guy had a freakin' BEER SUMMIT to talk about what all parties could have done better in the Louis Gates mess, why not have an Oil Company Summit?!?! THIS IS A CRISIS! A CATASTROPHE! A CALAMITY!
I don't know about anyone else, but I don't wanna hear how pissed off the president is and how he wants to find out who's "ass to kick". I want him to keep talking to whoever he needs to, to get this "hole plugged up!" Stop having award ceremonies for Paul McCartney and taking vacations and show some real empathy for the fisherman and all of the people being affected by this CRISIS!!