And that's the goal!

Bleeding hearts were rallying in Dallas recently for "compassion" for all the illegals flooding into Texas. Laura Mendoza was one of them. She says she's proof of the good that can come from "addressing the needs of immigrants." Her parents were illegals when she was born here, granting her illegitimate citizenship.

She says, "Now, I have a voice. I have a vote." And that, my friends, is the whole point of the Democrats' compassion.

"Both sides rally on immigrant crisis." The Dallas Morning News; July 19, 2014; p. 5B.

It was global warming, of course!

Did you hear about the big, unexplained crater in Siberia? It's that nasty old global warming causing it -- "a build-up of excessive pressure" underground due to rising temperatures. Wow! I didn't know that a few degrees warmer outside could cause such disruption underground. Wouldn't you think it would take a very large temperature change to cause a 66-yard-wide crater?

Remember the summer of 1980 around here? Do you remember all the holes that opened up then? The only holes I remember were the holes the work crews had to dig to repair shifting water pipes. I don't remember any craters. However, they certainly should have existed. If you have any pics, let me know, and I'll share them.

"Russian crater blamed on rising temperatures." The Dallas Morning News; July 18, 2014; p. 10A.

How about 3rd and 4th and 5th chances?

I think I've posted before about Scott Walker. He's the poster child against mandatory sentencing. He received a life without parole sentence on drug charges. Unfair! He says everybody deserves a second chance. I don't agree with that (think Charlie Manson, Ted Bundy, the BTK killer and on and on). But for the sake of argument, I'll grant him that everybody deserves a second chance. Now let's take a little look-see at Scott's record.

He started using marijuana at age 14. That's chance number 1, and he chose wrong. Just as an aside, those who advocate legalizing marijuana deny it is a gateway drug. But Scott says he "graduated" to meth. That's chance number 2, and he made the wrong choice again. By his late teens, he was trafficking marijuana, meth and LSD. That's chance number 3, and Scott still hasn't learned to make good choices. He enlisted others to sell drugs for him. That's chance number 4, and he's dragging others down with him. When he was finally caught in 1996, he wouldn't cooperate with police, because he didn't "want his friends to suffer." That's chance number 5. He refused pleas deals he was offered -- that's chance number 6.

Sorry, Scott. Looks like you had a second and a third and a fourth and a fifth and a sixth chance, and you chose wrong every time. It's hypocritical for you to be whining now about second chances.

"'Everyone deserves a second chance.'" The Dallas Morning News; July 27, 2014; p. 25A.

Richard Miller has a screw loose!

Richard Miller is one of those whose heart bleeds for convicted murderers who are executed. Richard says that we are no different from Islamic countries such as Iran, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Pakistan, Libya, and Yemen and totalitarian states such as North Korea. He says we are the only democracy whose citizens claim to be Christian that uses the death penalty which is neither democratic nor Christian.

Yes, we are different, Richard, and here's the difference. We don't execute people because of their religion. We don't execute people unless they have been tried by a jury of their peers. We don't execute juveniles, neither do we force children to watch executions. We don't execute people for witchcraft or sorcery. We don't execute people because they "dishonored" their families. We don't execute people until they have exhausted numerous appeals. We don't execute women for committing adultery while letting their partners in crime go free. We don't execute people for not dressing the way we think they should. We don't force people to kill babies because they've had more then their allotted number of children. We don't allow our politicians to execute those who threaten their political power.

I can list some more things, but Richard should get the idea here. If he doesn't, he should be really glad he lives in America where we don't execute people for being mentally deficient.

"The company we keep." The Dallas Morning News; July 25, 2014; p. 20A.

Here's your credible evidence.

Richard Grant takes issue with Governor Perry calling out the National Guard to secure our border. True, it is not the job of the National Guard, but when the President refuses to do his job, it becomes necessary to take matters into our own hands.

Richard says that he doesn't think it's fair that we call up these people because it will cost them personally and economically. That is true. Most citizens appreciate the sacrifices our armed forces make. But let's be perfectly honest about this -- they all volunteered. You can't take the benefits and then complain when you're called up. That's what the National Guard is for, and I'm sure those people understand that when they sign up.

Richard then worries about the economic cost and the loss of productivity for our communities. He says he's not willing to impose such a burden unless someone can produce credible evidence that not doing so gravely endangers all Texans.

OK, Richard, you asked for it. Many of these children are carrying communicable diseases -- TB, for example. I doubt any of these children have been vaccinated against measles, mumps, chickenpox -- they're being turned loose into our communities. I heard the other day that there is now a leprosy clinic in southern California. Look for all sorts of epidemics in the near future.

Teenage gang members for the El Salvadoran gang MS-13 are coming across the border. They must be treated the same as all the other children. So even violent criminals receive the same consideration and benefits. Attorney General Greg Abbott reported that, "The purpose of adding more resources on the ground is not to address the women and children, it’s to address the growing reality that a lot of people coming across the border are here for criminal purposes. They’re killing, they’re raping, they’re robbing, they’re doing all kinds of harsh criminal activity.”

Is that enough, Richard, or shall I give you some more evidence? Yes, it's costing Texas $12 million a month, but how much was Obama's initial request  -- not to secure the borders but to take care of these children? $3.7 billion. And that will be like bailing out the Titanic with a teacup if we don't stop the flow coming across the border.

"Why put Guard on border?" The Dallas Morning News; July 22, 2014; p. 10A.

It doesn't matter.

Three animals in Albuquerque have been charged with the merciless beating of a homeless man. They repeatedly smashed his head with cinder blocks. Why? Because one of them was mad at his girlfriend, so he solved that problem by attacking a helpless man he didn't even know. This wasn't the first homeless person the trio had attacked -- they had been assaulting people for a year or more.

Now they're all pointing the fingers at each other. "I only watched while they attacked him" goes the line. It really doesn't matter whether they watched or whether they wielded the cinder blocks and threw the punches and kicks. They are all equally depraved and guilty.

"3 teens targeted homeless, police say." The Dallas Morning News; July 22, 2014; p. 3A.

SURPRISE!

Eighteen of twenty illegals didn't show up for their hearings in Dallas last month. The judge didn't order that they be rounded up -- he just reset the date in case they didn't have "proper notification." What do you want to bet that the two who did show up aren't going to be deported, either?

If we extrapolate, 90% of the estimated 57,000 who've recently arrived won't show up for hearings. That's 51,300 who just got a free pass. Of the 5,700 who will show up, I'd wager that only 25% will face deportation. That's another 4,275 with a free pass. That means that out of that original 57,000, we'll deport a whopping 1,425. And the Democratic Party accomplishes its purpose.