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(Reprinted in its entirety with permission from Eddie’s Corner, the blog of Eddie Rose, at www.eddierose.org)
When Barack Obama was running for President in 2008, his campaign slogan was CHANGE! And CHANGE was indeed what this country needed. CHANGE from the eight years of corruption and evil of the Bush-Cheney regime.
But what have we gotten in the 2 1/2 years since Obama took office? Pandering to the Hispanic voting bloc by refusing to crack down on illegal aliens. Pandering to Muslim extremists by telling Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu to give back territory that rightfully belongs to Israel. Pandering to BIG OIL by letting them drill in the Arctic and the Gulf of Mexico—this after British Petroleum (BP) created the worst oil spill in history. And now, pandering to corporate polluters by relaxing smog standards, thus endangering public health and safety, under the guise of “getting the economy going”.
We didn’t get CHANGE. All we got was an unscrupulous President who has shown he will do anything to get re-elected. If nothing else, Obama has proven he is indeed the “Panderer-in Chief”! Shame. Mr. Obama. You may have fooled us in 2008, but you won’t get my vote in 2012.
And neither will any of the Republican charlatans running for President—Perry, Palin, Bachmann, et al—get my vote. The middle class, the independent voter, has NO representation in government today. Change? What change? It’s still business-as-usual, no matter which corrupt political party is in office.
The Honorable Eddie Rose
Former Laguna Niguel (CA) City Councilman
“A Voice—Not an Echo”
Pandering to the Hispanic voting bloc by refusing to crack down on illegal aliens. Pandering to Muslim extremists by telling Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu to give back territory that rightfully belongs to Israel.
Well, Mr. Rose, you’re definitely wrong about those two complaints, and I imagine you’re just showing your biases.
On immigration, Obama has deported more immigrants than any president before him, and has secured the border as well as it possibly can be. The rate of immigration from south of the border, illegal and otherwise, is lower than it’s been in decades – partly due to his efforts, probably more to the bad economy. And meanwhile he’s achieved pretty much nothing in the way of immigration reform that this “Hispanic voting bloc” had been hoping for – no DREAM Act, no nothing. I don’t know where you’re getting these ideas from – John and Ken maybe?
And then on Israel, Obama didn’t ask Israel to give up any of its territory, and didn’t
demandsuggest anything different from every previous administration – to use the 1967 borders as a “starting point” for negotiations. And who the hell “panders to Muslim extremists” anyhow – what kind of voting bloc is that? You should know better than to listen to Republican hissy fits, they’ll do those no matter what Obama does.Some of your other criticisms are fair enough, though.
Don’t blame your job lose on anybody but yourself, as most people fail to speak-up and remain silent on the most controversial issues. The politicians bank on this, which you are to embarrass to go the whole yard in calling them out. Whether its federal or state lawmakers, it’s your right as a citizen or legal resident to oppose any new law or otherwise amend a bill, going from conference to be read in the Congress. In most circumstances you will only reach an aid, which screens for the representative you seek. However, you are a potential vote and even though they have the power, you can make a very big difference. Of all the controversial issues facing this country, illegal immigration has become a front burner problem–because it affects us all–it affects our taxes, our schools, health care and even the prison system in mass.
MOST INDUSTRIALIZED NATIONS DESIGNATE UNLAWFUL ENTRY INTO THEIR SOVEREIGN NATION A FELONY? WHY IS ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION INTO THE UNITED STATES A CIVIL OFFENSE? ASK WHY OF YOUR POLITICIAN, AND DEMAND THEY CHANGE THIS LAW.
It’s unbelievable that opponents to Lamar Smiths nationwide E-Verify would stoop to lying and rhetoric, implying that the TEA PARTY is against this urgent immigration business enforcement program. The TEA PARTY is thousands of groups, around the country and all have their principles based on liberty from a overwhelming government. This Tea Party in particular doesn’t speak for the whole. The TEA PARTY NATION is a small snippet of millions of ordinary people and certainly doesn’t speak for every member. They have their right to free speech and offer their opinion, but they don’t have my vote or voice of millions more members. Join a TEA PARTY near you and make you vote count, if you legally came to this country. Only open border organizations, businesses, farmers, radical groups have an agenda of their own–but mostly profits and exploitation.
Tell me—are the American taxpayers going to be forced to subsidize every—ECONOMIC–foreigner who slips past the border, or fools an immigration agent at an airport terminal? Isn’t it the function of a government to protect its population? According to the Heritage Foundation taxpayers are being scammed, paying out at least $113 billion dollars annually—billions more are leaving the country through wire transfers, to foreign banks. This will never end until American taxpayers oppose it in Washington. Every state is a cornucopia of welfare recipients with the instant Americanization of babies brought to this nation. Our own countryman can only get food stamps—illegal aliens receive free health care for themselves for the whole family and once again the taxpayers are squeezed for every dollar.
In 2012 the Tea Party leaders can alter this mess this country is in but you must decide where you stand. If you are under the impression it doesn’t impinge on the workplace, you are utterly mistaken. Every day American workers from the lowest income, with limited education and even higher individuals on the career ladder, are being “Pink Slipped” so business owners can replace them with either illegal workers or semi-skilled workers. These persons enter America with visas, fraudulently gained from dishonest attorneys and the recruited by middle man who go to foreign nations. These recruiters are looking for recipients who they can hire for less wages, no health care or benefits. Lower wage earners of every race are not the first to feel this abuse in America, as it carries a wide spectrum of occupations from janitorial staff, factory workers to management positions.
A good start to stop this unjust antagonism is Lamar Smith’s Rep. Lamar Smith R-TX) “The Legal Workforce Act” (H.R. 2885) would achieve a powerful deterrent against dishonest business owners, who will feel the full prosecution of the law. Just type into Google any of these keywords and then understand the consequences of hiring illegal aliens. If illegal nationals are skewered from stealing jobs from Americans, then there is no magnet to draw them from other countries or from across our borders. Every new tool will assist ICE in clearing out millions of foreign nationals, including the E-Verification for businesses; Secure Communities, determining who a person has been apprehended by local police; 287 G, a Training program on immigration regulations and the complete double border fence construction as planned by the Bush 2006 Secure Fence Act.
So why are the open borders scared of Chairman Smith’s bill, with his main sponsor Peter King (R-NY)? Because they realize it will take away their leverage for the passage of another disastrous amnesty which has plagued us like the one in 1986. CHAIN MIGRATION was the culmination of the Ronald Reagan Amnesty, pouring millions of family members into our country.
This Congresswomen opening statement on Thursday, Linda Sanchez described E-Verify as broken. “The system is riddled with errors and doesn’t work. It doesn’t flag the workers it’s supposed to flag, and it snags too many citizens and legal workers in its net. The job market is tough enough. It makes no sense for Congress to pass a law that makes it more difficult for legal workers to find work.” This er, Lady doesn’t explain that potential hires who are flagged, have the capability to straighten their immigration status out by stopping-off at the local Social Security office.
For the illegal aliens already working, there is an effective answer to this issue as well. If you are suspicious that your competition is using an illegal aliens, Etc, Contractors in Construction, assembling products or any manual work, contact the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) division at 1-866-DHS-2ICE (866-347-2423). According to one of our members of NumbersUSA who spoke with an ICE agent, “the mere ‘suspicion’ that a company’s employees are illegal aliens is all that is necessary to make the call to commence an investigation.” He added, “Law enforcement organizations cannot, and do not, expect the public to be experts in determining whether someone is committing a crime, so they provide a safe harbor approach to informing.”
Potential President Herman Cain is a Tea Party member and deserves a chance to prove his worth. Just as with Rep. Michele Bachmann he has a high grade on his immigration stance, recognizing that another amnesty would cripple this country. He is unlike most of the others including Gov. Rick Perry of Texas, who would give taxpayer money to pay for tuition for the children of illegal aliens and who would approve of yet another mass amnesty.
If you’re interested where your taxes are swallowed up, such as paying for the intentional ingress of pregnant women coming here as economic welfare recipients numbering 300.000 annually or the habitual criminals, the growing numbers of drunken aliens slaughtering citizens on our highways and then fleeing, you can find this information at American Patrol. Other websites for study on illegal alien costs are available at NumbersUSA and thousands of grass root pro-sovereignty groups. Knowing the corruption amongst your politicians is to be found at Judicial Watch. Even your politicians can be reached at the Washington switchboard at 202-224-3121.
I hate to tell you I told you so but……..
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/08/07/hillary-clinton-2012-calls-grow-with-anger-at-obama-debt-capitulation.html
Count us in this corner!
Yeah, but the point here is that the Obama during the campaign is not the Obama we got in office. There’s absolutely no guarantee that the same thing would never happen to Clinton. None.
And thus, the near-total disillusionment with politicians of every stripe.
Hillary might seem tempting to Democrats who would just like to see a little more FIGHT in Obama, each time the Republicans roll him.
But it’s mostly us progressives who are disappointed in the guy, and I’ve never got the impression that Hillary is any more progressive than Barack on any major issues. It’s nice to fantasize about Bernie Sanders, Russ Feingold, or Elizabeth Warren in the White House…
Four more years of pushing Obama to do the right thing is the best outcome we’re looking at at this point. Maybe he’ll be bolder in his second term, although of course that’s making the traditional assumption that each time he caves to the GOP he’s not actually doing what he wants to do.
My takeaway from the DB article was just that; We were sold a bill of goods. Shame on us for paying for the substanceless (VN – is that a word?) product that was Obama?
There was NO indication other than the campaign rhetoric that we would be anywhere but here. That’s not to say that the administration has not delivered on healthcare reform and the Iraq debacle. It just has fallen far short of expectations. Seasoned politicians know how to manage expectations, this President has done a poor job in this area.
I am not a betting man, but if I was……..the smart money’s on Clinton!
Presidential politics is politics of distraction.
The president has very little effect on the common citizen and resident of the USA.
But the local politicians can bankruptcy cities, counties and states.
Members of congress are responsible for the enormous debt of the federal government.
So while you are arguing about who will be a better president, the locals are taking two suitcases of money home every night.
Of course you know that already and that is why you don’t vote.
Term limits is the lie that keeps the voters home on election day.
COOK WROTE:
“The president has very little effect on the common citizen and resident of the USA.”
True. Unless you count TWO WARS and a few TRILLION DOLLARS.
One thing is certain, under a Hillary Clinton administration there would be NO Tea Party movement. They simply would have been neutralized.
Yes and nobody tried to impreach the first Clinton. The bad economy is feeding the tea party and the far left to divide us further.
Why not blame the people really who caused the problems we now face. Bush for one, but do not forget Mc Cain.
He can in to rescue the country and defeated the 1st attempt to pass TARP. THe stock market, pension plans and other interests lost over 15% in the following days before TARP actually passed. I beleive that is why the recovery if anyone can call it that has never really got off the ground. THose few days made the hole much deeper than anyone knew.
Hillary would be facing the same problems, we do not have anyway to know if she would have had any better results.
Dr. Rose…..as our dear friend we will be concise: Our choice was – John McCain and Sarah Palin……or………?
Well, no American President has ever done the right thing ……all the time. As stalwart Conservative Reagan Republicans…….we didn’t want Nelson Rockefeller….and we certainly wanted “some kind of change”. Well, President Obama has not been the “wild eyed liberal commie” that was expected. He got Bin Laden and in most things we must be truthful and say: We agree and especially about taxing “the rip-off bubble bonus Goldman-Sachs Investment Bankers” who sold our country out to the International Banking Community and have the Global Economy indebted to the tune of $44 Trillion dollars…which will probably never paid back…..and written off….not by President Obama….but by the Global Banking Community.
As far as Israel is concerned…they have been placing ‘settlements” – or rather “development communities based on eminent domain of others land” since the 1967 war. Rightly or wrongly…..if a two-state solution is going to be possible….the Government of Israel needs to move their people out or negotiate with the Palenstinians. Plainly, we are not Pro-Palenstinian or Pro-Arab. This is strictly a “Land Use and Rights Issue”. Something by the way, that Israel has never admitted.