We must give the terrorists a chance at the American Dream!

Yesterday, I wrote about non-citizen families of American citizens being pushed to the back of the line so that immigration agencies can spend their time making sure we don't deport illegals.

Here's another one for you -- Obama has a compassionate heart for terrorists. By one of his executive orders, he has removed the automatic ban on admitting people to the U.S. who have given "limited" support to terrorists.

"You helped hide Osama Bin Laden? That's OK, we welcome you."

"You have a productive law-abiding Australian wife who wants to join you in the U.S.? Forget it."

Does anybody else see anything wrong with this picture?

"Asylum eased for some." The Dallas Morning News; February 10, 2014; p. 1A.

If you're trying to do it right, go to the back of the line.

American citizens who are trying to abide by the rules to get their non-citizen spouses and families into the U.S. have pretty much been told to take a hike by the Obama Administration.

In 2012, Obama instructed the Citizenship and Immigration Services to concentrate on deferring deportation for illegals at the expense of getting green cards to those who are trying to come here legally. What it amounts to is this: if you're here illegally, he's concerned about your well-being; however, if you have a wife and children in another country (as does Andrew Bachert), you've been sent to the back of the line.

"Red tape separating many." The Dallas Morning News; February 9, 2014, p. 9A.

Really! It's a good thing!

Last week, the CBO released some figures showing a projection of 2.3 million jobs lost through Obamacare. At first, I misunderstood the implication. I thought the losses were coming from businesses who could no longer afford those employees because of health care mandates.

But these numbers are a whole different kettle of fish. These are the people who will choose to quit working so that they'll qualify for Obamacare subsidies. The Obama team is thrilled with this -- "This is wonderful," they say. "People can now stay home with their children, they can do things they want to do, they don't have to be tied to a job." They go on to call Republicans hypocrites for not being thrilled that people can now realize "the American dream."

Just FYI - the Republicans are still for people realizing the American Dream. It's just that Obama's "American Dream" and the Republican "American Dream" are two different animals. Obama's American Dream says that you may do as little as you wish and still get a check for food, medical care, shelter, etc., from those who are working. The Republican American Dream says that you will have the opportunity to study, work hard, branch out, and strive for whatever you want in life -- just don't expect somebody else to pay for it.

I commented a week or so on Fernando Rojas. Fernando showed up again in the newspaper on this issue. Fernando says, ". . .more workers than estimated will be able to search for work, change workplace and maybe start their own business, without having to worry about not having health insurance." What happens, Fernando, when we all decide to do that? Who'll be paying then?

As the late, great Margaret Thatcher said, "Eventually, you run out of other people's money."

"It's a good thing for workers." The Dallas Morning News; February 9, 2014; p. 2P.

Sign of the Times

I guess it's a sign of the times, or maybe I have completely misinterpreted this photo.

Signing day for high school seniors who received college athletic scholarships was held last week. There were 19 photos in the newspaper of students posing with college officials, their coaches, their parents, and/or their sisters and brothers, etc. In all but two of those pics, all the people were identified.

The photo of Fonzale Davis, though, identified only Fonzale. It didn't tell us the identity of the infant he was holding or the identity of the young woman by his side. Who do you think they were?

"North Texas/19 signees." The Dallas Morning News; February 6, 2014; p. 14C.

We've come to this.

I just read an editorial in the local newspaper which included this tidbit: "It's 2014. Interracial couples were one in every 10 American opposite-sex married couples in the 2012 census."

It used to be that when you clicked the box that said "married," everyone knew what you were talking about. Not so anymore. Now you have to click boxes for "mono-racial, opposite sex-married." Sad, isn't it?


   

If we don't like what you say, we'll just prevent you from saying it.

The Cheerios bi-racial family is in the news again. They're trotting out a new Super Bowl commercial while still maintaining that they aren't trying to make any sort of social statement. "Like millions of Americans, we just fell in love with this family. The big game provided another opportunity to tell another story about family love," says Camille Gibson, vp of marketing for Cheerios. Just fell in love with this family? They created this family!

When the family was introduced in the first commercial, General Mills uploaded the commercial to Youtube, but they quickly realized by the comments generated that there are still a lot of people who think pushing interracial relationships isn't good. So what did they do? They disabled the comment function. Kind of gives new meaning to "I may disagree with what you say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it."

On another note, I'd still like to know how the original casting call went out for this one. That would tell us whether General Mills wanted to sell cereal or do some social engineering.

"Cheerios all in for big bowl." The Dallas Morning News; January 29, 2014; p. 3D.

P.S. Happy Groundhog Day! Sure hope ol' Phil prognosticates an early spring for us. I'll be watching the Bill Murray movie while the most over-hyped annual event in the nation takes place.

Fernando no like Duck Dynasty.

Fernando Rojas does not approve of the people some of our elected officials invited to the State of the Union address. Louis Gohmert had the audacity to invite Shawn (sic) Hannity. Vance McAllister of Louisiana invited Willie Robertson of Duck Dynasty. And several Republicans came very close to committing treason by inviting some Americans negatively impacted by Obamacare. This was quite divisive of them, Fernando says. Not at all like Obama inviting to the State of the Union "Jason Collins, the first openly gay player in the NBA . . . who have displayed bravery, who have made us feel that, despite the best efforts of many in Congress, we are indeed moving toward a more perfect union."

So, if you don't think like Fernando and Obama, you shouldn't be invited to Washington.

This isn't Fernando's first comments on us nasty old Republicans. From a letter I found on The Dallas Morning News blog, Fernando says that we can understand what the Republicans are doing to America by following this suggestion:

"Watch the Lion King movie again and make the following substitutions: Replace President Barack Obama for the Lion King, Republicans for the wicked uncle and the tea party for the hyenas."

Honestly, Amigo, you are mucho loco!

"Look who was invited." The Dallas Morning News; January 30, 2014; p. 12A.